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2026-04-18T13:42:21-04:00

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From Matthew the Tax Collector to Simon the Zealot

Last updated on: April 18, 2026 at 1:42 pm By Gene Veith

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Paul Thompson points out that "Jesus’s 'church' combined a Zealot committed to the overthrow of Roman rule of Palestine, and a tax collector who colluded with the Roman rulers for his own benefit." The right kind and the wrong kind of diversity in the church. Read more

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St. Matthew

St. Simon the Zealot

2026-04-17T15:54:22-04:00

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Why a Nonbeliever Scorns Liberal Theology

Last updated on: April 17, 2026 at 3:54 pm By Gene Veith

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Why do liberal theologies, designed to appeal to the "modern mind," gain so little traction with people who have modern minds? Historian Philip Jenkins gives us some clues in his discussion of a novel published in 1890 by the suffragist and freethinker Helen H. Gardener. Read more

broadchurch Episcopalians

sexual double standard

2026-04-17T12:55:17-04:00

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What Matters to Cultural Conservatives

Last updated on: April 17, 2026 at 12:55 pm By Gene Veith

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[FREE POST] My review of Timothy Goeglein's new book "What Really Matters," in which I discuss what Christian conservatives used to emphasize but don't so much anymore, as well as a completely counter-intuitive phenomenon about conservatives and progressives. Read more

differences between conservatives and progressives

2026-04-16T18:37:29-04:00

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Monday Miscellany, 4/20/26

Last updated on: April 16, 2026 at 6:37 pm By Gene Veith

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Evidence young men really are returning to church. Why public school boards are so liberal. And the AI that can hack into everything and bring down the financial system. Read more

AI risk to cybersecurity

Anthropic's Mythos

progressivism and education

public school boards

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young men returning to church

2026-04-13T19:00:14-04:00

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We Just Flew to the Moon!

Last updated on: April 13, 2026 at 7:00 pm By Gene Veith

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Just in case you didn't notice, we just flew to the moon! After over 50 years, American have returned to the moon. The magnitude of that accomplishment and what it means. Read more

America's space program

Artemis II

astronauts

flights to the moon

2026-04-15T09:57:31-04:00

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DISCUSS: Trump as the Messiah

Last updated on: April 15, 2026 at 9:57 am By Gene Veith

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President Trump put up a meme on social media depicting himself as Jesus. The Bible describes dire consequences even for secular rulers who glorify themselves over God. But there is a temptation to turn earthly rulers into Messianic figures. Discuss. Read more

President Donald Trump

self-glorification

Trump as Jesus meme

2026-04-12T14:56:55-04:00

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OpenAI’s Proposed “Industrial Policy”

Last updated on: April 12, 2026 at 2:56 pm By Gene Veith

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OpenAI has put out a proposal for an "Industrial Policy"--an alliance between government and the AI industry--designed to create a new economic and political order. Read more

free market economics

govenment controlled economics

Industrial policy

Open AI's "Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age"

2026-04-11T17:26:22-04:00

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A World Without Work?

Last updated on: April 11, 2026 at 5:26 pm By Gene Veith

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Some are predicting that AI will take over all white collar jobs and robots will take over all blue collar jobs. In a new social order, humans will get everything they want for free. But what would a world without work be like? Read more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Elon Musk

God's temporal kingdom

technological utopia

2026-04-14T07:18:42-04:00

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The Earliest Hymn with Its Ancient Greek Music

Last updated on: April 14, 2026 at 7:18 am By Gene Veith

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The Oxyrhynchus Hymn from the 200's A.D. is "the earliest known manuscript of a Christian Greek hymn to contain both lyrics and musical notation." Here is a translation and a recording of someone singing it. Read more

2026-04-10T17:08:23-04:00

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Monday Miscellany, 4/13/26

Last updated on: April 10, 2026 at 5:08 pm By Gene Veith

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Bible sales are soaring. Big study finds that "gender reassignment" wrecks mental health. And the "shrinking middle class" is due to the rising upper-middle class. Read more

American social mobility

Bible sales

Bible translations

transgender research

transgender treatments and mental health

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