The post about God & the State led to even more discussion of a previous post regarding whether marriage is primarily the business of the church or of the state. I wonder if we could set aside the topic of marriage for awhile and just
The post about God & the State led to even more discussion of a previous post regarding whether marriage is primarily the business of the church or of the state. I wonder if we could set aside the topic of marriage for awhile and just
More in our series on THE SMALL CATECHISM. The first group of commandments is about loving God; the rest of the commandments are about loving our neighbors. Notice how the commandments zero in on vocation: loving and serving your neighbor in the course of ordinary
Friends, in looking at the discussion about marriage, I am astonished that so many of you are willing to throw out Two Kingdoms theology, the doctrine of vocation, and the state itself just because you don’t like our current government! There are lots of misunderstandings
Our series on the Small Catechism will now turn to Luther’s explanation of the First Table of the Law, regarding how we are to love God. (Recall that loving God and loving our neighbor constitute “all the law and the prophets”; the first commandments deal
ND Measure Says Fertilized Egg Has Human Rights: A measure approved by the North Dakota House gives a fertilized human egg the legal rights of a human being, a step that would essentially ban abortion in the state. The bill is a direct challenge to
LAJ suggests a blog series on Luther’s classic “Small Catechism.” Good idea. Since, as my colleague Sandy observed, Luther Day doesn’t even rate any greeting cards, even from Christian sources, we’ll honor him that way. Strictly speaking, as a wise pastor once explained to me,
Discussion in the post yesterday about civil unions came around to the notion that the state should get out of the marriage business, that it should just be a matter for the church. I can see that if you are a Roman Catholic. But if
America got it right, in my opinion, in the first round of voting for the first 12-person group on American Idol. I agree with the choice of all three who are advancing to the final twelve: Alexis Grace (but wash the Kool-Aid out of your
Yesterday we contemplated a quotation from the 19th century French observer of America Alexis de Tocqueville on how democracies can self-destruct. Michael Ledeen, author of Tocqueville on American Character gives us some more quotations on how democracies can fritter away their liberty. Read the essay.
Today is the commemoration of Martin Luther, Doctor and Reformer, who died on February 18, 1546. You don’t have to be a Lutheran to appreciate Luther. In addition to his theological impact (reforming the church in ways even today’s Catholics are acknowledging was needed; translating
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