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May 2021

May 07, 2021

The Opium of the People

Karl Marx said that religion is the opium of the people, but by that he...

May 06, 2021

Vocation and America’s Unwritten Constitution

"Being a free American requires practically loving your neighbors so that the government doesn’t have...

May 05, 2021

Animals’ Sexual Rights

Voters in both Colorado and Oregon are considering referendum petitions that would not only restrict...

May 04, 2021

Progressive Christians are More Political than Conservative Christians

We keep hearing that Christianity has been sullied by politics. That complaint usually is against...

May 03, 2021

The Government Will Raise Your Children for You

President Biden's "American Families Plan" will institute universal pre-kindergarten for children, starting at age 3....

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Luther’s Nuances on the Atonement

Some explanations of the substitutionary atonement are abstract, rationalistic, and legalistic. Luther, though, avoids that.

April 29, 2021

Christ as Our Substitute

Many contemporary Christians are drawing back from the doctrine of the substitutionary atonement--that Christ bore...

April 28, 2021

Why the Church Falls

The Reformers said that the doctrine of justification--that is, how sinners are put right with...

April 27, 2021

What Information Do We Find Plausible?

Why we believe certain things is a fascinating question. Why we don't believe in certain...

April 26, 2021

Corporations Are Functioning as Our Government

Big corporations are increasingly taking on the functions of government, to the point of overriding...

April 23, 2021

What They Are Saying About “Spirituality of the Cross,” 3rd edition

The new edition of my book "Spirituality of the Cross" has been endorsed by some...

April 22, 2021

Why the New Edition of “Spirituality of the Cross” Is Needed Today

To explain why I think this new edition of my book "Spirituality of the Cross"...

April 21, 2021

The New, Improved Edition of “Spirituality of the Cross”

The third edition of my most popular and impactful book, "Spirituality of the Cross," has...

April 20, 2021

Evangelical Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus

Today even non-Christians are calling themselves "evangelical."

April 19, 2021

Churches without Members, Christians without Churches

As church membership in America drops, the percentage of professing Christians remains high. Some churches...

April 16, 2021

No, Religious Conservatives Didn’t Cause Church Membership Decline

With Church membership in America declining below 50%, many observers are blaming evangelicals' political involvement...

April 15, 2021

Making Taxpayers Pay for Abortions?

The looming pro-life issue is whether or not Democrats will push through the elimination of...

April 14, 2021

The Resurrection, the Sacraments, & the End Times

With Christ's resurrection, the End Times have already started, and we are already participating in...

April 13, 2021

How Christianity Invented the “Person”

The word "person" derives from the Greek and Latin word "persona," which means mask. The...

April 12, 2021

The Institutions Americans No Longer Believe In

A major business leader is bullish about the American economy in the short term, but...

April 09, 2021

What Rejecting God Did to Higher Education

Mark Mitchell connects the dots between the loss of God and the current collapse of...

April 08, 2021

Soviet-style Journalism Comes to America

Media bias slants the news in favor of a particular political perspective. But the American...

April 07, 2021

The Era of Big Government Is Back

In 1996, Bill Clinton proclaimed that "the era of big government is over." He was...

April 06, 2021

Unlimited Spending

Trillions for COVID stimulus, more trillions for infrastructure, more trillions for health care and education....

April 05, 2021

What Luther Can Offer Evangelicals

As evangelicalism and its theology are floundering, a path forward can be found in the...

April 04, 2021

You Were Resurrected with Christ

If you are baptized, you can answer the questions of that great old spiritual, "Yes,...

April 02, 2021

Roman Drawings of Crucifixions (and What They Tell Us)

Crucifixion was a gruesome, shameful form of execution. Two drawings of crucifixions from ancient Rome...

April 01, 2021

Maundy Thursday from the First Great Christian Poet

St. Romanos the Melodist may be the first great Christian poet, but most of us...

March 2021

March 31, 2021

Pastors in $5,000 Sneakers

In the medieval church, priests and bishops often wore precious jewels and lavish vestments embroidered...

March 30, 2021

Rome’s New Struggle with German Reformers

Five hundred years ago, the Vatican was struggling against a reform movement out of Germany. ...