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March 2017

March 09, 2017

A religious revival in music?

Major rappers like Grammy-winner Chance the Rapper and Kendrick Lamar are now rhyming about Jesus. So...

March 09, 2017

The return of cursive writing

As we blogged about some years ago, teaching cursive handwriting had all but disappeared from our...

March 09, 2017

Trump pushing conservatives to adopt GOP health care bill

President Trump is taking ownership of the Republican bill to replace Obamacare with an alternative...

March 08, 2017

Converts to “religion of freedom” are boosting church attendance in Europe

The Muslim immigrants converting to Christianity are having a noticeable effect on church growth and church...

March 08, 2017

Wikileaks exposes CIA’s cyberespionage

A huge trove of documents about CIA hacking, surveillance, and cyberespionage operations ha been posted...

March 08, 2017

President Trump’s new travel ban

President Trump has issued a revised travel and immigration ban. This one is designed to...

March 07, 2017

Will Islam become the world’s largest religion?

A new study says that Islam will pass Christianity as the world's largest religion by...

March 07, 2017

The liquid bread fast

In the 17th century, a strict order of monks gave up all solid foods for...

March 07, 2017

Trumpcare vs. Obamacare

The Republicans have finally introduced a bill to "repeal and replace" Obamacare. Let us call...

March 06, 2017

A new Bible translation from Lutherans

I recently blogged about the new Bible translation, the Christian Standard Bible. I didn't realize...

March 06, 2017

Did the government wiretap Trump Tower?

President Trump tweeted an accusation that President Obama wire-tapped his Trump Tower headquarters before the...

March 06, 2017

Did the Attorney General commit perjury?

During his confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was asked, under oath, if he had...

March 03, 2017

A new Bible translation

A new Bible translation has been published: The Christian Standard Bible. This is a thorough...

March 03, 2017

“We’re the ones that are going to start contaminating the water.”

Thousands of protesters joined the Standing Rock Sioux to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. They...

March 03, 2017

Trumpism as the new punk rock

A young former-buttoned-down conservative at CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference) said that he has...

March 02, 2017

We Lutherans as others see us

I stumbled upon a tab at the Patheos site that is called "Religion Library." It...

March 02, 2017

Why science is sexist and racist

Joy Pullman at the Federalist writes about a doctoral dissertation that maintains that science is inherently...

March 02, 2017

The presidential President Trump

President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress is being hailed as a "home...

March 01, 2017

“Welcome, dear feast of Lent”

"Welcome, dear feast of Lent," wrote George Herbert in a poem on the subject. Of...

March 01, 2017

Mortification of the flesh

Lent has traditionally been a time to practice "mortification of the flesh." That's another concept...

March 01, 2017

Glitter Ash Wednesday

LGBT-friendly churches are planning to mix glitter with the ashes that are imposed on Ash...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Discuss Trump’s speech to Congress

This is the place to discuss President Trump's address to the joint session of Congress....

February 28, 2017

An online, social media Lenten observance

Tomorrow is the beginning of Lent, a time for reflection and devotion. Christ Lutheran Church...

February 28, 2017

Trump’s “America first” budget

President Trump will submit a budget that he says will put "America first." Defense spending...

February 28, 2017

Academy Awards fiasco

Hollywood was feeling good. The Academy Awards show featured continual Trump-bashing and the "Oscars So...

February 27, 2017

The Pope on salvation by works

Catholics, Protestants often say, believe in salvation by good works. This engenders the reply from...

February 27, 2017

The USDA inspects for ideological purity

The Christian owner of a meatpacking business had some pamphlets lying around in the breakroom...

February 27, 2017

The travails of pro-life Democrats

Who do you think said this? "Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even...

February 24, 2017

How our politicized media would review the Narnia books

Our media is highly politicized across the spectrum, obsessed--pro- or con- or somewhere in between--with...

February 24, 2017

Why conservatives need Edmund Burke

In another in our series of my-former-students-who-are-making-me-proud-by-their-writing, Gracy Olmstead explains why today's conservatives need to...