"The Department of Education recognized PCC as a Hispanic-serving institution in 2023, providing it with $3 million...But last year the Trump administration deemed such programs unconstitutional..." thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/12/p...

In today's roundup (Feb 12, 2026), we have: Sandi Patti vs. Trump, division on Trump's "Religious Liberty Commission, still more Bad Bunny commentary, "anti-white racism," New York's assisted suicide bill, and much more: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/12/e...

As Jake & Rhonda Jacobsen argue in *Christianity and Intellectual Inquiry*, "fortress thinking" takes place on both the left & the right. The Jacobsens offer a better way. They call it "pilgrimage thinking." Episode 133 is here! thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/10/e... @oxfordunipress.bsky.social

"When 51 percent of Republicans still believe that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, solely because he has said so thousands of times, the republic is in peril." thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/11/c...

In today's roundup (Feb. 11, 2026), we have: More responses to Bad Bunny and the racist Trump Truth Social post about the Obamas, defenses of Trump's Religious Liberty Commission, Trump as a "prophetic disrupter," and more: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/11/e...

Becca Rothfield on the closing of the Washington Post’s book section: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/11/b...

Most scholars hope that their views will trickle down and influence public opinion. It looks like some scholars of evangelicals may be getting their wish in the form of Jennifer Welch. thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/10/o...

In 2023, Multnomah University, a well-respected Bible college in the evangelical world, merged with Jessup University, an evangelical Christian college in Rocklin, California. Then, as Bob Smietana of Religion News Service writes, “things fell apart.” thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/10/w...

While the moment was lighthearted on the surface, it revealed something deeper: how quickly humor can become a substitute for thinking. thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/10/w...

"Mises warned that 'Christianity cannot exist side by side with, and within, Capitalism.' Jesus was too much of a socialist. 'No art of interpretation...can find a single passage in the New Testament that could be read as upholding private property...” thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/10/c...

"Kid Rock extolled marriage, singing, 'You can always put a diamond on her hand / ’til you can’t,' and Charlie Kirk, the assassinated founder of Turning Point, was heard encouraging marriage in an old audio clip; Bad Bunny hosted an actual wedding..." thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/10/t...

What's the difference between “fortress thinking” & “pilgrimage thinking”? Ep. 133 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home podcast is here. We talk to Jake and Rhonda Jacobsen about their new book, *Christianity and Intellectual Inquiry*: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/10/e...

In today's roundup (Feb. 10, 2026), we have more evangelical responses to the Super Bowl, a sermon I've been waiting for my entire evangelical life, Joe Scarborough on Beth Moore, Max Lucado endorses Cornyn, Mohler on Trump's racist Obama post, & more: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/10/e...

Author's Corner with Noah Eber-Schmid, *Founding Fanatics: Extremism and the Formation of American Democracy*: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/09/t... @oxfordunipress.bsky.social

"Americans today consider Lincoln to be the nation’s finest commander in chief, a self-taught military genius whose ideas were more modern and much wiser than those of his own generals. I argue that this “heroic legend” is in fact a literary construction..." thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/10/t...

In case you missed them last night! Click. Read. Learn. thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/08/s...

"Founding Fanatics looks to the American Founding era to argue that extremism on behalf of democratic claims has and can contribute to the deepening and expansion of popular democracy in the United States." thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/09/t...

In today's roundup (Feb. 9, 2026), we have evangelical responses to the Super Bowl (and much more!): thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/09/e...

Today's roundup is dominated by evangelical responses to Trump's racist post about the Obamas: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/07/e...

And so when I think about supporting our Olympians, I view it as supporting the people of the United States. Team U.S.A. is not Team White House. thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/07/t...

Faculty at public research universities–the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University– were spared. thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/07/n...

"Major sporting events such as the Super Bowl have become more, not less, religious over time — changing how Americans see both faith and sports." Paul Putz explains: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/07/t...

