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The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod needs faithful Lutheran layman, pastors, and commission ministers

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Nominations are open for the Board of Regents at our Concordia Universities and Seminaries,

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Musicetc.org slash nominations. We have all watched this happen over the course of the last week.

What was first shocking and terrible to witness, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, became

first disappointment than, in some cases, outrage or despair over the public celebrations

of that death. And there has been a lot of bad actors on both sides, of course, but should Christians have something to say about

this, or do we just crawl back into our theological cave and pretend none of it happened?

Why should the church address this issue of the assassination of Charlie Kirk?

Welcome back to Issues, Et cetera. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us for a pastoral response in the wake of Charlie Kirk. Welcome back to Issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin,

joining us for a pastoral response in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination,

Pastor Matt Harrison.

He's president of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Senate.

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