Can you summarize from this video which colleges are doing what and where they fall on the continuum compared to what the ELCA began to do after the LCMS Expulsion from the St. Louis Seminary: https://youtu.be/l6bVKawU_Sg?si=VxU2dEqMMdP4SqP4 Here’s a quick, “just-the-facts” digest of who’s named in the video and where they land on a continuum that runs from confessional/LCMS-style orthodoxy to the post-Seminex ELCA trajectory. What the video explicitly says Scope: Dr. Everett Piper (former president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University) and host Alisa Childers argue that some CCCU schools are drifting…
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Common Design vs. Common Descent: A Philosophical and Scientific Comparison
1. Introduction: The Challenge of Studying Origins The study of life’s beginnings and diversity stands at the crossroads of science, philosophy, and theology. It invites humanity to ask not only how life began, but why. While modern science often operates under the assumption of naturalism — that all phenomena must be explained by purely material causes — Scripture reminds us that this assumption is not neutral. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). To exclude the Creator from the study of creation is already to…
Read MoreThe Limited Partnership starting point!
When praxis professional foundation incorporated is doing counseling and some free pro bono paralegal work for an attorney for a sex trafficking victim and an attorney decides they can take the client on a contingent basis and we want to do the paralegal work for them as apex law service the for profit rather than as the non-profit what way do we have to make minimal profit and simply pay the paralegals and how do we have to have the LP setup between the non-profit and the business trust which…
Read MoreOther similar types of Washing
The below forms of manipulating the public in order to seem very connected to causes relate to how people do the same in the sex-trafficking and anti-pedofilia realms. Our previous blog post was about that topic: Trafficking-Washing and Anti-Pedophilia Branding: Substance vs. Hype – Praxis Professional 1. Cause Marketing and “Pinkwashing” A well-known parallel is pinkwashing during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many companies place pink ribbons on products or run breast cancer awareness campaigns, but only a tiny fraction of proceeds actually goes to research or patient care. The…
Read MoreTrafficking-Washing and Anti-Pedophilia Branding: Substance vs. Hype
Efforts to combat sex trafficking and pedophilia occupy a uniquely powerful position in the realm of corporate social responsibility and nonprofit branding. Few causes evoke as much visceral public outrage as crimes against children and sexual exploitation. For this reason, both corporations and advocacy groups frequently highlight their alignment with these causes as evidence of moral authority and social responsibility. However, just as “greenwashing” undermines genuine sustainability by masking shallow commitments with environmental imagery, anti-trafficking and anti-pedophilia campaigns can fall prey to “trafficking-washing” and “pedophilia-washing.” These practices involve using the…
Read MoreLutheran Flavored Semiotics: Don’t let the signs of Lutheran distinctiveness replace the substance of God’s action
Even those of us who emphasize Means of Grace theology can slip into our own “Lutheran-flavored” semiotics if we are not vigilant. Here are some danger zones that confessional Lutherans can fall into: 1. Liturgical Semiotics Pattern: Treating the liturgy as a sign of our Lutheran identity more than as the vehicle of the Word. Example: Speaking or singing the right words, wearing the right vestments, or following the right rubrics, but valuing them mainly as markers of being authentically Lutheran. Danger: The liturgy becomes a cultural semiotic system instead…
Read MoreSemiotics vs. the Word as Means of Grace: A Lutheran Perspective
Introduction In a recent YouTube discussion between Pastor Brian Wolfmüller and Dr. Greg Schulz, the two explored the legacy of Seminex and its long-term effect on the Lutheran Church. You can watch the conversation here: Wolfmüller & Schulz on Seminex and Language. Their central claim is both simple and profound: the deepest challenge facing the Church today is not merely about particular doctrines but about language itself. When Scripture is treated as a set of flexible symbols (semiotics) rather than as the living Word of God that does what it…
Read MoreTVPRA Services we can work on providing!
Praxis Professional Foundation Incorporated can qualify to deliver a very wide range of survivor services under the TVPA/TVPRA framework—as a prime federal grantee, a subrecipient to an existing grantee, or as a state-/VOCA-funded provider—so long as you meet eligibility, compliance, and program-standard requirements. Below is a practical, “menu-style” list you can use to scope programs, followed by how invoicing/drawdowns and documentation work. What services can Praxis provide? The 2000 TVPA (as amended by subsequent TVPRAs) authorizes protection and assistance for victims and funds service programs across HHS/ACF’s Office on Trafficking…
Read MoreThe Semiotics of Inclusivity and the Word of God
In a recent YouTube conversation between Pastor Brian Wolfmüller and Dr. Greg Schulz, the two Lutheran thinkers revisited the legacy of Seminex and its continuing effects on theology in the church. You can watch their full discussion here: Wolfmüller & Schulz on Seminex and Language. Dr. Schulz argues that the deepest problem was not only about biblical interpretation but about a philosophy of language. In Seminex and in the theological movements that followed, the biblical Word was increasingly treated as a set of signs—a semiotic system that could be re-coded…
Read MoreBuilding a Privacy-Preserving Hotel Red-Flag System + Docket-Aware Amicus Engine for Sex-Trafficking Victim Advocacy
quick note: this is educational content, not legal advice. double-check local rules and ethics before filing. Executive Summary We’re building a single, secure system that (1) detects trafficking red flags at budget hotels using privacy-preserving signals, (2) continuously gathers legal and online-ad intelligence, and (3) auto-drafts amicus briefs within the 7-day window after a principal brief lands—so attorneys can review, refine, and file on time. Compliance brain: FRAP 29 / FRAP 26 (Courts of Appeals) and Supreme Court Rule 37 timing are coded into a deadline engine to start the…
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