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Romans 1:32 Politicized
December 9, 2024
Censorship, Conformity, and Coerced Compliance . . . “I’m going to start taking people’s houses and their vehicles and their toys and draining their bank accounts and garnishing their wages”[1]…
(LGB)T-Ball in the Courts: Gaining a Big “W” but Whiffing on Worldview
December 2, 2024
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?[1] Preface Welcome to Dicta Express – Dicta Express is an occasional Dicta edition that presents an intentionally succinct worldview take on a breaking cultural issue. This…
Parsing Political Parties in an Age of Paganism:
November 25, 2024
Nine Theses “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.”[1] “[H]e pours contempt on princes…
Natural [Law] Apologetics
November 18, 2024
A Christian and a Pagan walk into a Bar . . . “Does not nature itself teach you”[1] For when Gentiles . . . by nature do what the law requires”[2]…
Decision 2024: Delight and Dread
November 11, 2024
This edition of the Dicta will, with intended brevity, survey some of the worldview trends reflected in the 2024 election. No doubt, some voters were ecstatic; and no doubt, others were…
“Law Follows Culture!” Part 3
November 4, 2024
Navigating the Political and Cultural Winds “[Y]ou shall not murder a child by abortion nor kill that which is begotten.”[1] Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?[2] Introduction…
Navigating the Political and Cultural Winds
October 29, 2024
“Politics Follows Culture!” Navigating the Political and Cultural Winds Part 2 [T]o “fix” the compass so that it tells you that the wrong way is the right way is far,…
“Politics Follows Culture!”
October 21, 2024
Navigating the Political and Cultural Winds As the 2024 election cycle concludes, evidence of “campaign fatigue” rises. Bombastic hyperbole abounds; draconian predications multiply about “losing democracy” or “never again having real…
About Face: Meta, Masks, and Managing Technological Liturgies
October 14, 2024
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”[1] The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?[2] For I have seen God face to face, and yet my…
California Schemin’
October 7, 2024
Caesar Against Christ Yet Again “The State is the Divine Idea as it exists on Earth.”[1] Jesus answered [Pilate], “You would have no authority over me at all unless it…
The Ugly Monsters of “Baptized” Partiality
September 30, 2024
“Christianity – as the true religion affirming what is good, true and beautiful–commands you to love all but to prefer your people over other peoples.”[1] “Stupid for Jesus is still…
The Educator’s Means: Understanding and Impacting the Christian Mind
September 23, 2024
School’s Back! Educating to Transform People and Glorify God- Part 4 False ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the gospel.[1] Evil . . . starts with the verbal…
The Educator’s Mission: Preparing and Preserving Salt and Light
September 16, 2024
School’s Back! Educating to Transform People and Glorify God False ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the gospel.[1] Evil . . . starts with the verbal abuse of…
The Educator’s Context: Cosmology
September 9, 2024
School’s Back! Educating to Transform People and Glorify God You shall love the Lord your God with all your . . . mind[1] No longer walk as the Gentiles do, in…
School’s Back! Educating to Transform People and Glorify God
September 3, 2024
You shall love the Lord your God with all your . . . mind[1] No longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds[2] Be transformed by…
Selling Out the Savior: Pompous Political Posturing
August 26, 2024
“We proudly support Vice President Kamala Harris as she champions true Christian values embodied in the teachings of Jesus.”[1] “Evangelicals don’t have to change who they are, they just need to…
Matrix or Messiah:
August 19, 2024
AI, Singularity, and Paganism’s Rosey Technicolor Eschatology “Does God exist? Not yet.”[1] “Would [Singularity] change the very idea of what it means to be human?”[2] “Never send a human to do a…
Mirror, Mirror on the Church Wall: Paganism in the Pews
August 12, 2024
By Dr. Jeffery J. Ventrella Truthxchange exists to (1) Inform the Public; (2) Equip the Church; and (3) Protect the Next Generation. Sometimes accomplishing No. 2 requires taking a candid inventory…
Olympic Meddles:
August 5, 2024
Niceness, Naïveté, and Christianized Paganism By Dr. Jeffery J. Ventrella “Satan doesn’t serve spinach”[1] Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and…
Politics, Public Paganism, and the Way Forward:
July 29, 2024
The Ambrose Option By Dr. Jeffery J. Ventrella Introduction The last five Dicta editions analyzed in some detail the pagan impulses in our culture – and churches – that inform…
Legalized Sexual Anarchy: Does Reason Rescue this Idol?
July 22, 2024
Christ, Caesar, or Self: Recognizing Political Idolatry Idols in Our Midst – Part 5 By Dr. Jeffery J. Ventrella “Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity . . ….
Politics and the National Anthem of Hell
July 15, 2024
Christ, Caesar, or Self: Recognizing Political Idolatry Idols in Our Midst – Part 4 By Dr. Jeffery J Ventrella “I did it My Way!”[1] “The way of the fool is right…
Coziness with State Power
July 8, 2024
Idols in Our Midst : Christ, Caesar, or Self: Recognizing Political Idolatry-Part 3 By Dr. Jeffery J. Ventrella Introduction Last week, we explored St. Paul’s cosmology and showed how it informs and…
Idols in Our Midst
July 1, 2024
Christ, Caesar, or Self: Recognizing Political Idolatry– Part 2 By Dr. Jeffery J. Ventrella Introduction Truthxchange exists to Inform the public, Equip the Church, and Protect the Future. Last week, we explained the origins of…
