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March 2023

March 20, 2023

Monday Miscellany 3/20/23

Claiming that Shakespeare invented whiteness, the real Wakanda, the state's information war against its own...

March 17, 2023

How Non-Christian Religions Are Dealing with Secularism

Christianity isn't the only religion facing problems from today's secularist mindset. So are Hinduism and ...

March 17, 2023

DISCUSSION: What Is the Best Song of the 21st Century So Far?

Playing off of a dispute at the National Review site, what do you consider to...

March 16, 2023

Good Secularism vs. Bad Secularism

One kind of secularism takes no position on religion to make a place for religious...

March 15, 2023

ChatGP Tries to Preach Lutheran Sermons

Having blogged about the world-changing potential of ChatGBT and having read about ministers using the...

March 14, 2023

The Revolution of ChatGPT

There is a major new development in online technology: ChatGPT, a chat system that uses...

March 13, 2023

Monday Miscellany 3/13/23

Forbidden words, the charge that the gospel promotes violence, the cultural conservatism of Native Americans,...

March 10, 2023

Oklahoma’s Second Thoughts about Marijuana

In 2018, 57% of Oklahoman voted to allow medical marijuana with no restrictions. Now the...

March 10, 2023

DISCUSSION: New Towers of Babel

Socialism, said Dostoevsky, is "one more tower of Babel built without God, not in order...

March 09, 2023

Artificial Intelligence, the Golem, & the Genie

The development of artificial intelligence is filling many people with alarm, raising a host of...

March 08, 2023

The Truth about Creativity

Creativity today is usually associated with "thinking outside the box," inventing new ideas by throwing...

March 07, 2023

Euthanasia for All

If there is a "right to die," then that right must extend to everyone. Not...

March 06, 2023

A Cranach Miscellany

So much to blog about! So little time! So much of interest, yet I don't...

March 03, 2023

What the Philosophers Thought about Holy Communion

Holy Communion eludes the explanations of human philosophy. And yet, as Peter Leithart says, it...

March 03, 2023

DISCUSSION: Book Reviews

"Read any good books lately?" If so, briefly say what the book is about and...

March 02, 2023

The Conservative and Christian Resistance to Hitler

My review of "White Knights in the Black Orchestra" by Tom Dunkel, which tells of...

March 01, 2023

Freedom of Speech Confusions

The country seems to be confused about censorship, free speech, and any necessary boundaries. Progressives accuse...

February 2023

February 28, 2023

Making “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” Woke

The late Roald Dahl was a popular children's writer, the author of such classics as...

February 27, 2023

Lent as Training

The disciplines of Lent are good ways to train ourselves for the difficulties ahead. And...

February 24, 2023

The Three Stages of the World’s Attitude to Christianity

Aaron Renn points to three different stages of the secular world's attitude towards Christianity: Positive...

February 24, 2023

DISCUSSION: How Should Christians Deal with Cultural Hostility?

What strategies and tactics should Christians take to resist today's hostility against Christianity and to...

February 23, 2023

Pregnancy as Slavery

Is an unwanted pregnancy an example of "involuntary servitude," so that the anti-slavery amendments in...

February 22, 2023

Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down

Contrary to what we have been told, "Ring around the Rosie" is NOT about dying...

February 21, 2023

The Black Church Reconsidered

It is often assumed that slaveholders imposed Christianity on their African slaves and that separate...

February 20, 2023

How Four Strains of Protestantism Approach Politics

The different strains of Christianity have different approaches to politics, based on their assumptions about...

February 17, 2023

Why You Can’t Have Equality without God

We are told that you can have morality without belief in God. This is true,...

February 17, 2023

DISCUSSION: Gay Conservatives

A number of prominent conservatives, including some conservative Christians, are openly homosexual. How should congregations...

February 16, 2023

In Praise of Boredom

I have always been an apologist for boredom. So I appreciate Matt Labash for arguing...

February 15, 2023

“A Perfect Hymn”

Church musician Jonathan Aigner calls "Of the Father's Love Begotten" a "perfect hymn." What does...

February 14, 2023

Political Conversions

Religious conversion generally has to do with spiritual transformation, personal commitment, theological conviction, and the...