The Nihil Rule

  Marxist inroads into Minnesota Christian colleges (substack.com) "The Upper Midwest Law Center is seeking a Christian college [in Minnesota] to be a plaintiff in a lawsuit (pro-bono) to challenge the constitutionality of these new standards. Will any Christian college join the resistance and become a plaintiff?"

I've posted before about  Social and Emotional Learning  (SEL) making  inroads  in the WELS, and  actionable strategies  for parents to counter SEL. I've also expressed why a Christian might be  concerned  about the proliferation of Early Childhood Education (ECE) centers. Previous posts centered around teacher's conferences and master's theses. But now the rubber hits the road for the broader synod as the WELS is actively advertising their four-tier accreditation system in the latest  WELS Connection . I noticed during the WELS Connection as they spoke of certification the teacher had a manual issued by the CDA Council , which could have just been any book off the shelf to stage the shot, but my suspicions were confirmed later that week when the WELS came asking for money, as I found out, to support SEL in WELS ECE's The WELS chose The Child Development Associate accreditation for teachers in WELS ECE's. The CDA Council "sets the standard for ECE Competenc

 

  On the Line with Dr. Harold Ristau - YouTube This is a really fantastic interview with Rev. Dr. Maj. Harold Ristau, a Lutheran pastor who has written on his experiences with exorcism , participated in the Canadian Trucker Convoy protest, served honorably as  chaplain for the Canadian Armed Forces , and is an  excellent selection for the President of Luther Classical College. The interview and his biography show a man actively engaged with faith in the public square. Listen to the whole thing, and consider subscribing to On the Line , they have had a number of impressive long-form episodes. A few highlights.  The conversation starts with a discussion of COVID. Around the 20 minute mark Dr. Ristau eviscerates the "remote distance of evil" arguments with respect to the COVID vaccines, moving on to the Lord's Supper a few minutes later, including the theology of the Common Cup and "shooter cups." Next up is exorcisms. Dr. Ristau is very measured here trying not

(footnote from the Apology of the Formula of Concord, Chemnitz' Works, Vol. 10)  

  Evangelical Lutheran Breviary - buy at lulu.com I've had my copy for a little less than a week so this is an initial impression. First - the quality is excellent, Caleb did a great job with the typesetting and formatting. The hardcover has a dust jacket with the ELH logo and under the dust jacket is a simply labeled spine. (a much better job that NPH did on their print-on-demand Volumes 1 & 2 of Adolf Hoenecke's Evangelical Lutheran Dogmatics. On the right is a traditionally published volume in 1999, on the left the print-on-demand from 2009.) The Table of Contents: Following the table of contents is a brief description of how to use the offices, explaining the liturgical elements and the use of the psalter and Propers. Then follows the four offices (note that if there is a bracketed page number, this is where you can locate the office in the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal), a section of prayers (the Litany, Prayers for the Sick and Dying, and The Suffrages) followed by seve

  Well done, WELS Southerner. (but please get that fire alarm looked at) (If I ever get doxed, I'm totally moving to this format)

"Become a Surrogate - Earn $69,000+" Surrogacy is a perversion of God's gift of marriage. God blesses man and woman with the fruit of the womb in a one-flesh union and places a child in the context of that particular mother and a father, because that child needs both a mother and father. But that doesn't mean that a heterosexual Christian couple (but I repeat myself) who can't conceive can rightfully use a surrogate: if God denies you the natural ability to create life, we should seek to live within the parameters our God set for us (the same applies to IVF - even more so given the number of embryos destroyed or indefinitely suspended in the process). A godly option, if you can accept it, would be adoption. But let's be frank - surrogacy is a conduit for creating "fashion accessories" for homosexuals (Lord, have mercy). A quick perusal of SimpleSurrogacy.com shows the last two blog posts feature gay parents playing with a child: The "Intended Pa

There are always blasphemy laws.  It is simply a matter of who defines them.

“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it." -Matthew 10:32–39, the appointed Gospel for the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession “Most gracious Emperor, this is a Confession that will even prevail against the gates of hell, with the grace and help of God.” - Grego