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2009-12-08T05:21:58-05:00

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Classical education as a confessional mandate?

Last updated on: December 8, 2009 at 5:21 am By Gene Veith

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Tracing some of those helpful Luther quotes on vocations that some of you had given me, I came across this in the online Bente Triglotta translation of the Book of Concord. From the explanation of the Fourth Commandment in The Large Catechism: Let every one know, therefore, that it is his duty, on peril of losing the divine favor, to bring up his children above all things in the fear and knowledge of God, and if they are talented, have... Read more

2009-12-07T06:00:31-05:00

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Anglos don’t know Lutheranism

Last updated on: December 7, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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I was talking with an Anglican priest and, after we had compared notes about our churches, he expressed surprise that there are Missouri Synod Lutherans who worship with the liturgy. This, even though the typical Lutheran congregation is far more liturgical than he is, what with our chanted divine services and more elaborate practices! The day before I was reading Graham Greene’s excellent, profound, and highly-Christian novel The Power and the Glory . It includes some German-American Lutherans, whom Greene... Read more

2009-12-07T05:55:00-05:00

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Saint Death

Last updated on: December 7, 2009 at 5:55 am By Gene Veith

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In Mexico, an ominous new religion is taking shape, the worship of St. Death: On the first day of each month, one of the most unusual religious congregations in Mexico gathers here at Alfareria Street in a tough barrio that even aspiring outlaws regard as a place to watch your back. In the late afternoon, thousands of acolytes arrive in the Tepito neighborhood, home to the wildest black market in Mexico, where truckloads of pirated goods — from bootlegged Disney... Read more

2009-12-07T05:32:38-05:00

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Adapting to global warming

Last updated on: December 7, 2009 at 5:32 am By Gene Veith

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Today the nations of the world meet in Copenhagen to attempt to forge agreements to stop global warming and the catastrophes that climate change will allegedly create. Instead of just trying to cut back on carbon emissions, as if the climate change can be prevented, the Dutch are taking steps to deal with the catastrophes should they occur. From Dutch defense against climate disaster: Adapt to the change – washingtonpost.com: With the Copenhagen summit starting Monday, chances remain uncertain for... Read more

2009-12-07T05:05:34-05:00

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Pearl Harbor Day

Last updated on: December 7, 2009 at 5:05 am By Gene Veith

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On this day, December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Could that sort of thing happen again? Oh, right, it did. What are the differences, though, with the attack on 9/11? Read more

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2009-12-04T05:50:04-05:00

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It’s a Wonderful Life, if you live it for others

Last updated on: December 4, 2009 at 5:50 am By Gene Veith

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I did not realize that Joe Carter is such a perceptive literary critic, but he is. Here is part of his comparison of George Bailey of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life with Howard Roark of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. From The Fountainhead of Bedford Falls » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog: Howard Roark, for example, is an idealistic young architect who chooses to “struggle in obscurity rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision‚” by conforming to... Read more

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2009-12-04T05:30:08-05:00

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Fall of one conservative newspaper but the rise of another

Last updated on: December 4, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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The conservative newspaper in the nation’s capital may be in a death spiral. The Washington Times has cut its staff by 40%. It will try to survive as a small give-away paper and as an online presence. The newspaper is owned by the cultic Unification Church, which is going through turmoil over who will succeed the aging messiah Sun Myung Moon (who was supposed to complete the unfinished work of Christ). The organization is also in a financial crisis, which... Read more

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2009-12-04T05:15:09-05:00

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The connection between Secularism and Polytheism

Last updated on: December 4, 2009 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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Hunter Baker quotes a letter to the Financial Timesfrom Dr. Gautam Pingle, the dean of the College of India: Intolerance bred by the monotheism of the People of the Book — mostly Christian and Muslim — in their mutual and conflicting wars and quest for world domination embroiled mankind in hatred and maasacres of each other and "the other" over the past 1,700 years. Even today, we see the baleful effects of residual monotheism and its apocalyptic vision. Fortunately, in... Read more

2009-12-03T06:00:26-05:00

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Luther’s writings on vocation

Last updated on: December 3, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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I have been charged with putting together some curriculum on Luther’s writings on vocation. This teaching, of course, is scattered throughout his voluminous works, but I need to pull together some primary sources. My task is complicated by the habit of Luther scholars of referring to his works by volume and page number from his collected works, often the German edition, instead of by the title of his book or sermon. (Could Luther scholars agree not to do that, or,... Read more

2009-12-03T05:30:18-05:00

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How to deal with distractions

Last updated on: December 3, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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When you pray or have devotions or listen to a sermon, do you get distracted? Do thoughts come into your mind that carry you away from concentrating on God? See what John Kleinig says, by way of Hermann Sasse (the great conservative Lutheran theologian who opposed the Nazis and the Nazified church in Germany). From that book I have been pushing Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today: “Distraction upset me so much that I eventually gained enough courage to seek... Read more

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