Is the NRA doing enough in support of Philando Castile, who was killed by a Minnesota police officer at a traffic stop after explaining that he had a concealed carry permit for a firearm, then reaching for his ID? (more…)
Is the NRA doing enough in support of Philando Castile, who was killed by a Minnesota police officer at a traffic stop after explaining that he had a concealed carry permit for a firearm, then reaching for his ID? (more…)
The United States is now the number 1 country in the amount of oil reserves, according to a new study, passing Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Canada. (more…)
Snipers killed five police officers, wounded seven more, plus two civilians in Dallas last night. It happened at a “Black Lives Matter” march, protesting police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. Three suspects are in custody. One shooter was killed by a robot
The Iowa Civl Rights Act forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Churches have an exemption for “a bona fide religious purpose.” But the Iowa Civil Rights Commission has ruled that if a church service “is open to the public,” it
In a discussion of Donald Trump’s theology, Christian conservative Peter Wehner observes that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s worldview–with its emphasis on power, strength, and winning and its constant putdowns of the weak, the unattractive, and “losers”–is that of the anti-Christian philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. (more…)
The figure of the wanderer dominates the popular imagination, as evident in the heroes of our popular TV shows and movies. So observes Alissa Wilkinson at RogerEbert.com, who says the wanderer reflects the spiritual condition of our time. As an example, she points to the
The last Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church was 1,200 years ago, and this one has been in the works for 70 years. Despite boycotts by several church bodies, including the largest, the Russian Orthodox Church, the council met and finished its work. As
A California judge is requiring a company that operates Christian dating sites to provide its services to same-sex couples. Affected are ChristianMingle.com, CatholicMingle.com, AdventistSinglesConnection.com, and BlackSingles.com. (more…)
Some former students are putting on Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett’s absurdist comedy, and asked me to write a post for the troupe’s blog that would help people understand what the heck is going on. So I offered some worldview analysis of Beckett’s absurdist existentialism
Many evangelicals believe that a person becomes a Christian by making a “decision for Christ,” an act of the will, usually involving saying some version of “the sinner’s prayer,” in which the person “accepts Christ.” We Lutherans certainly believe in conversion, though not construing that
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