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October 2026

October 05, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 10/5/25

The only demographic not in a "sex recession." Adult-only households buy more toys than those...

October 01, 2026

How the Integralists Are Like the Socialists

George Will quotes Integralist theorist Adrian Vermeule to argue that this right wing Catholic political...

September 2026

September 29, 2026

As Fulton Sheen Is Beatified, Don’t Forget Walter A. Maier

Bishop Fulton Sheen was beatified last week, the last step before sainthood, for his effective...

September 28, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 9/28/26

As elections heat up, beware of "pink slime." Judge OK's a taxpayer-funded religious school. And...

September 25, 2026

Nones, Others, & Switchers

Is American religion declining or reviving? Research gives different answers. Two scholars argue that religion...

September 22, 2026

Denying Laity the Chalice–Again

Some traditionalist Catholic bishops are once again denying the laity Communion "in both kinds"; that...

September 09, 2026

The Christian Apologist Who Rejects the Nicene Creed

William Lane Craig is a well-regarded Christian apologist. But he has recently come out in...

September 03, 2026

Christians Who Don’t Go to Church

Some Christians don't go to church. Even Abraham Kuyper developed the habit of writing Biblical...

August 2026

August 31, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 8/31/26

The Right to Worship Act. Gay Republicans drop the "T" in LGBT. And Trump's approval...

August 28, 2026

The Significance of Sunday

"O Day of Rest and Gladness" by Christopher Wordsworth (whose uncle was the great poet...

August 27, 2026

How Not Establishing Religion Helped Churches Thrive

The USA is more religious than nations that had a state church. One reason, argues...

August 25, 2026

The New Sacrament

A worship conference recently discussed "whether worship music has become a new sacrament." It is...

August 19, 2026

Charles Finney’s Reinvention of Worship

Charles Finney was far from being an orthodox Christian, but his legalistic theology and his...

August 17, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 8/17/26

Doesn't "pro-choice" apply to surrogate mothers? The DSA would presumably replace prisons with gulags. And...

August 12, 2026

The Pope Underestimates AI

My review of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI, "Magnifica humanitas," which neglects AI's most...

August 11, 2026

Learning from the Catholics’ Worship Wars

A Substack article frames the Catholic worship war in a way that sheds light on...

August 03, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 8/3/26

Socialism from the right. Two previously unknown sermons by St. Augustine discovered. And clean air...

July 2026

July 23, 2026

Clarifying the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms

Part IV of our series on the Lutheran doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: Summing up the...

July 22, 2026

Protecting the Church from the State

Part III of our series on the Doctrine of the Two Kingdom: When the state...

July 21, 2026

Protecting the State from the Church

The doctrine of the Two Kingdoms protects the church from the state, but it also...

July 20, 2026

Misconceptions about the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms

Beginning a series on Luther's doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: Despite being enormously helpful in...

July 07, 2026

The Problems with a “Confessional State”

Some Christian nationalists are calling for a "confessional state," establishing Christianity as the national religion...

June 2026

June 15, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 6/15/26

Churches that accepted gay marriage are now pressured to accept polyamory. Oregon referendum would ban...

June 11, 2026

Whatever Happened to Theological Modernism?

Mark Tooley gives an excellent overview of the decline of theological modernism, the rationalistic "liberal...

May 2026

May 27, 2026

Bringing the Protestant Mainline Back to Orthodoxy

On Operation Reconquista, also known as Operation Reformation, an organization devoted to bringing the Protestant...

May 19, 2026

Barfield, Bible Study, & a Text on Vocation

Barfield's approach to language can be seen in Bible studies that attend to the original...

May 15, 2026

How Religion Can Be Growing and Declining at the Same Time

Is religion making a comeback, or is it still in a state of decline? Different...

May 14, 2026

Ascension Day and the Sacraments

The Reformed say that the Ascension makes it impossible for Christ's body to be present...

May 08, 2026

The Impact of St. Augustine

St. Augustine is one of the few theologians who is appreciated by nearly every theological...

May 07, 2026

The Priesthood of All Believers & Vocation

There are many misconceptions about the doctrine of the Priesthood of All Believers. It isn't...