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June 2019

June 18, 2019

Finding Faith by Studying the Down-and-Out

Chris Arnade studied the most destitute and seemingly hopeless Americans--street people, addicts, prostitutes, the wretchedly...

June 17, 2019

“The Salt of the Earth” vs. “The Sugar of the Earth”

Catholic scholar Daniel J. Mahoney has written a book entitled The Idol of Our Age: ...

June 14, 2019

The LCMS Doctrinal Study of Social Media

The Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is...

June 13, 2019

From the Lord’s Prayer to the Pope’s Prayer

A couple of years ago we blogged about how Pope Francis wanted to change the...

June 12, 2019

Catholic Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Barred from Communion in Illinois

The Bishop of Springfield, Illinois, Thomas Paprocki, has issued a decree barring the leadership of...

June 11, 2019

Mob Rule & “Militant Democracy”

Kevin D. Williamson points to two tactics that have become part of our political culture,...

June 10, 2019

The Dawning of the Age of Pelagius

Christianity Today has published a remarkably insightful article by the junior senator from Missouri, Josh...

June 07, 2019

Catholic Conservatives vs. Evangelical Conservatives

In our post about the controversy over the direction of conservatism between Sohrab Ahmari and...

June 06, 2019

Death of a Great Australian Christian Poet

Les Murray, one of Australia's greatest writers, died a few weeks ago. He described himself...

June 05, 2019

What Christianity Teaches about Politics

We have been discussing different political ideologies, including debates between Christians. It's worth asking now,...

June 04, 2019

The Return of Corporatism

We have been examining different conservative ideologies. But there are also different ideologies and policy...

June 03, 2019

The Debate over “Liberal Conservatism”

We have been blogging about the different kinds of conservatism: the individualistic version--which values autonomy,...

May 2019

May 31, 2019

The Women of Proverbs & the Bible’s Family Dramas

The estimable Peter Leithart has written a must-read piece in First Things entitled Heroic Domesticity. It begins...

May 30, 2019

Different Kinds of Conservatives Win in Europe

This week's European Union elections proved to be yet another election in which the voters...

May 29, 2019

Megachurches Discovering Liturgy & Traditional Christianity?

The Church Growth Movement led to a surge of megachurches--congregations of 2,000 and more--built on...

May 28, 2019

Why America Won’t Go Socialist

Socialism seems to have come into vogue in the United States, at least among young...

May 27, 2019

A Defense of Tariffs

Most American conservatives today are committed to free market capitalism, which includes free trade and...

May 24, 2019

“What’s a Lutheran?”

Dawn Bornemann posted on her Face Book page a link to something on a church...

May 23, 2019

Abortion’s Underlying Issue

The great Anthony Esolen has written a brilliant article for Public Discourse on the underlying...

May 22, 2019

Why “Spiritual but not Religious” Doesn’t Help Much

Most of the "Nones" who have no affiliation with any particular religion do hold religious...

May 21, 2019

Why Joe Biden Leads the Democrats

So far, Joe Biden is running away from the crowd in race for the Democratic...

May 20, 2019

Conservatives’ Upset Victory in Australia

Here in Australia, the country held its national election. And contrary to all predictions from...

May 17, 2019

A “Churchillian” Critique of the Cultural Left

Australia's Mark Latham is the former head of the Labour party leader and an avowed...

May 16, 2019

Getting Fired for Saying that Sinners–including Gays–Will Go to Hell?

Israel Folau is a star player for the professional Australian rugby team the Wallabies. But...

May 15, 2019

Going on Walkabout

An Aboriginal boy between the age of 10 and 16 will go on "walkabout," a...

May 14, 2019

Victories through Tools

Have you noticed that victories in the Old Testament are often won not with weapons...

May 13, 2019

The Christian Life: Trusting, Laboring, Suffering

The three "theological virtues" are faith, hope, and love (1 Corinthians 13:13). What is the...

May 10, 2019

Why Abortion Can Never Be an “Inalienable Right”

Kansas is predominantly a pro-life state with a pro-life legislature. But abortions--even late-term abortions of...

May 09, 2019

A Majority of Americans Want to Change Our System of Government

Americans have become so disenchanted with Washington that a majority (54%) believe that our system...

May 08, 2019

“One-third of the World’s Population Suffers from Religious Persecution”

A study sponsored by the British government has found that religious persecution around the world...