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The Lutheran History PodcastTLHP 74 Martin and Katherina's Marriage: Details Less Often Told with Nathaniel BiebertWhat was it like to witness Martin Luther’s wedding—and even his bridal chamber? In this episode, we explore Justus Jonas’s vivid letter announcing Luther’s marriage to Katharina von Bora, complete with tears, friends, and ancient wedding customs that may shock modern ears. Along the way, we’ll uncover the surprising role of the best man, the significance of Luther’s marriage for Reformation theology, and why vocation and family life became so central to his legacy.Support the show Confessional Languages Scholarship The Wauwatosa Diary (book) Youtube ( even more behind...
2025-10-3152 min
The Lutheran History PodcastTLHP 62 Achtliederbuch-The First Lutheran Hymnal: Details Less Often Told with Nathaniel BiebertLink to the service and hymns: https://trinitylutheransd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Reformation-Hymn-Festival-2024.pdf The first evangelical hymnal—which in retrospect we can also call the first Lutheran hymnal—rolled off the presses around the middle of January 1524. But interestingly, it did not roll off the presses in Wittenberg, even though the title page gave that impression, or even at Luther’s instigation. It was printed by Jobst Gutknecht in Nuremberg, well over 200 miles to the south of Wittenberg, and apparently on his own initiative. Gutknecht compiled four hymns that had been individually published in Wittenberg on broadsheets in 152...
2024-12-0659 min
The Lutheran History PodcastTLHP 49 Lutherans Burned in Brussels: Details Less Often Told with Nathaniel BiebertImage: The Account of How Two Men of the Augustinian Order Were Martyred in Brussels in Brabant for the Sake of the Gospel (Erfurt, 1523)Five hundred years ago, on July 1, 1523, two observant Augustinian monks from Antwerp, Hendrik Voes and Jan van den Esschen, were degraded, condemned, and burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in the Grand Plaza of Brussels, today an UNESCO World Heritage Site. These monks were adherents of Luther’s Reformation doctrine, making them the first Lutheran Christian martyrs and, as Martin Luther himself noted, perhaps the first Christian martyrs ever in the Lo...
2023-11-0357 min
The Lutheran History PodcastTLHP 40 Luther’s New Testament Translation: Details Less Often Told with Nathaniel BiebertIn this episode, we welcome back Rev. Nathaniel Biebert to continue his mini-series on lesser-known details of 500th anniversaries of the Reformation.Here, we focus on the 500th anniversary of the "September Testament." In this case, almost any detail will be a “detail less often told.” Most Lutherans familiar with Luther’s life are aware that he translated the New Testament into German at the Wartburg in less than eleven weeks, that it was published later that year, that he famously included the word alone in his translation of Romans 3:28, and that his translation (not just of the Testame...
2022-11-1957 min
The Lutheran History PodcastTLHP 36 Luther at the Wartburg-Details Less Often Told with Nathaniel BiebertImage: The Wartburg Castle taken during my trip there in 2016.In this episode, we continue our series with Pastor Nathaniel Biebert where he digs into the lesser-known details of important milestones in the life of Luther and the Reformation. Here we look at Luther's "capture" on his way back from the Diet of Worms and his time at the Wartburg Castle. Support the show Confessional Languages Scholarship The Wauwatosa Diary (book) Youtube ( even more behind-the-scenes videos available for certain patron tiers) Facebook Website Interview Request Form email: the...
2022-05-0156 min
The Lutheran History PodcastTLHP 30 Luther at Worms-Details Less Often Told with Nathaniel BiebertToday we welcome back Pastor Beibert to discuss his research and presentation on Luther at Worms in 1521, one of the most iconic and significant events in the history of the Church.Support the show Confessional Languages Scholarship The Wauwatosa Diary (book) Youtube ( even more behind-the-scenes videos available for certain patron tiers) Facebook Website Interview Request Form email: thelutheranhistorypodcast@gmail.com About the HostBenjamin Phelps is a 2014 graduate from Martin Luther College with a Bachelor of Arts with a German emphasis. From there went on to graduate from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 2018. Ben...
2022-02-011h 08
The Lutheran History PodcastTLHP 08 Michael Praetorius and The Purpose, Effect, and Value of Choral Church Music with Nathaniel BiebertMusic has always been a big part of Christianity, and especially Lutheranism ever since the Reformation. If I were to ask Lutherans to name Lutheran composers, Martin Luther would probably be on that list. In the intro to The Lutheran Podcast, I remarked how Lutheran composers like J.S. Bach are still popular centuries after their deaths. Did you know that Bach still gets over 7 million monthly listeners on Spotify? Another Lutheran composer, who falls on the timeline between Luther and Bach was rather popular in his own day, and still registers a respectable 800,000 listeners on Spotify. Today we’ll talk...
2021-02-1657 min
The Lutheran History PodcastTLHP 02 Sacred Storytelling: The Autobiography of Johannes Strieter (1829–1920) and Related Sources with Nathaniel BiebertThe mid-19th century was an important period of transition and formation for Lutheranism. The life of Johannes Strieter an immigrant, orphan, missionary, and pastor, gives us a personal perspective on this period, filled with colorful anecdotes.Here are some links shared by our guest, Nathaniel Biebert:My translation blog: https://redbrickparsonage.wordpress.comPost-Reformation Digital Library: http://www.prdl.orgMy author page on Wipf and Stock Publishers: https://wipfandstock.com/author/view/detail/id/258362/Subscribe to the WELS Historical Institute Journal: https://wels.net/about-wels/history/wels-history/j...
2020-11-151h 05