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May 2025

May 27, 2025

Piercing God

A Jewish scholar writes about the nature of blasphemy, the Hebrew word for which is...

March 2025

March 20, 2025

Just Wars & the Possibility of Success

One of the tenets of Just War Theory has been raised to argue that Ukraine...

March 13, 2025

What Is an Evangelical?

The new Religious Landscape Survey says that 23% of American Christians are "evangelicals." But that's...

February 2025

February 18, 2025

The ESV’s Updated Translation

Crossway is updating the English Standard Version of the Bible. The changes are minimal, though...

February 11, 2025

Reading the Bible vs. Reading Anything Else

Sometimes we Christians approach the Bible like any other book, reading it as we would...

February 05, 2025

“Give-It-a-Name,” but Don’t Name Us

Philosopher Edward Feser explores woke language, particularly the "rhetorical tactic of subverting elements of normal...

January 2025

January 31, 2025

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

The day after he was inaugurated, President Trump issued an executive order reversing the federal...

January 28, 2025

Unable to Write, Unable to Type

Much of Generation Z--that is, teenagers and twenty-somethings--cannot express themselves with handwriting. Instead, they use...

January 23, 2025

How Martin Luther Rewired Your Brain

Being able to read, says a scientist, has rewired the human brain. And the person...

December 2024

December 27, 2024

Words of the Year 2024

English Dictionaries have the custom of proclaiming a "word of the year," new words or...

November 2024

November 19, 2024

How Christianity Invented the “Secular”

A new book shows how Christianity invented what seems to be its nemesis today: the...

November 15, 2024

Did the Reformation End Twenty-Five Years Ago?

Some Catholics are saying that the Reformation is over, so Protestants now should unite with...

October 2024

October 22, 2024

The “In Terrorem Effect”

Prosecutors have found a way to punish people without convicting them. Simply putting someone on trial--even...

September 2024

September 27, 2024

More Thoughts on the Original Nicene Creed

We blogged about the controversy over the "filioque" in the Nicene Creed. But there are...

September 10, 2024

“Freedom” vs. “Liberty”

Synonyms are two words that have the same meaning. They are often used interchangeably. And...

July 2024

July 12, 2024

Luxury Feminism

The Somali-Dutch-American critic of radical Islam, the ex-New Atheist, Christian convert Ayaan Hirsi Ali shows...

June 2024

June 19, 2024

The Loss of Language, Culture, & Relationships

Language is what makes culture and all human relationships possible. We are seeing a broad...

June 14, 2024

Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Stages of Subversion

Aayan Hirsi Ali draws on the work of a KGB defector who testified about Soviet...

April 2024

April 05, 2024

DISCUSSION: Grey Rhinos

We have "the elephant in the room" and "black swan events." To that menagerie Michele...

January 2024

January 15, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 11/15/24

The presidential race begins, the disunited Methodists, and the pro-abortion strategy.

December 2023

December 04, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 12/4/23

The word of the year, the end of Popular Science, and the Transgender Day of...

November 2023

November 07, 2023

Beware of Definitive Answers from ChatGPT

I have found that when ChatGPT doesn't have access to the sources it needs to...

October 2023

October 16, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 10/16/23

The cost of Ivy-League radicalism; "preserve, protect and defend" doesn't mean "support"; and Bigfoot makes...

October 13, 2023

DISCUSS: New Abortion Slogans

Abortion advocates have a new slogan: "Abortion is freedom." What is this slogan trying to...

October 06, 2023

DISCUSS: Objections to Catechizing Children about Adultery

Lutheran schools teach the Catechism, including the commandment forbidding adultery, and that instead "We should...

September 2023

September 20, 2023

Misgendering God

The efforts to use inclusive language to refer to God are in conflict with today's...

September 15, 2023

DISCUSSION: Do Pro-Lifers Need to Change Their Language?

Some Senate Republicans are saying that pro-lifers need to change their terminology. What do you...

August 2023

August 31, 2023

“Matrimonial” Marriage

David Upham refers to two models of marriage: "companionate" marriage, oriented to companionship, and "matrimonial...

August 03, 2023

“Secular” Means “Of an Age”

The word "secular" today means having nothing to do with religion. But the term came...

May 2023

May 03, 2023

Luther’s German Bible

What have you accomplished in the last 11 weeks? Luther took 11 weeks to translate...