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June 2016

June 13, 2016

Court says 2nd Amendment gives no right to “concealed carry”

A federal appeals court ruled that the 2nd Amendment does not give people the right...

June 12, 2016

ISIS attacks America, kills 50 in Orlando

Omar Matteen called 911 at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, pledged allegiance to ISIS, then opened...

June 10, 2016

Summer Christians & Winter Christians

Some Christians feel closer to God when they are happy (and if they aren't, they...

June 10, 2016

Refusing to bake Trump’s cake

BuzzFeed announced that it would not honor a $1.3 million advertising contract with the Republican...

June 10, 2016

Sequel to “The Passion of the Christ”

Mel Gibson is reportedly planning a sequel to his film "The Passion of the Christ," focusing...

June 09, 2016

What does it mean to be “blessed”?

"This is a real blessing." "I have been so blessed." "Count your blessings." "God bless...

June 09, 2016

Will the LGBT movement self-destruct?

Rachel Lu, writing in The Federalist, predicts that The LGBT Movement Will Self-Destruct. Signs that this...

June 09, 2016

Immigrant converts must pass Bible trivia test

In the UK, Muslim immigrants converting to Christianity have been given "Bible Trivia" tests--which many...

June 08, 2016

Turning pride from a sin to a virtue

An LGBTQ theologian, apparently thinking of "gay pride" parades, wants Christianity to change its teaching...

June 08, 2016

Leaving the Republican Party

Former presidential candidate, Baptist minister, and supposed social conservative Mike Huckabee has chastised the NeverTrump...

June 08, 2016

Hillary Clinton clinches the Democratic nomination

Hillary Clinton won the New Jersey primary, giving her enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination....

June 07, 2016

Christian converts assaulted by fellow immigrants

The Muslim immigrants who are converting to Christianity that we have been blogging about (see...

June 07, 2016

Secret Service agent says Hillary is unstable and violent

We may have a president who is being described as "volcanic, impulsive, enabled by sycophants,...

June 07, 2016

Islamic exceptionalism

We keep hearing, "All religions are essentially the same." But no they aren't! That sentiment...

June 06, 2016

Trump supporters attacked by violent protesters

Some 200 protesters physically attacked attendees at a campaign event for Donald Trump in San...

June 06, 2016

Libertarian candidates against liberty

The Libertarians had a prime opportunity to make their party an alternative to voters who oppose...

June 06, 2016

Music composed by artificial intelligence

Google engineers are trying to see if Artificial Intelligence can generate works of art, thus...

June 03, 2016

Only 1.7% are gay, but 8% have had gay sex

A new study has found that the number of Americans who are exclusively homosexual is...

June 03, 2016

When liberals were pro-life and conservatives were pro-abortion

We've blogged about the book by Daniel K. Williams, Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement...

June 03, 2016

Paul Ryan is now ready to endorse Donald Trump

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, after saying that he was "not ready" to endorse...

June 02, 2016

Trump’s favorite Bible verse

As you may have heard, Donald Trump told an interviewer that his favorite Bible verse...

June 02, 2016

Indifference

Jake Meador, a thoughtful young evangelical, reflects on monasticism and says that one thing we...

June 02, 2016

Clinton might not win the Democratic nomination

Bernie Sanders is polling high in California, which holds its Democratic primary on June 7;...

June 01, 2016

Lutheran school investigated for LGBT discrimination

St. John's Lutheran School in Baraboo, Wisconsin, is under federal investigation for discriminating against gay...

June 01, 2016

Secret Laws

A new study has found that over the last three decades the number of "secret...

June 01, 2016

Correlation is not causation in study of ELCA racial diversity

More evidence that scientists--especially social scientists--need to study philosophy, particularly the complicated question of what...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Britain now has more “nones” than Christians

Great Britain now has more people who say they have "no religion" (48%) than say...

May 31, 2016

Why did Clinton set up her own e-mail account?

Hillary Clinton is in legal trouble for using her own private e-mail server for State...

May 31, 2016

Those religious-extremist Anglicans

Yes, American foreign policy is a laughing-stock abroad, but that means at least some of...

May 31, 2016

The agony of defeat

Well, the Oklahoma City Thunder, after going ahead of the Golden State Warriors 3 games...