2012-01-23T06:00:56-05:00

You know that viral video from the guy who says he hates religion but loves Jesus?  Well, Anthony Sacramone kind of agrees with him: I like to say that I’m neither religious nor spiritual — I’m a Lutheran. It’s more than just left of pithy;

2012-01-23T05:45:41-05:00

Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary in overwhelming fashion.  Now each of the four contenders left standing has won a primary except for Ron Paul. The South Carolina primary results: Newt Gingrich 243,398      40.4% Winner Mitt Romney 167,957          27.9% Rick Santorum 102,213       17.0% Ron

2012-01-23T05:30:19-05:00

Penn State football was Joe Paterno’s life.  Now, shortly after he was fired from the scandal-plagued program, he died.   He had a treatable form of cancer, but it killed him at age 85. Do you think the timing was coincidental, the cancer being the sole

2012-01-23T05:00:14-05:00

Sunday was the anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973.  Today is the March for Life in Washington, D. C. Those who believe in abortion call themselves “pro-choice.”  Women indeed do have the “choice” of whether to get an abortion or let the

2012-01-20T06:00:55-05:00

Rev. Samuel Schuldheisz points us to the role of the liturgy–including the Psalms and the classic hymns of praise–in the life of J. R. R. Tolkien.  This is from a letter to his son, Christopher: “If you don’t do so already, make a habit of

2012-01-20T05:45:43-05:00

Texas Governor Rick Perry has dropped out of the GOP presidential race.  He endorsed Newt Gingrich.  So did Sarah Palin. Ex-candidate Herman Cain, however, endorsed “the people.” Gingrich’s former wife is saying that he wanted “an open marriage” even as he was making speeches about

2012-01-20T05:30:26-05:00

President Obama said “no” to the pipeline that would transport Canadian oil from that country’s vast reserves of oil sand to the refineries of Texas, creating jobs along the whole route.  Even the liberal Washington Post editorial board thinks that decision is foolish and makes

2012-01-20T05:14:12-05:00

The Wikipedia blackout and other protests on the internet to the SOPA bill may have done some good.   Congressmen, including former sponsors in the House and the Senate, are now running away from the bill.  President Obama has also come out against the bill as

2012-01-19T06:00:52-05:00

Forget about the BCS Bowls, the NCAA tournament, and the tortured definitions of “student athlete.”  To me, I am proudest of these national champions:  Patrick Henry College students J. C. Cartee and Andrew Ferguson who won the national undergraduate moot court championship! Moot court involves

2012-01-19T05:45:21-05:00

We Lutherans believe in the supernatural efficacy of “Word and Sacrament.”  Other Christians believe in the power of God’s Word, but deny that water, bread, and wine, when joined to God’s Word, can have any more than a symbolic significance.  After all, how can the physical convey

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