Tag: israel
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March ’26 X Posts: Liberalism, Empathy, War with Iran, Parenting, Marriage, Politics, Israel, Foreign Policy, Etc.
If you really care for the poor and marginalized — let me rephrase that — if you really empathize with the poor and marginalized — in America, you will be in favor of closed borders and deportations because unlimited immigration hurts poor Americans the most. — Sometimes war is the answer to some of the…
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Dispensationalism, Christendom, and Israel
[The following post is not intended as commentary on the current military operation in Iran. I will comment on that later. This is a theological point I’ve been thinking about for a while.] One of the things that I believe attracts modern Dispensationalists/evangelicals to the nation-state of Israel is not just their (flawed) exegesis and…
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Does Modern Day Israel Have Right to the Land?
Why does the modern nation-state of Israel have a “right” to its land in the present day? Israel has a right to its land because the people who ruled it before them gave it to them. That’s it. That’s the sole rationale. And that’s just fine. All nations have their land based on gift, purchase,…
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Resolving the Cruz/Carlson Debate: Not All Who Are Israel Are Israel
A shorter, edited version of this article was recently published at The Federalist. — Some months ago, the Christian doctrine of “ordo amoris” (the order of loves) made its way into mainstream discussion after J. D. Vance invoked it in an interview on the immigration issue. Now, something similar is happening with another Christian doctrine,…
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The Progressive Coalition: What Are We Up Against?
The rise of socialist Muslim pro-LGBTQ Democrat Zohran Mamdani to the place of apparent lock for NYC mayor raises all kinds of interesting questions about what ties together contemporary progressivism. Set aside the oddity of a city that saw firsthand how destructive Islam can be (has 9/11 been forgotten?) now choosing a Muslim to rule…
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Dispensationalism’s False Prophets
Does Genesis 17:8 mean Israel as a permenant right to the land of Palestine and deserves unconditional political support from Christians and America? Here are a few considerations: This land promise was not unconditional. See Genesis 17:1 and the covenant curses in Deuteronomy 27-28. Later in history, God judged Israel and Judah by exiling them…
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Notes on Anti-Semitism
Some thoughts on the current anti-Semitism trends: ———- Questions for anti-Semitic “Christians”: Much of the NT was written to instruct Christians about how to deal with their persecutors, most of whom were Jewish. Are you willing to follow those instructions? The book of James is particularly relevant here since it addresses precisely this issue. If you…
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