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May 2021

May 11, 2021
Many people today reject "institutional" religion and the "institutional church."  Do they have a point? ...
May 10, 2021
Among the plethora of marriage variations available today, we now have people who are marrying...
May 07, 2021
Karl Marx said that religion is the opium of the people, but by that he...
May 06, 2021
"Being a free American requires practically loving your neighbors so that the government doesn’t have...
May 05, 2021
Voters in both Colorado and Oregon are considering referendum petitions that would not only restrict...
May 04, 2021
We keep hearing that Christianity has been sullied by politics.  That complaint usually is against...
May 03, 2021
President Biden's "American Families Plan" will institute universal pre-kindergarten for children, starting at age 3....

April 2021

April 30, 2021
Some explanations of the substitutionary atonement are abstract, rationalistic, and legalistic. Luther, though, avoids that.
April 29, 2021
Many contemporary Christians are drawing back from the doctrine of the substitutionary atonement--that Christ bore...
April 28, 2021
The Reformers said that the doctrine of justification--that is, how sinners are put right with...
April 27, 2021
Why we believe certain things is a fascinating question.  Why we don't believe in certain...
April 26, 2021
Big corporations are increasingly taking on the functions of government, to the point of overriding...
April 23, 2021
The new edition of my book "Spirituality of the Cross" has been endorsed by some...
April 22, 2021
To explain why I think this new edition of my book "Spirituality of the Cross"...
April 21, 2021
The third edition of my most popular and impactful book, "Spirituality of the Cross," has...
April 20, 2021
Today even non-Christians are calling themselves "evangelical."
April 19, 2021
As church membership in America drops, the percentage of professing Christians remains high. Some churches...
April 16, 2021
With Church membership in America declining below 50%, many observers are blaming evangelicals' political involvement...
April 15, 2021
The looming pro-life issue is whether or not Democrats will push through the elimination of...
April 14, 2021
With Christ's resurrection, the End Times have already started, and we are already participating in...
April 13, 2021
The word "person" derives from the Greek and Latin word "persona," which means mask. The...
April 12, 2021
A major business leader is bullish about the American economy in the short term, but...
April 09, 2021
Mark Mitchell connects the dots between the loss of God and the current collapse of...
April 08, 2021
Media bias slants the news in favor of a particular political perspective.  But the American...
April 07, 2021
In 1996, Bill Clinton proclaimed that "the era of big government is over." He was...
April 06, 2021
Trillions for COVID stimulus, more trillions for infrastructure, more trillions for health care and education....
April 05, 2021
As evangelicalism and its theology are floundering, a path forward can be found in the...
April 04, 2021
If you are baptized, you can answer the questions of that great old spiritual, "Yes,...
April 02, 2021
Crucifixion was a gruesome, shameful form of execution.  Two drawings of crucifixions from ancient Rome...
April 01, 2021
St. Romanos the Melodist may be the first great Christian poet, but most of us...
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