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June 2016
June 10, 2016
Summer Christians & Winter Christians
Some Christians feel closer to God when they are happy (and if they aren't, they...
June 09, 2016
Immigrant converts must pass Bible trivia test
In the UK, Muslim immigrants converting to Christianity have been given "Bible Trivia" tests--which many...
June 08, 2016
Turning pride from a sin to a virtue
An LGBTQ theologian, apparently thinking of "gay pride" parades, wants Christianity to change its teaching...
June 07, 2016
Christian converts assaulted by fellow immigrants
The Muslim immigrants who are converting to Christianity that we have been blogging about (see...
June 02, 2016
Jake Meador, a thoughtful young evangelical, reflects on monasticism and says that one thing we...
June 01, 2016
Lutheran school investigated for LGBT discrimination
St. John's Lutheran School in Baraboo, Wisconsin, is under federal investigation for discriminating against gay...
June 01, 2016
Correlation is not causation in study of ELCA racial diversity
More evidence that scientists--especially social scientists--need to study philosophy, particularly the complicated question of what...
May 2016
May 31, 2016
Britain now has more “nones” than Christians
Great Britain now has more people who say they have "no religion" (48%) than say...
May 27, 2016
More on Muslim conversions in Europe
As we've blogged about (see here and here and here), large numbers of Muslim immigrants are...
May 26, 2016
The Lutheran educational tradition, according to Thomas Korcok, is classical liberal arts education + catechesis....
May 25, 2016
You’ve got to read “Being Lutheran”
There is a new book out from CPH that is very much worth reading: Being...
May 25, 2016
We mustn't give up on the Protestant mainline. At its recent General Conference, the United...
May 23, 2016
The Church of Scotland wants to increase membership by letting worshippers attend online. The...
May 20, 2016
A Christian Democracy Party for the USA?
The United States has a two-party system, and both parties seem to be cracking up....
May 19, 2016
Garrison Keillor on kinds of Christianity
Garrison Keillor has written a humorous, yet touching column about Christianity. He starts by lambasting...
May 17, 2016
Harold Ristau is a pastor in the Lutheran Church of Canada (with which the LCMS...
May 16, 2016
Sunday was Pentecost, fifty days after Easter, commemorating the day that the Holy Spirit was given to...
May 12, 2016
Deleting “He descended into Hell” from the Apostles’ Creed
I have learned that there is a movement to delete the line about Christ descending...
May 11, 2016
The Republican party has joined the other side
The Washington Post has an article about the dilemma conservative Christians are facing in having...
May 09, 2016
You can’t understand Bach apart from his Lutheranism
You can't fully understand Bach's music apart from its context in the Lutheran liturgy and...
May 05, 2016
The political implications of Ascension Day
Ascension Day, May 5, commemorating Christ's taking His place in the Godhead at the right...
May 02, 2016
A trend today is holding Bible studies, outreach ministries, and theological discussions in pubs, with the...
April 2016
April 29, 2016
Christians’ transition from majority to minority
Josh Daffern says that all of the current controversies Christians are facing over religious liberty, sexuality,...
April 28, 2016
“My identity is founded in who I am in Christ”
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England, recently learned...
April 27, 2016
The case of the atheist pastor
Mainline Protestants have been casting away traditional Christian teachings with great abandon. Pastors can now...
April 12, 2016
The separation of doctrine from practice
After much study and debate among the bishops, Pope Francis has issued a letter on...
April 11, 2016
Finding out how the IRS investigates churches
Two years ago, the atheist group the Freedom from Religion Foundation sued the IRS in...
April 04, 2016
The somber season of Lent seems to last forever (40 days, not counting the six...
March 2016
March 29, 2016
ISIS observed Good Friday by crucifying a priest. After attacking a nursing home in Yemen,...
March 22, 2016
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