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December 2022

December 08, 2022

Right-Wing Wokeism

Woke progressivism encourages groups to think of themselves as victims of systemic oppression. Some conservatives...

December 07, 2022

How Institutions Become Corrupt

Two historians say that institutions become corrupt when "they continue to function, but in ways...

December 06, 2022

An Alien Programmer? Or a Creator God?

Another thing many of our tech lords believe: The universe and we ourselves are actually...

December 05, 2022

The Ethical System Followed by the Tech Lords

A new system of ethics that is winning over many of our cultural elite and...

December 02, 2022

Technology and Materialism

Technology has undoubted benefits. But modern technology can bring with it a certain mindset and...

December 02, 2022

DISCUSS: Books That “Set You on Fire”

What books have not only influenced you but inspired you?

December 01, 2022

The Making of the Non-Binary Gender

When we think of "transgender," we usually think of men wanting to become women and...

November 2022

November 30, 2022

Land of 130 Genders & 15 Pronouns

The city of San Francisco is launching a program called Guaranteed Income for Trans People...

November 29, 2022

On China’s COVID Protests

Despite China's harsh controls over its citizens and its draconian "no COVID" lockdowns, unprecedented protests...

November 28, 2022

Come, Lord Jesus

We've been worrying about politics and sorting through political theories. But Advent is a good...

November 25, 2022

Religious Affiliation RISES with Education

The conventional wisdom assumes that education is a secularizing factor, so that the more education...

November 25, 2022

DISCUSS: What Are You Thankful For?

The aftermath of Thanksgiving and the advent of Advent are good times to reflect on...

November 24, 2022

The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

The Bible connects thanksgiving with sacrifice. In the Levitical sacrificial system, gratitude to God was...

November 23, 2022

The Dream of Frederick the Wise

Frederick the Wise supposedly had a dream the night before Luther posted his theses in...

November 22, 2022

Will Human Beings Become Unable to Reproduce?

The birthrate has declined 20% since 2007. And since 1973 the sperm count of men...

November 21, 2022

Death on Demand

Sometimes the slippery slope argument is no fallacy. Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide laws do keep...

November 18, 2022

Teaching Lutheran Identity

I am teaching young people in a post-confirmation class. We are studying the history of...

November 18, 2022

DISCUSS: Trump or DeSantis? Biden or who?

Now that the midterm elections are over, as sick as you may be of politics,...

November 17, 2022

Identity for the Christian

People today are obsessed with their identities. But the Bible explicitly says that the identity...

November 16, 2022

Competitive Authoritarianism

To the list of methods of government--democracy, republic, monarchy, dictatorship, etc., etc.--we can add another: ...

November 15, 2022

Voting Your Moral Convictions is NOT Christian Nationalism

Allie Beth Stuckey shows how the term "Christian nationalism" is being used to discredit and...

November 14, 2022

Luther’s Cultural Influence

Luther and the Reformation had a major cultural impact, from the promotion of universal education...

November 11, 2022

The Political Influence of the Reformation

A scholar details the influence of the Reformation on the rise of liberal democracy, showing...

November 11, 2022

DISCUSS: What You Want to Discuss

This weekend we will have open discussion threads. That is sort of like the open...

November 10, 2022

Midterm Election Post-Mortem

Despite what conservative pundits, pollsters, and even Democrats were predicting, there was no red wave. ...

November 09, 2022

Muslims vs. Their Woke Allies

The Left considers Muslims to be an oppressed group and so supports them in the...

November 08, 2022

Thoughts on Today’s Election

The stakes are especially high for both sides in today's election. Thoughts on democracy, the...

November 07, 2022

The Majority of Students Are Learning Critical Race & Gender Theory

When parents complain about critical race and gender theory being taught in schools, the education...

November 04, 2022

What We Say in Public vs. What We Really Think

What people really think is often different from what they say openly. A study sees...

November 04, 2022

DISCUSS: The Midterm Elections

This weekend we discuss the high-stakes midterm elections. Offer your predictions, analysis, and last-minute politicking. ...