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July 2016

July 08, 2016

No exemptions for church services “open to the public”?

The Iowa Civl Rights Act forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

Lutheran school investigated for LGBT discrimination

St. John's Lutheran School in Baraboo, Wisconsin, is under federal investigation for discriminating against gay...

February 2016

February 09, 2016

Canadian Lutheran schools & LGBTQ laws

The government of Alberta has decreed that all schools must conform to its LGBTQ-affirming guidelines, apparently...

January 2016

January 22, 2016

Religious hospitals may refuse to perform procedures against their beliefs

In what may be an important precedent, a California court ruled against a woman who...

January 12, 2016

How Clemson’s coach defied the anti-religion forces

What a game, the national college football championship! In an exciting back-and-forth game, Alabama beat...

January 11, 2016

Justice Scalia says government can favor religion

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a Catholic high school that the Constitution allows for...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

Government approved churches?

Conservative churches are troubled with the gay marriage decision and feel threatened lest the government...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Luther, Madison, and the Two Kingdoms

Rev. Matthew Harrison, the president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, discusses a letter President...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Standing with the Houston Five

Rev. Dr. Scott Murray is the 4th Vice President of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Preventing Christian groups from hiring only Christians

In what could be yet another attempt to secularize religious groups that work with the...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Prayer and Protest

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the civil rights protest that...

August 27, 2013

Making churches pay taxes

We should make churches pay taxes. So say two recent articles. Matthew Yglesias of Slate...

August 23, 2013

Obama administration defends government-sponsored Christian prayers

The Supreme Court is hearing a case that will decide whether or not it is...

April 2013

April 10, 2013

Church authority vs. state authority over marriage

As gay marriage becomes the law of the land in many jurisdictions and, very likely...

August 2012

August 15, 2012

Is the President our national pastor?

No, the president is most emphatically NOT a national pastor, such an understanding betraying a...

July 2012

July 19, 2012

The penalty if religious institutions won’t comply

So what will happen if religious and other pro-life institutions refuse to go along with...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

Norway disestablishes the state Lutheran church

The Norwegian parliament has voted to do away with the state church. The measure, which...

September 2011

September 06, 2011

Why there shouldn’t be clergy at Ground Zero

That Mayor Bloomberg is not inviting clergy to participate in the ten year anniversary events...

July 2011

July 06, 2011

Atheocracy

Denver bishop James D. Conley offers a potentially useful new word: In our day, those...

July 04, 2011

Rendering to Caesar and to God

Happy Independence Day! The birthday of our nation would be a good time to contemplate...

June 2010

June 01, 2010

Setting public policy according to the Word

Some politicians want to set public policy according to the teachings of the Word. In...