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2025-03-23T17:31:27-04:00

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Canceling Shakespeare

Last updated on: March 23, 2025 at 5:31 pm By Gene Veith

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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust plan to "decolonize" Shakespeare heralds the death of woke ideology and critical theory. Read more

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2025-03-23T18:16:51-04:00

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DISCUSS: The Seal of Confession

Last updated on: March 23, 2025 at 6:16 pm By Gene Veith

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A proposed law in Montana would require clergy to report child abuse, even when they learn about it under the "Seal of Confession," the vow never to reveal the sins confessed by a penitent. Is this a religious liberty issue? Should there be limits to the seal? Should the law be passed? Read more

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2025-03-27T07:38:10-04:00

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Why People Are Converting to Lutheranism

Last updated on: March 27, 2025 at 7:38 am By Gene Veith

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What the Lutheran Religious Life Survey found as to why people come into the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod from the outside, whether as non-believers converting to Christianity or Christians from other traditions converting to Lutheranism (like me). Read more

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2025-03-22T17:22:17-04:00

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Surprising Data on Lutheran Converts

Last updated on: March 22, 2025 at 5:22 pm By Gene Veith

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A study has found that "confessional" Lutheran congregations (traditional, liturgical, doctrinal) attract more converts (both to Christianity and to Lutheranism from other traditions) than "missional" Lutheran congregations (church-growth, contemporary worship, evangelical). Read more

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2025-03-21T19:31:06-04:00

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“Abundance Liberalism”

Last updated on: March 21, 2025 at 7:31 pm By Gene Veith

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Two journalists, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, are proposing a new kind of liberalism. Their book "Abundance" is a manifesto for what is being called "Abundance Liberalism" or "Supply-Side Progressivism." Might this rejuvenate the Democratic Party or bring out more of its flaws? Read more

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2025-03-21T16:22:54-04:00

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Monday Miscellany, 3/24/25

Last updated on: March 21, 2025 at 4:22 pm By Gene Veith

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We really are getting stupider. American doctors are finally waking up to gender dysphoria. And the unchurched prefer churches that look like churches. Read more

church architecture preferences

church growth

declining intellectual ability

mental impact of information technology

transgender surgery for children

transgenderism and the medical profession

2025-03-16T18:03:03-04:00

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Luther on Wars of Necessity

Last updated on: March 16, 2025 at 6:03 pm By Gene Veith

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While Luther in general accepted Just War Theory, he also redefined the criteria, to the point of offering an alternative: determining not simply whether or not a war is just, but whether it is necessary. Read more

Luther's "wars of necessity"

Luther's restriction of Just War Theory

Russia's invasion of Ukraine

2025-03-16T15:48:37-04:00

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DISCUSS: Church Attendance & Online Worship

Last updated on: March 16, 2025 at 3:48 pm By Gene Veith

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Should viewing an online service "count" as having attended church, for the purpose of either formal reporting or in tracking and exercising church discipline on inactive members? Read more

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2025-03-20T08:29:53-04:00

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Just Wars & the Possibility of Success

Last updated on: March 20, 2025 at 8:29 am By Gene Veith

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One of the tenets of Just War Theory has been raised to argue that Ukraine should agree to a peace with Russia, even with unfavorable terms. I'd like to lay out that argument, then challenge it, then propose a different framework based on Luther's teachings about war. Read more

Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Trump's peace efforts in Ukraine

War

2025-03-14T19:13:33-04:00

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There Is More to Freedom Than You Realize

Last updated on: March 14, 2025 at 7:13 pm By Gene Veith

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Everyone wants to be free, but they mean different things by it. Brad Littlejohn explores what freedom entails and how to be free with the help of Martin Luther. My review of his book. Read more

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