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July 2017

July 28, 2017

For Love and Not Money: How to Be the Richest Man in Town

Frank Capra taught me how to be the richest man in town.

July 27, 2017

They Took Our Religion and Gave Us Opioids

The great thing about a cruise is meeting people . . . at one point...

July 26, 2017

In Praise of the Art on Your Fridge

When a boy I wrote a very bad poem that began: “Cry for an age...

July 25, 2017

A Series of Modest Steps to Save Christian Higher Education

College is expensive and yet a diploma is still necessary for many jobs. Even...

July 24, 2017

A Candid Talk about a Silent Killer: UUH

Let’s have a candid talk about UUH, a problem most people ignore until it is...

July 23, 2017

Being an Extra in God’s Story

Our life is not a movie, thank God. Movies end, life also ends, but unlike...

July 22, 2017

On Marriage, Three Truths: To Jane on Her Wedding

Dear Jane, Today you are getting married, an institution wise people have called the "a...

July 21, 2017

Three Things My Daughters Teach Me

Babies are born and require everything. You start parenting as both the source of all needs...

July 20, 2017

On Being the Happiest Millionaire: As Jane Gets Married

Pardon me if I cry a bit. The Happiest Millionaire is the best failed film Disney...

July 19, 2017

The Last Atheist Will Get Good Care from A Chinese Christian

If things continue as they are, the last Swedish atheist will get good medical care...

July 18, 2017

The “Nones” are Disappearing

Religious people are growing more numerous, Islam especially, and Christianity is growing much less white.

July 17, 2017

Lord Teach Us to . . . Play?

The news is bad: we cannot do anything that will give meaning and purpose to...

July 16, 2017

Mere Christianity, Mere Orthodoxy — Questions from M

Everyone has a calling. Mine has been to educate Socratically, best I could. My issues...

July 15, 2017

Christianity: the Rumor that is True — Questions from M

She was an odd child who always seemed to know what was happening. I recall...

July 14, 2017

Proving Christianity is False — Questions from M

I once wished Christianity, particularly traditional Christianity, was false. Professionally, I was told that being...

July 13, 2017

Picking out the True God, Which God Is Real — Questions from M

We can find God, know God, and pick God out from all the other godlings.

July 12, 2017

Keep on the Firing Line!

Let's never be sad sacks, instead find where God has put us and keep on the...

July 11, 2017

The President in Poland: My President, Loyal Opposition, Support Where Possible

European politics is dysfunctional because no center-right party challenges the secularist, European Union vision of...

July 10, 2017

Against My Piece on the President in Poland From A Trump Voter

I wrote on the President of the United States speech in Poland. A good friend,...

July 09, 2017

Against My Piece on The President in Poland

A good friend and historian was not pleased with my piece on the President's visit...

July 08, 2017

Mr Trump Goes to Poland

The piece below engendered strong, thoughtful reactions and so became the starting point of a...

July 07, 2017

Sweet Water: Cold and Sweet

Dates are hard for me, but April 30, 1972, is easy to recall because I went...

July 06, 2017

The Problem of Animal Pain — Questions from M

Angels above us and animals beneath us, the planet Earth is full of souls, with...

July 05, 2017

How Love Covers a Multitude of Sins — Questions from M

Plato loved a good time. If he made a mistake in his writing, it was...

July 04, 2017

The Bible Isn’t About That — Questions from M

I once gave an entire talk on the nature of beauty. I finished and immediately...

July 03, 2017

Don’t Kill the Hitler Youth –Questions from M

Don't kill the Hitler Youth. Kids get raised in bad places, in evil times, and...

July 02, 2017

He is Doing His Duty: One Reason for Hope

I have never heard him be vulgar. I have never heard him be crude....

July 01, 2017

Is there an Iron Law for Christian Academic Institutions?

Want to keep your school on track? Thirty years of observation and reading have given...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Get a Dumb Phone for Smart Kids

Can you live with a dumb phone instead of a smartphone? Before giving my opinion,...

June 29, 2017

On Croquet and Subjective Morality — Questions from M

Croquet is the new craze at our house. Age and general ineptitude have made it...