Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 135
September 1, 2016
American Solidarity Party offers a different Christian politics
One silver lining in the black cloud that is the current election is that many Christians are rethinking the relationship between their faith and their political beliefs. Many Christians are rejecting both the Republicans and the Democrats and are seeking different possibilities for political engagement. There is now a third party that is strongly pro-life, pro-religious liberty, [Read More...]
How Trump will make Mexico pay for the wall
We had wondered how Donald Trump would get Mexico to pay for the wall along the border to keep out illegal immigrants. Trump, who will be meeting with the President of Mexico next week, has released his plan. He will tell Mexican officials that unless they pay $5-10 billion for the wall, he will cut [Read More...]
“Family Vocation” giveaway
GoodReads is giving away five copies of Family Vocation: God’s Calling in Marriage, Parenting, and Childhood. I wrote that book with my daughter Mary Moerbe. It goes beyond God at Work, not just in exploring the family vocations in depth–important in itself, if we want to revitalize Christian marriage and parenting–but also in including material [Read More...]
August 31, 2016
Spiritual crisis in the white working class
Heroin used to be a problem mainly for the big cities. Today it is also ravaging rural communities in the American heartland, a cheap alternative to pain pills and crystal meth. In the white working class, divorce is soaring, marriage rates have been plummeting, and single parents have become the norm. And this demographic, which [Read More...]
Bush proven right on stem cell research
Fifteen years ago, President George W. Bush banned the use of federal money for extracting stem cells from human embryos. At the same time, he doubled funding for finding alternative sources. Today, virtually all stem cells used for medical treatments and research come from adult sources and do not involve the destruction of human life. President [Read More...]
Loving your neighbors in the Louisiana flood
That flooding in Louisiana that killed 13 and damaged 40,000 homes brought out some inspiring examples of neighbors helping each other, churches serving those in need, and out-of-state strangers showing up to help. As the disaster moves into the clean-up phase, bureaucracy and politics threatens to get in the way. But we can still help. [Read More...]
August 30, 2016
The six signs of demonic possession?
Beliefnet has an interview with Father Gary Thomas, a Vatican-certified exorcist that is very interesting, though I’m not sure what I think of it. After the jump, I give his “six classic signs of demonic possessions,” as well as what he says about how to protect yourself from demons. Two of the signs are “aversion [Read More...]
“Our spirituality and abortion are one”
The goal of the “pro-choice” movement used to be to make abortions “legal, safe, and rare.” But why “rare”? That implies that there is something wrong with abortion. Pro-choicers today are now proudly “pro-abortion.” The strategy now is for women to openly talk about their abortions as a good thing. Just as sentiment about homosexuality changed when gays [Read More...]
More on the Constitution Party
We’ve blogged about the Constitution Party as an option for conservatives who cannot abide either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. It has been around since 1992. The party’s presidential nominee is Vietnam Veteran and attorney Darrell Castle and his running-mate is businessman and academic Scott Bradley. They are on the ballot in only 12 states. [Read More...]
August 29, 2016
Defending that LCMS judge who opposes gay marriage
As we’ve blogged about, Municipal Judge Ruth Neely of Pinedale, Wyoming–a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod–is in trouble for telling a reporter that she wouldn’t be able to perform a gay marriage. Never mind that no one has asked her to, and that her job description doesn’t require her to perform any marriages [Read More...]
