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December 2018

December 13, 2018
After what pundits described as his worst week ever, President Trump's popularity has gone up. ...
December 12, 2018
We often look for parallels between the state of our civilization and the fall of...
December 11, 2018
The "Abstinence Movement or the "evangelical purity culture," call it what you will, is getting...
December 10, 2018
    Pictured above is my favorite meme of the season (HT:  Mary Moerbe).  The...
December 07, 2018
When Americans have a "tax revolt," they mostly complain and express their opinion by voting. ...
December 06, 2018
It's one thing to be in a movie. But it's even better to be of...
December 05, 2018
The estimable Hans Fiene, the pastor behind Lutheran Satire, puts a name to a particular and...
December 04, 2018
You have probably heard about John Chau, the 26-year-old who was dropped off at Sentinel...
December 03, 2018
Fleming Rutledge reminds us that Advent is not primarily about the baby Jesus.  Rather its...
December 03, 2018
George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, has died at the age...

November 2018

November 30, 2018
Conservative Christians, especially white evangelicals, are among President Trump's most loyal supporters.  Which seems odd...
November 29, 2018
In this era of political outsiders and disenchantment with government, many candidates from the business...
November 28, 2018
Following up with our recent post on exorcism, The Atlantic--which is far from being a Christian or...
November 27, 2018
One of the current attacks on religious liberty is the practice of university administrators to...
November 26, 2018
The Christian Right, having fulfilled their cause of getting conservative judges, have a new priority: ...
November 23, 2018
One of my favorite parts of the Thanksgiving celebration is leftovers.  I love returning to...
November 22, 2018
Thanksgiving is the one national holiday that has an explicitly religious meaning.  George Washington got...
November 21, 2018
Donald Trump is controversial, even among many conservatives.  But he already has accomplished a legacy...
November 20, 2018
In my blog post A Lutheran Take on Exorcism and the Demonic, I discussed the work...
November 19, 2018
The worst wildfire in California history has killed 76, with some 1,000 people still missing. ...
November 16, 2018
At the Rural and Small Town Ministries conference I attended, I got to hear from...
November 15, 2018
Michelle Obama says that she can "never forgive" Donald Trump for spreading doubt about her...
November 14, 2018
One of the speakers at the Rural and Small Town Ministry conference I attended was...
November 13, 2018
As I keep harping on in this blog, the white working class in rural small...
November 12, 2018
Yesterday, November 11, was Veterans Day, which is also being observed today.  (Those of you...
November 09, 2018
The Orthodox tradition seems to many Christians to be a haven from the woes of...
November 08, 2018
The Church is growing so rapidly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that by 2050...
November 07, 2018
In the midterm election--which had been turned into a midterm examination for President Trump--Democrats took...
November 06, 2018
Today is the midterm election.  All members of the House of Representatives, whose term is...
November 05, 2018
  As we get ready for election day tomorrow--which we will discuss then--we all know...
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