tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post4759116215044658615..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: SCOTUS Ruling: A Call to Repentance?Pr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-90413225364539919652013-07-02T17:10:46.241-05:002013-07-02T17:10:46.241-05:00Check out the current Chronicles Magazine and Thom...Check out the current Chronicles Magazine and Thomas Fleming's article...very germane.William Gleasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332292750123949810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-2446080984668247842013-07-02T16:26:41.670-05:002013-07-02T16:26:41.670-05:00As Fr. Curtis says, "Yes, it's possible, ...As Fr. Curtis says, "Yes, it's possible, and yes, it's worth it." The issue that remains in our day is the rejection of natural law and its implications. I think some have jettisoned natural law because they think that it doesn't work in persuading. In other words, they think it doesn't help them win the argument. The point, however, is that natural law is just that—a law. It can be subverted but it can never be destroyed. It is part of the orderly creation. So, we continue to teach and seek to persuade by means of the natural law because it is true not because it works. <br /><br />While there may be a time when it is subverted and denied, it can never be ultimately ignored because of the inherent consequences. And we may have to bear the burden of some of those consequences until such a time that we can ask the question that Dr. Phil always asks: "So how's that working out for you?" You can't just fix stupid. Sometimes reason is not enough for people to stop being stupid. And so there are consequences because subverting natural law never comes out in the wash. The question is how long will we have to endure that burden? How many tragedies will come to pass until the full weight of those consequences bring to light the error of ignoring natural law?Jason Braatenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972415198647411045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-30077292914507117552013-07-02T15:09:29.248-05:002013-07-02T15:09:29.248-05:00I would not call libertarianism a retreat. For to...I would not call libertarianism a retreat. For too long, Christianity has used the state as a crutch. Sunday blue laws are a great example. Libertarianism as a philosophy reduces the state's sphere of influence (which operates by compulsion) and yields to other societal institutions (such as the church, which operates by persuasion).<br /><br />A libertarian worldview may or may not reflect a Christian worldview, but the same can be said of statism.Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-61281575692493605262013-07-02T15:05:18.887-05:002013-07-02T15:05:18.887-05:00Yes it's possible and yes it's worth it.
...Yes it's possible and yes it's worth it. <br /><br />+HRCPr. H. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-738135802090791292013-07-02T12:16:04.042-05:002013-07-02T12:16:04.042-05:00I wonder if we Christians are able to articulate a...I wonder if we Christians are able to articulate a defense of marriage based on natural law that does not depend upon our scriptural presuppositions, which is to say that it has a chance of persuading those who reject the Christian worldview.<br /><br />Is it possible to put forth such an argument in the public square?<br />If possible, is it worthwhile for us to attempt this?<br /><br />I think it may be that the repaganization of the West has advanced to such a point that it is not possible. But then, God blessed even the pagans with natural marriage. <br /><br />Much I'm reading from Lutheran pastors these days seems to argue that Christians should retreat from this fight in favor of a more libertarian stance. Their arguments are serious and persuasive; but I cannot shake the feeling that we should not acquiesce but, like Augustine, fight against the coming dark age.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12866782929731975629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-78237785457756689842013-06-27T16:47:01.890-05:002013-06-27T16:47:01.890-05:00Thank you for this very valuable reference to the ...Thank you for this very valuable reference to the confessions concerning the state of U.S. society today (That is the dominance of homosexuality). Mostly we have ourselves to blame. We allowed the liberal extremist left (Marxist) to dominate education in America. So like the back-sliding of Israel we have done the same. We deserve God's wrath. We now must render to Caesar that which is Caesar's (President B. Hussein Obama and his regime). There is nothing left to do, but to submit to them that have the rule that is over you.<br /><br />But, thanks be to God we have eternal life in Christ Jesus. As we submit our heads in surrender to the Muhammadans and Sodomites.<br /><br />I like to read the book of Jude.<br /><br />Stephen Harris<br />Head Elder and Subdeacon<br />Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church<br />Kewanee, Illinois<br /><br /><br /><br />Cecil The Sea Sick Sea Serpenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537345550560367967noreply@blogger.com