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December 2016

December 22, 2016

Requiring a device to limit semis’ speed

Federal regulators have passed a rule requiring new semi trucks to have a device that...

December 21, 2016

Theological music for Christmas

Ken Myers has written a wonderful post on Christmas music, emphasizing particularly how it is sung...

December 21, 2016

Terrorist attacks Christmas marketplace

A truck plowed through the crowded Christmas marketplace in Berlin, killing 12 and injuring 52. ...

December 21, 2016

Obama stops off-shore drilling before leaving office

President Obama, evidently striking a blow for the environment before Donald Trump takes office, put...

December 21, 2016

A book on why we should trust the Bible

There are four more shopping days until Christmas, time (especially if you have Amazon Prime...

December 20, 2016

Mary and the divine inversion

In discussing why the Virgin Birth of Christ is important, James A. Rogers (Texas A&M...

December 20, 2016

Donald Trump news

The Electoral College officially elected Donald Trump president. Despite all of the efforts to persuade...

December 20, 2016

The Christmas stories of Connie Willis & her favorite Christmas movies

Connie Willis is an award-winning science fiction author and a deft satirist of contemporary foibles....

December 19, 2016

Cancelling church on Christmas

Christmas falls on a Sunday this year. So once again, many congregations are CANCELLING SERVICES!...

December 19, 2016

Electoral College Day, then and now

The Electoral College meets today, with the designated electors meeting in state capitols to cast...

December 19, 2016

Top 10 Google searches of 2016

The internet contains unfathomable amounts of information. Search engines allow us to find anything we...

December 16, 2016

Theology & church growth

Canadian researchers conducted a study of mainline Protestant churches (Anglican, Presbyterian, Uniting, and Evangelical Lutheran...

December 16, 2016

$12 coffee and the positional economy

Starbucks is opening some exclusive "Reserve Roasteries and Tasting Rooms," which will offer high-end coffee...

December 16, 2016

Small Oklahoma town thwarts OPEC

Cushing, Oklahoma, is a town of about 7,000 close to where we live. What makes...

December 15, 2016

Ceremonial Deism

The Supreme Court ruled in 1984 that Nativity scenes in publicly-owned spaces are legal. As...

December 15, 2016

Our attention span drops to below that of a goldfish

Americans have a very high literacy rate. The problem is, though people can read, many...

December 15, 2016

Gift idea: Christianity Today’s 2017 book awards

Christianity Today has announced its 2017 book awards. The list of winners in all of...

December 14, 2016

Gift ideas: Reading Romans with Luther

Let's start a series of posts on ideas for Christmas presents! Here is a good...

December 14, 2016

Problems with the EXXON CEO as Secretary of State

Donald Trump chose Rex Tillerson, the C.E.O. of ExxonMobil, to be Secretary of State. As...

December 14, 2016

Update on Ohio’s anti-abortion bills

The Ohio state legislature has passed two abortion bills that Gov. John Kasich has now...

December 13, 2016

Hotels without Gideon Bibles

The Gideons do great work in distributing Bibles. For many decades, virtually every hotel room...

December 13, 2016

Democrats lost because they raised religious liberty fears

The reason the Democrats lost, argues David Bernstein in the Washington Post, is that their words,...

December 13, 2016

Macy’s drops Planned Parenthood

Macy's department store no longer funds or matches contributions to Planned Parenthood. Neither do AT&T,...

December 12, 2016

“Even if they are fools, they shall not go astray”

More prophecies of the coming of Christ for our Advent contemplation: Isaiah 35, yesterday's Old...

December 12, 2016

CIA says Russia helped Trump

The CIA says that Russia deliberately interfered in the American election in order to help...

December 12, 2016

A nation of suburbs

Big cities seem to get most of the attention. People debate their merits compared with...

December 09, 2016

Thomas Oden, ex-liberal theologian turned classical Christian, has died

Thomas Oden has died. A prominent liberal theologian who replaced pastoral care with psychotherapy, Oden...

December 09, 2016

Trump’s appointments & WWE connections

Donald Trump's choices for his cabinet and other high-level positions in his administration are interesting, to...

December 09, 2016

The triumphs of nationalism

The victory of Donald Trump--along with other political insurgencies in England, France, Italy, and other...

December 08, 2016

The Christmas wars throughout history

A new book by Gerry Bowler entitled Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing...