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June 2026

June 12, 2026

“Lead a Quiet Life”

Patheos blogger Jeff McClain explores what a "quiet life" means in 1 Thessalonians 4:11. That...

June 11, 2026

Whatever Happened to Theological Modernism?

Mark Tooley gives an excellent overview of the decline of theological modernism, the rationalistic "liberal...

June 10, 2026

A Definition of Conservatism

“The conservative approach is nothing more or less than an attempt to apply the wisdom...

June 09, 2026

We Are Not Alone in the Universe

"The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me." So said Blaise Pascal in 1657...

June 08, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 6/8/26

Dropping the "Anti-Weaponization" fund & other GOP pushbacks. Forging ahead with an experiment that could destroy...

June 05, 2026

Telling Us What We Want to Hear

A psychotherapist criticizes his profession for its current practice of always "validating" patients by telling...

June 04, 2026

The Limits of War

War can take over other countries or defend a country from takeover. War can subjugate...

June 03, 2026

The Next Stage of Evolution?

A common belief in the tech oligarchy is that AI and its related technology will...

June 02, 2026

“The Ideological Pursuit of the Machine God”

At first, AI was developed as a focused tool for specific uses. But the major...

June 01, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 6/1/26

What nihilism looks like. Gasoline prices are up 56% since the war started. And the...

May 2026

May 29, 2026

A Third of Americans Are Having an “Existential Crisis”

One out of every three Americans (32%) is having an "existential crisis"; that is, struggling...

May 28, 2026

There Is No Scientific Consensus in Physics

According to our current "social imaginary," science gives certainty. But a survey of 1,600 physicists...

May 27, 2026

Bringing the Protestant Mainline Back to Orthodoxy

On Operation Reconquista, also known as Operation Reformation, an organization devoted to bringing the Protestant...

May 26, 2026

Bad Weather Is Good for Us

Now that we are in the season of tornados, thunderstorms, and hurricanes, I want to...

May 25, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 5/25/26

Trump's settlement with the IRS that he controls. The case of the yawning fetuses. And...

May 22, 2026

Would Evidence of Aliens “Shatter” Christian Beliefs?

President Trump ordered the release of the government's UFO files. Reportedly, some ministers had a...

May 21, 2026

Is Trump One of Hegel’s “World-Historical Individuals”?

Is Donald Trump one of Hegel's "world-historical individuals" like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and...

May 20, 2026

Choosing Between Vocations

Can vocations change? How should we choose between options? How do we discern God's will? ...

May 19, 2026

Barfield, Bible Study, & a Text on Vocation

Barfield's approach to language can be seen in Bible studies that attend to the original...

May 18, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 5/18/26

New federal regulation could devastate religious colleges & seminaries. A lawsuit against Big Weed for...

May 15, 2026

How Religion Can Be Growing and Declining at the Same Time

Is religion making a comeback, or is it still in a state of decline? Different...

May 14, 2026

Ascension Day and the Sacraments

The Reformed say that the Ascension makes it impossible for Christ's body to be present...

May 13, 2026

The Social Imaginary of Our Secular Age

A discussion of Charles Taylor's analysis of secularism and the social imaginary that shapes both...

May 12, 2026

Worldview vs. Social Imaginary

Christians have long used the concept of "worldview" as a way to understand both the...

May 11, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 5/11/26

The Iran War is less popular than the Vietnam War. Updates for Virginia and Finland. ...

May 08, 2026

The Impact of St. Augustine

St. Augustine is one of the few theologians who is appreciated by nearly every theological...

May 07, 2026

The Priesthood of All Believers & Vocation

There are many misconceptions about the doctrine of the Priesthood of All Believers. It isn't...

May 06, 2026

Owen Barfield on Resurrecting Language & the World

A key member of the Inklings profoundly shaped both Lewis's faith and Tolkien's fantasies: the...

May 05, 2026

The Problem of Skepticism

[Free post] Excerpts from Christopher Beha's "Why I Am Not an Atheist" on the limits...

May 04, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 5/4/26

Supremes overturn gerrymandering on the basis of race. "The most pro-drug administration in our history"? ...