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December 2021

December 28, 2021
Judging by the media and many of its practitioners, religion in 2021 consisted of politics,...
December 27, 2021
Contrary to what Americans hoped for, 2021 did not bring about a "return to normalcy."...
December 25, 2021
Christmas greetings from the Cranach blog!
December 24, 2021
Christmas gifts from this blog to you.
December 23, 2021
There was no room at the inn for Mary and Joseph, due to the crowds...
December 22, 2021
The Book of Revelation describes the New Jerusalem as a vast cube that extends for...
December 21, 2021
The supporters of the 1973 decision legalizing abortion say that religious considerations should not be...
December 20, 2021
The "institutional church" is derided by just about everybody. But few people have encountered a...
December 17, 2021
We've blogged about the Metaverse--which promises to let us live our lives inside shared virtual...
December 16, 2021
China is on the rise, while the United States is in decline.  China is now...
December 15, 2021
What is the percentage of American households that consist of a married couple with children?...
December 14, 2021
Conservative cultural critics often blame Luther for modern subjectivism and exaltation of the self. A...
December 13, 2021
Two Episcopalians learn from Luther about the best way to observe Advent: The focus should not...
December 10, 2021
The classic definition of racism is prejudice against human beings because of their race. Progressives...
December 09, 2021
If you aren't a progressive, you must be a bigot. This binary way of thinking,...
December 08, 2021
On one side is legalism.  On the other extreme is lawlessness.  The Gospel, though, gives...
December 07, 2021
Today is the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.  I am...
December 06, 2021
Do "rights" protect liberty, or do they create entitlements? Do they limit what the government...
December 03, 2021
For all of our alleged secularism, 83% of Americans believe in life after death. And...
December 02, 2021
The problem of suffering--how an almighty and loving God could allow so much pain in...
December 01, 2021
Moses was raised as the son of Pharaoh's daughter, but he repudiated his life of...

November 2021

November 30, 2021
Evangelicals today are associated with right wing conservatives, but in the 19th century they were...
November 29, 2021
"He comes."  That is what "advent" means.  But there is more to it than that: ...
November 26, 2021
Reversing a previous trend, single Christians between 18 and 35 are increasingly obeying the Bible...
November 25, 2021
Research has found that 50% of Americans "say grace" of some kind before meals, which...
November 24, 2021
The Black Plague of the 14th century contributed to the rise of economic and political...
November 23, 2021
The Bubonic Plague, also known as the "Black Death," wiped out nearly half the population...
November 22, 2021
It is easy to get caught up in technological progress, eagerly awaiting whatever technology has...
November 19, 2021
American evangelicalism today is plagued with scandals, politics, moral failures, and a confused message.  This...
November 18, 2021
We have become risk averse, says Damon Linker, a trend heightened by government and technology....
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