Recently, I posted about Sen. Barack Obama’s answer, or non answer as it were, to Rick Warren’s question on when human rights begin, whether at conception or later? James Kushiner, at Mere Comments, the blog of Touchstone magazine, recently wrote about the state of children in Britain. What he reports is discouraging, especially since those [...]
Tagged abortion, Barack Obama, Human Rights, Infanticide, James Kushiner, Mere Comments, TouchstoneMonths ago, I wrote about masculinity and femininity. Recently, I read an interview that ZENIT conducted with Anthony Esolen on the topic of “Finding the Masculine Genius.” There were a couple striking points that we, as Lutherans and for unknown reasons, have not discussed. The first addresses Esolen’s understanding of what the terms masculinity [...]
Tagged Anthony Esolen, Masculinity, VirtueThere have been some misnomers out there that describe deaconesses as “nuns” or “mini-pastors.” This blog post hopes to develop a primer discussion of what a deaconess is and what she is not, and leave you to understand the important distinctions of both. In relation to what deaconesses are alongside any other offices, this will [...]
Tagged CTS, deaconess, LCMS, Women's OrdinationOn May 15 the California Supreme Court ruled that the state’s marriage laws are discriminatory and that homosexual couples will be allowed to apply for marriage licenses and get married. What a tragedy that the state of California has further sanctioned a sinful sexual relationship.
“California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George wrote for the majority [...]
Each day our lives are impacted by sin. It could be our own sinful actions and nature, the tragic effects of the earth itself being corrupted (disasters, for example), and the sinful actions of others perpetrated against us. An example of the latter is abusive relationships. I don’t have first-hand experience, neither abusing nor [...]
Tagged Abuse, Domestic Violence, escape, freedomHere is another insightful post from Anthony Esolen over at Touchstone’s blog Mere Comments. Esolen is one of the great defenders and saviors of masculinity in our culture. He constantly maintains the premise that men and women are different and this is good, as our God has told us in [...]
Tagged Anthony Esolen, Femininity, gender, Masculinity, Mere Comments, Touchstone
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