Explaining Lutheranism to Non-Lutherans, Part 2 – Dr. Jordan Cooper, 2/26/26 (0573)
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Dr. Jordan Cooper of Just and Sinner
Lutheranism for Non-Lutherans
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| 0:15.8 | There are two ways of doing theology that claim the name of Martin Luther. |
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| 0:47.8 | The Issues Etra Journal. When people hear the name Lutheran, what they should be thinking about are those things that are distinctively Lutheran, not exclusive to Lutheranism, but distinctively Lutheran nonetheless, justification by grace through faith. The distinctively Luther, not exclusive to Lutheranism, but distinctively Lutheran nonetheless, |
| 1:11.6 | justification by grace through faith. The distinction between law and gospel and God's word is |
| 1:17.6 | a centering on the means of grace, the sacraments, and of course it's Christocentrism, its focus |
| 1:24.6 | on Christ and Him crucified. Welcome back to Issues, Etc. I'm Todd Wilkin. |
| 1:31.3 | Yesterday we began a conversation with Dr. Jordan Cooper on explaining Lutheranism to non-Lutherans. |
| 1:37.3 | Dr. Cooper is executive director of Justin Sinner, professor of systematic theology at American Lutheran Theological Seminary, |
| 1:43.3 | and author of several books, |
| 1:44.5 | including his latest Lutheranism for non-Lutherans. We discussed who was Martin Luther and the Lutheran |
| 1:50.3 | Confessions. Let's pick up today with Dr. Cooper's answer to my question, what are some of the |
| 1:54.8 | theological distinctives of Lutheranism? Yeah, so theological distinctives of Lutheranism. Yeah, and in this book I do try to focus on those distinctives, not just all the things |
| 2:06.9 | that Lutherans believe, because of course there are plenty of things that Lutherans believe |
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