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September 2020

September 07, 2020

The Spirituality of Everyday Life

In our efforts to Christianize "Labor Day" by turning it into a feast day celebrating...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

The Problem with Coveting

How is it that "coveting" rates inclusion in the Ten Commandments? After all, it doesn't...

August 03, 2020

The New Lutheran Witness Blog

The Lutheran Witness, the magazine of the LCMS, has a new internet presence, including a...

May 2020

May 11, 2020

Back to Church, Finally!

Our state, Oklahoma, is "opening up" from the coronavirus shutdown so we were able to...

March 2020

March 26, 2020

Will Heaven Be Boring?

In Edward Young's "Night Thoughts," an unusual poetic meditation on death, the poet turns around...

March 21, 2020

You Are Invited to Our Church Services

I would like to invite you to our church; that is, to our online service. ...

March 16, 2020

The Postmodern Epidemic

The coronavirus outbreak has been called "the first postmodern pandemic", though the author didn't say...

February 2020

February 11, 2020

Criminalizing Christian Teachings about Sex

Police in Finland are investigating the leader of an entire church denomination for publishing a...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

The Wolf That Devours Everything, and Then Devours Itself

The epigraph of my new book, "Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture," is...

January 28, 2020

My New Book on Secularism

My new book from Crossway has been released. It's entitled "Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary...

September 2019

September 27, 2019

How the Reformers Were More Catholic Than the Catholics

Onsi Kamel grew up as an evangelical but became highly attracted to Roman Catholicism. In...

August 2019

August 28, 2019

A Video About My Spiritual Journey

When we were in Australia earlier this summer, I did a couple of interviews for...

August 25, 2019

Our Book on Family Vocation Is On Sale This Week, for Cheap

Crossway is holding a sale on the e-book of Family Vocation: God's Calling in Marriage,...

July 2019

July 18, 2019

The Plummeting Attendance at Historic Landmarks

When you went on family vacations, did you visit historic landmarks? Did your parents take...

July 17, 2019

The Benefits of Boredom

When we were raising our children, there were some words that we did not allow...

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...

July 01, 2019

My Book on Vocation Is On Sale for Cheap

I just heard from Crossway that they are running a special promotion of my book...

June 2019

June 21, 2019

The Dog Fence

We just got back from the Outback. Of the many strange and quirky marvels we...

May 2019

May 24, 2019

“What’s a Lutheran?”

Dawn Bornemann posted on her Face Book page a link to something on a church...

May 15, 2019

Going on Walkabout

An Aboriginal boy between the age of 10 and 16 will go on "walkabout," a...

April 2019

April 12, 2019

Shooting Down Artillery Shells

Did you know that our military has the capability of shooting down artillery shells? Even...

April 02, 2019

“Vocation: How God Provides for Us”

The magazine Interest Time has a special issue on vocation. The lead article "Vocation: How God...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

My Article on Art for an Israeli Christian Journal

Those who keep up with me on this blog know that I've been doing...

February 2019

February 08, 2019

“One of the Great Weirdo Cities of the World”

Sam Anderson is a writer for the New York Times Magazine who came to Oklahoma...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

The Late Bre Payton on Protecting Down Syndrome Babies

I am saddened at the death of Bre Payton, one of my students at Patrick...

November 2018

November 13, 2018

Where the Action Is in Ministry

As I keep harping on in this blog, the white working class in rural small...

November 12, 2018

Veterans Day, History, & Baptisms

Yesterday, November 11, was Veterans Day, which is also being observed today. (Those of you...

October 2018

October 25, 2018

The Non-Angry Bob Dylan

Last week I was in Houston. While my wife was on an accreditation visit for...

September 2018

September 10, 2018

More About Me

Google has some new algorithms, so Patheos told its writers to bolster the E.A.T. factor...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

What about “Sheep-Stealing”?

Our recent post about proselytizing has gotten me thinking about "sheep-stealing." One kind of proselytizing...