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August 2023

August 04, 2023

What Is Love?

The one theological virtue that is still in favor today is love. According to Peter...

August 04, 2023

DISCUSSION: Artificial Intelligence & the Free Market

A pundit has said, "If AI can produce series, movies, or political-economy-related op-eds more cheaply...

August 03, 2023

“Secular” Means “Of an Age”

The word "secular" today means having nothing to do with religion. But the term came...

August 02, 2023

Attendance is Down in Churches, But Up at Christian Movies

As Hollywood flounders, faith-based films are flourishing. Now some big studios and big directors are...

August 01, 2023

Child Credit Proposal Would Include the Unborn

The Providing for Life Act would greatly expand the COVID-era child tax credit into a...

July 2023

July 31, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 7/31/23

Mocking a survey is defined as fascism, a tale of two Supreme Courts, and a...

July 28, 2023

A Defense of Organized Religion

Much of the general public are down on the concept of "organized religion." They are...

July 28, 2023

DISCUSSION: Everything Is Upside Down

Michael Brendan Dougherty says we are living in an upside-down world, giving examples from religion...

July 27, 2023

Who Is My Neighbor?

A refrain throughout the Bible is that we are to love our neighbor as ourselves....

July 26, 2023

A Demonology of the Internet

Catholic theologian Thomas Harmon draws parallels between the ways the devil tempts us and the...

July 25, 2023

Salvation from Being “Spiritual”

Today people claim to be "spiritual but not religious." Even many religious people seek to...

July 24, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 7/24/23

Hollywood and Big Media are in a state of crisis over falling revenue, a writers...

July 21, 2023

Who Does Attend Church

The conventional wisdom is that religion is especially attractive to the poor and uneducated. As...

July 21, 2023

DISCUSSION: Americans Distrust Nearly All of Their Institutions

Americans have lost faith in virtually all of their institutions. A Gallup Poll has been...

July 20, 2023

Laws Against Minors Receiving Communion Wine

Over half of America's states--26 in all--have laws prohibiting minors from drinking the wine in...

July 19, 2023

Luther on NOT Obeying Rulers

In his treatise "Temporal Authority: The Extent to Which It Should Be Obeyed," Martin Luther...

July 18, 2023

Affirmative Action for the Elite

Ivy League schools are decrying the Supreme Court decision that struck down their affirmative action...

July 17, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 7/17/23

An Anglican bishop says the Lord's Prayer is "problematic," fake reviews online are being outlawed,...

July 14, 2023

America’s Escalating Involvement in the War in Ukraine

American involvement in the war in Ukraine, which is supported by both parties, is escalating....

July 14, 2023

DISCUSSION: How Much Should a Candidate’s Religion Matter?

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is a cultural conservative brimming with creative ideas. He is...

July 13, 2023

God’s Hangmen & the Duty of Rulers

In his "Temporal Authority" (1523), Luther, far from being deferential to earthly rulers calls them...

July 12, 2023

Who Does Not Attend Church

Research from Lifeway shows that the segments of Americans who are most likely never to...

July 11, 2023

Marriage and Culture

The pastoral care journal "Seelsorger" asked me to write an article about marriage and culture....

July 10, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 7/10/23

Supremes shore up religious liberty; how just three corporations imposed woke capitalism; and LGBTQ theology...

July 07, 2023

Luther vs. Christian Nationalism

Luther's "Temporal Authority: The Extent to Which It Should Be Obeyed," whose 500th anniversary is...

July 07, 2023

DISCUSS: Parents and the Military

One of the reasons our military is having recruitment problems is the opposition of parents....

July 06, 2023

Right Wing Marxism

The conservatives who focus on class conflict, champion the working class again the rich, throw...

July 05, 2023

Luther on Compelled Speech

Not being allowed to say what you believe is a violation of your freedom of...

July 04, 2023

Loving Your Country Is Like Loving Your Family

On this Independence Day, I would like to offer you words from G. K. Chesterton...

July 03, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 7/3/23

The decline of woke capitalism, losing the consciousness bet, and politicians' "matching donations" scam.