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June 2018

June 27, 2018

Justice Kennedy to Retire from the Supreme Court

Justice Anthony Kennedy, 81, has announced that he is retiring from the Supreme Court. Described...

June 27, 2018

“Baptism Violates the Baby’s Rights” and More from Once-Catholic Ireland

Ireland was once one of the world's most Catholic countries, but now that the nation...

June 27, 2018

Supreme Court: Pro-Life Clinics Can’t Be Forced to Promote Abortion

In another important religious liberty and free-speech case, the Supreme Court overturned a California law...

June 26, 2018

An Example of a Christian Nation

Poland officially crowned Jesus Christ as its king. It also remains resolutely pro-life. Christian morality...

June 26, 2018

The Left’s Tactic of Harassment

The Twitter mob mentality--with its indignation, outrage, virtue signaling, and public shaming--has spilled over into...

June 25, 2018

Myth vs. Parable: A Religious Awakening of Paganism?

David Brooks in the New York Times offers an interesting contrast between "myth" and "parable,"...

June 25, 2018

The Free Market Argument for Taxing Online Purchases

The Supreme Court has ruled that states may assess sales taxes on online purchases. Previously,...

June 22, 2018

Surprises from the LGBTQ Study

A study of Americans who identify as part of the LGBTQ community reveals some surprises,...

June 22, 2018

Social Pressure or Mob Rule?

Social media outrage has caused powerful executives to lose their jobs, brought down politicians, coerced...

June 21, 2018

Church Discipline Against the Attorney General

Who says liberal churches don't exercise church discipline? United Methodists have filed formal charges against...

June 21, 2018

Space Force

President Trump has directed the Pentagon to create a sixth branch of the military: the...

June 20, 2018

“Bearing” the Name of the God Who “Takes” Our Sin

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" (Exodus 20:7). I've heard...

June 20, 2018

Our Escalating Trade Wars

President Trump had announced the imposition of tariffs on $50 billion worth of goods imported...

June 19, 2018

The View That Everybody Goes to Heaven

We don't hear much today about Hell or the prospect of eternal punishment, do we? ...

June 19, 2018

A Medical Specialty in Infanticide?

The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology has applied to the American Board of Medical...

June 18, 2018

Is the Atonement “Cosmic Child Abuse”?

I first heard the phrase from a radical feminist: If God punished His Son for...

June 18, 2018

Kansas City BBQ & Anthony Bourdain

I recently wrote a post called My BBQ Pilgrimage about my five days in Texas visiting acclaimed...

June 15, 2018

The Lord’s Supper as God’s Work

Most discussions of the Lord's Supper among Christians of different theologies focus on the question...

June 15, 2018

“Nones” Have Religious Beliefs, but No Community

Of the 23% of Americans who are "nones," claiming no religious affiliation, a great many...

June 14, 2018

The Christian’s Identity

In this era of "identity politics," we would do well to read what the Bible...

June 14, 2018

Reading as Miracle

One of the superpowers most of us have but often take for granted is reading. ...

June 13, 2018

Forbidding Anti-Religious Bias and Double Standards

Some observers believe the Supreme Court's ruling in the Masterpiece Cake case will do little...

June 13, 2018

Watch and Discuss the Video Trump Showed to Kim Jong-Un

At President Trump's summit meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, our president showed him...

June 12, 2018

The Difficulty of Defining Religion

Australia is working through how to guarantee the freedom of religion in light of their...

June 12, 2018

How Legalizing Gay Marriage Also Oppresses Gays

One of the bêtes noires of the hard, hard left is "heteronormativity," the view that heterosexual...

June 11, 2018

The Suicide’s Question

TV bon vivant Anthony Bourdaine committed suicide last week, just days after fashion mogul Kate...

June 11, 2018

My BBQ Pilgrimage

The week before last I found myself in Texas at the very epicenter of the...

June 08, 2018

Europe Is Neither Secularist, nor Devout

The Pew Research Center has carried out a study of religion in Europe, finding that...

June 08, 2018

“Muwaji’s Law” against Child-Killing in Brazil

As we blogged about before, Brazil is attempting to outlaw the practice of some indigenous...

June 07, 2018

Nearly Half of Americans Believe Pornography Is “Morally Acceptable”

The annual Values and Belief Survey from Gallup has found that nearly close to half Americans--with...