General and President Dwight Eisenhower laid out some principles for the vocation of staff member. These were based on his own experience both as a staffer working his way up the unforgiving meritocracy of the military and as the man at the top of the hierarchy being served by his staff. As such, they apply not only to government and the military, but also to business, academia, non-profits, and religious organizations.
What if, instead of writing out a pardon that frees Hunter from the consequences of his crimes, President Biden said, "Look, my son Hunter is guilty. So I will go to jail in his place." That is more what God has done for us. The doctrine of the Atonement has become controversial recently, even among evangelicals. But it is grounded in mind-blowing realities.
Advent celebrates Christ's coming, which happened in the past in Bethlehem, will happen in the future in the End Times, and happens now in the Word and Sacraments.
The unintended consequences of deportation. A 40-cent bitcoin is now worth nearly $100,000. And Australia bans social media for under-16 year-olds.
One of the few fronts in the culture wars that Christians are winning is in the crucial sphere of education. A major reason is the academic superiority of classical Christian education. The Heritage Foundation has published a study of 882 of these schools, including members of the Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education.
What suggestions would you have for your fellow Cranachers trying to think of a good present to give someone? What was a Christmas gift to you that you really appreciated and that other people might appreciate also? What books, games, or gadgets do you know of that would make a good gift? I'll go first. . . .
My thankfulness has changed over the years. Now that I have passed my allotted threescore years and ten, I am feeling another level of thankfulness. This Thanksgiving, I find myself looking back over my life as a whole. I see that all things really do work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose, just like Romans 8:28 says.
This Thanksgiving, pray a prayer from the earliest days of the Christian church.
The recent election may have marked the end of woke ideology as a political force. But ideas remain, even after the general public repudiates them, More consequential may be a book that dismantles the woke mindset in its own terms and using its own methods.
President-elect Donald Trump's nominations for cabinet posts, which must be deliberated by the Senate, raise issues about vocation. We can consider their beliefs and qualifications. But do they have a vocation for the job?
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