This is a call to action directed specifically to pastors, though it deals with a topic of great importance for all Christians.
In a move aimed at further marginalizing and significantly weakening the nuclear family and the Church, some members of Congress are aggressively pushing a piece of legislation erroneously called the “Respect for Marriage Act”.”
Read MoreHistory shows that culture changing movements are often led by those willing to go first. That, of course, was the foundation of the New Testament Church. It was made up of those who were willing to go first. However, they were simply the first to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, who Himself was always ready to go first.
Read MoreAs we near the end of August, our attention naturally shifts from the leisure activities of summer to the more structured activities of the Fall and beyond. Education is surely one of these.
No doubt you are aware of the great turmoil being experienced within the educational sphere.
“Protected in law and cared for in life” … with that simple phrasing, Father Richard John Neuhaus once articulated the ultimate goals of the pro-life movement. It seems to me that this is an articulation worth recalling as we try to grasp where we – those of us who support the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death - now stand in the light of the Supreme Court’s recent “Dobbs decision.”
Read MoreDear Brothers,
Greetings to you in the name of Jesus, in whom there is life and light in our world of darkness and death.
As everyone in our sharply divided country knows, on Friday the Supreme Court of the United States struck down Roe v. Wade, which since January 22, 1973 had endorsed the taking of unborn life as a constitutional right. The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod has consistently and vigorously voiced its opposition to the Court’s infamous decision and we have continuously engaged in public and private efforts in support of pregnant women and their babies.
Read MoreJoy is hard to come by these days. It’s easy to become disheartened and worried. We ask, “Where has all the joy gone?” We see another sad story in the news, wars and unrest around the globe, civil unrest at home, and the never ending partisan political infighting.
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