Posts Tagged ‘International Conflicts’
Resisting the Temptation of Moral Panic
A third round of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine failed on Monday as Russian forces continue to target cities with “tactics reminiscent of medieval siege warfare.” Russia’s indiscriminate shelling of cities with heavy rocket fire has created the “fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.” Millions of refugees …
Read MoreBlind Faith: Crisis Actors, Ukraine, and YouTube Prophets
Time and again, the predictions of these prophets have failed to transpire. … Where are the Matt Lee types among God’s church who are willing to say, “Enough is enough! Prove to us why you are worthy of our blind faith”? One of the most consistent prophetic themes on YouTube is the promise of an…
Read More20 Years after 9/11, Can We Finally Admit the Truth?
Perhaps the greatest casualty on September 11 was truth. Patriotic Americans across the country rallied around our flag rather than our exclusive truth claims for one faith and the moral obligations that come with it. At the time, it was considered intolerant and unpatriotic to…
Read MoreProfound Incompetence
Even if President Joe Biden made the right decision to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan, he certainly failed in his execution of this mission. While our anger appears justified, we may be better served to learn from President Biden’s mistakes by questioning whether we are executing our own mission with an similar level of incompetence….
Read MoreNorth Korea: Contemplating the Inconceivable
“Yesterday’s conflict does not have to be tomorrow’s war,” President Trump told reporters in Singapore after an historic meeting with Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un.[1] Never before has a sitting U.S. president met with a ruling Kim family patriarch, but now the two leaders have signed a joint pledge in which “Chairman…
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