“Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity” (Psalm 141:9). This last week the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod Reporter, the official newspaper of the LC-MS International Center (https://reporter.lcms.org/) published a statement by Synodical President Matthew Harrison on the challenge modern inoculation technologies present to… Read More An open letter to my congregation
“Most human beings want predictable comfort in a stable environment.” – Dr. Adam Koontz, a BHoP upcoming episode. Multiplicity and complication are in the nature of evil. The internet devours your humanity one exciting/worthless thing at a time. Every new tingle, each next scroll, just one more “one more moment” is another percentage point of… Read More Leviathan is a Propaganda Machine
An article from The Atlantic last week weighed in on the burning issue of social media and the menace it presents to civil society. While writer Ian Bogost spends most of his time trying to unpack ways to improve social media, his opening thoughts caught our attention: maybe we just talk too much. Bogost points out that social… Read More Silence is golden
Worshippers of the Singularity gathered in Spain recently to discuss the religion of transhumanism. Attendees at the TransVision 21 conference listened to presentations about the promise of immortality as a cyborg, in a Matrix-style future. While that all sounds outlandish and far away, the basic tenets of transhumanism are quietly being accepted at a granular level. Eleanor Cummins… Read More Spirits in a material world
“The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.”– New Left Notes (Students for a Democratic Society, Chicago, 1960’s) There is no place for quarter with the devil. Every moment is either your chance to stand firm, or to be sold out. If you will not walk in self-control, then you will… Read More It’s Become a Cartoon
Inflation continues to rise, hitting a 13-year high last week. One of the main blows to folks’ budgets is the cost of fuel. After shutting down US production of fossil fuels to boost climate credentials, the government is now hoping foreign oil producers will help them out. But that might be harder said than done, as China has… Read More Got 99 problems and they’re all high class
Mad Christians don’t need to find conspiracies under every rock to know that evil really exists and that evil people really do evil things. In this age where the “cult of vaccines” has the fearful and the powerful worshiping at the altar of medicine, an instructive case-in-point has surfaced from the nation of Lithuania. A few… Read More If the levy breaks
A perfect storm of Critical Race Theory, identity politics, masking, and falling standards has turned school board meeting parents into a battleground. As parents are becoming aware of what their children are being taught (or not taught) they have been taking the floor and speaking their minds. In response, the National School Boards Association suggested that parents are… Read More The parents are revolting
Harvard Business Review has written about the benefits of “awe”, “The wonder we feel when we encounter something powerful that we can’t easily explain.” Well, Mad Christians have that in spades. HBR suggests that wonder helps put our woes in perspective, inspires “pro-social” behavior, and increases resilience. The writer suggests taking an “awe walk”, wandering outside and taking time to… Read More Wander and wonder
The “no jab, no job” juggernaut continued last week, with layoffs in many businesses, as we reported. But could it all be a fiction? Joy Pullman wrote at The Federalist that President Biden’s vaccine mandate is just a press release and has no real authority. Her piece is well worth reading and considering. While the Biden administration is threatening “dishonorable discharge” for… Read More Not even a paper tiger
