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September 2026

September 04, 2026

Luther vs. Kuyper on Christianity & Culture

Both Luther and Kuyper agree that Christ is Lord over all things. A Kuyperian approach...

June 2026

June 19, 2026

Dad Jokes

We celebrate Father's Day weekend with Dad jokes, the paternal attempts at humor designed to...

March 2026

March 20, 2026

DISCUSS: Funny Stuff

Let's take a humor break. Post jokes, humorous anecdotes, laugh-inducing quotations, funny memes, jocular videos,...

February 2026

February 20, 2026

DISCUSS: “So far, so good”

An article on the collapse of Bitcoin quotes a French movie: “It’s the story of...

January 2026

January 09, 2026

The American Sense of Humor

European humor, says Nicholas Lynch, is based on class distinctions and supports the establishment. American...

December 2025

December 29, 2025

A Year-in-Review Miscellany, 12/29/25

Top 10 news stories of 2025. Top 10 religion stories of 2025. The funniest news...

December 25, 2024

My Christmas Presents to You, 2024

Merry Christmas! A custom of this blog has been to give Christmas presents to my...

October 2024

October 02, 2024

A Conversation Between Two Lutheran Humorists

Humor can have salutary moral and religious effects, as we see in the literary traditions...

December 2023

December 01, 2023

DISCUSSION: Funny Stuff

This weekend, to lighten the mood and cheer ourselves up, let's not have a serious...

May 2023

May 19, 2023

Luther’s Rabelaisian Humor

I came across several articles on Luther's humor--his wit, his satires, and even his scatology,...

May 18, 2023

Searching for Luther on Laughter

Martin Luther said, “It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest...

April 2023

April 19, 2023

Remembering Mad Magazine

Al Jaffee has died at the age of 102. He was the last living cartoonist...

October 2022

October 25, 2022

Luther at the Movies Destroys the Metaverse

Anthony Sacramone, of Luther at the Movies fame, is the editor of Religion & Liberty,...

October 05, 2022

“Ridicule Is Man’s Most Potent Weapon”

Saul Alinsky's rule for radicals #5 is "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." Today it...

July 2022

July 11, 2022

The Nature of Fun

Novelist Walter Kirn distinguishes "fun" from other pleasures. In his essay "The Holy Anarchy of...

May 2022

May 17, 2022

The Rise of Conservative Comedy

Conservative comedy is on the rise, while liberal comedy is floundering. Even progressive scholars are...

February 2022

February 22, 2022

“The Coolest Conservative”

P. J. O'Rourke has died. One tribute described him as "America's greatest satirist and coolest...

September 2021

September 20, 2021

The Gospel According to a Comedian

The late comedian Norm Macdonald was very funny, but he had a serious religious side....

July 2021

July 16, 2021

The War Against Satire

Satire has a long pedigree as a conservative literary form. But social media sites are...

June 2020

June 03, 2020

Not Just Teaching but Living Western Civilization

Nathanael Blake points out that we not only need to study Western civilization, we need...

May 2020

May 04, 2020

The Vocation of Weird Al Yankovic

Highlighting two profiles of Weird Al Yankovic, known for his parodies of iconic pop songs...

December 2019

December 24, 2019

My Christmas Gifts to You

I wanted to give all of you readers of this blog, whom I appreciate very...

September 2019

September 20, 2019

The Problem with Rebranding the Church

Hans Fiene of Lutheran Satire outdoes himself with Mr. Thompson and the Vicar Rebrand.

September 13, 2019

Veggie Tales Reboot, but with the Gospel This Time

Veggie Tales was a ground-breaker in Christian programming for children, telling Bible stories and lessons...

July 2019

July 09, 2019

The End of Mad Magazine

Mad Magazine is ceasing publication after a 67-year run. The satirical magazine--which was a formative...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

Tom Wolfe, the Literary Scourge of Progressives, Dies

Tom Wolfe, 88, has died. The pioneer of "New Journalism," which uses fictional techniques--an interior point...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” “Do They Know What Christmas Is?”

Back in 1984, British musician Bob Geldof put together "Band Aid," a "super-group" of pop...

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 07, 2017

Lutheran Satire

Imagine my surprise, when reading an article by Charles Chaput, the conservative Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia,...

August 2017

August 18, 2017

A modernist, a postmodernist, and a Lutheran walk into a bar. . .

We're in Australia, where I've been doing quite a bit of speaking. I just gave...