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October 2026

October 16, 2026

Luther on Tools

In "Irreplaceable," our book on vocation and technology, Trevor Sutton and I quote from Martin...

October 13, 2026

Our New Book on Technology & Vocation

[A free post] A new book that I wrote with Trevor Sutton has just been...

October 08, 2026

The Family Estrangement Epidemic

"Many experts believe that estrangements between adult children and their parents are becoming an epidemic...

September 2026

September 18, 2026

Childcare Subsidies for Stay-at-home Moms?

The federal government offers income-qualified families a $9,000 subsidy for each child to help them...

September 07, 2026

Vocation: The Theology of the Christian Life

For Vocation Day (a.k.a., Labor Day), an article I published in 2011 that just lays...

September 04, 2026

Luther vs. Kuyper on Christianity & Culture

Both Luther and Kuyper agree that Christ is Lord over all things. A Kuyperian approach...

September 03, 2026

Christians Who Don’t Go to Church

Some Christians don't go to church. Even Abraham Kuyper developed the habit of writing Biblical...

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 26, 2026

The Significance of Playing a Game

To play a game, says a philosopher, "is to voluntarily take on unnecessary obstacles to make...

July 2026

July 24, 2026

The Two Kingdoms in a Democratic, Constitutional Republic

Part V of our series on the doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: This teaching applies...

July 23, 2026

Clarifying the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms

Part IV of our series on the Lutheran doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: Summing up the...

July 21, 2026

Protecting the State from the Church

The doctrine of the Two Kingdoms protects the church from the state, but it also...

July 20, 2026

Misconceptions about the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms

Beginning a series on Luther's doctrine of the Two Kingdoms: Despite being enormously helpful in...

July 14, 2026

Leisure Doesn’t Make Us Happy

Wouldn't it be great not to have to work? To devote ourselves to constant entertainment?...

July 10, 2026

How the Weekend Was Invented

Did you know that the weekend--that is, two days off after five days of work--didn't...

June 2026

June 12, 2026

“Lead a Quiet Life”

Patheos blogger Jeff McClain explores what a "quiet life" means in 1 Thessalonians 4:11. That...

May 2026

May 20, 2026

Choosing Between Vocations

Can vocations change? How should we choose between options? How do we discern God's will? ...

May 19, 2026

Barfield, Bible Study, & a Text on Vocation

Barfield's approach to language can be seen in Bible studies that attend to the original...

May 07, 2026

The Priesthood of All Believers & Vocation

There are many misconceptions about the doctrine of the Priesthood of All Believers. It isn't...

April 2026

April 30, 2026

Lutheran Artist (& Cranach Reader) Wins National Honor

[free post] Saddlemaker and leather artist Cary Schwarz--a longtime member of the Cranach blog community--has...

April 29, 2026

AI Detectors

As AI-generated content proliferates, from homework assignments to professional publications, another technology has emerged: AI...

April 24, 2026

The Dignity of the Work AI Is Supposed to Liberate Us From

Some people are claiming that AI will free us from the drudgery that constitutes much...

April 15, 2026

A World Without Work?

Some are predicting that AI will take over all white collar jobs and robots will...

March 2026

March 30, 2026

Holy Week Miscellany, 2026

Finnish Lutherans CONVICTED for booklet on the Bible & homosexuality. Americans' opinions about AI. And...

March 24, 2026

The World’s Happiest Countries Are (Culturally) Lutheran?

Five of the top 6 countries in the World's Happiness Ratings are culturally-Lutheran Scandinavian countries....

March 18, 2026

A Conversation about Vocation in Scandinavia

Lutheran ways of thinking and acting put down deep roots into Scandinavian culture. That includes...

March 12, 2026

AI Watch, Pt. 1

AI at war. One-third of Americans think advice from AI is as good as their...

March 10, 2026

“Whoever Starts a War Is in the Wrong”: Luther on War

Now that we are fighting another war, it's instructive to see what Martin Luther said...

February 2026

February 20, 2026

The Tempations of a Christian University

The university was essentially invented by the church. And yet today Christian universities have a...

February 19, 2026

Now That AI Can Write Itself, Are White Collar Jobs Doomed?

AI is now writing its own code, heralding a rapid advance in its capability. Some...