Detail:
Recorded January 27, 2024, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Waconia, Minnesota.
Join us for a biblical conversation about abortion and end-of-life issues in our complex cultural landscape with Rev. Fred Hinz, LCMS MN South District Public Policy Advocate.
Event Topics:
- “We’re Not In Kansas Anymore!” | A general commentary on our current cultural circumstance.
- “What Modern Paganism Looks Like” | An overview of the life Issues (abortion and doctor-assisted suicide) in the Post-Dobbs Era.
- “What Are They Teaching Our Kids?!” | An overview of the current status of education in Minnesota.
Resources referenced in this presentation:
- One Voice for Public Policy – We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
- One Voice for Public Policy – We’re Not in Kansas Anymore (PDF)
- Everywhere … But Not out of Nowhere – The Philosophical Foundations of Wokeism
- Democrats to hold hearing Thursday, ahead of session, on assisted suicide legislation
- Democrats in Minnesota House advance radical assisted suicide bill
- One Voice for Public Policy – Minnesota’s 2023 Legislative Session: Counting the Cost
- Critical Theory as Religion (PDF)
- Statement concerning Minnesota Teaching Licensure Standards (PDF)
Additional Links:
- OAK – Opportunity for All Kids
- State of Distortion by Katherine Kersten
- America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything by Christopher F. Rufo
- The Weaponization of Loneliness: How Tyrants Stoke Our Fear of Isolation to Silence, Divide, and Conquer by Stella Morabito
- Endangered Virtues and the Coming Ideological War: A Challenge for Americans to Reclaim the Historic Virtues of the Nation’s Christian Roots by Michael Phillips
- Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher
- The Marxification of Education: Paulo Freire’s Critical Marxism and the Theft of Education by James Lindsay
- The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Favale
Rev. Fred Hinz, serves as Public Policy Advocate for both Minnesota North and South Districts of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). As such, he represents the LCMS in matters pertaining to life issues (abortion and doctor-assisted suicide), issues related to marriage, family, and sexuality, and issues related to religious freedom, including parental choice in education. A graduate of Trinity Lutheran School (Waconia), Mayer Lutheran High School, Concordia University, Nebraska, Chicago State University, and Luther Northwestern Seminary, Pastor Hinz has taught biological science at both the high school and college levels, owned and operated retail shoe stores, and served as a parish pastor in St. James, Minnesota, and Gaylord, Minnesota. In addition to active engagement in the public policy matters of the Synod, Pastor Hinz also advocates for the advancement of intelligent design theory. Pastor Hinz and his wife, Rachel, have been married for 46 years. Together, they have three married children who have so far given them 12 grandchildren. They reside in Gaylord, Minnesota.