Christian Perspective
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INTRODUCTION: This coming Monday—May 27, 2024—is the celebration of Memorial Day here in the United States of America. It is a day to which the fallen soldiers of our littered past are remembered for serving their country. War is never pleasant, but peace requires the demonstration of courage, bravery, and the willingness—if necessary—to spill blood.…
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INTRODUCTION: As you can tell the subject of Christian Nationalism has intrigued me for some time. My primary concern is the intramural debate going on within the Christian community. A back and forth sort of tug of war has been playing out in various sectors of the Church. Individuals like Ligon Duncan are pushing hard…
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INTRODUCTION: Bogeymen are scary to both children and adults. As a child I remember being afraid of the dark. A common enough fear among kids, I think. Sometimes when I leave my home office after the sun has long since disappeared beneath the horizon the temptation to fear what cannot be seen lingers at the…
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“Many nations will come, saying, ‘Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his commands and we can live by his laws. For Zion will be the source of instruction; the Lord’s teaching will proceed from Jerusalem. He will arbitrate between many peoples…
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“The explicit absence of God in public life is now normal, and this new normal hardly needs official enforcement. With weakness of will and self-abnegation, Western Christians gaze at the ravishment of their Western heritage, either blaming themselves or, even worse, reveling in their humiliation. Christians today live in and fully embrace the conditions of…
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