Nice PBS Video on Lutheran Church–Missouri Work in Haiti
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
HT: Rev. Matt Harrison at Mercy Journeys with Pastor Harrison.
Examining bioethics, morality, and culture from a distinctively orthodox Lutheran perspective. Site dedicated to the Holy Family.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
HT: Rev. Matt Harrison at Mercy Journeys with Pastor Harrison.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010
From my friend, Al Collver’s, ABC3s of Miscellany blog. Al is employed by LCMS World Relief and Human Care and is currently deployed with Rev. Matt Harrison and WRHC staff in Haiti.
An update from Matt Harrison:
I have been having trouble updating my blog for the past day or two. In fact, as I was trying [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2009
The New York Times reports today on a myriad of problems associated with in vitro fertilization. Seriously folks, the risks–not to mention the troubling moral issues–of this type of emotional appeasement are far, far too great. Better to accept the Lord’s will and to adopt children who are already here. From the article:
While IVF creates [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2009
At Lutherans and Procreation, Pastor Keith asks,
Dr. Baker, could you please elaborate on the “strong divine command theory ethic”? I was recently accused of perpetrating the heresy of “taking the Bible literally”, an error which was portrayed as being a phenomenon which sprang up in the early 1900s in response to scientific advances. I think [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2009
Dr. Judith Reisman: “Sexual beings” is “direct Kinsey fallout”
This morning, I contacted Dr. Judith Reisman by e-mail, asking her if she knew the provenance of the term “sexual beings.” Dr. Reisman has spent a considerable part of her life exposing the fraudulent statistical data Kinsey used in support of changing sexual mores during the 1930s-50s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2009
Statement of the president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in response to certain actions of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
August 24, 2009
The two largest Lutheran church bodies in the United States are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) with 4.8 million members and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) with [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 19th, 2009
Meeting August 17-23, the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is now in session. On the docket for deliberation is the church’s proposed social statement on sexuality, Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust. The church is expected to vote on the proposal this Friday.
From the ELCA News Service:
[Speaking to the Assembly,] Dr. Robert [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2009
In April here, here, and here, and in May here, here, and here, I reported about H.R. 1913/ S. 909, “The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act,” which expands “hate crimes” language to include sexual orientation. Several reputable conservative Christian scholars, commentators, and institutions are gravely concerned that the bill will create the possibility for [...]