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May 2018

May 15, 2018

How the Commandments Define Civil Society (and What This Means for Abortion)

The always-interesting Peter Leithart, a fellow Patheos blogger, discusses Systematic Theology, II: The Works of God (2001)...

May 14, 2018

The Vocation of a Spy

Normally, the leadership of important government agencies like the CIA goes to politicians, campaign allies,...

May 11, 2018

“Now He Is Very Near”: Luther on the Ascension

More on the Ascension of Christ. . . .I keep reading on evangelical sites that...

May 11, 2018

The “Incels” and the Right to Sex

Last month a man in Toronto drove his car into a crowd of people, killing...

May 10, 2018

“The Assumption of the Humanity into God”

The resurrected Jesus was with His disciples for 40 days, and then He returned to...

May 10, 2018

What We Spend on Food

Over half of the money that Americans spend on food goes for eating out in...

May 09, 2018

How Religious Success Can Threaten Faith

Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) is a thinker I want to look into more, writing as...

May 09, 2018

How the Real Thanos Wiped Out Millions

We finally watched Avengers: Infinity War. The super villain in that story is Thanos, who has...

May 08, 2018

God and the Different Kinds of Despair

There are all kinds of negative emotions. Not all of them are morally or spiritually...

May 08, 2018

How a Genealogy Site Caught the Golden State Killer

The Golden State Killer raped more than 50 women and murdered 12 of them. This...

May 07, 2018

Another Look at How Fathers Influence Their Children’s Churchgoing

Nathan Rinne, who blogs with Jordan Cooper at Just and Sinner here at Patheos, discusses...

May 07, 2018

And Now, American Red Guards

How far is the Left going in the United States? We now have American Maoists...

May 04, 2018

On Catholics’ “Indissolubility” of Marriage from a New Lutheran Blog

I have blogged about my former student John Ehrett, who wrote that perceptive review of...

May 04, 2018

The 200th Birthday of Karl Marx

May 5 is the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. Seldom have the ideas of one...

May 03, 2018

“I Am the Heavy Cross You Had to Bear”

I came across a remarkable poem by the Dutch author Jacobus Revius (1586-1658). He...

May 03, 2018

All the Lonely People, Where Do They All Come From?

Most Americans are lonely, according to a new study. And, contrary to what we might...

May 02, 2018

Dropping Our Sin Down the Black Hole of Jesus’ Death

I just got back from Concordia University Chicago (formerly known as Concordia River Forest). The...

May 02, 2018

Respecting the Office

French President Emmanuel Macron and American President Donald Trump disagree on just about everything--economics, immigration,...

May 01, 2018

Luther’s Political Teachings

In yesterday's post on Luther and Trump, we drew on the work of economist Lyman...

May 01, 2018

NIetzscheans of Both the Left and the Right

Ours is seemingly a polarized society, but the extreme "left" and the extreme "right" have...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Luther and Trump?

Did Martin Luther give us Donald Trump? Are Lutherans responsible for getting Trump elected? This...

April 30, 2018

Give the Word “Evangelical” Back to the Lutherans!

Many evangelicals are giving up the term "evangelical." They are embarrassed by their movement's...

April 27, 2018

“God of the Bible” or “A Higher Power”?

"I believe in God." That sounds like a straightforward statement. But what God do you...

April 27, 2018

The Consequences of Gendercide in China and India

China and India have been practicing gendercide--that is, the systematic abortion of female babies--for decades. ...

April 26, 2018

Is Being “Spiritual” as Beneficial as Being “Religious”?

An increasing number of Americans say that they are "spiritual but not religious." That is,...

April 26, 2018

Ending Unemployment with $15 Per Hour Government Jobs

Unemployment would be completely ended with a program that would give every America who wanted...

April 25, 2018

Google Bans Concordia Publishing House Ads for Mentioning “Jesus” and the “Bible”

Google has banned remarketing ads from Concordia Publishing House, the publishing company of the Lutheran...

April 25, 2018

Is Liberal Democracy Diminishing or Intruding Where It Doesn’t Belong?

What's happening to American freedom and democracy? Is it in danger? Is it thriving? Or...

April 24, 2018

Pastors’ Housing Allowance Exemption Update

As we have blogged, the housing allowance tax exemption for ministers of religion has been...

April 24, 2018

Do Academic Freedom and Tenure Apply to Conservative Professors?

Professor John McAdams was a tenured political science professor at Marquette University, a Jesuit institution...