Examining bioethics, morality, and culture from a distinctively orthodox Lutheran perspective. Site dedicated to the Holy Family.
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 18th, 2009
MESSAGE FROM THE MEETING OF THE BALTIC LUTHERAN BISHOPS The leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia and Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania met in Tallinn on the 3rd and 4th of November, 2009 to strengthen the long experience of unity of the Lutheran churches in the Baltic countries [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2009
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN KENYA ON THE CHURCH APOSTATE This is the statement of the executive committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya that met on the 12th November 2009, on the Apostasy of the church of Sweden to consecrate not just a woman to the office of bishop but a lesbian bishop on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2009
From Baptist Press: When ACP information is examined against research conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, it is evident that demographic changes in our country have been the major shaping force of our membership numbers, not outdated methodologies nor a generation gap in the leadership of our churches and institutions. . . The data show [...]
Posted in Philosophy on May 6th, 2009
What is the Twentieth-Century Project? The Twentieth-Century Project (TCP) is the attempt by late nineteenth through early twenty-first century Lutheran theologians to salvage and/or make relevant Lutheranism by accommodating, in varying degrees, contemporary science, philosophy, history, sociology, and culture. Philosophical influences of the TCP stretch back to the eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, which sought [...]
Posted in sex on Apr 1st, 2009
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America issued press releases today referencing the ELCA’s sexuality statement and recommendations. You can read the press releases here and here, respectively.
Morpheus to Neo: This is your last chance. After this, there is no going back. You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole [...]
Posted in sex on Mar 20th, 2009
There it is, my friends: I’ve let the cat out of the bag. The problem with current discourse in Lutheran circles regarding sexuality is, well, the word sexuality. You can’t find sexuality in the Bible (oh, sure, there are male and female, marriage, sex, more sex, approved sex, prohibited sex, and so on), but not [...]
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.