The 2020 Lutheran Voter Information Guide includes counsel of Scripture in the four matters of public life with which the LCMS engages: life, marriage/family/sexuality, religious freedom, and parental choice in education. This year's guide also includes counsel on the dilemma of voting for a person or their policy.
Read MoreFive very significant decisions were handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court this summer. These Supreme Court decisions are especially impactful to Christians in general and the Church in particular. The Bostock case deserves special attention as many believe it may be as impactful to our society as Roe v. Wade was.
Read MoreThe June 2020 Supreme Court decision in the Espinoza v. Montana case opens the door for school choice funding by declaring that it is unconstitutional for a state constitution to prevent state funds from ever flowing to religious schools, even if those funds are directed to those schools by the independent decision of parents.
Read MoreIn this month’s “One Voice for Public Policy,” we discuss current challenges to religious liberty from daily life. We also learn more about the upcoming Supreme Court case Espinoza vs. Montana Dept. of Revenue, which will have implications for many states’ Blaine Amendments—relating to education funding.
Read MoreFebruary’s issue of One Voice looks at two looming issues for this political season: religious liberty and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Both issues are ones which the Church can use to proclaim the Gospel and which the Church has the tools to affect the outcome.
Read MoreOn Sunday, January 19, The LCMS will observe Life Sunday, calling attention to the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death. Historically, this has meant expressing our opposition to the abortion of life at its beginning. This year, we focus on the attack of life through the legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS).
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