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Female Elders
You’ll recall that the 2004 Convention said that woman can be elders as long as it doesn’t involve them in the function or accountability of the pastoral office. As of 31 July 2008 three of the nine elders at Trinity, … Continue reading
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Father Knows Best?
It starts with fat, old Eli. He is a lousy father. Scripture records that Eli honored his sons above the Lord. He would not properly discipline them for despising the offering of the Lord and for sleeping with the … Continue reading
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The Lioness’s Share
G.K. Chesterton said that “every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things” (The New Jerusalem, 211.)
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You Can Learn a lot from women, so Don’t Sacrifice them
There are shows aimed at men and shows at women. While, as far as I know, no one has thought of a derisive term for movies aimed at men such as “Male Movie” or “Testosterone Tape,” we do have the … Continue reading
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You’re Just a Kid!
“You’re just a kid!” O how age can be made an accusation.
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The Sin Nobody Talks About
Having recently published a letter, I didn’t think The Lutheran Witness would, I decided to publish this article Higher Things wouldn’t. To be fair, it’s not that they didn’t think it worthwhile. They just thought it too risky, perhaps risque. You decide … Continue reading
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Lutheran Education
Our Large Catechism addresses the education of our children under the Fourth Commandment: “For all authority flows and is propagated from the authority of parents. For where a father is unable alone to educate his child, he employs a … Continue reading
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