So if you think that you still live in a country where there's going to be some respect for your beliefs,

you know, you could end up, you know, in the wrong end of a criminal prosecution.

Aaron Wren of the American Conservative talking about his presentation at the 2024 issues etc making the case conference

And so that might be course unfair or in many ways, but it's also reality. If you don't understand the changes that happen in the world,

then you're not going to be able to make sense

of what you see around you.

In the end, you might actually disadvantage yourself

by taking actions that 20, 30 years ago would have been no big deal, but today might destroy your life.

You can meet and hear Aaron Wren making the case

conference in a negative world at this year's Making the Case Conference.

The Premier Conference for Christian Leity is Friday, July 12th

and Saturday, July 13th at Concordia University Chicago.

You'll find additional information and you can register at

issues ETC.org.

In the case of the president, do you get a sense that his regular attendance and

adherence to the faith resonates with American Catholics?

There is a phrase, a cafeteria Catholic. You choose that which is

attractive and dismiss that which is challenging. We are entering a post-Christian era. We are not going to be able to live off of the

inheritance of a Christianity that is being rejected and is being slewed off right now.

There were specific strategies that the church used in many churches

to grow the congregations that focused less on discipleship

and biblical fidelity and even biblical literacy.

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