On Sunday, the last Sunday of the church year, we had a sermon about the text on the Son of Man coming back and separating the sheep from the goats (Matthew 25: 31-36). Pastor added some new dimensions to that account. He pointed out that
On Sunday, the last Sunday of the church year, we had a sermon about the text on the Son of Man coming back and separating the sheep from the goats (Matthew 25: 31-36). Pastor added some new dimensions to that account. He pointed out that
Stop trying to figure out what part of the Republican coalition needs to be purged. I think the alliance of religious conservatives, economic conservatives, and libertarians can be preserved. Why? In this climate of liberal triumphalism, the Democrats will over-reach. The liberal economic policies of
Can someone explain to me how anyone can justify the bill to replace the secret ballot with signed cards for workers deciding on whether or not to join a union? The proposed Employee Free Choice Act passed the House, but it hasn’t even come to
Our pastor sent out a prayer request for Bishop Elisa of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sudan, who is experiencing severe health problems. He included a letter from the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, which includes this information about how the Lutheran church of Sudan came to
A major intelligence study projects the decline of America and the rise of India and China as world leaders: U.S. economic and political clout will decline over the next two decades and the world will be more dangerous, with food and water scarce and advanced
Anthony Sacramone, who once channeled “Luther at the Movies,” is blogging again at Strange Herring. Bookmark it and check it every chance you get for Lutheran insight and Lutheran humor. (No, the latter is not an oxymoron. Far from it. It’s a kind of a
I predicted this would happen. Erstwhile conservative columnist Kathleen Parker is saying that the Republican defeat and its continuing hopeless prospects are due to religious voters. From Giving Up on God – washingtonpost.com: As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will
Terry Mattingly criticizes the Washington Post story posted below. He denies that any pro-lifers are opposing helping women so that they keep their babies. Approving E. J. Dionne’s column that we blogged about recently, Mattingly points to another issue: Now something huge is missing [from
From Some Abortion Foes Shifting Focus From Ban to Reduction – washingtonpost.com: Frustrated by the failure to overturn Roe v. Wade, a growing number of antiabortion pastors, conservative academics and activists are setting aside efforts to outlaw abortion and instead are focusing on building social
Used to, if you asked someone what church he goes to, you would get one answer. I just encountered someone who is a Catholic but who also sometimes attends a non-denominational church and also a Baptist church. I had heard of this phenomenon but hadn’t
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