Expressive individualism is a term used today to describe the intuitive way that we think about ourselves as human beings.

Dr. Carl Truman talking about his presentation at the 2025 issues, etc., making the case conference.

We think about ourselves as free, autonomous, self-determining, and we place a great emphasis upon our feelings as being decisive for who we are.

Now, from a Christian perspective, feelings are part of what it is to be human, but also we understand as Christians that made in the image of God, we are dependent creatures.

We're obliged creatures. We don't self-invent or self-create ourselves.

And what I want to do in this talk is analyze the problem and then suggest ways that the church can

combat this within our congregations.

You can meet and hear Dr. Carl Truman making the case against expressive individualism at this year's Making

the Case Conference, July 18th and 19th, at Concordia University Chicago.

Learn more at issue ZTC.org.

We have to get out of this trap that people have fallen out of this trap that people have fallen into where they identify truth with feeling and get back to understanding that the best road to truth is faith and reason.

The way people are best manipulated is when they're autonomous.

And this is what we have done to women, is told them to be

by themselves, to be autonomous, to be in control in their lives, and not to in any way to be

connected to husbands and children. You know, it's important to remember, Jesus never says

that we need to follow his example and die for our sins, at least on the cross. He's accomplished that. But that doesn't mean that

every day there isn't some dying and rising that happens in the shape of our Christian life.

And in all of these letters, he calls us not to be successful or not to be perfect, but he calls us to be

faithful, to hold on to his promises.

Lutherans in the hospital in Illinois, love, listening to issues, etc.

Well, the headline from the New York Times is IRS says churches can endorse candidates from

the pulpit in a court filing,

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