Examining bioethics, morality, and culture from a distinctively orthodox Lutheran perspective. Site dedicated to the Holy Family.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 30th, 2009
While some senators have vowed not to support Reidcare should it fail to restrict abortion coverage, others won’t support the Senate’s version of health care legislation if it does not contain the “public option.” That’s making for a divided Senate that may be unable to muster the necessary 60 votes to close debate, which opens [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2009
With one of the world’s lowest live-birth rates in the world (1.19%, far below the replacement rate), South Korea now appears to be concerned, albeit financially, about the hundreds of thousands of illegal abortions being performed each year. From The Examiner: In what seems to be an ironic turn of events, South Korea has discovered [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2009
Mike Cannon at the Cato Institute smells gimmickery in the Democrats” health care reform proposals. Principle gimmicks include massive spending for ten years beginning in 2014, and in not calculating the individual and corporate costs of mandating health care insurance. You can read the rest of the story here.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2009
From The Washington Examiner: . . . on Page 122 of the 2,079-page bill, the secretary [of Health and Human Services] is given the power to establish “the basic per enrollee, per month cost, determined on average actuarial basis, for including coverage under a qualified health care plan.” The HHS secretary would also have the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 28th, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 25th, 2009
A Queensland Museum scientist has named a newly-discovered tree snail after the late naturalist Steve Irwin. I recall my late sister telling me of a conversation she had with Steve in a hotel lobby some years ago. According to her, Steve professed his faith in Christ. Queensland Museum scientist Dr John Stanisic has named a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 25th, 2009
Just ask one or more of the following questions: How did humankind know that God’s design for marriage was one man and one woman for life before the Bible was written? How do non-Christians know that today? Was same-sex activity sinful before Moses wrote the first four books of the Bible? Why or why not? [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2009
The Family Research Council provides helpful General Social Survey information showing that more frequent church attendance correlates to the importance people attach to having their own children. A new “church growth” program, anyone?
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2009
From the University of Pennsylvania’s Web site: President Barack Obama announced today the appointment of Penn President Amy Gutmann as Chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. As Chair of the Commission, Gutmann will advise President Obama on a range of bioethical issues, while continuing to serve as President of 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.