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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2009
From Rasmussen Reports: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey show that 43% of voters nationwide favor the plan working its way through Congress while 53% are opposed. Those figures are virtually identical to results from two weeks ago. As has been true since the debate began, those opposed to the congressional overhaul feel more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2009
In his The Disputation Concerning Man (1536), Luther posits a profitable anthropology, one that does not begin with Cartesian assumptions cobbled together with Scripture passages to prove a middle-of-the-road point. No, rather the Blessed Martin begins his teaching in the company of classical, Christian theologians who found that the first thing about man we discuss [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2009
The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama delivered a letter from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to Pope Benedict XVI last month. The letter and the pontiff’s response were read aloud by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick at Kennedy’s burial on Saturday. From the Kennedy letter: I have been blessed to be part of a wonderful family. [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
