Recent content by Confessing Lutheran

Haha. Oops. I guess as a former charismatic, I guess I have spiritual warfare on the brain. Of course, then I go and convert to a denomination founded by a guy who threw an inkwell at a wall because he saw the devil.....

The fact is, is the the economic effects of abortion have not all been seen... yet. However, when we look at the population difference between the Baby Boom generation and mine (in America), it's about 40 million people. That's also about how many people have been aborted in the US...

Hope you don't mind a Lutheran opinion... I think that saying the Creed without the Filioque opens up the possibility that the Spirit can descend from the Son, while saying the Filioque completely denies the idea that the Spirit does not descend from the Son. Therefore, not saying the...

By the way (since we're on the topic of evangelical-Evangelical dialogue), nondemons tend to get hung up on the fact that we don't praise with our hands. As it turns out, we do.... we cross ourselves. I think a really good thing to do with evangelicals is point out the cultural differences...

By the way, Queen Elizabeth I memorized the Apology of the Augsburg Confessing and almost appointed Melanchton Archbishop of Canterburry (but didn't for political reasons).

Personally, although I love the Reformation, this is my favorite period of history. It's the age of Beethoven, Dvorak, Brahams, and Wagner. It's the age of Dickens, Twain, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Dumas, Hugo, Verne, Poe, Whitman, Thoreau, Mellville, Dickinson, and Hawthorne. It's the age of...

John Quincy Adams. A statesman if there ever was one.

Granted, my disease would have killed me in the times I voted for (1500s and 1800s), but they were still times of amazement! 1500s- Luther, Calvin, the Reformation! What a time of excitement! 1800s- The Age of Napoleon, Metternich, John Quincy Adams, Victoria, Doestoevsky, Dickins, Twain, Poe...

I would go back to meet Martin Luther. If you ever get the chance to read his table talk, do so. It's absolutely fascinating, and the chance to stay up with him on a nightly basis and just talk about God and theology in such depth... wow. And then I'd skip on over to England and be like...

Robert P. George (Catholic natural law theologian and Chair of Constitutional Law at Princeton) wrote an excellent piece on how the Republican party was founded to combat two great moral evils- slavery and polygamy- and how those two continue today in abortion and homosexual marriage. If anyone...

I'm not a libertarian, but three cheers to you for being one anyway (better than trendy socialism). Well, I'm a conservative, so... yeah. But I wouldn't be so opposed to world federation (or developed functionalism) if it hadn't been hyjacked by the socialists. Well, three cheers for Locke...

The UN constitution says that no P5 state citizen can be Secretary General, but they're considering amending it just for Bill. And btw, and a pretty conservative guy, I support his run, not to get rid of him or inflict him on them, but because if John Kerry can make Clinton look moderate, he'll...

I think it is also very important to keep in mind that the profession of Christ as the Incarnate Son of God was the cornerstone upon which the Lord said He would build His Church. If we believe, then, in the real presence (which we all should), I don't see how we can even call a service 'Church'...

And furthermore, Van, many early Church scholars believe that the last passage of Mark was added later. Nevertheless, 16:16 seems to be a clear expression of what can be exegeted elsewhere. I do believe there can be salvation without Holy Baptism (the thief on the cross, and other deathbed...

I come from a nondenom-evangelical background, but switched to LCMS last march. What a change! What a beautiful change!