The American College of Pediatricians, a conservative medical organization, has issued a statement entitled Gender Ideology Harms Children, exposing the fallacy that children can be “born the wrong sex” and detailing the medical harm that can be done by “treatments” such as puberty-blocking and cross-sex hormones. The
Secretary of State John Kerry concurred with a unanimous House of Representatives resolution in formally charging ISIS with committing genocide against the Yazidis, Shi’ites, and Christians. (more…)
As Holy Week gets underway, we once again need to remind the world that Easter did NOT derive from a pagan holiday or from pagan practices. Read this and this and follow the links.
Michael Goodwin, a Democrat, on why he is supporting Donald Trump: He is the only one speaking for the white working class. Goodwin makes as good a case for Trump as I’ve heard. What is he leaving out, if anything? (more…)
One of today’s most acclaimed, sophisticated, and artistic filmmakers is Terrence Malick, a practicing Roman Catholic Christian. Critics complain about not being able to understand his latest film, Knight of Cups. But William Randolph Brafford explains that the movie is all about “the culture of
At her writers’ blog Meet, Write, and Salutary, my daughter Mary Moerbe wants to compile lists of other kinds of Lutheran writers, in addition to that list of fiction authors that I blogged about. She also is looking for people who can proof-read and edit
Evangelicals, despite what has been said, are not particularly going for Trump. But Catholics are. Specifically, working-class Catholics, whose attitudes about political and social issues are dramatically out of synch with the official position of their church. For example, working-class Catholics tend to oppose government
So let’s assume that Donald Trump gets the Republican presidential nomination, which is probable, and that he is elected President, which is possible. How would he carry out his promises? Consider his vow to build a wall between the United States and Mexico to keep
Church buildings are acoustic spaces, in which music is performed. Researchers are studying the acoustics of ancient and medieval churches. They are finding that certain design elements were intended to adjust sounds, “trying to tune the space.” Moreover, the acoustic data they are uncovering enables
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, a time to commemorate the former slave who escaped his masters, only to come back later to bring Christianity to the whole nation of Ireland. By extension, it is a time to honor all missionaries. St. Patrick, who lived in
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