A proposed law in Montana would require clergy to report child abuse, even when they learn about it under the "Seal of Confession," the vow never to reveal the sins confessed by a penitent. Is this a religious liberty issue? Should there be limits to the seal? Should the law be passed?
What the Lutheran Religious Life Survey found as to why people come into the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod from the outside, whether as non-believers converting to Christianity or Christians from other traditions converting to Lutheranism (like me).
A study has found that "confessional" Lutheran congregations (traditional, liturgical, doctrinal) attract more converts (both to Christianity and to Lutheranism from other traditions) than "missional" Lutheran congregations (church-growth, contemporary worship, evangelical).
Two journalists, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, are proposing a new kind of liberalism. Their book "Abundance" is a manifesto for what is being called "Abundance Liberalism" or "Supply-Side Progressivism." Might this rejuvenate the Democratic Party or bring out more of its flaws?
We really are getting stupider. American doctors are finally waking up to gender dysphoria. And the unchurched prefer churches that look like churches.
While Luther in general accepted Just War Theory, he also redefined the criteria, to the point of offering an alternative: determining not simply whether or not a war is just, but whether it is necessary.
Should viewing an online service "count" as having attended church, for the purpose of either formal reporting or in tracking and exercising church discipline on inactive members?
One of the tenets of Just War Theory has been raised to argue that Ukraine should agree to a peace with Russia, even with unfavorable terms. I'd like to lay out that argument, then challenge it, then propose a different framework based on Luther's teachings about war.
Everyone wants to be free, but they mean different things by it. Brad Littlejohn explores what freedom entails and how to be free with the help of Martin Luther. My review of his book.
The RLS, which cast doubt on the orthodoxy of half of the members of the LCMS, over samples nominal members. But among those who go to church, the orthodoxy rate is very high.
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