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April 2023

April 21, 2023

Nuanced Political Tactics

Democrats won the recent election in purple Wisconsin not just with the abortion issue but...

April 21, 2023

DISCUSSION: Electability

Instead of asking whom you want to be president, this time I am asking a...

April 20, 2023

Where Praise Music Comes From

Of the 38 most popular praise songs--those that made the Top 25 charts for that...

April 19, 2023

Remembering Mad Magazine

Al Jaffee has died at the age of 102. He was the last living cartoonist...

April 18, 2023

Predictions of Christianity’s Comeback

What with the Nones, declining church membership, declining church attendance, and consistently bad PR, Christianity...

April 17, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 4/17/23

India passes China, the progressives' fact-twisting, and the lives saved by overturning Roe v. Wade.

April 14, 2023

Where the Left and the Right Come Together

The online magazine "Sp!ked" is pro-Trump, anti-trangenderism, anti-environmentallism, and against the whole woke agenda. But...

April 14, 2023

DISCUSSION: What Could Bring Americans Together?

Does our nation need to overcome its polarization, and, if so, how might that be...

April 13, 2023

Racism and the White Working Class

The white working class is often assumed to be a hotbed of racism. And yet...

April 12, 2023

Should Churches Hide Their Controversial Beliefs?

Critics of the "He Gets Us" campaign and "seeker-sensitive" congregations are complaining that the people...

April 11, 2023

An Easter Puzzle & What ChatGBT Is Good For

A medieval Latin line--translated into English as “The love of Christ seeks many while injustice...

April 10, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 4/10/23

Progressive victories, racist math, and outlawing the seal of confession.

April 09, 2023

He is Risen, Indeed!

Easter greetings from the real Cranach and from the Cranach blog! Alleluia!

April 07, 2023

From Crucifixion to Resurrection

Matthias Grünewald's depiction of Christ crucified as deader than dead, followed by his depiction of...

April 07, 2023

DISCUSSION: Easter

Our discussion topic for this weekend is simply "Easter." Say whatever you want to say...

April 06, 2023

We Cannot Pay for Our Sins

The impossibility of California's reparation plans has a connection to Holy Week. We may feel...

April 05, 2023

“American Values” Are in Decline

Values once associated with Americans and American culture--such as the importance of patriotism, religion, hard...

April 04, 2023

Political Religion vs. Transcendent Religion

According to Edmund Burke, political religion has "no efficacy," even to do what it intends....

April 03, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 4/3/23

The six martyrs of Nashville, Getting Trump, and the Metaverse goes bust.

March 2023

March 31, 2023

ChatGPT Writes a Cranach Post

Here is what I got when I told ChatGPT to "Write a post for the...

March 31, 2023

DISCUSSION: You Be the Blogger

Find something interesting on the internet, link to it or give the web address, and...

March 30, 2023

The Author’s Intention

Textual editors are scholars who restore literary works by recovering the author's intentions. That involves...

March 29, 2023

Human Intelligence Is Going Down

As Artificial Intelligence is getting better, human intelligence is getting worse. A study has found...

March 28, 2023

C. S. Lewis on How Fear & Moral Idealism Beget Tyranny

C. S. Lewis is known for his Christian apologetics and his imaginative fiction, but he...

March 27, 2023

Monday Miscellany 3/27/23

Jews have the best reputation and Evangelical Christians have the worst. People are falling in...

March 24, 2023

A Theological Examination of ChatGBT

Last week we tested the Artificial Intelligence-powered ChatGBT to see if it could generate a...

March 24, 2023

DISCUSSION: The War in Ukraine

Ron DeSantis' caution over U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine has produced a schism...

March 23, 2023

Light and Christ

Old science purported to dispel mysteries. New science shows reality to be more mysterious than...

March 22, 2023

Americans vs. Both Political Parties

Republicans tend to be both social and economic conservatives. Democrats tend to be both social...

March 21, 2023

Truth in Labeling

A writer observes that since "liberal" denotes freedom, tolerance, and individualism--values not typically honored today...