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November 2019

November 19, 2019

Why Soaking the Rich Will Give Them Even More Power

Democrats hope to pay for the new social programs they are proposing by increasing taxes...

November 18, 2019

Discovering Lutheran Theology

Matt Whitman, who earlier made a video about visiting a Lutheran church, has a sequel...

November 15, 2019

Moloch at the Colosseum

If you visit the Colosseum in Rome, where thousands of Christians were martyred, you will...

November 14, 2019

The Democrats’ Impeachment Problems

Democrats are realizing that if impeachment goes to a Senate trial, they will face the...

November 13, 2019

How Much Healthcare Will Cost When It’s Free

Free health care is an attractive proposition. But Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All plan would...

November 12, 2019

Did the Pope Deny Christ’s Bodily Resurrection?

Once again, Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari is quoting Pope Francis as rejecting a key tenet...

November 11, 2019

Service: Medal of Honor Citations for Veterans Day

To honor our military veterans, read these citations for two recent recipients of the Congressional...

November 08, 2019

America Had a Christian Founding After All

People used to say that the USA was founded as a Christian nation. Today scholars say...

November 07, 2019

“The Angry Majority”

Richard Nixon had his "silent majority." Ronald Reagan had his "moral majority." Now Donald Trump...

November 06, 2019

Two Incompatible & Mutually Hostile Worldviews

Another study of America's political polarization sees the divide in terms of a concept often...

November 05, 2019

“Regime Cleavage” Cuts Both Ways

Political conflicts are normal and necessary in democracies. But when the conflict is no longer...

November 04, 2019

Discovering Lutheranism

The word about Lutheranism is getting around.

November 01, 2019

A Festival of Life Amidst Festivals of Death

All Saints' Day celebrates everlasting life. It is bracketed by other holidays, the day before...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

Reforming Today’s Church

Reforming means fixing what is broken, returning something to its essence. The contemporary church today,...

October 30, 2019

Swimming the Mississippi

Disaffected evangelicals sometimes swim the Tiber, going over to Rome. Others swim the Bosporous, to...

October 29, 2019

The Politics of Feelings

Americans are extremely polarized politically. But this is not just a matter of ideology. Advocates...

October 28, 2019

Revising the Bill of Rights

A majority of Americans (51%) want to revise the Bill of Right's guarantee of Freedom...

October 25, 2019

We Have No Common Frame of Reference

Our problem is not just that we have disagreements, but that we no longer have...

October 24, 2019

The Religious Affiliations of the Democratic Presidential Candidates

The major Democratic presidential candidates may sound like secularists, but they all have specific church...

October 23, 2019

Nature Rights vs. Natural Rights

There is a movement to ascribe "rights" to nature--rivers, trees, mountains, etc.--to provide legal grounds...

October 22, 2019

Multiple Congregations with One Video Pastor

In "multi-site" churches, a congregation has multiple "campuses," sometimes spread across the country, all of...

October 21, 2019

The Strange Campaign: Democratic Edition

In this strange presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has accused candidate Tulsi Gabbard of being a...

October 18, 2019

Art of the Deal in Syria

President Trump has brokered a ceasefire in Turkey's incursion into Syria against the Kurds. According...

October 18, 2019

The Totalitarian Impulse

Totalitarianism is the belief that the government should control the totality of human life. Communists...

October 17, 2019

The Christology of the Pope’s Now-Denied Quotation

The Vatican has denied that the Pope said what journalist Eugenio Scalifari ascribed to him,...

October 16, 2019

Importing Tyranny

As companies from the NBA to Apple Computer do whatever it takes to placate China,...

October 15, 2019

No Tax Exemption for Churches Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage?

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke says that churches that oppose same-sex marriage should lose their...

October 14, 2019

“You Are Leaving Us to Be Slaughtered”

The Kurds have been America's most steadfast allies--fighting side by side in Iraq, and defeating...

October 12, 2019

An Evangelical Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize went to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiye Ahmed Ali, an evangelical...

October 11, 2019

For Pastor Appreciation Month

Sunday is Pastor Appreciation Day, and October is Pastor Appreciation Month. We should indeed appreciate...