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July 2016

July 21, 2016

Ted Cruz speaks at convention, but refuses to endorse Trump

Ted Cruz, who came in second to Donald Trump, was given a speaking slot at...

July 20, 2016

The nun who faced down Billy the Kid

Sister Blandina Segale was a nun who served in the wild West. Her exploits in frontier...

July 20, 2016

Fox News is coming apart

Roger Ailes, who runs Fox News, is set to be fired by Rupert Murdoch, owner...

July 20, 2016

Trump is now the Republican nominee

The roll call of states has been concluded, and Donald Trump is now officially the...

July 20, 2016

Mrs. Trump lifts from Mrs. Obama’s speech

In her speech before the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump lifted, without attribution, passages from...

July 19, 2016

Which denominations oppose abortion and which ones don’t

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July 19, 2016

Are wedding cakes & photos commodities, or are they art?

When atheists object to a monument of the Ten Commandments, I have argued that it...

July 19, 2016

Missing the smoke-filled room

Delegates opposing Donald Trump disrupted the choreography at the Republican national convention. They booed, yelled...

July 18, 2016

Lutherans have a confessional convention

Conservatives/confessionals feel very good about the triennial convention of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, which...

July 18, 2016

The Republican National Convention starts today

The 2016 Republican Convention starts today in Cleveland, Ohio. It may be a strange one....

July 18, 2016

Three officers killed in Baton Rouge

Three police officers were killed and three were wounded in Baton Rouge, the site of...

July 18, 2016

Pro-democracy coup in Turkey fails

Turkey has a tradition of practicing a more moderate type of Islam with a more...

July 15, 2016

Trump picks Pence as VP, quells rebellion

Donald Trump picked Indiana governor Mike Pence as his Vice Presidential running-mate. Pence has been...

July 15, 2016

Terrorist attack in France kills 84

As Bastille Day celebrants packed the streets watching fireworks in Nice, France, a large truck broke...

July 15, 2016

Trump “is the most pro-gay candidate in American electoral history”

Jim Hoft, founder of the Gateway Pundit, a leading conservative blog, has come out publicly as...

July 15, 2016

Lutheran women as conscientious objectors

The convention of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, which ended yesterday, passed a novel resolution...

July 14, 2016

Latvian Lutherans go back to male-only pastors

Last month, the Lutheran Church of Latvia--the main church body in that Baltic republic--reversed course...

July 14, 2016

A national conversation

The shootings of the last few weeks--of black suspects; of police--have at least provoked what...

July 14, 2016

UK’s new prime minister is Theresa May

British prime minister David Cameron stepped down from office after his efforts to keep the...

July 13, 2016

The history of the word “mercy”

The word "mercy" is gaining more and more currency in Christianity these days. It has...

July 13, 2016

Government by bureaucracy

Congress passes a handful of laws each year. But government agencies pass several thousands of...

July 13, 2016

Brewing crisis with China

China has been extending itself beyond its territorial waters in the South China Sea. Japan...

July 12, 2016

Russia forbids evangelizing outside of church

A new Russian law forbids evangelizing except within a church service. This includes using e-mail...

July 12, 2016

Chinese state government confiscates churches’ offerings

In more state repression of religion, the government in China's Zhejiang province is confiscating the...

July 12, 2016

A psychiatrist who identifies demonic possession

Richard Gallagher is a board-certified New York psychiatrist who serves as a consultant for exorcists...

July 11, 2016

The Lutherans’ great and holy council

The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is holding its triennial convention July 9-14 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....

July 11, 2016

The NRA and Philando Castile’s 2nd Amendment rights

Is the NRA doing enough in support of Philando Castile, who was killed by a...

July 11, 2016

USA is now the Saudi Arabia of oil

The United States is now the number 1 country in the amount of oil reserves,...

July 08, 2016

Five police killed, seven wounded, at “Black Lives Matter” rally

Snipers killed five police officers, wounded seven more, plus two civilians in Dallas last night....

July 08, 2016

No exemptions for church services “open to the public”?

The Iowa Civl Rights Act forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or...