Bioethike

I call out the Rev. Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, for false teaching. A respected colleague in the ELCA made me aware of the latest evidence of this fact by pointing me to Bishop Hanson’s December 6 videotaped, virtual “Town Hall” meeting, which you may view here. Another colleague [...]

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The Minnesota Independent is reporting on the ELCA’s August Churchwide Assembly at which delegates will be asked to vote on sweeping changes to that church body’s polity, including becoming more welcoming to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered/transsexual) persons, as well as allowing area synods (LCMS: districts; Roman Catholic/Orthodox: dioceses) to opt for ordaining practicing [...]

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Here’s an older piece (September, 2008) from LifeSiteNews.com that I thought you would enjoy reading. To whet your appetite: 1) There is no particular need for “sex education.”  For many centuries there was no sex education, yet children were conceived and their parents enjoyed the process.  Discovery of each other and what is pleasant in [...]

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As I have reported here, here, and here, many conservative Christian groups are concerned about the passage of H.R. 1913 (referred to the “Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill”) that would add “sexual orientation” to the list of protected statuses enjoying federal protection. Matt Barber, director of cultural affairs with Liberty Counsel and associate dean with [...]

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As this April 4 The New York Times article shows, advocates for same-sex marriage, such as Lambda Legal, are making headway in New England. Ironically, you can thank the Puritans, advocates of individualism and intellectualism, for some of the success.

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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.

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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 [...]

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This piece from KansasCity.com suggests that cheaper Chinese condoms are causing a dilemma for the folks at the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has distributed an estimated 10 billion U.S.-made AIDS-preventing condoms in poor countries around the world. Which makes me ask,  “Why are my federal tax dollars being used to purchase condoms which, in [...]

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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 [...]

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Here’s an older piece, ca. 1994, by Dr. Mary M. Knutson, while associate professor of systematic theology at the ELCA’s Luther Seminary in St. Paul.  The general themes of this document and the ELCA’s 2009 proposed sexuality statment, Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust, are remarkably similar. In both, notice the: invocation of Scripture and Luther (or other Reformers); promotion of [...]

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