Two camps of biblicists will contend at the LC-MS Convention in Houston, July 10-17. President Gerald Kieschnick (755 nominating votes) is the underdog to Rev. Matthew Harrison (1,332 votes). Both Kieschnick and Harrison hold to verbal inerrancy: 1. Kieschnick is an inerrantist. His 10-page response to the 2009 ELCA vote on gay sex: “We affirm […]
C. S. Lewis: Don’t be fooled by feelings
Should you depend on feelings or experience? Remember C.S. Lewis: “All our prayers are being answered and I thank God for it. The only unfavorable symptom is that you are just a trifle too excited. It is quite right that you should feel that ’something terrific’ has happened to you …. Accept these sensations with […]
Rogness: “State legislators are to be theologians”
Sensational story! Did ELCA Bishop Peter Rogness really say this? Of course not. But in a letter to the editor, Rogness anoints himself as a morally superior lobbyist to the state legislature. He announces his special concern for “the poor, the vulnerable, and the marginalized.” He claims unnamed “faith communities” hold to what is “just” […]
Common Date for Easter?
This year Western Christians and Eastern Orthodox celebrated Easter on the same date. This is unusual. It will happen in 2011, 2014, and 2017. Huge ecumenical efforts are being made to produce a common date for Easter so that Christians can have a common witness. (Read more here.) Which date should it be? Is it […]
GLBT: Not born-that-way, not unchangeable
An news release from the American College of Pediatricians cautions educators about dealing with students experiencing same-sex attraction and/or gender confusion. This message has been sent of College president Thomas Benton, MD, to all 14,800 school district superintendents in the U.S. Among the main points the pediatricians make: 1. It’s not uncommon for teenagers to […]