Perhaps you are all familiar by now with Obama’s answer to Rick Warren’s question to both Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama on when does life begin, or as Warren put it, when do human rights begin. Obama quipped that it was above his pay grade (see Dr. Veith’s blog for more on this).
This [...]
St. Paul wrote: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think about such things (Phil. 4:8 [show]Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, [...]
CTS exists to form servants in Jesus Christ who will … reach the lost….
After His glorious resurrection from the dead, our Lord told the disciples that just as He was sent by the Father, so was He sending them. The apostolic church does not just sit on its hands and watch the world go by. [...]
No, I’m not kidding.
Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2008, section 1, pp. 1, 23.
I think I’m just going to toss this one out there for some discussion. Aliens or not: What say you?
Well, ok, here are a couple talking points:
Isn’t it ironic that those who would limit God’s ability to create out of nothing will suddenly [...]
The Apostle Peter’s confession is the center of Christian worship. It is upon that confession that the Church is built and that the Church continues to triumph in the midst a dark and sneaky world. We receive our life through the Son of the Living God. It comes from no other. [...]
Tagged Christianity, Islam, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, The Son of GodIn last Sunday’s adult Bible class, our pastor was talking about the meaning of suffering. In philosophy, the problem of evil/suffering is called theodicy. For religiously oriented folk, the question is really about the nature of God. Here are three propositions which orthodox Christians hold to be true:
God is perfectly good
God is [...]
The Vatican recently released a statement verifying that, for the first time in history, there are now more Muslims in the world than Catholics. Catholics occupy nearly 17 percent of the world’s population, while Christianity as a whole totals a measly 33 percent.
Should the concern be why so there are so few Christians? Or, at [...]
As I’m sure everyone is aware, Issues Etc. on KFUO has been canceled, and it will be missed. That program had no small part in my decision to go to seminary to study for the pastoral ministry. I have friends, too, from the seminary who either came to historic Lutheranism or to the seminary because [...]
Tagged Iowa, Issues Etc.Let me tell you why I love this recent article from Wired magazine. It’s called Big Bang or Big Goof?
Sometimes when I have talked with atheists or skeptics, they work under the assumption that science is about objective facts whereas religion is about irrational leaps of faith. The notion that one’s religious faith [...]
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