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January 2019

January 14, 2019

New Ways to Thwart the Second Amendment

The Bill of Rights prevents the government from infringing on our civil liberties, such as...

January 11, 2019

Psychologists on Vocation

Even secularists today are talking about the importance of having a sense of "calling"; that...

January 10, 2019

“Good fences make good neighbors”

My fellow Patheos blogger Roger Olsen has written an eloquent critique of President Trump's desire...

January 09, 2019

How Bach Expressed His Faith Via Instrumental Music

Bach wrote liturgical music and choir cantatas built around hymns and Biblical texts. But he...

January 08, 2019

The Green New Deal

The far left wing of the Democratic-controlled Congress has been pushing something called the Green...

January 07, 2019

Tucker Carlson: Conservatives Should Stop Idolizing Capitalism

Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, a conservative and a Trump supporter, gave an answer to...

January 04, 2019

“And the Son now is one with our blood forever”

The song we've been learning over the Christmas season by singing it every service is...

January 04, 2019

Divided

We now have a divided government (shut down though it be), as Democrats took power...

January 03, 2019

Luther and the Analogy of Being

I stumbled across an interesting account of a long-running debate between the Reformed neo-orthodox theologian...

January 02, 2019

The Holy Innocents & the Abortionists

I missed Holy Innocents Day on December 28, which commemorates King Herod's slaughter of the...

January 01, 2019

Predictions for 2020

The custom on this blog on New Year's Day is for readers to predict what...

January 01, 2019

In the Name of “God Saves”

How felicitous it is that the secular holiday New Year's Day is also the day...

January 01, 2019

Make Your Predictions for 2019!

Happy New Year! It is now the Year of the Lord 2019! What do you...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

The Winning Predictions for 2018

It's New Year's Eve, the last day of the year, when the ball drops in...

December 31, 2018

The Late Bre Payton on Protecting Down Syndrome Babies

I am saddened at the death of Bre Payton, one of my students at Patrick...

December 28, 2018

The Worst Predictions of 2018

Lots of people make predictions, but few check them for accuracy. We here at the...

December 27, 2018

The Different Top News of 2018 Lists

This is the time of year for retrospectives, for journalists to look back on the...

December 26, 2018

Get Ready for Our Predictions Contest!

Merry second-day-of-Christmas, a.k.a. Boxing Day, a.k.a. Two Turtle Doves Day! The week between Christmas and...

December 26, 2018

Letting Trump Be Trump

Looking back on 2018 and ahead to 2019 for President Trump, it appears his presidency...

December 25, 2018

“Love Caused Your Incarnation”

We hear Christmas songs during Advent, so here is an Advent Song for Christmas: O Lord,...

December 24, 2018

Christmas Eve, St. Nicholas, & the Two Natures of Christ

For Advent we have been thinking through the Nicene Creed, a product of the Council...

December 21, 2018

What the Government Can’t Do to You

Bill of Rights Day was December 15, the anniversary of that addition to our Constitution...

December 20, 2018

The Last Newspaper

We got word a few days ago that the Oklahoma City newspaper will no longer...

December 19, 2018

Trouble in the Church of Intersectionality

If intersectionality has become a religion, it may be on the verge of schism. The principle...

December 18, 2018

Destruction of the Boy Scouts

The alliance between the LGBT folks and feminists is on the verge of destroying an...

December 17, 2018

Advent, St. Nicholas, & the Humanity of Christ

Continuing our series that began with Advent, St. Nicholas, & the Deity of Christ, reflections...

December 14, 2018

World’s Favorite Verses from Digital Bibles

The Bible has always worked well with new information technology, from the printing press--which took...

December 13, 2018

Trump’s Prospects

After what pundits described as his worst week ever, President Trump's popularity has gone up. ...

December 12, 2018

The Fall of Ancient Greece

We often look for parallels between the state of our civilization and the fall of...

December 11, 2018

The Problem with Evangelical Vows of Celibacy

The "Abstinence Movement or the "evangelical purity culture," call it what you will, is getting...