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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2009
Well, I’ll let the Scriptures answer. Here are the words of St. Paul: 12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14In [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2009
Glory to Jesus! Amen. A British man, cruelly labeled by physicians as being in a “persistent vegetative state” (does a vegetable ever have a “humanative” state?) for twenty-three years, described his doctor’s discovery that his brain was functioning almost completely normal as his “second birth.” You simply must read the rest of the story at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2009
Uber-reliable Rassmussen Reports shows the remarkable slide continuing death spiral of public support for health care reform. Hitting its lowest level since June at 38%, the November 21-22 poll found 56% of those polled actually oppose the measures making their way through Congress. Will Congress listen to the people? If not, I fear a massive, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2009
BioEdge notes that “bioethicist” has become a dirty word for some Americans. Now, apparently, atheist bioethicists are starting to flex a bit more muscle: They recently published an article in the Guardian’s “Comment is free” blog, under the headline, “Stand up, stand up, against Jesus”. They reject accommodationist atheism which cozies up to religious people [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2009
I am SO glad that I left this church body YEARS ago. This video was actually performed at an ELCA synodical (LCMS: district) convention in May of this year. HT: J. Amiel.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2009
This from The Washington Post tells it all: Despite the success in the test vote, the fragile consensus in the Democratic caucus will face its greatest test yet as the health-care debate moves to the Senate floor and Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) struggles to stave off internal schisms. The cracks in the 60-member [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 22nd, 2009
From today’s Providence Journal: Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has forbidden Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy to receive the Roman Catholic sacrament of Holy Communion because of his advocacy of abortion rights, the Rhode Island Democrat said Friday. “The bishop instructed me not to take Communion and said that he has instructed the diocesan priests not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 21st, 2009
HT: The Black Eagle Tavern.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 21st, 2009
Remember this? Specter of future rationing, anyone? From The Washington Post: Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released Friday by a major medical group. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 21st, 2009
Senate Votes to Proceed with Abortion Funding Debacle by JP Duffy November 21, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 21, 2009 CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Maria Donovan, (866) FRC-NEWS Washington, D.C. – Tonight, in a partisan vote, the U.S. Senate voted to proceed to Senator Reid’s version of the government takeover of health care. Among 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.
