The demise of society's understanding of the basic meaning of marriage,

the challenges to religious liberty, and the attacks on innocent human life are all interrelated.

San Francisco Archbishop Salvador Cordellone talking about his presentation at the 2023 issues

etc. making the case conference. A rally-ordered understanding of male female complementarity

is the basis for a healthy society, one that is conducive to human flourishing,

and also is at the heart of a Christian civilization. This is not just theory,

it is borne out by practical experience. You can meet and hear Archbishop Cordellone making

the case for speaking the truth to power at this year's Making the Case Conference. The

Premier Conference for Christian Leody is Friday June 16th and Saturday June 17th at Concordia

University, Chicago. Registration is $160 and includes three meals. On campus dorm options are available,

you'll find a conference schedule and you can register at issuesetc.org.

What you're hearing there is the collaboration between Martin Luther, the author of

that hymn we all believe in one true God, and what came to be a formative personality in not only

Lutheran hymn writing, but also how Lutherans think about worship itself. The first Lutheran

Cantor composer and hymn writer Johan Walter, remembered by the church on 24 April. Welcome back

to issuesetc.org. We'll remember Johan Walter joining us to do so, Pastor Will Whedon. He's

assistant pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamill, Illinois. He formerly served as director

of worship for the Lutheran Church Missouri Senate. He's author of the books, Celebrating the Saints,

Thank Praise, Serve and Obey, and See My Savior's Hands. And he hosts the daily 15-minute

verse by verse Bible study produced by Lutheran Public Radio, called the Word of the Lord in

Doors Forever. We'll welcome back. Thank you. I would enjoy it with you. So we heard that

the strains of that coming through and you said before we came on the air that it kind of began to

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