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February 2023

February 28, 2023

Making “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” Woke

The late Roald Dahl was a popular children's writer, the author of such classics as...

January 2023

January 24, 2023

Meditating on the Incarnation

Leland Ryken is one of the premier Christian literary scholars. Lately, he has been bringing back...

January 20, 2023

Revenge vs. Justice

Tribal societies, lacking an overarching central government with a legal system, deal with wrongdoing through...

January 02, 2023

Hamann’s “London Writings” Now on Kindle

J. G. Hamann's "London Writings," his spiritual and theological journals, has been compared to Augustine's...

November 2022

November 23, 2022

The Dream of Frederick the Wise

Frederick the Wise supposedly had a dream the night before Luther posted his theses in...

November 22, 2022

Will Human Beings Become Unable to Reproduce?

The birthrate has declined 20% since 2007. And since 1973 the sperm count of men...

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 13, 2022

Dostoevsky and the Antichrist (part 2)

What makes "Antichrist," according to a passage from Dostoevsky's "The Idiot," is when the church...

October 12, 2022

Dostoevsky on the Antichrist (part 1)

Dostoevsky's great novel "The Idiot," with its absorbing portrait of a "completely beautiful human being,"...

September 2022

September 12, 2022

The Disappearance of the Redemption Arc

The "redemption arc"--a plot line in which a character changes from bad to good--is disappearing...

September 09, 2022

DISCUSS: What Do You Think of “The Rings of Power”?

This weekend we discuss "The Rings of Power." We have blogged about Amazon's project of...

August 2022

August 17, 2022

An Overwhelming Christian, Pro-Life Novel

You have got to read Edna Hong's novel "Bright Valley of Love," a true story...

July 2022

July 14, 2022

A Novel of the Reformation by Bo Giertz

Another novel by Bo Giertz, the author of "Hammer of God," has been translated into...

July 13, 2022

A Lutheran Thriller

The Lutheran thriller writer Ray Keating--known for his Pastor Stephen Grant novels--has started another series,...

June 2022

June 07, 2022

The Conversion of a “Spiritual but Not Religious” Secularist

British novelist Paul Kingsnorth has written "an essay-length account of my journey from atheism to...

June 03, 2022

Read Any Good Books Lately?

Have you read any books lately that might be of interest to kindred spirits in...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

Entertainment in Our Culture of Death

The killer at Uvalde, Texas, didn't seem to have anything against the fourth graders he...

May 20, 2022

Newspeak for Abortion, Part 2

George Orwell's classic essay "Politics and the English Language" is a must-read for all citizens,...

May 10, 2022

Other Parallels with Orwell’s Ministry of Truth

The Biden administration's Disinformation Governance Board is being compared to the Ministry of Truth in...

May 06, 2022

The Father Almighty, POET of Heaven and Earth

A Psalms commentary points out that "poet" comes from the Greek, meaning literally "maker," so...

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...

February 15, 2022

The “Lord of the Rings” Series Will Be Family Friendly After All

Contrary to earlier reports, Prime's upcoming series The Rings of Power, a prequel to Lord...

February 04, 2022

Hamann and Theology

In his translation of the "London Writings," John Kleinig includes introductions and annotations that guide...

February 03, 2022

Why Hamann Is Important Today

Hamann's critique of Enlightenment rationalism and his "metacritique" of Kant's constructivism--both of which are highly...

February 02, 2022

Hamann’s Confession of Faith

J. G. Hamann's mature style is comical, filled with wordplay and allusions, dense, and sometimes...

February 01, 2022

Hamann’s Conversion

J. G. Hamann's "Thoughts on the Course of My Life," in the "London Writings," translated...

January 2022

January 31, 2022

The First English Translation of Hamann’s “London Writings”

The thought of the 18th century German thinker J. G. Hamann has been rediscovered, with...

January 06, 2022

Adam and the Magi

Epiphany, on January 6, celebrates the visitation of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus,...

December 2021

December 07, 2021

A Pearl Harbor Novel Shows History from the Inside

Today is the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. I am...

October 2021

October 18, 2021

Elitist Education vs. Classical Christian Education

Harvard professor James Hankins notes that classical education used to be associated with the elite....