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June 2020

June 11, 2020

The Coming Neo-Feudalism

The post-liberal order is shaping up to be neo-feudalism: The role of the church is...

June 10, 2020

An Effective, Well-Produced Online Service

The online services from Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Adelaide, Australia, have such high production values...

June 09, 2020

The Presidential Election in Our Horrible Year

Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have clinched their party's presidential nomination. Right now, Biden...

June 08, 2020

The Police, Protests, and Vocation

A look at our current troubles--racism, police brutality, protests, and riots--from the perspective of the...

June 05, 2020

After the Epidemic, Should Churches Retain Social-Distancing?

Churches have implemented social-distancing and hygiene protocols for the COVID-19 epidemic. But even after this...

June 04, 2020

The Newest Church Growth Paradigm: Digital Church

The epidemic has forced churches to resort to online services. But now some church growth...

June 03, 2020

Not Just Teaching but Living Western Civilization

Nathanael Blake points out that we not only need to study Western civilization, we need...

June 02, 2020

Lessons from Roman Persecution

Why did ancient Rome, despite its religious tolerance and enlightened legal system, persecute Christians? A...

June 01, 2020

USA as a “Failed Social Experiment”?

Riots sparked by police violence, protests against the COVID-19 shutdown, economic devastation, political dysfunction, and...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

The Lockdown Is Helping Relationships

Yes, the coronavirus lockdown has been terrible. But a study has found that, on the...

May 28, 2020

The Lamb of God with Human Eyes

The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, featuring the adoration of the Lamb of God,...

May 27, 2020

Another Revision of Marriage: Utah Decriminalizes Polygamy

When same-sex marriage was legalized, many observers foresaw still more redefinitions of marriage. Now Utah,...

May 26, 2020

LCMS and Catholics Would Defy Minnesota’s Shutdown Rule

The two Minnesota districts of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, along with the Catholic Archdiocese,...

May 25, 2020

Memory

Memorial Day is a time to remember those who gave their lives for us and...

May 22, 2020

Virtual Communion

The COVID-19 epidemic has forced churches to worship online. It's possible to hear a sermon...

May 21, 2020

Avoiding Health Care

In the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic, officials, worried about an overwhelmed health care...

May 20, 2020

Bourgeois Leftists

Today's leftists tend to be from the affluent middle class, while the rightists tend to...

May 19, 2020

The Origins of Social Distancing

Why haven't governments required social distancing, stay at home orders, and economic lockdowns in other...

May 18, 2020

Animals in the Afterlife

Will there be animals--particularly, our pets--in Heaven, or, to be more exact, in the Resurrection...

May 15, 2020

Weird Christianity

Some Christians, particularly younger adults, are reacting against secularism and contemporary Christianity by embracing "anti-modern"...

May 14, 2020

The Intrinsic Limits of Science

Modernists assumed that science will answer all questions, even as it "disenchants" the physical world....

May 13, 2020

Give Us All $2000 per Month, Pay 80% of Our Salary, or Pay our Housing?

Ideas for the next round of coronavirus bailouts include paying virtually every American $2,000 per...

May 12, 2020

Singing Is Unlikely to Spread COVID-19

Does singing in church risk spreading the coronavirus by projecting respiratory particles in the air?...

May 11, 2020

Back to Church, Finally!

Our state, Oklahoma, is "opening up" from the coronavirus shutdown so we were able to...

May 08, 2020

Reversing Religious Decline

Religion waxes and wanes in a culture and throughout history. It can fade away, but...

May 07, 2020

Church Decline Isn’t Reversed by Contemporary Music & Worship Styles

According to the new American Enterprise study of American religion, the decline in church membership and...

May 06, 2020

Causes of Secularization, such as Too Much Religious Power

The American Enterprise Institute study of American religion finds reasons why societies become less religious....

May 05, 2020

A Major Study of American Religion, with Surprises

The American Enterprise Institute has released an important study of American religion. It finds that...

May 04, 2020

The Vocation of Weird Al Yankovic

Highlighting two profiles of Weird Al Yankovic, known for his parodies of iconic pop songs...

May 01, 2020

What Is the Common Good?

Should we be most concerned with preserving individual rights and liberties or with promoting the...