As we’ve blogged about earlier, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus has broken ties with its mother church in Sweden over gay marriage and related issues. Now the 6 million-strong church–one of the fastest growing in the world (and the third largest Lutheran church in
Thanks for holding down the blog for me while I was gone. It looks like you did a good job of keeping things going. What do y0u need me for? Since I was bereft of computer, cell phone, newspaper, and television, I have no idea
Is your church listed as one of the 35 ugliest churches in the world? Nicholas G. Hahn, editor at RealClearReligion, has assembled a slide show of what he considers houses of worship that are “bizarre, weird, dumb, and gross. ” These come from virtually all
George Zimmerman was found not guilty of the murder of the African-American youth Trayvon Martin, sparking protests, threats against Zimmerman and the jury, and calls on the government to punish him anyway by filing a civil rights suit against him. (How, if he is legally
The (liberal) E. J. Dionne discusses Edmund Burke: The First Conservative by British lawmaker Jesse Norman. In doing so, he gives a useful summary of what the 18th century statesman and political theorist was all about. So how is this different from some of the
While I was gone: Rev. Matthew Harrison, a confessional theologian with a heart, was re-elected president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. By a landslide of 2/3 of the vote. You LCMSers, does this bode well? What exactly, if we can say that, does it
This week I will be on vacation far away from internet connections and cell phone towers. I know, though, how important your daily Cranach fix is, and I do not want to throw off your routines. So I am going to put together a structure
News will happen while I’m away this week. Hopefully, I won’t even know about it. But something is bound to happen that begs for discussion. If and when something happens, tell about it briefly in a comment, along with a link to the full story.
This is your chance to post your questions and convictions on matters theological, with informed readers from many different traditions answering you, arguing with you, or maybe helping you think things through.
Are the Republicans doomed? Are the Democrats cracking up? Are any potential presidential candidates from either party emerging who are in any way attractive? Are libertarians the up-and-coming political consensus, finally bringing our polarized country together around issues such as civil liberties, free markets, and
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