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September 2019

September 11, 2019

Rejection of All Affiliation, All Authority

As we keep hearing, Millennials don't affiliate with a church as much as other generations...

August 2019

August 16, 2019

Not Just Catechesis but Fortification

Many Christians lose their faith not because of a spiritual crisis or intellectual doubts but...

August 09, 2019

Loneliness + Resentment

The perpetrators of the last three mass shootings had different ideologies, it turns out--a white...

July 2019

July 24, 2019

Installing a Computer Chip in Your Brain

High tech entrepreneur Elon Musk--who has given us PayPal, Tesla, the Hyperloop, and SpaceX--is also...

July 17, 2019

The Benefits of Boredom

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

July 10, 2019

“Christ Is a God of Joy”

We talked about this Daily Luther Quote in our Bible class last Sunday: [When someone...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

Lost in a Meaningless Universe

We Christians often speak of non-believers as "lost." That is no metaphor today. For all...

May 2019

May 23, 2019

Abortion’s Underlying Issue

The great Anthony Esolen has written a brilliant article for Public Discourse on the underlying...

May 22, 2019

Why “Spiritual but not Religious” Doesn’t Help Much

Most of the "Nones" who have no affiliation with any particular religion do hold religious...

May 07, 2019

Why Are Americans So Stressed Out?

Americans' booming economy and unparalleled affluence are the envy of the world. Our entertainment technology...

May 02, 2019

Dehumanizing Christians

Whom you wish to hurt, you first must dehumanize. Thinking of some people as less...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

“Putting the ‘Fun’ in Funerals”

The impending demise of us Baby Boomers will soon mean a boom in deaths. And...

April 24, 2019

“Anti-Christianism”

There is anti-semitism. There is Islamophobia. A leader of Coptic Christianity, responding to the Sri...

April 01, 2019

“In My Hour of Darkness”

I heard Gram Parsons' song "In My Hour of Darkness" on the radio the other day...

March 2019

March 15, 2019

“Hell Anxiety”

Churches don't talk much about Hell anymore. The notion of a realm of eternal punishment...

March 04, 2019

Acceptance for Pedophiles

One by one, our sexual taboos have been falling. According to our pop culture,...

February 2019

February 05, 2019

Transgenderism as a “Men’s Rights Movement”

Ideologies often get pushed so far that they start contradicting themselves. If sexual identity is...

January 2019

January 18, 2019

How the Left Gave Us “Toxic Masculinity”

Complaints about "toxic masculinity" often come across as complaints about "masculinity." The Gillette ad on...

January 11, 2019

Psychologists on Vocation

Even secularists today are talking about the importance of having a sense of "calling"; that...

October 2018

October 12, 2018

Walther’s Depression

Depression is enormously common. So are other mental travails. Christians who are going through the...

September 2018

September 21, 2018

Are Adults Still Responsible for What They Did as Minors?

The Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is in jeopardy after accusations that when...

September 17, 2018

The Unattainable Perfectionism of Millennials

The young adults of the Millennial generation are showing a higher rate of mental problems...

September 07, 2018

The Beliefs of Sexual-Abusive Priests

How could Catholic priests, leaders of a church with some of the highest standards of...

August 2018

August 03, 2018

The Human Face & the Face of God

Have you noticed in a bookstore how so many book covers today depict a character's...

July 2018

July 25, 2018

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Historian Andrew J. Bacevich warns us against slipping into "the paranoid style in American politics." ...

July 16, 2018

Facebook and Religion

Trevor Sutton, a pastor and the co-author with me of Authentic Christianity, has been studying...

June 2018

June 18, 2018

Kansas City BBQ & Anthony Bourdain

I recently wrote a post called My BBQ Pilgrimage about my five days in Texas visiting acclaimed...

June 15, 2018

“Nones” Have Religious Beliefs, but No Community

Of the 23% of Americans who are "nones," claiming no religious affiliation, a great many...

June 14, 2018

The Christian’s Identity

In this era of "identity politics," we would do well to read what the Bible...

June 11, 2018

The Suicide’s Question

TV bon vivant Anthony Bourdaine committed suicide last week, just days after fashion mogul Kate...