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  • Marriage & Family
  • Christian Education
  • Pro-Life Compassion
  • Evangelism
  • American Values
  • Constitution Day Speeches
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Public Policy

  • Courageously Compassionate, Compassionately Courageous: Biblical Apologetics, the Christian Worldview, and Contemporary Social Issues

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

  • Education Philosophy: Who Should Teach Your Children?

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

  • Homeownership and Public Policy: What Helps, and What Hinders, the American Dream

  • Lutherans, Political Resistance and the 1550 Magdeburg Confession

  • 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

  • Ottawa Circuit COVID Convocation Part I: The Magdeburg Confession of 1550

  • Ottawa Circuit COVID Convocation Part II: How to Avoid Reading Romans 13 like a Nazi

  • The “War on Women”: Myth or Reality?

  • The History of No-Fault Divorce: An Odd-Couple Marriage between the Political Left and Right

  • The Legal Issues Surrounding Proposition 8

  • Training Children As They Should Go?

  • United We Divide: The Convergence of Law, Politics, Theology, and Daily Life in the Production of No-­Fault Divorce

  • Who's Your Mama? Come to Papa. Oh, Boy

  • Your Vocation in Civil Government

 
 

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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

Current Projects

Recent and Forthcoming ...

  • Issues, Etc. radio interview: The Magdeburg Confession of 1550 and the Lutheran Principles of Political Resistance, July 3, 2020 [Learn More]
  • Vaccines in Prolife Perspective—LIVE ZOOM CONFERENCE—June 30, 2020 [Learn More]
  • Is the Old Testament Reliable? The Evidence Within the Text:  Mankato, Minnesota, June 27, 2019 [Learn More]
  • The Perils and Promises of Lutheran Science Education in the 21st Century: Madison, Wisonsin, February 14, 2019
  • Getting the Facts Straight: How Grammar, History, and Logic Can Rescue Education from Postfactualism: San Antonio, Texas, January 26, 2019 [Learn More]
  • Rebuilding the Church from the Family Up, Rebuilding the Family from the Elders Down: Manitowoc, Wisconsin, August 4, 2018 [Learn More]
  • What’s Worldview Got to Do with Everything?: Mankato, Minnesota, June 21, 2018 [Learn More]
  • Thank God, There Are So Many Old People in the Church! Ft. Wayne, Indiana, August 1–3, 2017 [Learn More]
  • Biblical Worldview Conference in San Antonio, Texas, February 10–11, 2017 [Learn More]
  • United We Divide: Explaining how no-fault divorce became so universally accepted. [Learn More]
  • Generational Generosity: A study revealing the driving causes of church membership trends. [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)

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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