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September 2022

September 29, 2022

How the Fed–and the Feds–Messed Up Our Economy

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has said that he is going to get tough on...

September 28, 2022

A Global Study of Religion & Media

The Faith and Media Initiative has conducted a massive study of how religious different countries...

September 27, 2022

What Evangelicals Believe–and Don’t Believe–about Theology

The new "State of Theology" study shows that large percentages of evangelicals are heretics, universalists,...

September 26, 2022

The Fundamentalist Who Gave Us Modern Technology

September 22 marked the 231st anniversary of the birth of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), the British...

September 23, 2022

The Two Kinds of Integralism vs. the Two Kingdoms

Both Christian nationalists and their critics who are calling for a Christian empire are integralists,...

September 23, 2022

DISCUSS: Open Topics

This weekend I will again turn over the microphone to you. What would you like...

September 22, 2022

The Debate Over Nations, Empires, and the Church

National Conservatism is not the same thing as Christian Nationalism, though they are often confused. ...

September 21, 2022

“Lying Flat” and “Letting It Rot”

We blogged about "quiet quitting," in which workers do the least they can get by...

September 20, 2022

Work-Life Balance?

Striving for "work-life balance" implies that "work" is not part of "life." Vocation, on the...

September 19, 2022

Personal Virtue vs. Social Virtue

One of the many tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth develops a useful distinction between...

September 16, 2022

Supreme Court’s New Standards for Religious Liberty

You may have heard that the Supreme Court sided with the football coach who lost...

September 16, 2022

DISCUSS: Talking Sports

College and NFL football have started up again! Baseball is headed to the wire and...

September 15, 2022

Cannabis as the New Opioids

Marijuana in the 60's had a THC level of just 2%. Breeders raised that to...

September 14, 2022

Getting Fascism Wrong

"You keep using that word," said Inigo Montoya in Princess Bride. "I do not think...

September 13, 2022

Lessons on Illiberalism from the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

August 24 was the 450th anniversary of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, in which as...

September 12, 2022

The Disappearance of the Redemption Arc

The "redemption arc"--a plot line in which a character changes from bad to good--is disappearing...

September 09, 2022

The Death of Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth II has died at age 96, the longest-ruling monarch in British history. I...

September 09, 2022

DISCUSS: What Do You Think of “The Rings of Power”?

This weekend we discuss "The Rings of Power." We have blogged about Amazon's project of...

September 08, 2022

When Pastors Should–and Should Not–Be Political

In general, the church should stay out of politics. But sometimes politics is foisted upon...

September 07, 2022

The Price of Secularism

Does it seem to you that our society is mentally ill? There is a word...

September 06, 2022

Whatever Happened to Atheists?

In 2012, atheists rallied in Washington with the hope of forming a movement that would...

September 05, 2022

Labor Day and the Refusal to Labor

This Labor Day we note two trends that work against the spirit of the holiday: Quiet...

September 02, 2022

Teacher Education Programs Don’t Teach How to Teach

Most teacher training programs, as conducted by the Departments of Education in our nation's university,...

September 02, 2022

DISCUSS: How Was Your Education?

This weekend's discussion topic for our back-to-school days: How would you assess the education you...

September 01, 2022

Resolution and Resistance in Teaching Reading

Teaching kids how to read is the most important task of primary education. But how...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

Eliminating the Constitution

Progressives are attacking Trump supporters for trying to overthrow the government. But some progressives really...

August 30, 2022

The “Fictionalist” Approach to Religion

A rabbi refutes the notion that one can be Jewish without believing in God, that...

August 29, 2022

The Inflation Expansion Act

By executive order, President Biden is canceling much of the college debt incurred from student...

August 26, 2022

Rest of the World Is Turning Against “Transitioning” Children

The UK, Sweden, Finland, France, Belgium, and Australia are turning against transgender medical treatments for...

August 26, 2022

DISCUSS: Is Democracy in the USA Being Threatened?

This weekend's discussion topic: Is democracy in the USA really being threatened today? If so,...