One kind of romantic love leads to life–to marriage, fruitful sexuality, children, family, virtue. The other kind of romantic love leads to death–to sin, sterile sexuality, abortion, family destruction, ruin. These two kinds of romantic love are explored in one of the most morally illuminating
How many genders are there? Jenny Crofton says an infinite number. And that each person has a unique gender. (That doesn’t add up to infinity, but let that pass.) She goes on to describe the phenomenon of “multigender.” She says that individuals can have change
Michael Flynn, President Trump’s national security advisor, has resigned. He was caught negotiating with the Russian ambassador over sanctions before taking office. It is illegal for a private citizen to do so. Flynn also lied to Vice-President Pence about it. The pressure for him to leave
Iowa defines the American heartland, with its staunch Midwestern values and rural American virtues. Though its prairie populism sometimes elects Democrats, today its elected officials are most Republican. The candidate favored by Christian conservatives usually wins the Iowa caucuses. A recent study ranked Iowa as the 19th
Obituaries summarize the events of the life of the deceased, a way of honoring the dead by looking back on the life they have lived. They often turn into eulogies, praising the character and good deeds of the person who died. Lutheran funerals try to
We now have an answer questions about the appeals court’s legal reasoning in throwing out President Trump’s seven-nation travel and immigration ban. The judges did so, in part, by invoking his campaign speeches that he would ban entry to America for all Muslims. This shows, they
The “formal principle” of a particular theology is its source and authority. The “material principle” of a theology is its central teaching, the characteristic “content” of the theology that shapes its other teachings and practices. In the course of some research for a project I
The lower court that blocked President Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven terrorist-plagued countries was upheld by an appeals court. Next stop, more than likely: the Supreme Court. I understand that lots of people are pro-immigration and feel compassion for refugees from some of these dangerous
Millennials are having less sex than their peers in previous generations. But it isn’t, for the most part, because they are embracing Christian sexual morality. Rather, it is largely because their sexual desires (especially for men) are being slaked by pornography. And because their main
In 1954, President Lyndon Baines Johnson pushed through a law that would revoke the tax-exempt status of churches and other non-profit organizations if they get involved with politics. President Donald Trump wants to get rid of that law. What do you think? Granted that an overtly
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