My view of international affairs is quite simple:
If it affects neither
a) my country or my people
nor
b) Christians qua Christians
then I don’t care.
2021-02(Feb)-02(Tue)—1451PST
To see a beautiful woman is temptation.
To desire to possess her is concupiscence, is sin.
To possess her is adultery, is sin.
2021-02(Feb)-02(Tue)—1425PST
The desire to sin is sin itself.
2021-02(Feb)-01(Mon)—2238PST
The demons have no flesh; every evil thing in this world involves evil men.
2021-02(Feb)-01(Mon)—1648PST
Unless Christians qua Christians are being persecuted, I don’t care about the affairs of other states.
2021-01(Jan)-31(Sun)—1808PST
Until the marriage is consummated, all you really have is a roommate and a roommate agreement.
2021-01(Jan)-31(Sun)—1700PST
The injudicious comments of some mean very little to me personally — there’s nothing anyone (pastor or otherwise) is going to do to drive me away from Lutheranism; rather, I am concerned for those who are new to the faith or who are just exploring it for the first time.
2021-01(Jan)-31(Sun)—1236PST
Better to stand with God and on His Word, and thereby end up first on the chopping block, than to defend the culture, and thereby buy yourself only time.
2021-01(Jan)-31(Sun)—1213PST
You pastors who constantly attack those you perceive to be on your political Right will — soon enough — find yourselves with no allies in a hostile world, and though you will not have earned that hostility by speaking the truth, you will yet deserve it.
2021-01(Jan)-30(Sat)—2027PST
When the Bible says that Joseph and Mary were married, that means they had sex — that’s part of marriage. Consummation isn’t optional.