A Statement on the 2019 General Election

The following statement was issued last week to members of the congregation I serve Dear Friends in Christ, It is highly unusual for the Church to comment on political matters. The Lutheran Church confesses that God rules the world by two different means. With His ‘left hand’, He rules all people by the law through…

Pro-life or in favour of life?

Issues Etc., keeping to a persistent theme, has been featuring a series of interviews on the subject of abortion, specifically on the moral facts (yes, I mean that) of abortion and on ways to argue about (i.e. against) abortion. They are excellent and well worth listening to. It has bothered me for some time that,…