Before adopting the Constitution, our forefathers wanted to ensure that the right to speak freely

and the right not only to personally believe, but also to affirmatively exercise one's religious

beliefs in both public and private spheres would be protected.

Erin Hawley of Alliance Defending Freedom talking about her presentation at this year's

issues,

et cetera, making the case conference.

One of the most pressing issues of our day, indeed one of the most pressing issues of history,

is how do we treat the most vulnerable among us, the youngest, the weakest, the most defenseless.

The answer is clear.

Every single child is made in the image of God,

priceless, beyond value, and deserving of protection. You can meet and hear, Erin Hawley,

making the case for life, a First Amendment imperative at the 26th, making the case conference,

June 12th and 13th at Concordia University

Chicago.

Learn more at Issuesetc.org.

Yes, we have a border crisis.

Yes, we have a tax crisis.

Yes, we're in a war. But the most immediate threat facing our constitutional republic is a crisis of fatherlessness. No longer do we talk about in terms of being a male or female. There are all kinds of other options now. There's a huge spectrum that you can choose from. And the problem is it's all based upon you, your desire, your thoughts, your feelings,

and it's not based upon God and what God has gifted you to be, which is either a male or a female.

And here we have our Lutheran attitude, which is that we honor the past and we are open to these traditions.

We have a positive or optimistic view of the history of the church.

We just don't let them displace the scriptures.

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