February 28, 2024

This seems urgently relevant again. Still. Always. So here is a post from 2016 about a famous "thought experiment" that is no longer only that. Read more

February 27, 2024

A Brazilian pop star says "The Rapture is expected to happen in the next five to ten years." Wanna bet? (Like, literally bet on that?) Read more

February 26, 2024

This is an open-book, take-home exam. All answers must be written long-hand in the blue books provided. The use of ChatGPT or any other LLM or plagiarism bot will result in a failing grade, not because the use of these tools is prohibited, but because answers provided by their use will inevitably be of failing quality. Students are also discouraged from presenting “five-paragraph essays” or employing similar formulae designed to make them sound like they are using ChatGPT and the... Read more

February 23, 2024

If you were on a plane, and 50 or so passengers suddenly disappeared shortly after dinner, wouldn’t it be good to find out whether or not they all had the salmon? Read more

February 22, 2024

Randall Balmer on evangelicals who "claim to be premillennialists but who act otherwise." Plus a big fine for a bad landlord, Allen Sherman, and the theology of German ravioli. Read more

February 20, 2024

Recent news, old news, and a post from six years ago that's even more relevant today. Read more

February 20, 2024

Snallygasters, crispy R's, the missiology of H.G. Wells, and other stuff. Read more

February 19, 2024

Liberalism can't tell you what determines a good human life, but the king or dictator or strongman can tell you that. And they will, as hard as they can. Read more

February 16, 2024

The remarkable thing about LaHaye and Jenkins’ description of the Rapture in this first chapter is how very creepy it isn’t. Read more

February 14, 2024

If you notice a common thread between all of these stories let me know what it is. Read more


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