The Islamic State/ISIS has beheaded another American and posted the video for the world to see. (more…)
The Islamic State/ISIS has beheaded another American and posted the video for the world to see. (more…)
Daniel J. Flynn has written a book entitled Blue Collar Intellectuals: When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America. He writes about a time when “intellectuals” spoke to “the common man,” and how many in the demographic of “common man” (and woman) distinguished themselves as
Karen DeYoung and Dan Balz of the Washington Post give a litany of everything that has been going wrong in our foreign policy lately and marvel at President Obama’s admission that “we don’t have a strategy yet.” (more…)
One of my favorite TV shows has been Longmire, an extremely well-done mystery series centering around a modern-day sheriff on the high plains of Wyoming. It’s critically-acclaimed and one of the A&E Networks’ top-rated shows. So the network is cancelling it. The reason why–even though
Most people probably don’t know what they are celebrating on Labor Day–“something about Unions”–but we here at the Cranach blog have long sought to fill this holiday with meaning by turning it into a Christian feast commemorating the doctrine of vocation. The term, which just
We Lutherans don’t go in for “personal testimonies” very much, but after the jump is a “testimony” from a pastor who discovered the doctrine of vocation and tells about the difference that has meant in his ministry. (more…)
President Obama will reward the Congressional Medal of Honor to two Viet Nam War vets, Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins and, posthumously, Specialist Donald P. Sloat (who jumped on a grenade to save three comrades). Also winning the nation’s highest honor posthumously is Lt. Alonzo
Socialists often “nationalize” industries. Totalitarian governments are interested in more than economics. China has announced plans to nationalize Christian theology. (more…)
A federal judge in Utah has ruled that the state’s law banning polygamy is unconstitutional. If the ruling is upheld on appeal–and how could it not be?–that would have a big impact not only on radical Mormons but on American Muslims. And, of course, anyone
Russia has reportedly invaded the Ukraine, sending two armored columns that captured a town near the border. (more…)
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