2018-10-11T12:40:56-04:00

Some churches teach that gay marriage, abortion, and other violations of traditional morality are not wrong at all.  One might wonder, how can they do that?  Certainly, non-Christians and churches that are so liberal that they don’t believe in the authority of the Bible at

2018-10-10T19:55:13-04:00

The doctrine of vocation has been catching on.  There is now something called the “Faith and Work movement,” with think tanks, publications, and programs designed to show Christians the connection between the two. (The founder of at least one of these think tanks told me

2018-10-06T13:59:21-04:00

Depression is enormously common.  So are other mental travails.  Christians who are going through the valley of the shadow of death, as it were, should not think that these tribulations mean that there is something wrong with their faith or that God has cast them

2018-10-10T19:54:12-04:00

  A Trump official is being raked over the coals for what he did in the third grade when he was 8 years old. Remember our discussion Are Adults Still Responsible for What They Did as Minors?  That was occasioned by Brett Kavanaugh being accused

2018-10-10T21:14:58-04:00

Just a few days ago, Michael was just a tropical storm out in the gulf.  With great speed, it turned into a monster and headed right to the mainland.  Lord, have mercy!  (Storms always remind me of the wrath of God.) I hope those of

2018-10-10T13:19:04-04:00

Netflix has announced  an exclusive deal with the C. S. Lewis estate to film the Chronicles of Narnia.  The plans include both series and feature films. From the Netflix announcement: Netflix will develop new series and film projects based on C.S. Lewis’ beloved The Chronicles of

2018-10-06T10:39:37-04:00

You may have read about the researchers who sent fake papers on topics such as “the rape culture at dog parks” to academic journals, which published many of them.  The purpose was to test the credulity and the scholarly rigor of the “critical constructivism” that prevails

2018-10-10T12:54:55-04:00

Democrats surely realized that they would be held to the same standards they applied to Brett Kavanaugh.  But the question arises, were the politicians who opposed Kavanaugh’s confirmation really interested in the cause of the #MeToo movement or were they just using sexual assault accusations

2018-10-05T10:46:34-04:00

The Lutheran Church of Australia at its triennial convention voted “no” on women’s ordination. This was the fourth time the issue was brought up (also in 2000, 2006 and 2015).  Last time, the measure failed by only 13 votes.  This time the margin was much larger.

2018-10-10T13:06:50-04:00

  UPDATE:  Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate and has been sworn in as a Justice in the Supreme Court.  Democrats vowed to impeach him if they take over Congress and the Senate in the November elections. The Brett Kavanaugh hearings exemplify post-modern politics


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