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March 2026

March 25, 2026

Peter Thiel’s Political & Theological Vision

Tech magnate Peter Thiel has been lecturing about the Antichrist. Paolo Benanti unpacks his complex...

March 24, 2026

The World’s Happiest Countries Are (Culturally) Lutheran?

Five of the top 6 countries in the World's Happiness Ratings are culturally-Lutheran Scandinavian countries....

March 23, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 3/23/26

Zero new jobs, for the first time in history. Black Americans vs. white progressives. And...

March 20, 2026

The Post-Millennial Age

Post-millennialists believe that the church will rule on earth for a thousand years, thereby causing...

March 20, 2026

DISCUSS: Funny Stuff

Let's take a humor break. Post jokes, humorous anecdotes, laugh-inducing quotations, funny memes, jocular videos,...

March 19, 2026

Dispensational Christianity

To understand today's evangelicalism, you need to be aware of a curious strain of Christianity...

March 18, 2026

A Conversation about Vocation in Scandinavia

Lutheran ways of thinking and acting put down deep roots into Scandinavian culture. That includes...

March 17, 2026

“Disrupting the Very Fabric of Society” to be American

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says that AI is "dangerous societally” and risks "disrupting the very...

March 16, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 3/16/26

The biggest oil crisis since the 1970's. Public school corruption watch. And teenagers make $1...

March 13, 2026

AI Watch, Part 2

What AI at its BEST will do to the economy. The rural, small town resistance...

March 13, 2026

DISCUSS: “The Next Big Political Issue”

According to Politico, "Data centers are quickly becoming the next big political issue. And neither party...

March 12, 2026

AI Watch, Pt. 1

AI at war. One-third of Americans think advice from AI is as good as their...

March 11, 2026

A Video of John Kleinig Discussing Hermann Sasse

[A free post] Hermann Sasse was one of the leading confessional Lutheran theologians of the...

March 10, 2026

“Whoever Starts a War Is in the Wrong”: Luther on War

Now that we are fighting another war, it's instructive to see what Martin Luther said...

March 09, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 3/9/26

The war in Iran keeps spreading. A film from 1897 about dealing with robots. And...

March 06, 2026

Shakespeare’s Own Handwriting on Immigrants

The immigration protests have brought attention to a curious bit of literary scholarship. We have...

March 06, 2026

DISCUSS: Should We Have Attacked Iran?

Do you think the United States should have attacked Iran? What do you think will...

March 05, 2026

Agreement and Disagreement in the Augsburg Confession

Considering the 28 specific articles of the Augsburg Confession to see where the agreements and...

March 04, 2026

Vatican Sees Path Towards Unity: The Augsburg Confession!

A rather astonishing development in Rome: Key figures in the Vatican have discovered the Augsburg...

March 03, 2026

The Philosophical Basis of Woke Academia

[A free post.] Lutheran apologist Jordan B. Cooper has written a terrific book on modern philosophy,...

March 02, 2026

Monday Miscellany 3/2/26

War in Iran. America's AI vs. China's AI. And Trump's new tariffs aren't legal either.

February 2026

February 27, 2026

The Difference Between “Virtue” and “Morality”

Today the word "virtue" is often a synonym for "morality." But originally, "virtue" and "morality"...

February 27, 2026

DISCUSS: Are You Doing Anything Special for Lent?

It's Lent, traditionally a time to fast (or diet), give things up (like social media),...

February 26, 2026

Quantum Lutherans

Did you know that two of the foundational figures in the development of quantum physics,...

February 25, 2026

Has Religion Become an “Elite Marker”?

The well-known social scientist Joel Kotkin has uncovered some surprising details about the purported upsurge...

February 24, 2026

What Jesse Jackson Used to Believe about Abortion

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died on February 17, used to be an eloquent pro-life activist....

February 23, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 2/23/26

The Supreme Court vetoes Trump's tariffs. A religious liberty ruling with an illuminating frame of...

February 20, 2026

The Tempations of a Christian University

The university was essentially invented by the church. And yet today Christian universities have a...

February 20, 2026

DISCUSS: “So far, so good”

An article on the collapse of Bitcoin quotes a French movie: “It’s the story of...

February 19, 2026

Now That AI Can Write Itself, Are White Collar Jobs Doomed?

AI is now writing its own code, heralding a rapid advance in its capability. Some...