At this point in THE SMALL CATECHISM, Luther offers some “Prayers for Daily Use.” Here are the prayers for the beginning and for the end of the day, calling on God for the whole course of daily life: A MORNING PRAYER In the morning, when
At this point in THE SMALL CATECHISM, Luther offers some “Prayers for Daily Use.” Here are the prayers for the beginning and for the end of the day, calling on God for the whole course of daily life: A MORNING PRAYER In the morning, when
Did you notice on the “Don’t make over $250,000” post that one commenter took issue with just about everybody else, defending the administration’s economic policy? How he happened to mention that he was an inventor pursuing a patent? Whereupon, instead of harshly vilifying him as
Remember that botched abortion that we blogged about, in which the abortionist delivered a live baby who was just thrown away to die in a garbage bag so the mother is suing? Well, here is an update. Not only is the mother suing, but the
We have earlier blogged about Igar Panarin, a respected Russian scholar, who has been saying that just as the collapse of communism resulted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the current collapse of capitalism will mean the dissolution of the United States. Here is
Next in Luther’s SMALL CATECHISM, the Sacrament of the Altar: THE NATURE OF THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR What is the Sacrament of the Altar? The Sacrament of the Altar is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, under the bread and
There is a kind of conservatism that is against big business, as well as big government. It looks for decentralization of power across the board, favoring local communities and families. It prefers small businesses to big corporations. It opposes what modernity, post-modernity, untrammeled technology, and
A Los Angeles fertility clinic is advertising a service that will allow parents to select their baby’s physical appearance: A US clinic has sparked controversy by offering would-be parents the chance to select traits like the eye and hair colour of their offspring. The LA
Updating the recent post about President Obama being willing to give in to Russian demands to keep DEFENSIVE missiles out of Poland in return for Russian help to keep Iran from going nuclear. Now that Vladimir Putin has won the main concession, he is rubbing
This next section of Luther’s THE SMALL CATECHISM is controversial to non-Lutherans, though I wonder what they do with John 20:22-23. Confession and absolution is simply a personal application of the Gospel. It is very powerful in giving pastoral care to someone in need of
I’ve been critical on this blog of how President Obama is trying to fix the economy. But I’d like to hear from all sides. I’d be glad to hear someone making a case for how this could possibly work. And I don’t want to leave
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