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2026-05-11T20:36:31-04:00

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Is Trump One of Hegel’s “World-Historical Individuals”?

Last updated on: May 11, 2026 at 8:36 pm By Gene Veith

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Is Donald Trump one of Hegel's "world-historical individuals" like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? That is, pivotal leaders who disrupted the old order and changed history? Let's hope not. Read more

Hegel's world-historical figures

Julius Caesar

Napoleon

2026-05-11T15:24:48-04:00

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Choosing Between Vocations

Last updated on: May 11, 2026 at 3:24 pm By Gene Veith

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Can vocations change? How should we choose between options? How do we discern God's will? More insights from Dr. Biermann's Bible class. Read more

discerning God's will

Joel Biermann

Lutheran doctrine of vocation

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Vocation

2026-05-11T12:49:04-04:00

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Barfield, Bible Study, & a Text on Vocation

Last updated on: May 11, 2026 at 12:49 pm By Gene Veith

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Barfield's approach to language can be seen in Bible studies that attend to the original languages. The example of the slavery passage in Colossians, which becomes an important text for the doctrine of vocation. Read more

original languages of the Bible

Owen Barfield

slavery in the Bible

vocation in the Bible

vocation of employees and employers

2026-05-18T08:43:21-04:00

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Monday Miscellany, 5/18/26

Last updated on: May 18, 2026 at 8:43 am By Gene Veith

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New federal regulation could devastate religious colleges & seminaries. A lawsuit against Big Weed for touting cannabis as medicine. And Narnia movie update. Read more

lawsuit against cannabis industry

Magician's Nephew movie

medical marijuana

Netflix "Chronicles of Narnia"

Religious colleges

student loans

2026-05-08T11:02:48-04:00

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How Religion Can Be Growing and Declining at the Same Time

Last updated on: May 8, 2026 at 11:02 am By Gene Veith

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Is religion making a comeback, or is it still in a state of decline? Different studies are coming to different conclusions. Why that is. And why both religious decline and religious revival can happen at the same time. Read more

religion demographics

religion research

Southern Baptists

2026-05-08T15:29:59-04:00

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Ascension Day and the Sacraments

Last updated on: May 8, 2026 at 3:29 pm By Gene Veith

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The Reformed say that the Ascension makes it impossible for Christ's body to be present in Lord's Supper. Lutherans say that the Ascension is what makes it possible. Read more

Christ's presence in Holy Communion

Lutheran sacramental theology

Lutheran vs. Reformed

ubiquity of Christ

2026-05-08T11:04:02-04:00

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The Social Imaginary of Our Secular Age

Last updated on: May 8, 2026 at 11:04 am By Gene Veith

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A discussion of Charles Taylor's analysis of secularism and the social imaginary that shapes both believers and non-believers today, with special attention to the "imminent frame" and the "buffered self." Read more

2026-05-08T11:03:32-04:00

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Worldview vs. Social Imaginary

Last updated on: May 8, 2026 at 11:03 am By Gene Veith

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Christians have long used the concept of "worldview" as a way to understand both the implications of the Christian faith and the presuppositions of its alternatives. Today we also have a related but somewhat different concept: the social imaginary. Read more

2026-05-11T12:09:46-04:00

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Monday Miscellany, 5/11/26

Last updated on: May 11, 2026 at 12:09 pm By Gene Veith

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The Iran War is less popular than the Vietnam War. Updates for Virginia and Finland. And the cause of the Palisade Fires in California. Read more

Finnish hate crime trial

gerrymandering

Iran War

leftwing violence

Pacific Palisades fire

President Trump

2026-05-08T09:25:49-04:00

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The Impact of St. Augustine

Last updated on: May 8, 2026 at 9:25 am By Gene Veith

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St. Augustine is one of the few theologians who is appreciated by nearly every theological tradition. Even many modern philosophers respect him. John Mac Ghlionn credits him for making the inner life central to Christianity. Read more

Church

Philosophy

Theology

Christianity and the inner life

St. Augustine

St. Augustine and Modern Philosophy

St. Augustine's Confessions

St. Augustine's ecumenical appeal

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