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.
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.
[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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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