2019-02-15T13:16:26-05:00

We are now in a state of national emergency in order to build President Trump’s wall. Congress refused to appropriate money to build President Trump’s promised wall on the border between the United States and Mexico even when both houses of the legislature were under

2019-02-12T16:50:48-05:00

Again, Rev. A. Trevor Sutton, the co-author with me of Authentic Christianity:  How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World,  is studying the relationship between technology and theology.  He has written an article published in the Winter 2019 issue of the Concordia Journal on the topic of social

2019-02-12T16:51:30-05:00

  Rev. A. Trevor Sutton, the co-writer with me of Authentic Christianity:  How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World,  is working on a doctorate in which he is studying the relationship between technology and theology.  He has written some interesting articles lately that I

2019-02-13T12:55:09-05:00

The Roman Catholic Church has been shaken by revelations of rampant sexual abuse among its clergy.  Now the Southern Baptist Church is being shaken by a similar scandal. The Houston Chronicle has uncovered 380 church workers–pastors, but also youth ministers, Sunday School teachers, and other

2019-02-10T18:59:52-05:00

The Democratic primary is being conducted in a new climate, that of identity politics, intersectionality, and the necessity to be “woke” (that is, to be sensitive to every nuance of privilege and oppression). Thus we are already seeing from nearly every candidate a ritual of

2019-02-12T08:16:07-05:00

  At the Pope’s recent visit to Abu Dhabi, he and the Muslim Grand Imam of al-Azhar signed a document entitled “A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.”  Among other things, it said this: The pluralism and the diversity of religions, colour,

2019-02-01T10:34:43-05:00

Concordia Publishing House has a good blog going, with sections titled worship, read, study, teach, and serve. I came across a post by Mason Vieth (no relation!), who quoted Luther’s commentary on the Christmas text in Luke.  He considers this verse:  “And this will be a sign

2019-02-10T17:22:11-05:00

As virtually every declared Democratic candidate for president has pledged fealty to the Green New Deal, questions have arisen as to what it actually calls for. When conservative TV host Tucker Carlson interviewed an advisor to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) about the proposal’s provision to

2019-01-30T18:14:12-05:00

Sam Anderson is a writer for the New York Times Magazine who came to Oklahoma City to write about the curious story of the town’s NBA team, the OKC Thunder–how an unlikely place like Oklahoma City managed to score an NBA team; how to account

2019-01-30T13:25:51-05:00

Medicare for all!  Free college for all!  A guaranteed job for all!  Such proposals are firing up progressive Democrats.  Such promises appeal to lots of voters, maybe enough to win the White House and the government as a whole.  Maybe the progressive agenda could become


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