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November 2023

November 16, 2023

A Defense of Denominations

The largest group of Protestants in the United States is now the non-denominationals. But non-denominational...

November 15, 2023

The First Combat in Outer Space

An Israeli anti-missile system shot down an Iranian-made missile beyond the earth's atmosphere, the first...

November 14, 2023

Another Red State Chooses Abortion

Ohio passed a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to an abortion, joining other red...

November 13, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 11/13/23

World population tops 8 billion, but not because of births; why the wealth tax won't...

November 10, 2023

Breaking Through the “Front Lines of Human Thought”

The president of China, Xi Jinping has some rather remarkable things to say about what...

November 10, 2023

DISCUSSION: What Books Have Changed Your Way of Thinking?

Name a book that was not only informative or enjoyable but paradigm-shifting, that changed your...

November 09, 2023

The End of Being Informed

An increasing number of Americans just don't care about the news anymore. This bodes ill...

November 08, 2023

“Lived Religion” vs. Formal Religion

According to Philip Jenkins, one way to study religion is to look at beliefs, institutions,...

November 07, 2023

Beware of Definitive Answers from ChatGPT

I have found that when ChatGPT doesn't have access to the sources it needs to...

November 06, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 11/6/23

The Gaza War is spreading; the world is running out of (expensive) ammunition; Shakespeare's First...

November 03, 2023

The Devil, the Beast, & the False Prophet

Speculation about the End Times is a fraught topic for today's Christians. The early church...

November 03, 2023

DISCUSSION: Peace in the Middle East

From Reg: "Let's do a thought experiment. If the Palestinians all put down their weapons...

November 02, 2023

Robespierre’s Celebration of Terror

Robespierre's justification for the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution gives clues to the...

November 01, 2023

Holidays That Aren’t Holy Days

Holidays that derive from Christianity have a joy about them, something noticeably lacking in their...

October 2023

October 31, 2023

95 Theses for Today

Today's churches are also in need of a Reformation, and others have put together lists...

October 30, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 10/30/23

The Gaza hospital hoax, the terrorist drug, and Silicon Valley is giving up on news.

October 27, 2023

Constrained vs. Unconstrained Visions

What's the difference between how a conservative thinks and how a liberal thinks? Konstantine Kisin,...

October 27, 2023

DISCUSSION: Our Dangerous Times

It is being said that we are living in the most dangerous time in decades. Do...

October 26, 2023

Conservative Catholics Breaking the “Papal Addiction”

A conservative Catholic argues that the current liberal pope should lead to a reversal of...

October 25, 2023

On Trying to Make the Sexes Indistinguishable

Responding to the Vatican's Synod on Synodality and its discussions on sex and gender, Anthony...

October 24, 2023

Americans of Both Parties Giving Up on Democracy

A recent poll shows that rank and file Americans from both sides of the political...

October 23, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 10/23/23

DeSantis evacuates Americans, Sweden is overrun with gang violence, and President Biden sells off half...

October 20, 2023

The Pro-Life George Orwell

Though the great literary critic of totalitarianism, George Orwell was a man of the left....

October 20, 2023

DISCUSS: The War in the Middle East

The big news continues to be the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's response. Bloggers...

October 19, 2023

Luxury Beliefs

Traditionally, elites signaled their social status by means of their possessions. But today even the...

October 18, 2023

Christianity Is Always a Minority Religion

As church affiliation plummets and American Christians fret about becoming a minority, we would do...

October 17, 2023

What Revolution Looks Like

Some on the hard left are defending the violence of Hamas, even after information came...

October 16, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 10/16/23

The cost of Ivy-League radicalism; "preserve, protect and defend" doesn't mean "support"; and Bigfoot makes...

October 13, 2023

From the Battle for the Bible to the Battle for the Body

A few decades ago, Christians were torn over a controversy that became known as "the...

October 13, 2023

DISCUSS: New Abortion Slogans

Abortion advocates have a new slogan: "Abortion is freedom." What is this slogan trying to...