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October 2023

October 12, 2023

Does Everything Have Consciousness?

Science has uncovered a huge amount of information about the universe. But some areas are...

October 11, 2023

The Rebirth of Christian Schools

Christian schools were in decline, back when all they cared about was sheltering children and...

October 10, 2023

The Trial of the Century

The second trial of Finnish member of parliament Päivi Räsänen and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola,...

October 09, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 10/9/23

Another war breaks out, a bipartisan effort to punish bipartisan effort, and paying Trump not...

October 06, 2023

When America Was Even Less Religious

As we worry about the decline in church affiliation, a historian offers some important perspective....

October 06, 2023

DISCUSS: Objections to Catechizing Children about Adultery

Lutheran schools teach the Catechism, including the commandment forbidding adultery, and that instead "We should...

October 05, 2023

What Persecution Would Look Like

We American Christians have it easy compared to our fellow believers in other parts of...

October 04, 2023

Protestants Wouldn’t Fare Well under Integralism

Some Protestants are flirting with the political philosophy of integralism, which grows out of Catholic...

October 03, 2023

Taking Trump’s Business

Donald Trump is facing numerous criminal indictments, but the most personally devastating may be the...

October 02, 2023

The People Have Spoken!

In the great picture election, we have a winner. And this election was not polarized...

October 02, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 10/2/23

Americans who don't believe in freedom; sacking Philadelphia; and the "persuadables" who may turn the...

September 2023

September 29, 2023

Against the “Religion of Humanity”

The French political theorist Pierre Manent says that the church needs to recover its emphasis...

September 29, 2023

DISCUSSION: My Picture

DakotaLutheran complained in a comment about my picture. He challenged me to put up some...

September 28, 2023

Why Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Seminars Don’t Work

The approach DEI seminars typically use is first to make participants feel guilty by exposing...

September 27, 2023

On Republican Weaseling on Abortion

Some Republican candidates think being pro-life means allowing abortion until 6 weeks or 15 weeks. ...

September 26, 2023

Trump Turns Against Pro-Lifers

Donald Trump won pro-lifers' support by promising to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn...

September 25, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 9/25/23

The source of anti-phonics reading curriculum is shut down, a Lutheran woman loses her job...

September 22, 2023

The Problems Reagan Dealt With Are Back

The New Right has been mocking "zombie Reaganism" and the limited government, free market, individual...

September 22, 2023

DISCUSSION: Misconceptions about Dechurching

The authors of "The Great Dechurching" on the dramatic drop-off of church attendance and affiliation...

September 21, 2023

The Fall of the Roman REPUBLIC

It's being said that men often tend to think about ancient Rome. The fall of...

September 20, 2023

Misgendering God

The efforts to use inclusive language to refer to God are in conflict with today's...

September 19, 2023

Is the Tide Turning on Religious Belief?

As I've been blogging about "the great dechurching," I was reading a book that I...

September 18, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 9/18/23

"The Stupid Party" vs. "the Evil Party," playing fast and loose with abortion statistics, and...

September 15, 2023

Most Protestants Believe in the Prosperity Gospel

A study from the Baptist research group Lifeway has found that most Protestants, both evangelical...

September 15, 2023

DISCUSSION: Do Pro-Lifers Need to Change Their Language?

Some Senate Republicans are saying that pro-lifers need to change their terminology. What do you...

September 14, 2023

The Christian View of Marriage

The Christian view of the nature of marriage and its purposes is stated both in...

September 13, 2023

The New Difference Between Liberal and Conservative Theology

Liberal theologians used to argue with conservative theologians about truth claims--the inerrancy of Scripture, the...

September 12, 2023

Luther on Works for God vs. Works for Our Neighbor

"God doesn't need our good works. Our neighbor does." That's a great quote from Luther,...

September 11, 2023

Monday Miscellany 9/11/23

Trump and the 14th Amendment, a plea for a church for the nones, and a...

September 08, 2023

The Integralists’ Strategy

I have always thought that advocates of theocracy--whether the dominionism of the Reformed, the Seven...