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July 2019

July 30, 2019

“The Myth of the Dying Church”

We keep hearing that Christianity--particularly conservative, evangelical, orthodox Christianity--is dying out. We are told that...

June 2019

June 19, 2019

Research on Christian Vocation

The Barna Research Group, in conjunction with Abilene Christian University, has published a study entitled Christians...

June 18, 2019

Finding Faith by Studying the Down-and-Out

Chris Arnade studied the most destitute and seemingly hopeless Americans--street people, addicts, prostitutes, the wretchedly...

May 2019

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 09, 2019

A Majority of Americans Want to Change Our System of Government

Americans have become so disenchanted with Washington that a majority (54%) believe that our system...

May 07, 2019

Why Are Americans So Stressed Out?

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

March 2019

March 26, 2019

Evangelicals Aren’t Declining After All

Contrary to the common impression, it turns out that the percentage of evangelicals in America...

March 01, 2019

The Most Sinful States in America?

Researchers have attempted to quantify the sinfulness of the various states in the union. Yes,...

October 2018

October 09, 2018

The Article That Exposes “Grievance Studies”

You may have read about the researchers who sent fake papers on topics such as "the...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

The Continuing Protestant Legacy in Education

Martin Luther invented universal education--for boys and girls of all social classes--and he started institutions...

September 26, 2018

Only 18% of Americans Believe in Abortion on Demand

Americans' beliefs about abortion are complicated. Pro-abortionists are hailing recent polling that finds that 60%...

September 18, 2018

How Religious Are You?

Pew Research has come up with a different way of classifying American religion. Instead of...

September 17, 2018

The Unattainable Perfectionism of Millennials

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

July 2018

July 19, 2018

To Mock Christianity Is to Mock Women, Blacks, and Immigrants

Christianity is widely mocked and belittled by our cultural elite, which seem to enjoy citing...

July 09, 2018

How Committed Are Churchgoers to Their Congregations?

What would make a member leave a congregation? How committed are churchgoers to their congregation...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Surprises from the LGBTQ Study

A study of Americans who identify as part of the LGBTQ community reveals some surprises,...

June 22, 2018

Social Pressure or Mob Rule?

Social media outrage has caused powerful executives to lose their jobs, brought down politicians, coerced...

June 12, 2018

How Legalizing Gay Marriage Also Oppresses Gays

One of the bêtes noires of the hard, hard left is "heteronormativity," the view that heterosexual...

June 08, 2018

Europe Is Neither Secularist, nor Devout

The Pew Research Center has carried out a study of religion in Europe, finding that...

June 08, 2018

“Muwaji’s Law” against Child-Killing in Brazil

As we blogged about before, Brazil is attempting to outlaw the practice of some indigenous...

June 07, 2018

Nearly Half of Americans Believe Pornography Is “Morally Acceptable”

The annual Values and Belief Survey from Gallup has found that nearly close to half Americans--with...

May 2018

May 17, 2018

Are Evangelicals Now Dwindling Like Mainline Liberals?

According to a new study, the number of white evangelicals is dropping precipitously, to the...

May 09, 2018

How Religious Success Can Threaten Faith

Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) is a thinker I want to look into more, writing as...

May 07, 2018

Another Look at How Fathers Influence Their Children’s Churchgoing

Nathan Rinne, who blogs with Jordan Cooper at Just and Sinner here at Patheos, discusses...

May 03, 2018

All the Lonely People, Where Do They All Come From?

Most Americans are lonely, according to a new study. And, contrary to what we might...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

“God of the Bible” or “A Higher Power”?

"I believe in God." That sounds like a straightforward statement. But what God do you...

April 26, 2018

Is Being “Spiritual” as Beneficial as Being “Religious”?

An increasing number of Americans say that they are "spiritual but not religious." That is,...

April 18, 2018

Peter Berger on the New Class Struggle in American Religion

Thirty-seven years ago, I stumbled upon an article by Peter Berger, "The Class Struggle in...

April 17, 2018

Status and Belief

Christians talk a great deal about reaching the culture and influencing the culture. But Christians...

April 12, 2018

How You Are Being Psychologically Profiled by Your “Likes”

Facebook is getting hit hard in the fallout over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which...