Not long ago we posted about the theological and philosophical movement known as Radical Orthodoxy, asking whether Lutherans could have a seat at that table. Well, in another context, my friend George Strieter put me on to Johann Georg Hamann, a devout Lutheran who was
Conservative pundit Mark Levin has written a book entitled The Liberty Amendments (which debuted at #1 on Amazon) which calls for a Constitutional convention to propose amendments that would rein in the power of the federal government. (Under Article V of the Constitution, 2/3 of
Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Hassad has apparently used poison gas against the insurgents rebelling against him. The London Telegraph is reporting that the United States, along with Great Britain, is preparing a cruise missile attack, possibly to begin this week. Should we intervene militarily in yet
Advocates of gay marriage and even opponents who grudgingly accept its inevitability say that it won’t affect Christians and other people who have moral qualms about homosexuality. But religious exemptions apparently only apply to churches and not to religious individuals. It looks like the anti-discrimination
More evidence of Luther’s point about Roman Catholics and Protestant “enthusiasts” being basically the same in thinking God speaks to them directly and experientially, apart from His Word: “God told me to do it,” the 86-year-old former pontiff told a friend, six months after his
The Supreme Court is hearing a case that will decide whether or not it is constitutional for a city council to begin with an explicitly Christian prayer. Surprisingly to both sides, the Obama administration has filed a brief defending the city council being sued and
New Jersey has passed a law forbidding counseling or therapy that tries to change a minor’s sexual orientation. But it specifically allows for counseling or therapy that tries to change a minor’s gender. Matthew Schmitz sees a contradiction here. (more…)
Three teenagers in Duncan, Oklahoma, shot and killed a college student from Australia just jogging by. Why? Because they were bored. This happened not in some big city but in a small Oklahoma town of less than 24,000. Boring, perhaps (speaking as a product of
The only nations in the world that permit abortion after the fetus is viable are China, North Korea, Canada, and the United States. (more…)
Russell Moore–identified as one of those mythical “Lutheran Baptists“–is the new spokesman for the Southern Baptist Convention on social issues. He is taking a different approach from the conventional political activist on the “Christian right.” He says that Christians have lost the so-called “culture wars”
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