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December 2017

December 19, 2017

Divorce Has Brought Back Large Families

Large families have come back. Not because couples are having more children. But because the...

December 18, 2017

Comfort, Comfort My People

One of the greatest texts for Advent is Isaiah 40. It reminds us that Advent is...

December 18, 2017

My New “Publications” Page & an Interview with the Author

A week or so ago, I noticed that several hundred readers had accessed the...

December 15, 2017

Martin Luther’s Handwriting as Computer Font

How would you like to write like Martin Luther? That is, how would you like...

December 15, 2017

The Court’s Gay Marriage Ruling Already Allows for Dissenters

It sounded like the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Christian baker who...

December 14, 2017

Mary, the Mother of God

Roman Catholics venerate Mary, the mother of Jesus, with many titles: Queen of Heaven (the notion that...

December 14, 2017

The “Yellow Dog” Political Fallacy

Republican Roy Moore lost the senate race to liberal Democrat Doug Jones in deeply conservative...

December 13, 2017

On the Pope’s Desire to Change the Wording of the Lord’s Prayer

Should we start with the teaching we want to convey and then devise a translation...

December 13, 2017

The Different Meanings of “Happiness”

One of our inalienable rights, according to the Declaration of Independence, is "the pursuit of...

December 12, 2017

Jesus and Hanukkah

Hanukkah starts today, December 12, and lasts until December 20. Jesus Himself observed it, as...

December 12, 2017

Trump Moves U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and so Fulfills Bible Prophecy?

President Trump's announcement that he will move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem...

December 11, 2017

“Your Thirst for My Salvation”

We often think of God as an abstract idea, as an impersonal force, or as...

December 11, 2017

News Media’s “Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages”

In their zeal to bring down President Trump, journalists have been making mistake after mistake. On...

December 08, 2017

Man Wants to Be God; God Wanted to Be Man

How different from us is God! How different in His thinking, His desires, and His...

December 08, 2017

Political Ideology as Our New Religions

Nancy Pelosi describes sexual abuser John Conyers as an "icon." Environmentalists prophecy an apocalyptic last...

December 07, 2017

Is This Still Christianity?

At what point does a religious expression cease to be Christian altogether?

December 07, 2017

The Case of the Gay Wedding Cake

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop, v....

December 06, 2017

Because God Is Merciful

Before we retired a couple of years ago and moved to Oklahoma, we attended St....

December 06, 2017

President Trump’s Legal Problems

The Russia issue will not go away for President Trump, and Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller...

December 05, 2017

God Acts for Those Who Wait for Him

Why doesn’t God do something about all the evil in the world? The Bible says...

December 05, 2017

Peace Through Oil & Natural Gas

One reason Vladimir Putin has had so much clout in Europe--especially in the Eastern European...

December 04, 2017

The Season of Christ “Coming to” Us

The season of Advent has begun! The word comes from the Latin, meaning “coming to”...

December 04, 2017

Senate Ensures Tax Reform

President Trump and the Republican Party scored a major legislative victory, as the Senate passed...

December 01, 2017

Dating Christ’s Tomb

Last year, as we blogged about, in connection with renovation work on Jerusalem's Church of...

December 01, 2017

Jonathan Swift’s Takedown of Modernism & Postmodernism

Yesterday, November 30, was the 350th anniversary of the birth of Jonathan Swift, the great...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

The LCMS Adult Conversion Rate & Other Surprising Statistics

Per capita, the LCMS has one convert for every 44 adult members. That is a...

November 30, 2017

North Korea Can Now Nuke the U.S.

North Korea launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in a successful test that may put the...

November 29, 2017

Luther on Matter, the Senses, & Emotions

In our last post on Mark Mattes's new book Martin Luther's Theology of Beauty, we...

November 29, 2017

Ministers’ Housing Allowance Update

As we blogged about, a Wisconsin judge ruled that the ministers' housing allowance tax break,...

November 28, 2017

Is Church Giving in Jeopardy?

The Republican tax reform plan retains deductions for charitable giving, including donations to churches and...