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February 2023

February 13, 2023

FBI Targeting “Radical Traditional” Christians?

A leaked FBI document reporting on "Radical Traditional Catholics" indicates that the agency is defining...

February 10, 2023

Vocation vs. Idolatry

What Bonhoeffer says about vocation of the leader, the leader's temptation to become "the ultimate...

February 10, 2023

DISCUSS: Bonhoeffer vs. the Benedict Option

"Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. The Christian, too, belongs not in...

February 09, 2023

The High Tech Pronatalists

We used to be told that overpopulation will destroy civilization. Now that we are seeing...

February 08, 2023

The Problems of Each Political Party

Peggy Noonan has written a provocative article outlining the problems of both of our political...

February 07, 2023

The State of the Union According to Americans

President Biden will deliver his 2023 State of the Union Address tonight. So it is...

February 06, 2023

Outlawing Silent Prayer

The next frontier in violating religious freedom: outlawing not just prayer but silent prayer. Already,...

February 03, 2023

Making Birth Free

A novel idea has surfaced in pro-life circles: Making birth free. Removing the cost of...

February 03, 2023

DISCUSSION: Being Pro-Life After Roe v. Wade

Post Roe v. Wade, what do you think the pro-life strategy should be? Beyond laws,...

February 02, 2023

The Difference Between Conservatives and Populists

Today's Republican Party is going through an identity crisis: Does it stand for smaller government,...

February 01, 2023

Do We Live in Israel or Babylon?

Marvin Olasky asks a provocative question that reframes the issue of how Christians should engage...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

And now the “Transabled”

Some people have the desire to be physically disabled--to be blind, deaf, paralyzed, or an...

January 30, 2023

Publishing My Critique of Constructivism

A major newspaper published my critique of constructivism. The backstory and the article.

January 27, 2023

Losing Your Religion & Suicide

Suicides--also known as "deaths of despair"--have long been on the rise. Researchers have found a...

January 27, 2023

DISCUSSION: Blue Laws Reconsidered?

In light of today's post about the unintended consequences of dismantling Sabbath closing laws, which...

January 26, 2023

The Heresy of Ethno-Phyletism

Eastern Orthodox theologians from around the world met in Greece last week to take up...

January 25, 2023

The Difference Between Liberals and Progressives

There is a big difference between old-style liberals and today's woke progressives. A survey of...

January 24, 2023

Meditating on the Incarnation

Leland Ryken is one of the premier Christian literary scholars. Lately, he has been bringing back...

January 23, 2023

Not Living Up to Values Does Not Mean the Values Are Lies

Critical race theorists are saying America's founding ideals of liberty and equality are lies, since...

January 20, 2023

Revenge vs. Justice

Tribal societies, lacking an overarching central government with a legal system, deal with wrongdoing through...

January 20, 2023

DISCUSSION: Weird Coincidences

Some researchers are conducting studies on "weird" or "meaningful" coincidences. Are they random flukes or...

January 19, 2023

On Revenge

Taking revenge is something we might fantasize about, but most of us would never actually...

January 18, 2023

Reserve

We are rightly concerned about violations of our privacy. But sometimes we violate our own...

January 17, 2023

COVID’s Impact on American Religion

Have churches recovered from COVID? Now that the panic has died down, has attendance and...

January 16, 2023

The Non-Denominational Denomination

Now that "non-denominational" churches are the largest segment of American protestantism, some say that church...

January 13, 2023

Against “Caesarism”

The Left keeps charging conservatives with rejecting democracy. That's mostly a slander. But now a...

January 13, 2023

DISCUSSION: Open Topics

It's time for another post of open topics, in which you bring up your own...

January 12, 2023

The Invasion of Academia into the Public Square

Why is woke ideology suddenly rampant in corporate boardrooms, the government bureaucracy, and popular culture? ...

January 11, 2023

Secularist End Times Despair

We have been writing about the End Times and how many Christians misunderstand the concept. ...

January 10, 2023

Pope Benedict XVI on Luther & “Sola Fide”

The late pope emeritus Benedict XVI, whose funeral was last week, is getting lots of...