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January 2018

January 04, 2018
Is the criticism of religious “politicization” really fair? Could the problem be that politicians have...
January 04, 2018
President Trump has long been the target of the liberal media, Democratic politicians, and the...
January 03, 2018
If traditional religions are receding, and yet much of the population remains “spiritual but not...
January 03, 2018
You might see some folks wearing red bandanas around their necks shooting their AK-47s at...
January 02, 2018
There are people who profess to be Christians who nevertheless don't believe that Jesus was...
January 02, 2018
Conservatives have been known for promoting "civil religion"--investing patriotism, the flag, American heroes, etc., with...
January 01, 2018
Happy New Year! A time to look ahead! A time to make your predictions for...
January 01, 2018
New Year’s resolutions tend to be demonstrations of the bondage of the will.

December 2017

December 29, 2017
Last year at this time, Donald Trump was on the verge of taking office, the...
December 29, 2017
In church and Bible studies all over the world, people are taking out their smart...
December 28, 2017
Today we look back on 2017 by reviewing the top posts here at the Cranach...
December 28, 2017
Democrats can hardly control their indignation at the Tax Reform Bill that has just passed. ...
December 27, 2017
Continuing our look back at 2017, we turn our attention to developments in religion.  A...
December 27, 2017
An LCMS missionary is getting attention for battling "sanguma" in Papua New Guinea, the practice...
December 26, 2017
You want to read a good Christmas book?  You can't do better than the one...
December 26, 2017
A good way to look back on the year that is just about over is to...
December 25, 2017
Christmas greetings to all of you!  Many thanks to both long-time readers and the legions...
December 25, 2017
  It's Christmas, hailed in at least one secular song as "the most wonderful time...
December 22, 2017
Back in 1984, British musician Bob Geldof put together "Band Aid," a "super-group" of pop...
December 22, 2017
Ebenezer Scrooge was NOT a hard-hearted greedy capitalist.  Rather, he was an advocate of the scarcity...
December 21, 2017
In my previous posts on Mark Mattes’s new book Martin Luther’s Theology of Beauty, we first...
December 21, 2017
The House of Representatives and the Senate, after a brief hiccup, finally passed the Tax...
December 20, 2017
The scholar Stephanie R. Derrick tells about discovering two previously unknown essays by C. S....
December 20, 2017
At this moment in the long history of the language, English speakers and writers are...
December 19, 2017
On this 174th anniversary of the publication of Charles Dickens' The Christmas Carol, I am...
December 19, 2017
Large families have come back.  Not because couples are having more children.  But because the...
December 18, 2017
One of the greatest texts for Advent is Isaiah 40.  It reminds us that Advent is...
December 18, 2017
  A week or so ago, I noticed that several hundred readers had accessed the...
December 15, 2017
How would you like to write like Martin Luther?  That is, how would you like...
December 15, 2017
It sounded like the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Christian baker who...
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