Why the Rise of Jew Hatred and the Support for Hamas Terrorists?
A lot of folks are shocked and mystified by all the recent open displays of hatred and even violence toward …
Tag: The Middle East
Spreading Liberty One Interview at a Time
When we’re not busy recording our own shows and interviewing amazing guests, sometimes we are asked to join another podcast …
Stop the Yemen War!
In lieu of our normal Weekend Insights post, I want to highlight an important opportunity in the United States happening …
Do you still have a 9-11 Mentality?
My good friend Anthony Gregory has written a spectacular retrospective of 9-11 at the Independent Institute blog. It encapsulates how …
ISIS, the Crusades, and Religious Violence
With the savage violence being reported daily from the Middle East, and with news of the recent Christian martyrs in Libya, what to do and how to respond has been a hotly debated topic. In most conversations, the only points of debate are how much military power needs to be exerted and how swiftly these powers should act. While this is expected of mainstream political players which are essentially characterized by their use of force, such attitudes are becoming increasingly more common in Christian circles.
Vengeance is Mine, Says the Lord
This guest post was written by Kollin Fields. …Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight …
Is a fight with ISIS a “just war”?
Drone Warfare and the Principle of Discrimination in the “War on Terror” Americans seem to have fully regained their appetite …
The Deadly Cost of Interventionism
For many years, Christians all across America have sincerely believed that the Federal Government and the military need to “promote freedom” through active aggression against other nations – this is the philosophy of “interventionism.”
Why They Hate Us
Editor’s Note: This is an older article but particularly relevant today as the U.S. military exits Afghanistan. Please pray for …
3 Reasons Christians Can Be Anti-War
This piece came to me last week indirectly from Scott Horton, host of the AntiWar.com podcast and now the Scott …
Should the USA pull out of Syria?
President Trump’s decision to relocate approximately 50 U.S. troops within Syria set off a firestorm of outrage and disbelief. I …
The Saud Squad
Holding an anti-terrorism conference in Saudi Arabia is so absurd that it defies comprehension. Everyone who knows most anything about …
The Israel of God and American Foreign Policy
I want to address something that concerns me much more than momentary arguments over foreign policy. I would like to address Christians, specifically from the Bible, on two separate, but inter-connected questions. The first question I would like to attempt to answer is whether or not the current nation state known as Israel today is “the Israel of God”. In other words, is the current geographic nation-state that was established in the early 1950’s the same entity as the Biblical Israel?
Christians in Iraq at risk from ISIS
Under Saddam Hussein, Christians in Iraq were not well-loved but they were tolerated. However, following the military adventurist campaigns of …
Would a war with Syria be just?
Just war theory is not perfect, but insofar as it can be used as a “bludgeon” against war I am …
The Iraq War is a War on Christians
Almost two years ago, I reported that there are no more churches in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. State Department. …
Some Caliphate
At its height under Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire (1299–1923) – the closest thing to a global, Islamic caliphate …
A Christian Voter’s Guide
This guest post is by Craig White. America is at war, in many faraway lands. By normal definitions, we are …
Are You an Imperial Christian?
The tenets of imperial Christianity include things like blind nationalism, belief in American exceptionalism, willful ignorance of U.S. foreign policy, …
The Criminality of War
Even without the WikiLeaks revelations that U.S. helicopter pilots gunned down twelve Iraqi civilians, that U.S. soldiers ignored brutal torture …