2019-10-04T17:54:40-04:00

Affluent college-educated white Democrats are further to the left than working class, Hispanic, and African-American Democrats.  How does that fit with progressive ideology, the "critical theory" of privilege and power?

2019-10-04T08:41:24-04:00

Christians have long struggled with the competing claims of faith and good works.  Luther makes a simple, but profound, distinction:  Faith must be directed to God, and good works must be directed to our neighbors. Luther's neighbor-centered ethic is foundational to his doctrine of vocation. 

2019-10-02T16:39:53-04:00

During the Cold War, Americans were united in opposing communism. Chinese communism is more successful and attractive than Russian communism, while being equally totalitarian. Many are seeing the "China model" as an alternative to liberal democracy. And anti-communism is hard to find.

2019-09-30T10:01:21-04:00

America's political polarization is tearing apart friendships, families, and churches. And now it's affecting the workplace, with political harassment getting more complaints than sexual harassment when it comes to "toxic environments."

2019-09-29T16:58:44-04:00

The fastest growing church in the world is in Iran, which is now undergoing an extraordinary Christian awakening--particularly among women, who are joyfully proclaiming their faith despite brutal persecution.

2019-09-28T17:46:23-04:00

It seems a foregone conclusion that the House of Representatives will vote to impeach President Trump.  Though it's hard to see how a trial in the Republican-controlled Senate would find the two-thirds majority necessary to remove him from office, the Democratic-controlled House is fast-tracking the process.

2019-09-27T12:26:34-04:00

Onsi Kamel grew up as an evangelical but became highly attracted to Roman Catholicism.  In time, though, he discovered that what had attracted him so much about Catholicism could not necessarily be found in the Roman Catholic Church.  And that it could be found in

2019-09-24T17:39:21-04:00

George Packer is a respected journalist with impeccable liberal convictions.  But in an article published in The Atlantic, no less, he expresses his dismay at how his son’s public school in New York City has been trying to politically indoctrinate children into the worldview of

2019-09-25T14:03:20-04:00

New reports that President Trump has colluded with a foreign power in his re-election bid have revived efforts to impeach him.  Republican Bill Weld, who is running against him for the G.O.P. presidential nomination, says that if true, Trump has committed treason and deserves the

2019-09-24T18:06:40-04:00

Concordia Publishing House has launched a free new digital magazine, as of this time last year,  entitled Lutheran Life. Previous issues, available at the archive, were on living the Christian life, reading the Bible, building one’s faith, and Christian community.  The latest issue is all about vocation, and it’s

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