Concordia University Edmonton, a college of the Lutheran Church Canada (both of which were founded by the LCMS), has removed all references to Lutheranism and to Christianity from its governing documents. The institution’s board of directors took that action without consulting the Lutheran Church Canada.
We have women born in a man’s body, and men born in a woman’s body. Now there is a case in which supposedly a cat was born in a human body. After the jump, read the article and watch the video of the young woman
A futurologist is predicting that we will merge with computers and evolve into a new species: Homo Optimus. We will live in the internet, be able to project our consciousness into multiple android identities, and live forever. This may happen as early as 2050. I
Three Republican candidates rose to the top in Iowa, with a surprisingly close number of votes: Cruz won with 28% of the vote (8 delegates); then Trump with 24% (7 delegates); then Rubio with 23% (6 delegates). UPDATE: Rubio ended up with 7, the same
My daughter Mary J. Moerbe, herself a writer with whom I have collaborated, has started a blog for Lutheran writers. It’s called Meet, Write, and Salutary. (Get it?) It’s full of tips, information, advice, and support for Christian writers and Lutheran writers in particular. Check
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from an LCMS congregation. Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri, was denied a state grant to improve its school’s playground, in the name of the separation of church and state. This could prove to be an
Tonight the presidential campaign, that has seemingly been going on for so long, gets started in earnest with the Iowa caucuses. Then things will happen fast, with the New Hampshire primary on February 9 and the Nevada caucus and the South Carolina primary both on
Reuters has an eye-opening story on what we blogged about earlier, how Planned Parenthood lawyers turned the tables on those who made the videos exposing the organization’s organ trafficking. By working closely with the Texas grand jury investigating Planned Parenthood, the lawyers were able to
Pope Francis will join with the Lutheran World Federation in a joint worship service in Lund, Sweden, on October 31, 2016, to celebrate Reformation Day. To underscore, once again, conservative Lutheran bodies do not approve of joint services with those of other confessions. Neither do
Bernie Sanders finally said where he stood on religion. He is Jewish by birth, but, more precisely, he is a “none,” claiming no involvement with organized religion. He told an interviewer that he believes in God in the sense that “all of us are connected.”
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