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Fear This?
Ebola is the sum of all current fears. It’s zombies come alive; it’s the outbreak scenarios films have warned us of; it’s the pandemic Big Brother has promised is surely coming. Be afraid; be very afraid. We’re on the Eve … Continue reading
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A Brief Statement about the Brief Statement
Had not the Brief Statement been adopted by the LCMS in 1932 there would not have been the Statement of the Forty-Four in 1945. Yet though confessionals bang the Brief Statement gong loudly and even LCMS, Inc. will appeal to … Continue reading
Scratch a Fund Raiser and You’ll Smell a Pietist
That’s probably too strident, stringent, harsh even. But you Waltherians can blame Walther for getting me to think along such clamorous lines. He says in Law and Gospel that there are only two groups that humanity can be separated into … Continue reading
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My Problem with The Problem of Pain
C. S. Lewis never claimed to be a theologian or pastor. He makes some big theological boo-boos, but he was a great thinker. But some of his thoughts in The Problem of Pain are a problem for me, if true.
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Evolution and the Gay Rights Agenda
Does anyone know anyone who is for gay rights and against evolution? How about for abortion and against evolution? How about for feminism and against evolution?
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Pietism in Law and Gospel
As promised months ago, here are things I think ought not to be said or reflect incipient pietism in Walther’s Law and Gospel. This is not to say that the book ought not to be read. I have read it … Continue reading
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Hold the Line or Dance their Tune
It’s well-known that in a battle one running man or one charging man can turn the tide of battle. Macarthur’s’ father won the Medal of Honor for picking up the fallen standard of his Civil War unit and continuing the … Continue reading
Don’t Worry the Public Square Will Find Us
There has been much handwringing among conservative Christians since the 80s about not having a voice in the public square. If Cardinal Francis George of Chicago is right, we need not worry about being absent from the public square for … Continue reading
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Caged Frogs Worse than Non-barking Dogs
A guard dog that won’t bark at approaching danger is worthless but caged frogs can be worse.
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Fifty Shades of Shame
Now that a movie is being made of the blockbuster novel Fifty Shades of Grey it seems appropriate to comment on it.
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