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May 2022

May 13, 2022

Talking Politics

This weekend's discussion topic: politics. Consider questions like these: What will be the political impact...

May 13, 2022

The Most Successful State in Handling COVID

The state that fared best with COVID was Nebraska, even though that state had no...

May 12, 2022

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There is now a support site if you are having problems with your subscription to...

May 12, 2022

Canada Is Euthanizing the Poor

Legalized euthanasia in Canada was originally for the terminally ill, but it has since been...

May 11, 2022

Pro-Abortion Conservatives

Nobody really knows the political impact of the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v....

May 10, 2022

Other Parallels with Orwell’s Ministry of Truth

The Biden administration's Disinformation Governance Board is being compared to the Ministry of Truth in...

May 09, 2022

Bearing With Our Neighbor’s Weakness

Loving our neighbor is foundational to Biblical ethics, to the doctrine of vocation, and to...

May 06, 2022

The Father Almighty, POET of Heaven and Earth

A Psalms commentary points out that "poet" comes from the Greek, meaning literally "maker," so...

May 06, 2022

An Open Discussion

This weekend, Cranach subscribers, let's try this: An open discussion, in which you will raise...

May 05, 2022

The Fear Index

Americans are not just unhappy or angry or polarized. Americans are afraid. More than we...

May 04, 2022

The Leaked Reversal of Roe v. Wade

A leaked copy of a draft opinion indicates that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe...

May 03, 2022

Inflation and Its Cause

Inflation has reached an annual rate of 8.5%, and prices for food, fuel, and housing...

May 02, 2022

How Facebook Is Censoring Ukraine

Facebook has tuned up its algorithms to fight "Russian disinformation." But the same algorithms that...

April 2022

April 29, 2022

Cancelling Disney

This weekend's discussion topic: What do you think about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the...

April 28, 2022

Black Flight

Black Americans are leaving the "ghettos" of the big cities in dramatic numbers, to the...

April 27, 2022

Finnish Prosecutors Appeal the Christians’ “Innocent” Verdict

The Finnish Christians charged with hate crime for teaching what the Bible says about homosexuality...

April 26, 2022

The Sudden Drop in Bible Reading

A study has found that Bible reading has dropped dramatically, even among those who remain...

April 25, 2022

Mirror Images

When you look in a mirror, you see not just your image but a reversed...

April 22, 2022

The Cranach Community

Now that I'll be writing for a group of subscribers, instead of the general public,...

April 21, 2022

Post-Liberals vs. Right-Liberals

In the current debates within the conservative movement, the "post-liberals" criticize Reagan-style free market and...

April 20, 2022

Neo-Integralists vs. National Conservatives

Conservatism today includes many different ideologies. The Catholic "integralists" agree with the populist "nationalists" in...

April 19, 2022

Heresy in Russian Orthodoxy

A number of Orthodox theologians are formally charging Patriarch Kirill and those who agree with...

April 18, 2022

Oklahoma Bans Abortion

Both pro-lifers and pro-abortionists expect the Supreme Court to strike down Roe v. Wade, so...

April 17, 2022

A Resurrection Like His

Christ is risen! And so are you! According to the Bible, baptism connects us to...

April 15, 2022

What Happened at the Cross

What happened at Christ's crucifixion was an act of divine omnipotence that was more monumental,...

April 14, 2022

Christ’s Presence

Many Christians cannot get their heads around the possibility that Christ is actually present in...

April 13, 2022

The Real Reason Why the Church Is Falling

According to the Reformers, justification is the article upon which the church stands or falls. ...

April 12, 2022

Subscription Problems Solved?

Some of you have reported problems with subscribing to this blog. I greatly appreciate those...

April 12, 2022

Mary of Bethany’s Response to Jesus

The Bible is inexhaustible. No matter how many times you read it, study it, and...

April 11, 2022

Secularists Seeking Forgiveness

Vox has been running a series on the importance of forgiving and finding forgiveness. Though...