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July 2016

July 08, 2016

Donald Trump and Nietzsche

In a discussion of Donald Trump's theology, Christian conservative Peter Wehner observes that the presumptive Republican...

July 08, 2016

“Preacher”

The figure of the wanderer dominates the popular imagination, as evident in the heroes of...

July 07, 2016

Orthodox council ends

The last Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church was 1,200 years ago, and this...

July 07, 2016

Christian dating sites must arrange same-sex matches

A California judge is requiring a company that operates Christian dating sites to provide its...

July 07, 2016

Still waiting for Godot

Some former students are putting on Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett's absurdist comedy, and asked...

July 06, 2016

Did Donald Trump “accept Christ”?

Many evangelicals believe that a person becomes a Christian by making a "decision for Christ,"...

July 06, 2016

Hillary Clinton let off the hook

The FBI director scolded Hillary Clinton for her illegal e-mail set-up and her careless handling...

July 06, 2016

Free catechism flash cards

Concordia Publishing House is offering free flash cards and memory cards to help in learning...

July 05, 2016

Confessions of an ex-liberal theologian

Thomas C. Oden is a prominent theologian who formerly was a major practitioner of liberal,...

July 05, 2016

Trump vs. Clinton on religious liberty

At Donald Trump's conclave with evangelical leaders, he notably dodged the religious liberty questions. That's...

July 05, 2016

Kevin Durant breaks Oklahoma’s heart

A pall was cast over the state of Oklahoma as everyone was celebrating the 4th...

July 04, 2016

Celebrating our liberties, including those at risk

On this Independence Day, we celebrate our freedoms as Americans. It's a good exercise to read...

July 04, 2016

The magnitude of human sin

One of my most formative memories is when I was ten years old and the...

July 04, 2016

The FBI’s interrogation of Hillary Clinton

The FBI questioned Hillary Clinton for over three hours on Saturday about her private e-mail...

July 01, 2016

Christian pharmacists must stock abortifacients

A Christian-owned pharmacy chain refuses to stock "emergency contraception" drugs on the grounds that they...

July 01, 2016

Donald Trump’s “personal Vietnam”

Donald Trump dodged the Vietnam War, but he has said that he feels "like a...

July 01, 2016

Military will now accept the transgendered

The Pentagon announced that it will now allow transgendered individuals to serve in the military...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

The Weimar problem

From George Will: “Every republic,” writes Charles Kesler, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College,...

June 30, 2016

“A third sex”

So far "transgender" has involved men identifying themselves as women, and vice versa. But now...

June 30, 2016

Ben Sasse, the anti-Trump

As other Republicans keep equivocating, Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse is the only Republican in the...

June 29, 2016

California churches to be forced to pay for abortions?

The state of California has classified abortion as a "basic health service," which means that under...

June 29, 2016

Could a President Trump be checked and balanced?

Paul Ryan says that if a President Trump were to do something illegal, such as...

June 29, 2016

How Britain’s exit from EU can help its economy

Global stock markets and currency exchanges are in turmoil after Great Britain voted to leave...

June 28, 2016

“O, Death”: Ralph Stanley dies

From Geoffrey Himes, Ralph Stanley was one of our last links to an old...

June 28, 2016

Supreme Court’s new pro-abortion decision

Some states have imposed regulations on abortion clinics--such as requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges...

June 28, 2016

Armed bureaucrats

The Obama administration does not like it that individuals can own firearms. And yet, federal bureaucracies are...

June 27, 2016

Exposing the forgery about Jesus’s wife

The Atlantic has published a piece of investigative journalism on the source of the manuscript fragment that has...

June 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?

In a column in which he coins the useful term "Hillaryism," Charles Krauthammer says that...

June 27, 2016

On Britain’s “Independence Day”

Though the stock markets are reeling and Scotland and Northern Ireland--and maybe even London!-- are...

June 24, 2016

Great Britain votes to leave the European Union

Great Britain voted to leave the European Union, 52%-48%. Prime Minister David Cameron, who led...