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September 2026

September 24, 2026

The (Lutheran) Mathematician of Infinity

Lutheran mathematician Georg Cantor played a key role in the development of set theory. He...

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 08, 2026

Tuesday Miscellany, 9/8/26

Should Ontario rename itself "America"? The coverup of research on puberty blockers. And 63% of...

August 2026

August 07, 2026

Why Social Science Is Not a Science

A major study of the quality of scientific research found that only 49% of the...

August 03, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 8/3/26

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

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 08, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 6/8/26

Dropping the "Anti-Weaponization" fund & other GOP pushbacks. Forging ahead with an experiment that could destroy...

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...

May 05, 2026

The Problem of Skepticism

[Free post] Excerpts from Christopher Beha's "Why I Am Not an Atheist" on the limits...

April 2026

April 17, 2026

We Just Flew to the Moon!

Just in case you didn't notice, we just flew to the moon! After over 50...

April 13, 2026

Monday Miscellany, 4/13/26

Bible sales are soaring. Big study finds that "gender reassignment" wrecks mental health. And the...

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,...

February 25, 2026

Has Religion Become an “Elite Marker”?

The well-known social scientist Joel Kotkin has uncovered some surprising details about the purported upsurge...

February 06, 2026

DISCUSS: RFK’s Plan to End Animal Experimentation

The Trump administration, at the behest of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is restricting animal experimentation....

January 2026

January 22, 2026

Rise of the Post-Secular

A discussion of the return of religion in Sweden, the once-Lutheran bastion that became perhaps the...

December 2025

December 15, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 12/15/25

The end of the metaverse. The font wars. And science shoots down medical marijuana claims.

December 09, 2025

The More Technology Students Have, the Worse They Perform

Our schools' test scores are lower than ever. The problem isn't just cell-phones or AI....

December 05, 2025

Advanced Technology Makes Us More Primitive

When we think of our advanced information technology, we immediately marvel at how advanced our...

December 03, 2025

The Center of the Universe

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

November 2025

November 24, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 11/24/25

Court forbids mom from taking her daughter to church. Beware contributions with a pre-checked box. ...

November 21, 2025

The Limits of Algorithms

We now have mathematical proof that the universe is not just a computer simulation. But...

October 2025

October 15, 2025

A Place to Stand

"If I had a place to stand,” said Archimedes, “I could move the world.” The...

October 14, 2025

“In Killing God, We Kill Man”

Having repudiated God, our society is now repudiating humanity.

September 2025

September 09, 2025

Schools That Don’t Teach Knowledge

A cognitive scientist complains, "Schools have decided that facts are no longer worth teaching."

August 2025

August 15, 2025

DISCUSS: Pessimism About the Future?

A writer says that trying to revive the space program is futile because of our...