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October 2017

October 24, 2017

Taking Away the Independence of an Independence Movement

As we blogged about, the region of Catalonia is declaring its independence from Spain. So...

October 20, 2017

Metachurch

I wanted to title our new book "Metachurch." Get it? Not "megachurch" but "metachurch," one...

October 19, 2017

The Christianophobia of the Rich

Hostility against Christians among the general public has not increased over the last three decades....

October 13, 2017

Sex Is a Big Deal

The Sexual Revolution overthrew all moral teachings and cultural attitudes that put limits on sexual...

October 12, 2017

Quotations From Our New Book

More shameless promotion of my new book with Trevor Sutton, Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology...

October 12, 2017

Could the ancients not perceive the color “blue”?

Homer famously speaks of "the wine-dark sea." That's a beautiful description. Except that wine isn't...

October 11, 2017

Our “Astonishing,” “Scintillating, “Daring” Book

I was amazed by the endorsements of the book that Trevor Sutton and I have just...

October 10, 2017

Our New Book on Lutheranism and the Postmodern Condition

The book that I wrote with Trevor Sutton releases today. It's called Authentic Christianity: How...

October 09, 2017

The Birth–or Death–of a Nation?

Catalonia is on the verge of declaring independence from Spain, which is refusing to let...

October 03, 2017

Conservatives on Hugh Hefner, pro and con

The New York Times token conservative Ross Douthat gives what I consider to be the definitive summary...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Hugh Hefner’s Actual Legacy

Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy Magazine, has died at age 91. Along with the birth control...

September 21, 2017

Teenagers are forswearing “adult activities” like sex & drinking

The number of teenagers who have had sex and who have tried alcohol has plummeted since...

September 07, 2017

The Decline of Religious Freedom and the Return of Religious Influence

Religious participation is declining, especially in the West. But religious influence has returned around...

September 06, 2017

Post-liberalism of both the left and the right

There are two kinds of liberalism. That of the left, with its faith in...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

The Nashville Statement on Biblical Sexuality

Is this a "catholic" document, in the sense that all conservative Christians can sign it,...

August 21, 2017

What cities have the best quality of life?

The UK Economist has released its annual “Global Livability Ranking” assessing the "quality of life" of the...

August 08, 2017

The Democrats’ war against the working class

Donald Trump would seem to be very vulnerable politically, to say the least. But Democrats...

August 07, 2017

Loneliness is greater threat to health than obesity

A study has found that social isolation is a greater threat to public health than obesity....

July 2017

July 26, 2017

“Protest for all”: Social conservatives in France vs. Germany

Though Christianity is said to be on the decline in Europe, social conservatives are often...

July 24, 2017

The hippie connection to contemporary Christianity

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the "Summer of Love" and the rise of the Hippie...

July 21, 2017

From love songs to sex songs

Popular music used to favor love songs. In popular music today, the theme of romantic...

July 14, 2017

Misunderstanding the cultural influence of the Reformation

The cultural influence of the Reformation is getting lots of attention on this 500th anniversary...

July 12, 2017

The success sequence

If you follow this sequence, exactly, in this order, there is only a 3% chance...

July 04, 2017

Patriotic Church Services?

I think the main problem with this sort of thing is the same problem with...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

Most Christians have non-Christian worldviews

A new study from Barna has found that most "practicing Christians" in America--defined as those...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

The new religiosity

An academic journal published an article by a scholar arguing that if there is "trangenderism,"...

May 22, 2017

Americans’ moral beliefs

Gallup has released its latest study of Americans' moral beliefs. Gallup's Values and Beliefs...

May 17, 2017

Flushing a friend

I have long complained about contemporary funerals. But I have learned about yet another way...

May 16, 2017

Believing, behaving, belonging

The Pew Study of religious belief in former Communist countries that we blogged about recently...

May 16, 2017

Treating pets like children

Young adults are not having children, much. But they are having pets in great number....