In his "Table Talk," Luther reflects on the spiritual and existential significance of plagues. He was thinking of the Black Death, but what he says relates also to our current coronavirus epidemic. "The greatest plague," though, is something completely different.
Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina, has launched a forceful defense of capitalism. In a speech to the Hudson Institute, she takes on not only the overt socialism of Bernie Sanders and the quasi-socialism of the other Democrats, but also the "socialism lite" that she sees in the business world and in her fellow Republicans.
Many Americans, especially those fresh out of school, really don't like America. Joy Pullman documents this phenomenon. Why is this and what does it mean for the future of the USA?
Some people are over-reacting to fears of the coronavirus epidemic, and some are under-reacting. Here is what you need to know about the disease--its mortality and survival rates, its symptoms, and measures to fight it.
A mathematician cites scientific data showing that classical design elements--such as symmetry, proportion, harmony, and order--create a sense of well-being in people. Whereas modernist and postmodernist architecture that ignores those principles makes people feel they are in a "hostile environment."
Science and the arts have worked together to recreate what music would have sounded like centuries ago in one of the oldest and most magnificent cathedrals in the history of the church: The Hagia Sophia. Listen to a sampling.
A millennial responds to a church growth consultant who is urging churches to become even more contemporary to attract millennials. Far from being techniques for reaching this generation, he says, these tactics are a formula for losing this generation.
Some in the West are under the impression that Nazism comes from believing ANYTHING too much. R. R. Reno argues that this view has led to the rejection of all boundaries--national, cultural, moral, and religious--to our detriment. But we need boundaries, he says, and advocates the restoration of the "strong gods" of religion, nation, and family, which are not authoritarian but help us flourish.
In order to take Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders' ideology seriously, we should consider an article by two American Marxists who explain how the election of Sanders to the presidency would help lead to the overthrow of the capitalist order and its replacement with a socialist society.
This is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, a day and a season to reflect on what Jesus has done for you by dying for your sins. It is also a time for cultivating self-discipline, for practicing self-denial, and for battling one's sins. But how do you do that? A sermon by Luther explains what this entails.
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