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November 2017

November 29, 2017
As we blogged about, a Wisconsin judge ruled that the ministers' housing allowance tax break,...
November 28, 2017
The Republican tax reform plan retains deductions for charitable giving, including donations to churches and...
November 28, 2017
Add to the panoply of sexual preferences, orientations, and identities a new term, one that...
November 27, 2017
The portrayal of St. Joseph as an old man is not from the Bible but...
November 27, 2017
A man identified as the "youth pastor" of Grace Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Chester, Virginia, shot...
November 24, 2017
Leonardo da Vinci is not the only Renaissance artist to have a new work added...
November 24, 2017
Now that the sexual harassment and abuse of women is coming out of the closet, we...
November 23, 2017
Thanksgiving is, of course, a national holiday.  But devoting specific days for the purpose of...
November 23, 2017
There is a reason why the turkey, the centerpiece of most Thanksgiving feasts, has such...
November 22, 2017
  During this Reformation quincentenary anniversary, Martin Luther has been credited and blamed for all...
November 22, 2017
Archaeologists think they might have found the remains of the Buddha. They discovered a ceramic...
November 21, 2017
  The Old Testament speaks of the New Testament, and the narrative of the Children of...
November 21, 2017
Some environmentalists have revived the notion that having children is immoral, contributing to global warming...
November 20, 2017
This is a textbook example of idolatry.
November 20, 2017
Leonardo da Vinci was not only a great artist.  He was also a great scientist--and...
November 17, 2017
Research does show that a large percentage of church shootings do also involve domestic violence....
November 17, 2017
The accounts of sexual harassment, assault, and other mistreatment of women have become an avalanche. ...
November 16, 2017
Which do you trust more, God’s Word or your own understanding? In whom do you...
November 16, 2017
There is a newly discovered and authenticated painting by Leonardo da Vinci, a painting of...
November 15, 2017
Ernst Bloch was a Marxist--indeed, a Stalinist--who believed that Christianity is the inspiration for the...
November 15, 2017
American conservatism is in jeopardy.  If people who say they are conservatives vote for candidates who...
November 14, 2017
"To the so-called Lutheran, that is the true catholic Christian, belongs the entire past, before...
November 14, 2017
Roy Moore, the judge who refused to remove the Ten Commandments, is the Republican nominee...
November 13, 2017
I'm in a reading group with a bunch of pastors, which has me reading titles I...
November 13, 2017
According to contemporary physics, at the "Big Bang" at which the universe came into existence,...
November 10, 2017
  Thanks to Pastor Ned Moerbe, who cited this quotation from Paul Gerhardt by way...
November 10, 2017
Twitter is doubling the number of characters that can go into a "tweet."  No longer...
November 09, 2017
The whole “death” thing raises a very important point. Ours is a Christian church and...
November 09, 2017
November 7 was Election Day in several states, and the Democrats won big.  Now some Democrats...
November 08, 2017
Officials are saying that the church massacre in Sutherland Springs, Texas, was not due to...
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