Bonhoeffer says in his ETHICS: “We cannot experience the reality of God without the reality of the world; nor the reality of the world without the reality of God.” Statistical data is one metric for revealing the America’s gun reality. Here are some…

AS A CHRISTIAN, I REJECT CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM. It is a pox on Christianity, on the foundational ethics of our nation, and on Christ’s witness in the world. CN has been used to subjugate countries, justify uncontrolled access to guns, justify salvery, justify racism,…

ENGAGE is dedicated to creating a more gun safe society. Our mission is: To MEDITATE on, EDUCATE about, and ADVOCATE for gun violence prevention in the nonviolent Spirit of Jesus Christ. Towards this end, we sponsor the ENGAGE website (engageelca.org) which has commentary…

Last June 2022, the Senate passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The SCA was the largest GVP bill passed in nearly 30 years. Its passage must be celebrated. Lives will be saved. What is the substance? ENHANCED BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR BUYERS UNDER 21.…

Are we as Christians and Americans HAPPY with the level of gun violence? The devotion from Luther Seminary this morning quoted Psalm 33:12-22. Verse 12 reads: “Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people God has chosen as God’s heritage.”…