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October 2018

October 31, 2018

Reformation Then and Now

The Church is discredited: plagued by corruption, including sex scandals. Trusting human leaders whose failures...

October 30, 2018

Josh Harris Recants “I Kissed Dating Goodbye”

Josh Harris launched the "courtship movement" with his book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Instead of...

October 29, 2018

Political Violence

Over the last few days, someone sends pipe bombs to virtually every prominent Democrat and...

October 26, 2018

The Chapel of Contemporary Spirituality

When I was in Houston last week, my brother and I also visited the Rothko...

October 25, 2018

The Non-Angry Bob Dylan

Last week I was in Houston. While my wife was on an accreditation visit for...

October 24, 2018

Christian Firefighter Wins His Case Too

In 2015, the mayor of Atlanta fired the city's much-decorated fire chief Kelvin Cochran. Why? ...

October 23, 2018

A New Anthology of Classic Christian Poetry

When I was teaching, I longed to find a good anthology of classic Christian poetry. ...

October 22, 2018

Who Is a Cherokee?

Imagine my surprise to see the name of Chuck Hoskin, an old family friend and...

October 19, 2018

Planned Parenthood’s Plan to Work Around a Pro-Life Supreme Court

Planned Parenthood is making plans to promote abortion despite the likelihood of a pro-life Supreme...

October 18, 2018

The UK Supreme Court Rules for Its Christian Bakers

Great Britain has its own Christian bakers who refused to bake a cake in support...

October 17, 2018

China’s Revision of Christianity

We have blogged about how still-communist China is seeking to co-opt and control the Christian...

October 16, 2018

The Hermeneutic of Harm

Some churches teach that gay marriage, abortion, and other violations of traditional morality are not...

October 15, 2018

Rethinking Vocation?

The doctrine of vocation has been catching on. There is now something called the "Faith...

October 12, 2018

Walther’s Depression

Depression is enormously common. So are other mental travails. Christians who are going through the...

October 11, 2018

Trump Official Criticized for What He Did When He Was 8 Years Old

A Trump official is being raked over the coals for what he did in...

October 11, 2018

Hurricane Michael

Just a few days ago, Michael was just a tropical storm out in the gulf. ...

October 10, 2018

Netflix to Film Chronicles of Narnia

Netflix has announced an exclusive deal with the C. S. Lewis estate to film the...

October 09, 2018

The Article That Exposes “Grievance Studies”

You may have read about the researchers who sent fake papers on topics such as "the...

October 08, 2018

Does the Left Really “Believe All Women”?

Democrats surely realized that they would be held to the same standards they applied to...

October 05, 2018

Lutheran Church of Australia Votes Down Women’s Ordination

The Lutheran Church of Australia at its triennial convention voted "no" on women's ordination. This...

October 05, 2018

Post-Kavanaugh

UPDATE: Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate and has been sworn in as...

October 04, 2018

Why America Is Polarized

How did America get to be so polarized? Why are Americans so disunified and our...

October 03, 2018

Making “Humanized Mice” with Aborted Fetal Tissue–Cancelled!

Researchers have been combining human DNA with that of mice. The goal of generating these...

October 02, 2018

Born Again & Born from Above

In the course of our excellent Bible study of Job--I never realized how evangelical, how...

October 02, 2018

Trump’s New NAFTA Deal Should Please Liberals–But Will It?

President Trump has accomplished his goal of replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...

October 01, 2018

“By Any Means Necessary”

"By any means necessary." This phrase, originating with Jean-Paul Sartre and made famous by Malcolm...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

The Continuing Protestant Legacy in Education

Martin Luther invented universal education--for boys and girls of all social classes--and he started institutions...

September 27, 2018

Yoga in Public Schools

The Atlantic has an article about the growing use of yoga in the curriculum of public...

September 26, 2018

Only 18% of Americans Believe in Abortion on Demand

Americans' beliefs about abortion are complicated. Pro-abortionists are hailing recent polling that finds that 60%...

September 25, 2018

The Middle Ages Were the Age of Reason; Ours Is the Age of Faith

I enjoy it when conventional wisdom gets turned upside down. A good example appeared in...