World Lutheran News Digest from KFUO Radio

Guests Rev. Dr. Kevin Armbrust, Erik Lundsford, and Deaconess Pamela Nielsen from the LCMS Communications Team talk about the experience of being at the Washington, D.C., March for Life and reflect on the sights and sounds of the March. The 2017 March for Life is estimated to have had between 500,000-600,000 marchers, one of the largest in history.

Republican Donald Trump is now the 45th President of the United States, but more than 60 Democratic members of Congress refused to attend the inauguration last week, claiming that his presidency is illegitimate. Guest Tim Goeglein, Washington Observer, talks about the temper of the nation’s capital..

How often have we heard people say that Christian beliefs are extreme, or that religious people are extremists because they believe in marriage between one man and one woman or in life beginning at conception? Does the research support or refute these claims? Guest Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council joins Kip Allen for World Lutheran News Digest.

Today's program is an encore from December 14, 2016.

Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are challenging Missouri laws requiring abortion centers to meet the same medical standards as a colonoscopy center. Host Kip Allen discusses this latest challenge with Missouri Right to Life Legislative Liaison Susan Klein.

Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are challenging Missouri laws requiring abortion centers to meet the same medical standards as a colonoscopy center. Host Kip Allen discusses this latest challenge with Missouri Right to Life Legislative Liaison Susan Klein.

75 years ago today, December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II. The millions of American men and women who responded, the Greatest Generation, sacrificed much, and some people have made it their business to keep the memory of these veterans alive. Guest Denise Goolsby, a long-time reporter for the Desert Sun Newspaper in Palm Springs, California, has interviewed more than 400 veterans about their wartime experiences. Host Kip Allen talks with her about these wonderful people.

The Washington State Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in the Baronelle Stutzman case involving Stutzman, a flower arranger who refused to make a special floral arrangement celebrating a friend’s gay marriage. Guest Kellie Fiendorek, attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, talks about the oral arguments and their implications for the outcome of the case.

The pro-life movement is hopeful following the recent elections. World Lutheran News Digest host Kip Allen discusses the situation with Lutherans for Life Executive Director Rev. Michael Salemink. Learn more about Lutheran For Life at lutheransforlife.org.

On November 11, we observe Veterans’ Day and honor those who served our nation in the military, including chaplains. The first Lutheran chaplains served in the Revolutionary War and the first Missouri Synod chaplains in the Civil War. Listen to Chaplain Craig Mueller, LCMS director of Ministry to the Armed Forces, speak about the role and history of chaplains in the military with Kip Allen.

It’s no secret that Christian artists are under attack. Secular and LBGT groups seek out and use government to punish Christian artists who refuse to create artwork celebrating what Christians consider sinful, such as gay marriage. Bakeries, florists, and other have been driven out of business and fined or threatened with prison. The situation in Colorado is especially grievous where not only can a Christian refuse to create art, but cannot even voice their religious objection to it. But Christians are starting to fight back. Graphic Designer Lorie Smith’s dream is to create websites for people celebrating their marriage. As a Christian, she cannot celebrate same-sex marriage. Smith is being proactive. Before she even opens her web design business, she asked Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) to challenge the restrictions. World Lutheran News Digest host Kip Allen speaks with ADF attorney Jeremy Tedesco who is handling the case.