Paul McCain at Cyberbrethren posts a great Luther quote, in the context of a discussion of private prayers and devotions: Never think that you are kneeling or standing alone, rather think that the whole of Christendom, all devout Christians, are standing there beside you and
Thanks for the discussion of the First Use of the Law the other day. It really helped clarify things for me. Here is how I see it now: There is only one Law. Any time I am “curbed” from overtly committing a sin, it’s working
Charles Krauthammer, in his column entitled Obama in Bush Clothing, discusses “the usual Obama three-step: (a) excoriate the Bush policy, (b) ostentatiously unveil cosmetic changes, (c) adopt the Bush policy.” Observers of all political stripes are stunned by how much of the Bush national security
E.J. Dionne tells an interesting anecdote in a column about how President Obama is creating a new “center left” political establishment, including everyone but right wingers: The disturbing aspect of Obama’s effort to create his new political alignment is that building it requires him to
E.J. Dionne says Sonia Sotomayor is a centrist, especially when it comes to abortion: News accounts from the 1990s consistently described her as a “centrist” in her politics. Her lead sponsor when she was first named as a judge, the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan,
In answer to an issue that came up on yesterday’s very helpful discussion on the first use of the Law: Luther said that the only part of the Mosaic Law still binding on Christians is that which agrees with natural law. What are the implications
Anthony Sacramone at Strange Herring tells about some Anglicans who are discovering Luther and confessional Lutheran theology. He points to a related Anglican recommended book blog that consists largely of Lutheran titles! That list, by the way, which includes quotations from each book, constitutes an
So we know that the Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a postmodernist in her legal theory. From Sotomayor’s View of Judging Is on the Record – NYTimes.com: Judge Sotomayor questioned whether achieving impartiality “is possible in all, or even, in most, cases.” . .
Bernie Marcus, one of the founders of Home Depot, is worried that the rule of law is being undermined when it comes to businesses: Politicians in Washington are using the current economic crisis to cram through a series of policies that increase the power and
We’ve talked here quite a bit about the doctrine of vocation and the doctrine of the Two Kingdoms. But there is one other teaching in what we might call the Lutheran theology of culture: the first use of the Law. To review, the first use
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