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2026-01-28T16:49:27-05:00

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DISCUSS: Immigration Enforcement and Its Protesters

Last updated on: January 28, 2026 at 4:49 pm By Gene Veith

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Do you think I.C.E. is going overboard in its efforts to apprehend illegal immigrants? Do you think the protesters of I.C.E. are going overboard? Do you agree with President Trump that "we need to de-escalate" in Minneapolis? Read more

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2026-01-24T17:26:59-05:00

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Infant Baptism as Child Abuse?, part 2

Last updated on: January 24, 2026 at 5:26 pm By Gene Veith

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Continuing our discussion of Irish activist Mary McAleese and her view that infant baptism violates the religious liberty of the child, we consider the differences between her liberal Catholicism, traditional Catholicism, and confessional Lutheranism. Read more

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2026-01-24T13:54:40-05:00

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Infant Baptism as Child Abuse? part 1

Last updated on: January 24, 2026 at 1:54 pm By Gene Veith

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A woman described as a "prominent Catholic" is claiming that infant baptism is child abuse! Now many Protestants--unlike us Lutherans--oppose baptizing babies for various reasons, but those are not the reasons she is giving. Today we discuss her view of "consent." Read more

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2026-01-24T07:43:32-05:00

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How the New Converts Are Getting Used to Christianity

Last updated on: January 24, 2026 at 7:43 am By Gene Veith

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Quite a few former non-believers have converted to Christianity recently. We might wonder how they are doing. Read more

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2026-01-23T16:02:20-05:00

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Monday Miscellany, 1/26/26

Last updated on: January 23, 2026 at 4:02 pm By Gene Veith

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Trump backs off Greenland threats. When protesters invade your worship service. And capping credit card interest rates. Read more

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2026-01-23T08:12:19-05:00

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Scott Adams Takes Pascal’s Wager

Last updated on: January 23, 2026 at 8:12 am By Gene Veith

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Before he died of cancer, "Dilbert" cartoonist Scott Adams stated that although he was not a believer, the "risk-award calculation" described by Pascal's Wager made it worthwhile to convert to Christianity. So he declared, "I accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior." Is that a valid conversion? Read more

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2026-01-18T18:02:11-05:00

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DISCUSS: A Law to Limit Social Media Time to One Hour

Last updated on: January 18, 2026 at 6:02 pm By Gene Veith

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Virginia has passed a law limiting the time children can be on a social media app to no more than one hour. Do you think this law provides needed protection for children or is it a usurpation of parental authority on the part of the state? Read more

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2026-01-17T18:05:29-05:00

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Rise of the Post-Secular

Last updated on: January 17, 2026 at 6:05 pm By Gene Veith

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A discussion of the return of religion in Sweden, the once-Lutheran bastion that became perhaps the most secularized country in the world, says that it has become "post-secular," a concept I have written about. Read more

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2026-01-17T15:52:30-05:00

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The Collapse of the West?

Last updated on: January 17, 2026 at 3:52 pm By Gene Veith

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Just as communism, the political and economic system that governed much of the world, suddenly collapsed, could that happen to democracy and free market capitalism? If the Soviet Union could fall apart, turning into a different nation, could that happen to the United States? Read more

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2026-01-17T12:39:29-05:00

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The Collapse of Jihadist Islam?

Last updated on: January 17, 2026 at 12:39 pm By Gene Veith

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Some experts are seeing a "vibe shift" against jihadist Islam that is happening throughout the Islamic world. Read more

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