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September 2026

September 10, 2026

William Lane Craig’s Proof of God’s Existence

William Lane Craig may deny Nicene Christology, but he has formulated a pretty compelling proof...

September 01, 2026

Moravec’s Paradox

Moravec's paradox: What is hard for humans is easy for machines. But what is easy...

August 2026

August 18, 2026

God’s Consolation of Job in the Whirlwind

When God appears in a whirlwind to Job, this is not just God's smackdown of...

August 03, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 8/3/26

Socialism from the right. Two previously unknown sermons by St. Augustine discovered. And clean air...

July 2026

July 28, 2026

Obstacles to the AI Revolution

The AI revolution is being billed as inevitable. But the AI industry is coming up...

June 2026

June 15, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 6/15/26

Churches that accepted gay marriage are now pressured to accept polyamory. Oregon referendum would ban...

June 09, 2026

We Are Not Alone in the Universe

"The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me." So said Blaise Pascal in 1657...

June 03, 2026

The Next Stage of Evolution?

A common belief in the tech oligarchy is that AI and its related technology will...

May 2026

May 28, 2026

There Is No Scientific Consensus in Physics

According to our current "social imaginary," science gives certainty. But a survey of 1,600 physicists...

May 26, 2026

Bad Weather Is Good for Us

Now that we are in the season of tornados, thunderstorms, and hurricanes, I want to...

May 22, 2026

Would Evidence of Aliens “Shatter” Christian Beliefs?

President Trump ordered the release of the government's UFO files. Reportedly, some ministers had a...

May 06, 2026

Owen Barfield on Resurrecting Language & the World

A key member of the Inklings profoundly shaped both Lewis's faith and Tolkien's fantasies: the...

April 2026

April 06, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 4/6/26

The war and its financial consequences. Supreme Court rules states can't ban conversion therapy. And cloning...

February 2026

February 26, 2026

Quantum Lutherans

Did you know that two of the foundational figures in the development of quantum physics,...

January 2026

January 08, 2026

Collapse of a Shared Reality

Our postmodern relativism and constructivism, combined with our technology, threaten to bring on the collapse...

January 06, 2026

The Epiphany Star

A helpful account of star-gazing in the ancient world that gives the technical meaning of...

December 2025

December 12, 2025

Candlelight & Advent

Advent is a season of darkness. But the symbol of Advent is candlelight. The small,...

December 03, 2025

The Center of the Universe

According to today's cosmologists, one can say that the universe has no center, so that...

December 01, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 12/1/25

Tackling global warming by blocking out the sun. UK conservatives flocking to church, appalling the...

November 2025

November 14, 2025

Those Who WANT Humanity to Be Replaced by AI

Some people think AI will benefit humanity. Some worry that AI might replace humanity. Another...

October 2025

October 20, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 10/20/25

Trump doubts his salvation. Christianophobia. Percentage of young adults identifying as "Non-Binary" plummets.

October 14, 2025

“In Killing God, We Kill Man”

Having repudiated God, our society is now repudiating humanity.

October 09, 2025

The World as an Object of Appetite

According to Scruton, the decline of religion has not come from the arguments of atheists...

September 2025

September 04, 2025

Gnostic Conspiracies

As we live our every day lives in our every day world, we may think...

August 2025

August 29, 2025

How to Make Natural Law Arguments

[A free post] Is it possible to argue rationally and persuasively about moral and cultural...

August 08, 2025

The Scopes Trial and Eugenics

The Scopes Trial, which marks its 100th anniversary on August 10, was not just about...

August 06, 2025

Re-enchantment or More Disenchantment?

With the rise of science over religion, "disenchantment" has become a hallmark of modernity. People...

July 2025

July 24, 2025

“Sex is for fun, and embryo screening is for babies”

A number of tech start ups are devoted to the genetic screening and implantation of...

July 21, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 7/21/25

What the free market is doing for Argentina. Teachers using AI to grade papers written...

June 2025

June 19, 2025

What Comes After the Knowledge System Collapse?

if Gioia is right that our existing knowledge system is collapsing, what might we expect...