Monthly Archives: January 2026

Sobriety, Ecstasy, Revivalism, and Church Growth

Here’s a title to rival Lutheran sermon titles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Let’s see if I can make it make sense.

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The Relationship Between Trophies for all and Elitism for None

All my kids (I think) played Little League in Louisiana. It was in the mid to late-nineties that one of them came home from his last game with a foot or taller trophy. I know his team was not in … Continue reading

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Back-Alley Abortions and Murder

Now that abortion “rights” have become a states’ issue and no longer a federal right you regularly hear rabid young women (mostly) fairly frothing at the mouth foretelling back-alley abortions and the butchering that entails. On the right, you will … Continue reading

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For Millennials and Gen Z who know the “Truth” about Science and Religion and Christianity’s Collusion, Approval, and Support of Slavery, Witch-Hunts, and Suppression of Science

If you think you know these things, you need to read this 2003 book by Rodney Stark For the Glory of God – How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery. These are notes I took … Continue reading

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