Our new granddaughter was born on Friday morning! (That was the day I got back from St. Louis, where she was born, so I just missed her! My wife was on the scene, though, so I’m glad of that.) She is Mary May Hensley. You
Our new granddaughter was born on Friday morning! (That was the day I got back from St. Louis, where she was born, so I just missed her! My wife was on the scene, though, so I’m glad of that.) She is Mary May Hensley. You
Having first discussed vocations in the estate of the church, the Table of Duties in Luther’s Small Catechism next turns to another estate that God has established for our life on earth, the civil government: Concerning Civil Government. Let every soul be subject unto the
America’s favorite dog, for the 18th year in a row, is the Labrador Retriever. I can see that. My nephew’s lab, Willie, is full of likable personality, though with perhaps too much irrational exuberance. Do you agree that labs are the best family dogs, or
A number of states, hungry for new revenue, want to get a cut of the action of the booming pornography industry. They are proposing taxes on pornography, strip clubs, and sex shops. But the proposals may not pass legal muster. See ‘Porn Taxes’ Face First
In more news of the pagan revival, some Greeks are working to revive the worship of the ancient Hellenic gods (Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, etc.). The religion is called Ellinais, what the ancient Greeks called themselves. Ellinais, whose members range from elderly academics to young professionals,
The Table of Duties in Luther’s Small Catechism first attends to the vocations in the Church: For Bishops, Pastors, and Preachers. A bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to
A number of conservative and moderate pundits and even some liberals who supported Barack Obama are having buyer’s remorse. These include Christopher Buckley, Maureen Dowd, David Brooks, David Gergen, and Andrew Sullivan. See ‘I’m Maureen Dowd, and I’ve Been Had’. They liked him, but now
In the midst of a searching, detailed criticism of President Obama’s economic policies that is worth reading on its own, the Wall Street Journal mentions one policy change that could be the most dangerous of them all: New and expanded refundable tax credits would raise
Watch for “Goddess Temples” moving into your neighborhoods. They apparently are reviving an ancient religious practice of pagan antiquity: sacred prostitution. It took parking and traffic complaints to get one to move out of Scottsdale, Arizona, to Phoenix: Police have investigated a sexually oriented temple
Now we come to the section in Luther’s Small Catechism that teaches the DOCTRINE OF VOCATION. Namely, The Table of Duties. This part of the catechism has been shamefully neglected, in my opinion, and thus the doctrine of vocation has faded out of even Lutheran
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