Archive for October, 2023
A few years ago, a young woman applied for membership to a Christian Facebook group I run. There were many reasons that I declined her application, but one of them was that she considered herself a “Christian Witch”. (Sounds like an oxymoron to me!) At another time, I read a thread in the “Christian Metal” […]
“You cannot understand the Palestinian refugee question while not at the same time also understanding the broader historical, political, and legal circumstances surrounding the issue.” — Lex Takkenberg, a senior advisor for the Jordan-based Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development When reading or listening to the discussions about the Israeli/Hamas conflict, you might have wondered […]
“No Peace with Israel. No Recognition of Israel. No Negotiations with Israel.” — statement from the Arab League Summit (1967) It wasn’t easy to choose a topic for this week, but I eventually decided on the Israel vs. Palestine/Hamas war. But, rather than me spending a lot of time writing something up, I found a […]
As my regular readers know, I am a conservative Christian with an interest in Christian apologetics. It is both interesting and frustrating to see some of the stuff that well-meaning people have put on the internet in order to answer a challenge to their “faith” and/or to put an atheist or other non-Christian in his/her […]
Did you watch the second GOP presidential primary debate the other day? I didn’t, but I understand that things got a bit heated between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis at one point. It was over the topic of energy independence, specifically DeSantis’ policies as governor of Florida. Haley accused DeSantis, saying, “Day Two [of your […]