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July 2017

July 14, 2017

The earth will soon be uninhabitable

Within a few decades, according to an article in New York Magazine, global warming will make...

July 14, 2017

Misunderstanding the cultural influence of the Reformation

The cultural influence of the Reformation is getting lots of attention on this 500th anniversary...

July 14, 2017

OK, try this health care bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has released yet another health care bill, designed to pick...

July 13, 2017

Reading the language of creation

I'm at the Conference on Classical Lutheran Education in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the theme of which this year...

July 13, 2017

Oregon to force taxpayers to pay for abortion

Oregon is enacting a law that will require all insurance companies to pay for abortions,...

July 12, 2017

Trinity Lutheran goes back to normal after Supreme Court victory

Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Missouri, just won a landmark case before the Supreme Court. ...

July 12, 2017

The success sequence

If you follow this sequence, exactly, in this order, there is only a 3% chance...

July 12, 2017

A smoking gun?

Donald Trump, Jr., has released the e-mail exchange that led to his meeting with that...

July 11, 2017

Christian multi-universe theories

The scholastic theology of the Middle Ages was very much in thrall to the philosophy...

July 11, 2017

Why it was good that we broke away from Britain

Some say that the American revolution was not really necessary. That staying with Great Britain...

July 11, 2017

Russian adoptions and the Donald Trump Jr. meeting

President Trump's son, Donald, Jr., admits that after his father's nomination, he met with a...

July 10, 2017

“Make America Great Again”: The Hymn

For the background of this song, see this: Church Choir Debuts 'Make America Great Again'...

July 10, 2017

“What are your preferred pronouns?”

In the Disco era, the opening get-to-know-you line was "What's your sign?" Before that, it...

July 10, 2017

Jewish school in UK faces closure for not teaching LGBT issues

An orthodox Jewish school for girls in London may be closed down for refusing to...

July 07, 2017

Reformed sign on to “joint declaration” & find no theological differences with Lutherans

The World Communion of Reformed Churches--an association of liberal Calvinists--has signed on to the Joint...

July 07, 2017

Wombs for men

Some scientists are saying that it might be possible in a decade or so to...

July 07, 2017

Why ancient Roman concrete gets stronger while ours erodes

Buildings from ancient Rome are still standing after two thousand years and more. Whereas modern...

July 06, 2017

Omnipotence at the price of nihilism

The bestselling book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari argues that our...

July 06, 2017

The Democrats’ dilemma

The Democrats should, theoretically, have a big opportunity running against an unpopular Republican president. But...

July 06, 2017

Why the second paragraph in the Declaration of Independence?

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was for the American colonies to formally break...

July 05, 2017

Atheists are more closed-minded and intolerant than religious people

A study has found that atheists are more closed-minded and less tolerant of different viewpoints...

July 05, 2017

Eliminate gender on birth certificates?

A Canadian who claims to be neither male nor female has had a baby. This...

July 05, 2017

Declaration of Independence vs. Progress

Our newspaper, The Daily Oklahoman, observed the 4th of July by printing excerpts from a...

July 04, 2017

Happy birthday to America

One of the few things Americans can agree on these days--conservatives or liberals, Republicans or...

July 04, 2017

“God bless America” vs. “God bless the whole world”

Some people are saying we shouldn't say or sing "God Bless America." That is too...

July 04, 2017

Patriotic Church Services?

I think the main problem with this sort of thing is the same problem with...

July 03, 2017

How to criminalize Christianity

The United States has freedom of religion, and to say Christians are "persecuted" here is...

July 03, 2017

Euthanasia for “a completed life”

First euthanasia was supposed to be for people who were terminally ill. Then for those...

July 03, 2017

Towards an OKC Thunder superteam

Here in the Sooner State, Oklahomans have been feeling good about Russell Westbrook winning the...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Lutheran Sociologist Peter Berger Dies

One of the most prominent figures in the field of sociology, Berger was a pioneer...