Who Needs the Star?
Dec 21, 2012 1 Comment ›› John Eidsmoe"Guiding Star, o may we heed thee, May we know we ever need thee, Lead us to our Savior King! Lead us to our Savior King" This 1810 Danish carol by Grundtvig, "Delig Er Den Himmel Bla," retells the Matthew account of the Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to Bethlehem to worship the Infant King. But what was ...
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Interposition: Lutheran Pastors Under Siege!
Nov 27, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeAmerica was built on two seemingly-opposite principles: respect for legitimate authority and resistance against tyrants. But these concepts go hand-in-hand. A tyrant is a ruler who has exceeded his legitimate authority and has usurped the higher authority of God and His Law. Resistance against tyrants, the American colonists, said, is obedience to God. The problem is, ...
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Stolen Valor Stolen Again!
Jun 29, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeWith the public eye focused on the Healthcare decision and the Arizona immigration law decision, yesterday's U.S. v. Alvarez decision slipped under the radar with little attention. But this decision is just as wrong and just as tragic as the others, and it is a slap in the face to those who have served with ...
Continue ReadingIn the Aftermath of a Landmark (?) Decision
Jun 28, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeON THE EVE OF A LANDMARK DECISION John Eidsmoe, Colonel (AL), Alabama State Defense Force [Note: This article is written in two parts, Part One the day before the health care decision, and Part Two in the hours thereafter.] During the March 27th oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care legislation, ...
Continue ReadingOn the Eve of a Landmark Decision
Jun 27, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeDuring the March 27th oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care legislation, swing Justice Anthony Kennedy asked the U.S. Solicitor General a key question. That question was, and is, "whether or not there are any limits on the Commerce Clause." Not only is this the key issue underlying the ...
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Obama Declares June as LGBT Pride Month … Again
Jun 4, 2012 1 Comment ›› Site AdministratorThe following post was guest-authored by 3rd-year law student Adam Parker, a 2012 summer intern at the Foundation for Moral Law. President Barack Obama recently declared the month of June as LGBT Pride Month for the year 2012. President Obama has declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride month every year since he took ...
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Lutherans for Life on HHS: “Here We Stand!”
Feb 20, 2012 1 Comment ›› John EidsmoeLast Saturday 18 Feb 2012, during our Lutherans for Life Board of Directors meeting at Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO, the Executive Director asked me to prepare a statement concerning the recent Health & Human Services directive requiring religious organizations to provide contraception for their employees. I drafted the statement, and with a ...
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Wendell Mitchell, RIP
Feb 15, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeThe first time I met Wendell Mitchell was about 22 years ago. As the Dean of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, he was interviewing me for a professorship, and he asked me, "Could you fit into the South?" I assured him that would be no problem, because I was born in the South ...
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Recess Appointments: Focusing on the Wrong Word?
Jan 10, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoePresident Obama has stirred controversy by appointing several persons to powerful positions without seeking Senate confirmation. He claims authority to do this based upon Article II, § 2 of the Constitution, which states: "The President shall have Power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which ...
Continue ReadingA New Year: “Number Our Days”
Dec 29, 2011 No Comments ›› John Eidsmoe“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12) A new year is dawning, but a very respected man in our church will see it only from heaven. He died in a car accident 10 December. When Bill ...
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