I’m in a reading group that just finished discussing Luther’s Two Kinds of Righteousness. Friends, you have got to read this brief tract based on one of Luther’s sermons from 1519. It’s from the early days of the Reformation, two years after the 95 Theses
Title X of the Public Health Service Act pays for birth control for low income and uninsured women. The program, started in the Nixon administration in 1970, is currently budgeted for $286.5 million for this year (down from a high of $317 million in 2010). Between
As we blogged about, the United Methodists have been meeting in a special General Conference in St. Louis to decide on their teachings on homosexuality. The vote Tuesday was to uphold the traditional position, not allowing same-sex weddings or non-celibate gay clergy! The traditional option
Just a few weeks ago, in mid-January, a poll found that 55% of Americans considered themselves to be “pro-choice,” with only 38% “pro-life.” But according to a new poll today, pro-lifers have completely caught up with the other side. Now 47% of Americans are “pro-life”
The United Methodists meet this week in St. Louis to decide on their teachings about homosexuality, including whether or not to ordain non-celibate gays and lesbians and whether or not to perform same-sex weddings. The United Methodist Church with some 12 million members is the largest
In light of the Baptist sex abuse scandal, as well as the Catholic sex abuse scandal, and the realization that these transgressions can likely be found in other church bodies, it occurs to me that many church people are ignorant or naive about the civil
Journalism is in a bad way right now. Information technology is putting hard-copy news papers out of business, the public’s trust in the news media is dropping, and reporters’ political bias is manifesting itself in “fake news.” People are increasingly getting their news from the
Religious liberty used to be taken for granted in the United States, but today–especially in the aftermath of the sexual revolution– it has become controversial and a matter for litigation. Here are some of the latest developments. Title IX Title IX of the Civil Rights
Remember the Republican state of outrage and trepidation when the Obama administration racked up a national debt of $14 trillion? Well, under a Republican Congress and President, we now owe $22 trillion. Not only debt but deficit spending is soaring. This year’s budget deficit will
As a new related scandal emerges of priests sexually abusing nuns. . . . .And as another scandal emerges of lesbian nuns sexually abusing girls in their care. . . .And as gay priests, exactly as I predicted, are coming forward demanding sympathy. . .
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