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November 2016

November 10, 2016
Back in October, Donald Trump released what he called his "Contract with the American Voter,"...
November 10, 2016
There is running for office and then there is governing, two distinct tasks requiring two...
November 10, 2016
Last Summer, liberal pundits were looking forward to "the end of the Republican party."  That...
November 09, 2016
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The polls were wrong; the pundits...
November 09, 2016
Being one of the people who got it wrong by being taken by surprise at...
November 09, 2016
The presidency was not the only important election last night. Republicans kept control of both...
November 08, 2016
My custom has long been to stay up until the wee hours watching the election...
November 08, 2016
So what are your election day predictions?  Who will win?  By what margin?  Will the...
November 08, 2016
During the Cold War, some Americans were worried that Communists were infiltrating the motion picture...
November 07, 2016
I spoke at Jordan Cooper's "Just & Sinner" conference, the topic of which was the...
November 07, 2016
Tomorrow is the election.  Soon it will all be over.  It looks like it is...
November 07, 2016
On Saturday night, here in Australia, fireworks started going off everywhere.  It dawned on my...
November 04, 2016
We blogged about the excavation of what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus...
November 04, 2016
Most people associate Lutheranism with Germany, Scandinavia, and the United States.  Germany indeed is number...
November 04, 2016
Ivan the Terrible is known for killing his own son and for slaughtering vast numbers of...
November 03, 2016
We're on our way to Australia to visit our grandchildren, daughter, and son-in-law (a new...
November 03, 2016
We often speak of God's presence in vocation, of His providential "providing" for His creation,...
November 03, 2016
The well-regarded ethicist Stanley Hauerwas reviews a new book by John Milibank, of "radical orthodoxy"...
November 02, 2016
At the joint Catholic/Lutheran service in Sweden, commemorating Reformation Day, Pope Francis was said to...
November 02, 2016
In addition to investigating Hillary Clinton's illegal e-mail arrangements, the FBI has been investigating possible...
November 02, 2016
The City Council of the District of Columbia has passed a measure to allow physician-assisted...
November 01, 2016
Happy All Saints' Day!  The Augsburg Confession, one of the definitive Lutheran doctrinal statements, says...
November 01, 2016
As he mourns a death in his family, Mathew Block brings together the Reformation and All...
November 01, 2016
Donna Brazile is a Democratic operative who landed a gig as a commentator at CNN....
November 01, 2016
Many politicians, journalists, lawyers, and pundits are just outraged that FBI director James Comey has...

October 2016

October 31, 2016
Even some Protestants are saying that we shouldn't celebrate Reformation Day.  Why celebrate the breakup...
October 31, 2016
Pope Francis is set to celebrate Reformation Day in a joint service with Swedish Lutherans....
October 31, 2016
We have long been told that Halloween goes back to the ancient Celtic pagan holiday...
October 31, 2016
Seven out of ten Americans observe Halloween.  28% of evangelicals don't.  But most Christians seem...
October 29, 2016
In the discussion of Michael Lockwood's new book The Unholy Trinity:  Martin Luther against the Idol...
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