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Latest episode of the podcast!
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You Can’t Rage-Tweet for a Decade: Faithfulness in a Fatigued World
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November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Latest episode of the podcast!
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The percentage of Americans who say religion is an important part of their lives declined from 66% in 2015 to 49% in 2025. Among the fastest declines in the world.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The percentage of Americans who say religion is an important part of their lives declined from 66% in 2015 to 49% in 2025. Among the fastest declines in the world.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
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American religion is so deeply racialized that seemingly “race-neutral” religious claims about national identity are ultimately more oriented toward racial rather than religious considerations.
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Race over Religion: Christian Nationalism and Perceived Threats to National Unity - Samuel L. Perry, Andrew L. Whitehead, Joshua B. Grubbs, 2024
Building on the insight that American religion is fundamentally “raced” and “complex,” we theorize American religion is so deeply racialized that seemingly “rac...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
American religion is so deeply racialized that seemingly “race-neutral” religious claims about national identity are ultimately more oriented toward racial rather than religious considerations.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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A great way to stand up to cancer is voting in politicians who will fund scientific research.
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A great way to stand up to cancer is voting in politicians who will fund scientific research.
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Today seems like an auspicious day to remind folks that next week I'll be at Penn State delivering a De Jong Lecture on the contemporary pronatalist movement. Demographers Shelley Clark & Nancy Luke will also give lectures on pronatalism.
Zoom option is available! Just use the QR code to register.
Zoom option is available! Just use the QR code to register.
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today seems like an auspicious day to remind folks that next week I'll be at Penn State delivering a De Jong Lecture on the contemporary pronatalist movement. Demographers Shelley Clark & Nancy Luke will also give lectures on pronatalism.
Zoom option is available! Just use the QR code to register.
Zoom option is available! Just use the QR code to register.
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Update on the update: Been down a rabbit hold of meta-analyses on spanking's affects on kids. VAST majority of studies show negative effects. Even the "pro-spanking" social scientists can only attempt to argue, "Well, the effects aren't *that* bad." Almost never point to evidence for real benefits.
Update: whole book has been fascinating. But the chapter on spanking advice in evangelical parenting manuals & research on its consequences is worth the price of the book itself. Revealing and frankly horrifying.
Got my copy on audible today and already well into it. Really fascinating insights into the vast literature on evangelical parenting and its consequences. I’m sure this will resonate with many evangelicals and exvangelicals. Well done, @mburtwrites.bsky.social & @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social.
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Update on the update: Been down a rabbit hold of meta-analyses on spanking's affects on kids. VAST majority of studies show negative effects. Even the "pro-spanking" social scientists can only attempt to argue, "Well, the effects aren't *that* bad." Almost never point to evidence for real benefits.
I hope this issue is resolved soon and well. Northern Seminary has some wonderful staff.
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I hope this issue is resolved soon and well. Northern Seminary has some wonderful staff.
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If you said this exact combination of words to a cop at a traffic stop, they wouldn't even waste time with the breathalyzer.
Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:
“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”
“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you said this exact combination of words to a cop at a traffic stop, they wouldn't even waste time with the breathalyzer.
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As the government shutdown continues, Congress can’t come to terms on spending. It’s easy to confuse Medicare with Medicaid, but there are several key differences.
As Congress Fights Over Benefits, Here’s A Quick Look At Medicare And Medicaid
As the government shutdown continues, Congress can’t come to terms on spending. It’s easy to confuse Medicare with Medicaid, but there are several key differences.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
As the government shutdown continues, Congress can’t come to terms on spending. It’s easy to confuse Medicare with Medicaid, but there are several key differences.
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Trump calls Democrats ‘The Party of Hate, Evil, and Satan.’ Just days after Trump tells military leaders he needs them to attack Democrats which he calls the "enemy within," he now dehumanizes Democrats. This is genocidal rhetoric. Pls Understand he wants us dead. www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
Trump Deems Democrats ‘The Party of Hate, Evil, and Satan’
President Donald Trump deemed Democrats the party of "Satan" on Thursday amid the ongoing shutdown of the federal government.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump calls Democrats ‘The Party of Hate, Evil, and Satan.’ Just days after Trump tells military leaders he needs them to attack Democrats which he calls the "enemy within," he now dehumanizes Democrats. This is genocidal rhetoric. Pls Understand he wants us dead. www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
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Here's a recommendation: If you like music, you should listen to some of it. Hope this helps.
October 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Here's a recommendation: If you like music, you should listen to some of it. Hope this helps.
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So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down.
The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.
And they get another vacation
The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.
And they get another vacation
October 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down.
The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.
And they get another vacation
The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.
And they get another vacation
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Today’s unlocked post is all about literacy and the dangers to the church and democracy of an illiterate culture. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/what-does-...
What Does a Post-Literate Culture Look Like?
I guess we'll find out
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October 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today’s unlocked post is all about literacy and the dangers to the church and democracy of an illiterate culture. newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/what-does-...
