In our day, many voices are questioning whether we can take seriously the opening chapters

of the book of Genesis in what they relate about God's creation of the world.

Dr. Tom Eger, president of Concordia Seminary St. Louis, talking about his presentation

that this year's issues, et cetera, making the case conference.

And what difference does it make whether we regard the opening chapters of Genesis

as a true record of what God did and how he did it?

And there are a number of implications for our Christian life and faith

and for our proclamation of the saving work of Christ

involved in how we read the opening chapters of Genesis. You can meet and hear Dr. Tom Eger

making the case for the biblical account of creation at the 2025 Making the Case Conference

Friday, July 18th and Saturday, July 19th, at Concordia University, Chicago.

For more information, visit Issuesetc.org.

Natural law is a term that can mean a lot of different things depending on who is using it.

We hear a lot about natural law in Roman Catholic moral theology in various streams of Protestant theology.

There are those in the Lutheran tradition who know of natural law,

but don't think it's worth much of their time. What is a Lutheran view of natural law?

Welcome back to Issues Cedar. I'm Todd Wilkin. Dr. Joel Behrman joins us. He is professor of

systematic theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He's a

contributor to the new book, Natural Law, Five Views. Dr. Berman, welcome back.

Always good to be here. Some Lutherans think that natural law is a concept foreign to Lutheran

theology. How do you respond to that? Well, I'm not sure who would say that. It's kind of an interesting question.

The first Lutherans would be Martin Luther, Melanchton, since that's kind of where it all begins,

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