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January 26, 2018
Trump’s Testimony Under Oath
President Trump has said that he is willing to testify under oath in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The president said that his attorneys are working out the details and that the interrogation will take place within two or three weeks. “I’m looking forward to it actually,” he added. “There has been no collusion whatsoever, there […]
January 25, 2018
How Should Churches Respond to the New Findings about American Religion?
In our recent post “Only Moderate Religion Is On the Decline,” we reported on new research that paints a different picture of American religion than we have been assuming. Although this report contains good news for committed Christians, it also has implications that churches need to think through. To review (see the link above for the […]
Investigating the Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Trump administration is being investigated by the FBI. But now the FBI is also being investigated! It started with a lead agent on the Trump case, Peter Strzok, being caught sending anti-Trump e-mails, a clear case of bias. So Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller took him off the case. But then there was more. An e-mail […]
January 24, 2018
Technology, Sex, & Totalitarianism
Augusto Del Noce was an Italian thinker from back in the 1960s who predicted much of what we are facing today. A Catholic Christian, Del Noce explored the connections between the sexual revolution, the technological revolution, and totalitarianism. Two of his books are newly available in English: The Age of Secularization and The Crisis of Modernity. Francis […]
Who Gets the New Amazon & Apple Campuses?
Two of the biggest tech companies, Apple and Amazon, are planning new “campuses,” planning to share the wealth with other American cities by breaking out of their Silicon Valley and Seattle enclaves. (Note the knowledge-based metaphor: not “offices,” implying bureaucracy, or “facilities,” like a factory, but “campuses” like a university.) Cities are competing with each […]
January 23, 2018
“Only Moderate Religion Is On the Decline”
We keep hearing statistics about religious decline in America. But new research has shot that down. “Intense” religion–that is, religious beliefs and practices that are taken seriously–is holding strong and even increasing. What is declining is nominal faith and “moderate” (a.k.a., “liberal”) religion. Glenn T. Stanton writes about these findings, as well as related research, […]
The Secularist Case Against Abortion
You don’t have to be a Christian to be pro-life. You don’t have to be a conservative to oppose abortion. Kelsey Hazzard is a 29-year-old atheist and a political liberal. In her essay, “The Atheist’s Case Against Abortion: Respect for Human Rights,” she sums up her argument and suggests how to get through to millennials who are […]
January 22, 2018
Has Trump Come Through for Pro-Lifers & Evangelicals?
President Trump won the support of most evangelicals and other pro-lifers, some of whom had qualms about him but believed that he would govern in their best interest. So how has he done after one year?
Federal Government Shuts Down
The federal government shut down on Saturday when its funding expired, due to the Senate failing to pass a House resolution keeping the money flowing. UPDATE: The shutdown is over. During the Clinton administration, when Newt Gingrich was House Speaker, the conflict between the president and Congress led to shutdowns that lasted 27 days. Voters […]
January 19, 2018
An Interview About Our New Book
The Concordia Publishing House blog has posted an interview with Rev. Trevor Sutton and me about our new book, Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World. I’ve blogged about the book before, but I thought you might be interested in our exchange. We talk about Lutheranism, mainly about its distinctives but also what it has in […]
