Ryan C. MacPherson, Ph.D.

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  • Marriage & Family
  • Christian Education
  • Pro-Life Compassion
  • Evangelism
  • American Values
  • Constitution Day Speeches
  • ... and more!

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Marriage & Family

  • Address to the Mankato City Council concerning the Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment

  • Becoming Less Fruitful: A Demographic History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, 1928-2008

  • Biblical Model of Marriage

  • Bringing Good News to Life in Defense of Marriage

  • Build Your House on the Rock

  • Curved into Ourselves: How the New Gnosticism Cancels Our Own Humanity

  • Darwinism, Contraception, and the Decline of Manhood

  • Despite the Vocal Few, Many Lutherans Support the Marriage Amendment

  • From No-Fault Divorce to Same-Sex Marriage: The American Law Institute's Role in Deconstructing the Family

  • Generational Generosity: Handing Down Our Faith to Our Children and Our Children’s Children

  • God, Creation, Humanity, and Living Life

  • God’s Workmanship: A Biblical Exploration of Creation, Ancient History, and the Natural Family

  • Life Seminar 2014: Marriage, Family, and Evangelism

  • Marital Parenthood and American Prosperity: As Goes the Middle-Class Family, So Goes the Nation

  • Men and Abortion: The Forgotten Legacy of Roe v. Wade

  • Natural Law and the Family

  • Natural Law Principles: Family, Gender, and Chastity

  • Natural Revelation: Two Lectures in Denmark (Lutherskfordybelse 2023)

  • Pro-Life Apologetics

  • Saved Sex Is the Only Safe Sex

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Faculty Positions

  • Professor and Department Chair, B.A. in History Program, Bethany Lutheran College
  • Adjunct Professor, M.A. in Theological Studies Program, Martin Luther College
  • Starting August 1, 2023: Professor and Academic Dean, Luther Classical College

Recent Projects

Other Recent Projects ...

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  • Radio Interview, Jan. 13, 2023: Minnesota Requires Teachers to Advocate for Transgender Ideology and Critical Race Theory [Learn More]
  • Education Conference: State Teacher Licensing Requirements vs. the Bible, the Hymnal, and the Catechism, Oct. 27, 2022 [Learn More]
  • Education Conference: Getting the Facts Straight: How Grammar, History, & Logic Can Rescue Education from Postfactualism, July 8, 2022 [Learn More]
  • Radio interview: The Magdeburg Confession of 1550 and the Lutheran Principles of Political Resistance, July 3, 2020 [Learn More]

Books by Dr. MacPherson

Rediscovering the American Republic, vol. 1: 1492-1877 (author)

Rediscovering the American Republic, vol. 2: 1877-Present (author)

Debating Evolution before Darwinism (author)

The Culture of Life (author)

Teaching Children Chastity for Life (co-author)

Studying Luther's Large Catechism (author)

Telling the Next Generation (managing editor)

Here We Stand (contributing writer)

Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (contributing writer)

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