How could Catholic priests, leaders of a church with some of the highest standards of sexual morality, sexually abuse minors? They must not have believed what they were teaching, including that doing such things would bring down upon them the punishment of God. So what
I came across this interesting piece in Touchstone from a couple of years ago. It’s by software designer Harry Biltz, who argues that “modern science has rendered atheism irrational.” From Harry Biltz, Naked Truth, Touchstone (July/August 2016): Modern science now has very well corroborated evidence that the natural universe
Just what is going on in the White House? It sounds like the administration and White House staff are in full revolt against the president who appointed them. That’s the message of a new book by Watergate journalist Bob Woodward, and it’s the message of
Defenders of abortion tend to call themselves “pro-choice.” They believe that whether a woman chooses to have the baby or whether she decides to “terminate the pregnancy” should be her choice and no one else’s. Well, what about women who really want to have their
Where there is guilt, in the absence of repentance, there is self-justification. I predict that we will soon be reading tear-jerking testimonials from priests being accused in the sex-abuse scandal and from apologists in the LGBT movement. They will go like this: “I was a
Happy Labor Day, a secular holiday which we here at the Cranach Institute are trying to co-opt as a Christian holiday to celebrate the doctrine of Vocation! (Did any of you hear that connection made at church yesterday?) And what better way to celebrate this
Luther’s theology of culture, his doctrine of the Two Kingdoms, is often associated with or even identified with St. Augustine’s notion of the Two Cities. But, actually, it would be closer to the truth to see them as opposites. In his magisterial treatise The City
The Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) is debating the ordination of women to the pastoral office. Three times the proposal has been voted down, but it’s up again at the upcoming convention in October. I have here links to two documents that set forth the
Our Pastor (and son-in-law), Rev. Ned Moerbe, preached a sermon that taught me some things I never realized about the Nicene Creed. In particular, how the Creed sets forth the two natures of Christ and discloses their significance. First, consider the Second Article of the
Perhaps the highest ranking sexual abuser among Catholic clergy is Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, whose improper relationships with seminarians was reportedly well-known at the time and whose abuse of minors took place over decades. As a result of recent publicity, he was removed from office and
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