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September 2024

September 04, 2024
Donald Trump is usually portrayed as a right wing extremist. But Batya Ungar-Sargon argues that...
September 03, 2024
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the split in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod...
September 02, 2024
In this Vocation Day (a.k.a. Labor Day) Miscellany, we reflect on how one in five...

August 2024

August 30, 2024
An article on women bringing back the old custom of wearing veils at mass quotes...
August 30, 2024
To Philip Klein, Trump's pledge to uphold women's "reproductive rights" means that "Trump’s Abandonment of...
August 29, 2024
Many secularists are starting to believe in God.  Not because they have been evangelized (though...
August 28, 2024
(A free post.) A sample from my new book "Embracing Your Lutheran Identity." In our...
August 27, 2024
(A free post.) Two years ago, I wrote a post entitled "Teaching Lutheran Identity" about...
August 26, 2024
Putin offers conservatives sanctuary in Russia; consciousness detected in 25% of the comatose; and watch...
August 23, 2024
In San Francisco, the cool place to be is in church.  That is to say,...
August 23, 2024
What are you thoughts about the Democratic National Convention?
August 22, 2024
Kamala Harris has announced her economic policy, which includes price controls. But regardless of ideology...
August 21, 2024
Tracing the origin of the story from yesterday's post about the ox who is ready...
August 20, 2024
A meditation based on a Roman coin depicting an ox that faces two possibilities:  he...
August 19, 2024
The UK might extradite us Americans and put us in jail for what we post...
August 16, 2024
Our choice between Harris and Trump offers us a "political binary."  We have a two-party...
August 16, 2024
Did you watch the Olympics?  If so, what were your highlights and lowlights?  Can you...
August 15, 2024
"Even in churches that have stayed faithful to biblical orthodoxy," observes Christian historian Thomas Kidd,...
August 14, 2024
When we confess the Nicene Creed, we say that the Holy Spirit, "proceeds
from
the
Father
and
 the
Son."  But...
August 13, 2024
Kamala Harris's vice presidential running mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, is a Lutheran. This will doubtless...
August 12, 2024
The "vibes" election.  Google is an illegal monopoly.  And Hindu nationalists court American conservatives.
August 09, 2024
After World War II and during the Cold War, it was said that America is...
August 09, 2024
How does Christianity apply to the controversy over "America as an Idea" vs. "America as...
August 08, 2024
What will happen to American political parties after one of them wins and the other...
August 07, 2024
We have become so used to scams--on the phone, email, and social media--that we hardly...
August 06, 2024
Adrian Warnock has devised a set of criteria for Christian blogs and has asked the...
August 05, 2024
A trial for the 9/11 terrorists.   Abortion makes men "more free."  And good news on...
August 02, 2024
Our military technology has gotten so advanced that, paradoxically, in Ukraine it is bringing back...
August 02, 2024
With all of the wild twists of the last few weeks, what are you thoughts...
August 01, 2024
Christians around the world have been offended by the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics,...
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