Author's Corner with Timothy D. Grundmeier, *Lutheranism and American Culture: The Making of a Distinctive Faith in the Civil War Era*: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/06/t... @lsupress.bsky.social

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"Trump’s political project is seen by the MAGA faithful as utterly righteous, the work of God on earth against the forces of Satan. But he has broad license to transgress all moral boundaries as he does that work." thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/06/t...

Trump posts an image of the Obamas as apes. Some early evangelical responses: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/06/t...

"If you want to have a full grasp of religion in nineteenth-century America, you have to understand Lutherans. This is not only because of their large numbers, but also because of their unique position in the U.S. religious landscape." thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/06/t...

Trending this week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/06/m...

In today's roundup (February 6, 2026), we are covering the National Prayer Breakfast and the evangelical response to Trump's rambling speech. And a whole lot more: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/06/e...

Author's Corner with George Lewis, *Un-Americanism: A History of the Battle to Control an Idea* thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/05/t...

Is it time to part ways with the Post? thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/05/w...

American history can be understood as a series of contests, often between the political left and right, to become the public arbiter of un-Americanism’s meaning and therefore to control its boundaries and its use. thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/05/t...

In today's roundup (Feb. 5, 2026): Al Mohler doesn't believe empathy "is a thing." CT deputy editor Bonnie Kristian on gender. Dobson in the Epstein files. The return of that James Talarico clip on abortion. And more: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/05/e...

In today's roundup (Feb. 4, 2026), we have Seattle as a "Communist enclave"; evangelicals with no theological trainings VERSUS centuries of Christian theological reflection; taking shots at David Brooks; Moore and French on the "war on empathy"; and more: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/04/e...

What is the difference between “America 250” and “Freedom 250” thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/04/w...

"I am a big supporter of intellectual diversity in the academy. But I am skeptical of the apparent isolation of these centers. Why aren’t conservative or 'heterodox' scholars integrated into existing academic departments?" thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/04/d...

"I am a big supporter of intellectual diversity in the academy. But I am skeptical of the apparent isolation of these centers. Why aren’t conservative or 'heterodox' scholars integrated into existing academic departments?" thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/04/d...

What is the difference between “America 250” and “Freedom 250” thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/04/w...

In today's roundup (Feb. 4, 2026), we have Seattle as a "Communist enclave"; evangelicals with no theological trainings VERSUS centuries of Christian theological reflection; taking shots at David Brooks; Moore and French on the "war on empathy"; and more: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/04/e...

ICYMI: In a recent Q&A for @johnfea1.bsky.social's blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home, Michael Leja discussed how his book A FLOOD OF PICTURES "presents a narrative account of the operations by which pictures first became mass-produced & mass-marketed in the US." bit.ly/4nL2Vui

Pleased to share this *Opium Slavery* Author’s Corner on The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Thanks @johnfea1.bsky.social for featuring the book! 🗃️ thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/11/10/t...

"Rum represented a distinctly new kind of commodity that was quintessentially modern in that it thrived on the disposability of nearly everything it touched." Jordan B. Smith talks THE INVENTION OF RUM in a Q&A on @johnfea1.bsky.social's blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home!

Very grateful to @johnfea1.bsky.social for featuring my new book, "The Republican House Divided", in the Author's Corner section of his blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Take a read of the interview here: thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/11/24/t... 🗃️

Delighted to share this interview about "Abiding Influence" for The Way of Improvement Leads Home website. Thank you @johnfea1.bsky.social for the opportunity. @stanfordpress.bsky.social @mngupbooks.bsky.social thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/12/16/t...

Most of The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog posts on Bluesky will now be shared at @twoilh2008.bsky.social. If interested, follow us there.

Did you know that you can get all of the content from The Way of Improvement Leads Home in a FREE daily email newsletter? Here’s how to do it. It’s very simple: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/03/d...

"Jesus said in Matthew 25, 'When you welcome the stranger, you welcome me.' It’s pretty clear." thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/03/r...

In today's roundup (Feb. 3, 2026) we have Albert Mohler on Don Lemon's arrest, Shane Claiborne on Sean Feucht, this week's greatest hits from the Holy Post gang, a World Vision update, the complexity of evangelical view on immigration, and much more: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/03/e...