As the old year dies and the new year comes crawling in, let us make our predictions for 2022, and in so doing compete for next year's Gluten Free Award.
As the old year dies and the new year comes crawling in, let us make our predictions for 2022, and in so doing compete for next year's Gluten Free Award.
Reviewing the predictions made at the Cranach blog for what will happen in 2021. Previously, a reader predicted the COVID epidemic, so the imaginary award is now named after him. See who won the coveted GlutenFree Award for best prediction, along with the prize for worst prediction, the predictions that came close, and the predictions that were pretty good.
A futurist predicts 22 trends for 2022, many of which are paradoxes: our dependence on technology will grow, but so will a reaction against it; polarization will intensify but the "middle" will finally assert itself. This can be a warmup for the Cranach blog's prediction contest on Thursday and Friday!
Judging by the media and many of its practitioners, religion in 2021 consisted of politics, controversies, scandals, and missing the point.
Contrary to what Americans hoped for, 2021 did not bring about a "return to normalcy." Far from it. But the pattern of debacles may well herald the self-destruction of the progressive movement.
Christmas greetings from the Cranach blog!
Christmas gifts from this blog to you.
There was no room at the inn for Mary and Joseph, due to the crowds in Bethlehem there for Caesar's census. Instead of blaming the innkeeper, says Russell Moore, we can learn something about the Gospel that is highly relevant to our own day.
The Book of Revelation describes the New Jerusalem as a vast cube that extends for 1,400 miles on each side, a city larger than whole countries and extending that far into the sky. The image staggers the imagination, but it speaks to us of both Law and Gospel, and it discloses the nature of our eternal life.
The supporters of the 1973 decision legalizing abortion say that religious considerations should not be allowed to sway the court. But a historian has shown how Roe v. Wade was itself decided in line with the religion of the justices of the time, namely, mainline liberal Protestantism.
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