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September 2018

September 24, 2018

The Theology of Being “Pro-Choice”: Demanding the Attributes of God

God is a different kind of being than what we are. That should be obvious. ...

September 21, 2018

Are Adults Still Responsible for What They Did as Minors?

The Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is in jeopardy after accusations that when...

September 20, 2018

The Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal Is Bigger Crisis Than the Reformation?

The priest sex-abuse scandal is the biggest crisis to hit the Roman Catholic church since...

September 19, 2018

Saul Alinsky’s 13 Rules for Radicals

Saul Alinsky was a left-wing activist in the 1960s and 1970s whose "community organizing" was...

September 18, 2018

How Religious Are You?

Pew Research has come up with a different way of classifying American religion. Instead of...

September 17, 2018

The Unattainable Perfectionism of Millennials

The young adults of the Millennial generation are showing a higher rate of mental problems...

September 14, 2018

What Would a “Progressive” Foreign Policy Look Like?

The Democrats think they have a good chance to pick up the House of Representatives...

September 13, 2018

The Double Fall

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your...

September 12, 2018

What Percentage of Catholic Priests Have Been Abusive?

How extensive is the problem of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests? Cases have...

September 11, 2018

Job-Shaming vs. Vocation

Geoffrey Owens is a Shakespearean actor, but he is best known for his role on The...

September 10, 2018

More About Me

Google has some new algorithms, so Patheos told its writers to bolster the E.A.T. factor...

September 07, 2018

The Beliefs of Sexual-Abusive Priests

How could Catholic priests, leaders of a church with some of the highest standards of...

September 06, 2018

That Life & the Universe Cannot Be Mindless Accidents

I came across this interesting piece in Touchstone from a couple of years ago. It's by software...

September 06, 2018

The Administration’s “Nervous Breakdown”?

Just what is going on in the White House? It sounds like the administration and...

September 05, 2018

Most Women Who Had Abortions Were Pressured Into It

Defenders of abortion tend to call themselves "pro-choice." They believe that whether a woman chooses...

September 04, 2018

Get Ready for the Defense in the Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal

Where there is guilt, in the absence of repentance, there is self-justification. I predict that...

September 03, 2018

A Labor Day Meditation on Good Works, Vocation, & Our Neighbors

Happy Labor Day, a secular holiday which we here at the Cranach Institute are trying...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

Luther’s Two Kingdoms as the Opposite of Augustine’s City of God

Luther's theology of culture, his doctrine of the Two Kingdoms, is often associated with or...

August 30, 2018

Australia Lutherans Debate Women’s Ordination

The Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) is debating the ordination of women to the pastoral...

August 29, 2018

The Two Natures of Christ in the Nicene Creed

Our Pastor (and son-in-law), Rev. Ned Moerbe, preached a sermon that taught me some things...

August 28, 2018

Pope Francis Charged with Lifting Sanctions on Abuser

Perhaps the highest ranking sexual abuser among Catholic clergy is Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, whose improper...

August 27, 2018

Trump’s Problems

President Trump's latest legal problems have little to do with special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation...

August 27, 2018

John McCain Has Died

Senator John McCain--war hero, 2008 Republican presidential nominee who opposed Barack Obama, and conscience of...

August 24, 2018

Lutheran Educational Resources, Reading Lists, & Free Stuff

Summer vacation is over! Back to School! Good old golden rule days! For some families,...

August 23, 2018

Homosexuality & the Priest Sex Abuse Scandal

Msgr. Charles Pope wrote in the National Catholic Register about "the most-avoided topic" in the...

August 22, 2018

Why Do People Go to Church? And Why Don’t They?

A Pew Research Study took on the question of Why Americans Go (and Don't Go)...

August 21, 2018

Abolishing Punishment

As an example of how the ongoing, wide-ranging Catholic sex scandal and its cover-up are...

August 20, 2018

The Different Flavors of Socialism

Socialism is back in vogue, especially among Democrats and young adults, a majority of whom...

August 17, 2018

Grand Jury Accuses 301 Priests of Child Sexual Abuse

A grand jury in Pittsburgh investigating just six Pennsylvania dioceses accused 301 Roman Catholic priests...

August 16, 2018

The Regulatory State vs. the Rule of Law

The problem with federal regulations goes beyond their effect on businesses and whether they are...