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March 2017

March 29, 2017

Originalism and the rule of law

During his confirmation hearing for Supreme Court justice, liberal senators interrogated Neil Gorsuch about his...

March 29, 2017

America’s first genderless person

A Portland judge approved a petition from a 27-year-old man to legally change his gender...

March 17, 2017

A comma rule goes to court

Which is correct?: men, women, and children. Or men, women and children. Some authorities, including...

March 06, 2017

A new Bible translation from Lutherans

I recently blogged about the new Bible translation, the Christian Standard Bible. I didn't realize...

March 03, 2017

A new Bible translation

A new Bible translation has been published: The Christian Standard Bible. This is a thorough...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

Pluto might get promoted back to “planet”

The recent space probe to Pluto revealed it to be no mere frozen rock but...

February 21, 2017

Intersectionality

If you are going to understand and navigate the complexities of oppression, victimhood, and political...

February 01, 2017

“Pregnant people”

The British Medical Association has issued guidelines saying that to avoid offending the transgendered, health...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

The Name of Jesus

"And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus,...

December 02, 2016

The word of the year

The Oxford English Dictionary--that mammoth reference book that chronicles the history of every word in...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Tom Wolfe takes on Darwinism and its failure to explain language

Tom Wolfe is among our best contemporary writers. The founder of the New Journalism, which...

October 07, 2016

Lennonism

Michael Barone says that many in our cultural and political elite follow the tenets of...

October 06, 2016

“Liturgy shaming” for “liturgical abuse”

Many Catholics are indulging in "liturgy shaming" as a response to "liturgical abuse." That is, they...

September 2016

September 12, 2016

The deplorables

Hillary Clinton puts a name to that category of Americans that Democrats most despise: "the deplorables."...

August 2016

August 17, 2016

Saying God is transgender

The contours of a new liberal theology, one in accord with the new ideology of...

August 12, 2016

What Clinton thinks religious liberty is

In a play to capitalize on Mormon's dissatisfaction with Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton wrote an...

August 11, 2016

The new “Star Trek” captain will be “diverse,” but what “level of diversity”?

CBS is coming out with a new Star Trek series, starting on its main broadcasting...

August 02, 2016

Patriotism vs. Nationalism

The words "patriotism" and "nationalism" have different meanings. So explains Jonah Goldberg, channeling William F....

July 2016

July 13, 2016

The history of the word “mercy”

The word "mercy" is gaining more and more currency in Christianity these days. It has...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

The end of the written word?

Facebook is predicting the end of the written word--at least on Facebook, which the head...

June 09, 2016

What does it mean to be “blessed”?

"This is a real blessing." "I have been so blessed." "Count your blessings." "God bless...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

Untranslatable words

Adam was given the power to name things; that is, he, as well as human beings...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

Freedom of worship or freedom of religion?

The citizen test given by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services speaks of "freedom of...

April 04, 2016

Leftists go from frightening to frightened

When someone chalked "vote for Trump" messages on the sidewalk, students at Emory University protested, saying seeing...

March 2016

March 17, 2016

An object lesson for St. Patrick’s Day

Today is St. Patrick's Day, a time to commemorate the former slave who escaped his...

March 07, 2016

Has the word “evangelical” become meaningless?

Southern Baptist spokesman Russell Moore said that he is no longer referring to himself as...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

Forbidding the use of “husband,” “wife,” “dad,” “mom”

A professor at the University of Florida is forbidding her students to use words like...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

Epiphany and epiphanies

Today is Epiphany! Have a merry and happy Epiphany! It isn't just about the wise...

December 2015

December 25, 2015

Have a merry Christmas and a happy Christmas

Two years ago, I did a post on the difference between "merry Christmas" and "happy...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

He has come to you

The word "advent" derives from the past participle form of venire, the Latin word for...