The Lutheran Church of Australia at its triennial convention voted “no” on women’s ordination. This was the fourth time the issue was brought up (also in 2000, 2006 and 2015). Last time, the measure failed by only 13 votes. This time the margin was much larger.
UPDATE: Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate and has been sworn in as a Justice in the Supreme Court. Democrats vowed to impeach him if they take over Congress and the Senate in the November elections. The Brett Kavanaugh hearings exemplify post-modern politics
How did America get to be so polarized? Why are Americans so disunified and our politics so vicious? Why are we so angry with each other? One word: ABORTION. So says Michael Barone, with input from Ross Douthat. “If Roe v. Wade had never been
Researchers have been combining human DNA with that of mice. The goal of generating these “chimeras” was to give the mice a human immune system. Doing this required the use of fetal tissue that comes from aborted children. This project was funded by tax dollars.
In the course of our excellent Bible study of Job–I never realized how evangelical, how focused on justification, that book is–we went down a side road on Bible translation. Pastor Moerbe had us look at John 3:3, in which Jesus tells Nicodemus that no one
President Trump has accomplished his goal of replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with a new trade pact between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It will be called the United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA). The deal not only provides for freer and fairer trade,
“By any means necessary.” This phrase, originating with Jean-Paul Sartre and made famous by Malcolm X, has become a slogan for the hard left. It now has wider currency. I heard it last weekend from a sportscaster. It even has an acronymn, BAMN, that you’ll
Martin Luther invented universal education–for boys and girls of all social classes–and he started institutions to provide it. Ever since, Protestantism has promoted education–among the urban poor of the 19th century, on the mission fields, and in Christian schools today. Now a British researcher has
The Atlantic has an article about the growing use of yoga in the curriculum of public schools, even though some people are against it. The implication is that doing yoga for gym class is “progressive” and that the opposition consists mostly of Christians who are worried
Americans’ beliefs about abortion are complicated. Pro-abortionists are hailing recent polling that finds that 60% of American do not want Roe v. Wade overturned. But a study that breaks down the specifics of what Americans believe about abortion finds that a big majority of Americans
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