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July 2018

July 18, 2018

In 20 Years, the Minority Rules

In a couple of decades, half of the population of the United States will be...

July 17, 2018

Embracing Religious Identity while Rejecting the Religion’s Teachings

Today politicians in the U.S. and Europe are proudly trumpeting their Catholic identity, even as they...

July 17, 2018

Towards the Restoration of Journalism

When we retired a few years ago, we moved back to Oklahoma, where our roots...

July 16, 2018

Facebook and Religion

Trevor Sutton, a pastor and the co-author with me of Authentic Christianity, has been studying...

July 16, 2018

Political Language

Once again, I am reminded of George Orwell. . . .Our discussion of pro-abortion language...

July 14, 2018

The Witch Hunt Finds Some Witches

Despite the way it is taken by both the president's critics and his supporters, special...

July 13, 2018

Pro-Abortion Language

Notice how those who believe in abortion don't say that they believe in abortion. They...

July 13, 2018

Down the Memory Hole

Thinking about expunging politically-incorrect authors, censoring literary classics, and re-writing history made me think of...

July 12, 2018

Purging Laura Ingalls Wilder from the Canon

Even though Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) is a female author of true greatness, she is...

July 12, 2018

Medical Marijuana, but You Can’t Smoke It

The saga of Oklahoma's referendum legalizing medical marijuana continues. . . .The measure requires users...

July 11, 2018

The Problem with Offering Multiple Worship Styles

Does your church offer multiple worship services, each with a different style? One traditional, one...

July 11, 2018

Congress Shall “Regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations”

Now that our trade war with China and other countries is under way, we will...

July 10, 2018

Might U.S. Episcopalians Get Written Out of Anglicanism?

The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) broke away from the Episcopal Church in the...

July 10, 2018

The New Supreme Court Nominee: Brett Kavanaugh

President Trump nominated Appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. You can read about...

July 09, 2018

How Committed Are Churchgoers to Their Congregations?

What would make a member leave a congregation? How committed are churchgoers to their congregation...

July 09, 2018

The Sexual Revolution & Big Government

My former colleague Stephen Baskerville has published a powerful book on how the sexual revolution...

July 06, 2018

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Archbishops often live in palaces. Anglican archbishops, especially those at the very top of the...

July 06, 2018

With Ocasio-Cortez, Dems Consider Bernie Sanders Too Conservative

The victory of a 28-year-old avowed socialist over a long-time Democratic congressman in a New...

July 05, 2018

The American Dream

For the 4th of July, the lead editorial of the conservative newspaper the Daily Oklahoman...

July 05, 2018

Plans to “Violate the Norms” to Build a “Lasting” Progressive Regime

Even as Democrats denounce President Trump for violating political norms, some of their number are...

July 04, 2018

The Lutheran Hero of the American Revolution

Among the heroes of the American Revolution, which we celebrate on this fourth of July,...

July 04, 2018

Chesterton on the Virtue of Patriotism

On this Independence Day, I would like to offer you words from G. K. Chesterton...

July 03, 2018

Catholic Disillusionment

Many Christians are attracted by Roman Catholicism, with its universal scope, its living authority, its...

July 03, 2018

If You Take Medical Marijuana, You Can’t Buy Guns

Here in conservative Oklahoma, we have just passed the nation's most liberal medical marijuana law,...

July 02, 2018

Communism Is Back in Fashion

As progressives are moving further and further to the left, some are not stopping at...

July 02, 2018

Who Needs Palliative Care When We Have Euthanasia?

"Palliative care" refers to medical treatments that ease pain and suffering, particularly for the terminally...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

My Thoughts on “The Benedict Option”

I finally read Rod Dreher's The Benedict Option: a Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian...

June 29, 2018

A New Tax That Will Hit Some Churches

The tax legislation passed by Congress was a long, complex bill that hardly any lawmakers...

June 28, 2018

The Created Order

The doctrine of creation means more than opposing evolution. It teaches that there is a...

June 28, 2018

We Will Smoke Marijuana in Muskogee

"We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee," sang the great Merle Haggard in his iconic Okie...