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.

If we start changing the names on buildings, then every single building would be named Jesus

Christ based on perfection.

Children are not mistakes.

Yes, children may be surprises.

Yes, the adults who have conceived the child may be wrong in their sexual behavior,

something we're going to need to deal with, but children aren't mistakes.

It almost feels in many quarters in the United States as though the church is the last refuge of sanity and decency,

and it is the only place in the world that actually has the truth because we have Holy Scripture to guide us.

You know, American Christianity, they want to make being born again very much a matter of

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