Examining bioethics, morality, and culture from a distinctively orthodox Lutheran perspective. Site dedicated to the Holy Family.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 23rd, 2010
Oh no, I don’t favor President Obama’s repeal of DADT. At first blush, I suppose that there are numerous arguments to suggest that such a repeal is not a good thing. Chief among those might be that this is only part of an even greater effort to legitimize homosexual behavior in American society. However, given [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 13th, 2010
God’s law is written in two ways and two places: Not only in the words of revelation, but in our being, for we are made in God’s image. For a long time, many Christians neglected or even denied this insight because of the mistaken idea that if the image of God can be obscured by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2010
Says Susan Appleton, JD, family law expert and the Lemma Barkeloo and Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis: The legal debate about gender and parentage has increasingly relied on empirical data from the social sciences claiming to show how children fare in different familial arrangements. “Although the most recent studies [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 4th, 2010
As a Catholic, I found it fascinating to read these fine essays and “listen in” on a conversation about natural law conducted by an outstanding group of Lutheran scholars. The authors consider such topics as whether there really is a natural human capacity to identify and affirm valid moral norms, and whether belief in a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 31st, 2010
I met the wonderfully-gifted Dr. David VanDrunen at the Society of Christian Ethics meeting January, 2010, in San Jose, CA. Eerdman’s had just released his Natural Law and Two Kingdoms (2009). In fact, I was there when he first saw the book–literally–as it was taken out of the box. Dr. VanDrunen was kind enough to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2010
Concordia Publishing House now has a Web page dedicated to the forthcoming book, Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (January, 2011) on its Web site. As you may be aware, Lutherans have not discussed natural law in a serious way (that’s my biased opinion) since, oh, perhaps the early twentieth century. This new book containing 15 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2010
You must check out the blog for the Center for Morality in Public life. Titled Ethika Politika (sounds familiar, doesn’t it?!?), this looks like it going to be a treasure trove for those wishing to applying natural law thinking to contemporary, hot-button issues. CFMPL President Andrew Haines was kind enough to e-mail me last week. [...]
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.
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