So much ink has already been used by commentators on the recent Deal of the Century proposed by Donald Trump that I hesitate to write about it. Despite that, I am doing so because I think I have some things …
Save Your Children from the Internet
Large studies have been done showing the terrible damage done to our children from the Internet. I will not reference them here. Anyone can find them from a search engine. Some of the leaders in Hi-Tech are now forbidding their …
Prophecy and Biblical Authority
Pentecostal/Charismatics and non-charismatic evangelicals sometimes live in different language worlds. This produces deep divides that are not necessary even if there is no agreement about some of the issues of theology. Thankfully these divides are not as great as a …
Can A Democratic Republic Government Survive in the Internet Age?
The Founding Fathers of the United States created not a democracy, but a Democratic Republic. The difference is that in a democracy the majority decides through vote whatever the majority wants. The founders feared the corruption of both the rulers …
The Dangers of Fundamentalist Dispensationalism
In using these two terms together, I am speaking of the joining of two distinguishable concepts. Dispensationalism refers to an interpretative approach to the Bible that goes back to John Nelson Darby from the middle of the 19th century. Many …
Israel’s Orthodox Jewish Crisis
When I first came into Jewish ministry (June 1972), I had very little knowledge of Judaism. I had the best of Evangelical Christian education and also studied at a liberal Christian Seminary. My professors taught about Jewish backgrounds for understanding …
Lying Narratives
My previous post on Narratives did not get my usual response. My media team thought that maybe it was too intellectual. I am a university Apologetics professor and do gravitate to such analysis. But I want to simplify. One …
An Iranian Strategy
Killing Kassem Soleimani, the leader and General in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the Al Quds forces, brought a sense of justice and closure to many. This was especially so in Israel. There is not really any push back here, …
Narratives
We live in a time of many narratives about many aspects of life. The very word narrative, as the story or description that is how we see reality in various realms, has become ubiquitous. Fifty years ago, we hardly ever …
Israel’s New Year and the Political Dilemma
It is somewhat strange to be in Israel during New Years Day. The world change of calendar is not a holiday in Israel. It is a normal workday. Our family in Israel, all from America, did gather for a …