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 at 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. This coming Sunday, according to the one-year electionary, has a massive reading from Luke 15, where we find parables of lostness and foundness, and each one-one is a little bit different. They are not just the

same parable told over and over again with different elements. Greetings and welcome to issues

et cetera on this Independence Day Friday afternoon, the 4th of July. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning

us in. In the first hour,

we will be looking forward to Sunday morning, according to the one-year electionary. Pastor Heath Curtis,

president of the Southern Illinois District for the Lutheran Church, Missouri Senate will join us.

Then in hour two, we'll replay an interview on the Declaration of Independence with Dr. Mark

Caltoff of Hillsdale College.

Pastor Heath Curtis is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Warden, Illinois,

and Zion Lutheran Church in Carpenter, Illinois,

president of the Southern Illinois District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod,

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