Ryan C. MacPherson, Ph.D.

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

  • Isaiah Offers Comfort from God the Creator

  • Life Seminar 2014: Marriage, Family, and Evangelism

  • Lutherans, Political Resistance and the 1550 Magdeburg Confession

  • Minnesota Requires Teachers to Advocate for Transgender Ideology and Critical Race Theory

  • Natural Law Principles: Family, Gender, and Chastity

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

  • 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

  • Quakers in America: From Persecution through Toleration to Domination

  • Saved Sex Is the Only Safe Sex

  • State Teacher Licensing Requirements vs. the Bible, the Hymnal, and the Catechism

  • Studying Luther's Large Catechism

  • Studying Luther's Large Catechism: A Workbook for Christian Discipleship

  • Teaching Objective Morality to a Postmodern Audience

  • Thank God, There Are So Many Old People in the Church!

  • The Culture of Life: Ten Essential Principles for Christian Bioethics

  • The Gospel Comfort of Galilean Mathematics

  • The Lutheran Hermeneutic of the Real Presence

  • 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

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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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