Rats! Even with Ryan Walters stepping down as Oklahoma's superintendent of schools, this is still happening.
Most popular posts of the last week
Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home: The “God Bless the USA” Bibles appear to have arrived in Oklahoma public schools Four experts respond to Trump’s autism remarks Pastor: “Christians must learn to hate again.”…
Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home: The “God Bless the USA” Bibles appear to have arrived in Oklahoma public schools Four experts respond to Trump’s autism remarks Pastor: “Christians must learn to hate again.”…
Most popular posts of the last week
Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home: The “God Bless the USA” Bibles appear to have arrived in Oklahoma public schools Four experts respond to Trump’s autism remarks Pastor: “Christians must learn to hate again.” How are Black Christians responding to the death of Charlie Kirk? David French: “Trump isn’t replacing D.E.I.
thewayofimprovement.blog
October 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Rats! Even with Ryan Walters stepping down as Oklahoma's superintendent of schools, this is still happening.
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This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
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Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is absolutely right on every point and everyone who sits on a governing board or serves as president or provost or similar should please make the time to read it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
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The House has chosen not to work and is withholding the swearing-in of newly elected Democrat Adelita Grijalva. She still hasn’t been seated, and it definitely feels intentional since her signature would provide the last vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.
October 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The House has chosen not to work and is withholding the swearing-in of newly elected Democrat Adelita Grijalva. She still hasn’t been seated, and it definitely feels intentional since her signature would provide the last vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.
Good! Students need access and encouragement to use highly reliable sources, especially considering U.S. media consumption often is of short-term entertainment-based drivel or political/religious/ideological echo chambers.
The Atlantic announces free digital subscriptions to all U.S. public high schools
Here is the September 16, 2025 announcement: Starting today, The Atlantic is offering every public high school in the United States free digital access to its journalism and 168-year archive. All public high schools…
Here is the September 16, 2025 announcement: Starting today, The Atlantic is offering every public high school in the United States free digital access to its journalism and 168-year archive. All public high schools…
The Atlantic announces free digital subscriptions to all U.S. public high schools
Here is the September 16, 2025 announcement: Starting today, The Atlantic is offering every public high school in the United States free digital access to its journalism and 168-year archive. All public high schools and districts can register with The Atlantic to give their students, teachers, and administrators unlimited access to TheAtlantic.com while on campus at no cost: all articles, full magazine issues, podcasts and audio articles, …
thewayofimprovement.blog
September 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Good! Students need access and encouragement to use highly reliable sources, especially considering U.S. media consumption often is of short-term entertainment-based drivel or political/religious/ideological echo chambers.
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Two civil rights attorneys who had spoken out against the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken enforcement of the Fair Housing Act were dismissed from their posts. Their work enforcing the Fair Housing Act (a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights) involved investigating and prosecuting landlords,
September 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Two civil rights attorneys who had spoken out against the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken enforcement of the Fair Housing Act were dismissed from their posts. Their work enforcing the Fair Housing Act (a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights) involved investigating and prosecuting landlords,
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Hegseth defends soldiers who didn't want to get the COVID vaccine, which reminds me of this:
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www.reuters.com/article/worl...
U.S. Navy relieves aircraft carrier commander who wrote letter urging coronavirus action
The U.S. Navy relieved the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt's captain of his command on Thursday, punishing him for the leak of a scathing letter he sent to superiors that sought stronger measures for curbing a coronavirus outbreak aboard the ship.
www.reuters.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Hegseth defends soldiers who didn't want to get the COVID vaccine, which reminds me of this:
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
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This is because Hegseth does not understand that there is a real world out there beyond his obsessions with American enemies within. His only idea is to use our armed forces against us.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy
Top military officials have voiced concern over the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is because Hegseth does not understand that there is a real world out there beyond his obsessions with American enemies within. His only idea is to use our armed forces against us.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Judging by their speeches, neither Trump nor Hegseth has paid the slightest attention to how actual wars are being fought in the actual world. The “war fighting” and “lethality” they plan is inside their own country and comes from conflicts inside their own minds.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Judging by their speeches, neither Trump nor Hegseth has paid the slightest attention to how actual wars are being fought in the actual world. The “war fighting” and “lethality” they plan is inside their own country and comes from conflicts inside their own minds.
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“I asked Chat GPT”
Oh yeah? Well, I asked the neighborhood mockingbird and he responded with a playlist of robin, finch, crow, hummingbird, and ambulance siren.
Oh yeah? Well, I asked the neighborhood mockingbird and he responded with a playlist of robin, finch, crow, hummingbird, and ambulance siren.
September 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“I asked Chat GPT”
Oh yeah? Well, I asked the neighborhood mockingbird and he responded with a playlist of robin, finch, crow, hummingbird, and ambulance siren.
Oh yeah? Well, I asked the neighborhood mockingbird and he responded with a playlist of robin, finch, crow, hummingbird, and ambulance siren.