I signed up to participate in book launch for two of the co-founders of The Babylon Bee. On June 7 their first novel The Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress is available to buy or download. I preordered a copy and then was sent a link to read an advanced copy! Part of the deal was then to […]
God’s Word tells us that man is a spiritual, worshipping being, made for the true God. False gods fill in the gaps and rule the heart in unbelief. It is not that religion that becomes minimized, but confessional, traditional, organized religions are being replaced with personal, more subjective ones, in the wake of liberalism, individualism, […]
John Warwick MontgomeryPh.D. (Chicago), D.Théol. (Strasbourg), LL.D. (Cardiff, Wales, UK); Professor Emeritus of Law and Humanities, University of Bedfordshire (UK); Pastor Emeritus, LCMS My article on the 2010 Oberammergau Passion Play appeared in my book, Christ As Centre and Circumference There I pointed out that, though a “Passion Play groupie, . . . I shall […]
Rev. Andrew J. PreusTrinity Ev. Luth. ChurchNew Haven, MO We run into problems when we frame the relationship between the Bible and faith in Christ purely chronologically. It reminds me of how some treat what is called the “order of salvation” (ordo salutis). The order of salvation is meant to be a distinction between the various factors of how one […]
The move to make abortion a purely medical issue is wrong. To enlist the expertise of doctors is not a moral appeal, however, but one to a supposedly higher authority. It is not as if doctors cannot be wrong about what is right and godly. Being technically proficient is not the same as wisdom and […]
Rev. Dr. Gregory Schulz An abbreviated version was published in May 16th The Federalist. –ed. Today’s academic landscape is littered with the dry bones of academic freedom – desiccated and disjointed bones. This is true of the landscape at my own religious university, Concordia University Wisconsin (CUW), from which I have been suspended and put […]
The recently adjudicated religious case—turned secular civil trial—has made it abundantly clear that Christianity is discriminatory from the world’s viewpoint. The charges brought against them (all quotes are from an English translation from the Finnish), titled “Ethnic Agitation” describe: “Päivi Räsänen has made available and kept available to the public opinions and statements which disparage […]
The leaked Supreme Court Draft is an interesting read and gives some historical perspective on our country and the present state of our culture. 30 of the almost 100 pages (as an appendix) deal with specific historical testimony which shows that abortion is a new legal concept without precedent. It was only recently declared an […]
Dr. Muth,Thank you for your careful and patient letter.I appreciate your response. It is good to hear that you take your call to serve at CUWAA seriously.I know that many professors at CUWAA, whom we should pray for, do also. I support your efforts to teach students well. That is commendable.I am sorry that valid and […]
Originally published in CN July 17, 1989. Note the stress on the confession the funeral makes as a public statement and Christian privilege—it is not just an evangelistic tool/party favor. Too many pastors are eager to please the grieving, but not with the truth of Christ. Can not doing a funeral make a greater confession […]
