From the Pastor: Tackling the Tough Issues

Last Updated on Friday, 03 February 2012 23:51

• Princeton ethics professor, Peter Singer, believes that there is no fundamental difference in value between a human being and an animal. He believes that giving human beings special privileges is a brand of bigotry he calls “species-ism.” He also believes it would be fine to kill infants who are “disabled.” As you might expect, organizations such as the National Federation for the Blind and the Simon Wiesenthal Center object.
• The Spanish parliament voted to grant human rights status to gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans. Human zygotes in Spain (or the United States), however, do not enjoy the same protection.
• A child is born missing all of his brain but the stem. Most of the experts state that the child will never become aware of his surroundings, that he cannot experience pain, joy, or love. He will never learn his own name or recognize the faces of his parents. His reactions to certain stimuli are compared to a plant turning its leave toward the sun. Though the words are never spoken, the parents are lead to think of their child as little more than a vegetable. The parents are Christians and wonder if their baby has a soul and should be baptized.

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Congratulations to Pastor Stiegemeyer for 15 years in the Ministry!

Last Updated on Saturday, 04 February 2012 00:03

On Feb. 23, 1997, Pastor Stiegemeyer was ordained into the ministry at Concordia Theological Seminary at Fort Wayne, Indiana. His first position was working to recruit other students for the ministry. He worked at that position for three years, and then served Concordia Lutheran Church in Brentwood, Pennsylvania from 1999-2006.

After that, he returned to Concordia Theological Seminary where he spent three years as the director of admissions, again urging men to enter the ministry of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. In January of 2010, he received the call to serve at Redeemer Lutheran in Elmhurst. Praise the Lord for all of his gifts to Pastor Stiegemeyer and his family. Please help him celebrate in a small reception after the 10:30 service on February 19, 2012 in the Ascension Room.