Every Sunday we confess belief in one holy Christian church, and Pastor Oehlerts asks what those words can possibly mean alongside the number of denominations standing today. The answer he traces runs from Pentecost through Luther at Worms to the pulpit this morning, and it rests on a single word, which is truth. This is a Reformation sermon that does not stop at 1517, because the work of reform is something every church and every pastor is still accountable for.
This episode draws from the Holy Gospel reading of St. John 8:31-36, with the sermon text from Matthew 11:15 and Martin Luther’s own text from Romans 1:17.
Key themes include the meaning of one holy Christian church, the birth of the church at Pentecost, Martin Luther and the 95 Theses, standing on the truth of scripture under pressure, false teaching that rises from inside the church, and the calling of a pastor to preach the truth regardless of opposition.
