New Barna survey on morality . Here's the bottom line analysis from the story: According to George Barna, who directed the survey, the ...

A common question that comes up when discussing procreation is: "What if the life of the mother is in danger?" My typical first r...

Medved More news of Taranto's Roe Effect : "An analysis of birth trends shows why Liberalism is doomed.  Do you know why Liberalism...

Here are some excerpts I pulled out from the new Libronix electronic edition of R. C. H. Lenski's commentaries. I thought our readers ...

Good question from Rev. Paul Beisel: What can husbands do to help our wives see their fertility as something of great value when so many o...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer had this to say in his Ethics [1940-1943]: "Marriage involves the acknowledgment of the right of life that is to...

Stephanie Simon over at the WSJ has picked up the story Erich posted about on July 19 . Compare the Bush Administration, as described in th...

Carter Dillard has published an article, " Rethinking the Procreative Right" (PDF) , in the Yale Human Rights and Development Law ...

Humanae Vitae turned 40 within the last week. It isn't long and it is an interesting read. And don't worry if you are a Lutheran, i...

A beautiful post by Rev. Dr. Rick Stuckwisch: http://sword-in-hat.blogspot.com/2008/07/sound-of-comfort-in-picture-worth.html

It is disheartening that some confessional Lutheran leaders, those who would gladly call themselves pro-life, would also happily call folks ...

This news comes on the heels of our recent discussion of the LCMS Sanctity of Human Life Committee's report on contraception. According ...

its continuing influence on the Morals and Behavior of Anglicans. by Peter Toon “It is about as clear as any historical chain can get that t...

Lutheran journalist Mollie Hemingway posted today about a news story on declining fertility rates . A commenter on Mollie's blog poi...

What if Luther had foreseen today's anti-child contraceptive culture and thought to include Scriptural teaching on it in his catechisms?...

I used to love the Marvel "What If?" comics as a kid. Uatu the Watcher, an alien with super intellect and power, observed the li...

LCMS World Relief and Human Care's Life Ministries has finally come out with the long anticipated position paper: Christ in Your Family...

Erich clearly pointed out, “we can do NOTHING without sinning.” Hard to be more clear than that (although one could jest, “Ok, I’ll just do...

Given that conflicting moral absolutes exist, they often rear their ugly head in the hard case. Say a married woman has a debilitating dise...

Thanks to Erich and Greg for their thoughtful conversation on conflicting absolutes. I missed the original conversation, so I hope you don’...