Examining bioethics, morality, and culture from a distinctively orthodox Lutheran perspective. Site dedicated to the Holy Family.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2009
I was really proud to belong to my church body today. Here is President Gerald Kieschnick’s greeting to the ELCA General Assembly delivered this morning:
Address to ELCA Churchwide Assembly, August 22, 2009
Presiding Bishop Hanson, Members of the Assembly, Special Guests, Friends in Christ,
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from our Lord [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2009
The recent hoopla trickling down from the ELCA’s General Assembly occurring this week in Minneapolis over the adoption of Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust, as well as a revision of clergy expectations for rostered leaders in that church body, has renewed my interest in how my own denomination, officially (or rather, semi-officially) deals with the [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.