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April 2017

April 19, 2017

The search for Christ’s DNA

Forensic archaeologists have been extracting the DNA that can still be found in old bones...

April 19, 2017

Criminalizing pro-lifers

In France, it is illegal to attempt to disuade anyone from getting an abortion. It...

April 18, 2017

I’m off to Finland

Today my wife and I fly off to Finland. I will be giving lectures at...

April 18, 2017

WELS president on the two versions of the Luther movie

Not only did the writer/producer of the new Luther movie, Mark Trinklein, weigh in to...

April 18, 2017

Tensions growing with North Korea

President Trump has been threatening military action against North Korea, and no one thinks he's...

April 17, 2017

The writer and producer explains the two versions of the Luther movie

We reviewed the new dramatized documentary, Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed the World, and...

April 17, 2017

Gorsuch’s first week will feature LCMS school

Justice Neil Gorsuch is now on the Supreme Court, and one of the first cases...

April 17, 2017

Where your taxes go

Tomorrow taxes are due. So it's fitting to contemplate where your tax money goes. To...

April 16, 2017

The Resurrection on the Isenheim altar

On Good Friday,I posted a picture of Christ on the Cross from the altarpiece in...

April 14, 2017

The day that God suffered and died

A powerful Good Friday devotion would be to read Article VIII of the Formula of Concord:...

April 14, 2017

Light, darkness, & the Cross

S. J. Masson, a new Patheos blogger at Hawkeye, has written a wide-ranging, thought-provoking post that...

April 14, 2017

States can now stop funding Planned Parenthood

President Trump signed into law a measure passed by Congress that would allow states to...

April 13, 2017

Eating, sacrifice, and the Gospel

When a thale cress plant is being eaten by a caterpillar, it responds by sending...

April 13, 2017

A church with its own police force

The Alabama state Senate has voted to allow a church in Birmingham to have its...

April 13, 2017

The other version of the new Luther movie

I reviewed Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed the World, the dramatized documentary produced in...

April 12, 2017

The connection between Martin Luther and Martin Luther King

As the world reflects on the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation, it...

April 12, 2017

Why the Russians are backing Assad

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is in Moscow for negotiations, has said that Russia...

April 12, 2017

Why your shoelaces come untied

On April Fool's Day, not at the time being able to think of anything better,...

April 11, 2017

The new Martin Luther movie

Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed the World is a film funded by Thrivent to mark...

April 11, 2017

Our superlegislature

Neil Gorsuch was sworn in, informally, and has joined the Supreme Court. A more ceremonial...

April 11, 2017

The middlemen that survived the internet

The internet has damaged travel agents, taxi drivers, retailers, and other industries. But one set...

April 10, 2017

The Jewish argument for “closed” Passover meals

Many churches during Holy Week hold a "Seder" meal, a version of the Jewish Passover...

April 10, 2017

Syria strike disillusions some Trump supporters

President Trump's cruise missile strike on Syria, responding to Assad's chemical weapons atrocity, is getting good...

April 10, 2017

Russell Westbrook for MVP

The Oklahoma City Thunder marketing office called our church a couple of months ago, saying...

April 07, 2017

Martin Luther as inventor of freedom

Lutherans aren't the only ones celebrating the 500th anniversary of Luther's posting of the 95...

April 07, 2017

Trump attacks Syria

UPDATE: President Trump pulled the trigger on attacking Syria. Some 59 cruise missiles hit an...

April 07, 2017

Dems force “nuclear option” and Gorsuch is confirmed

The Democrats invoked their filibuster privilege to block the vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch to...

April 06, 2017

Court rules that Civil Rights laws cover LGBT bias

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights law bans discrimination on the basis of race,...

April 06, 2017

The Trump campaign surveillance and unmasking

It turns out the Trump campaign was under surveillance. This was reportedly in connection with the...

April 06, 2017

Trump demotes the hardline Steve Bannon

President Trump removed senior advisor Steve Bannon from the National Security Council. Membership is usually...