What some of my Christian friends believe to be loyalty to “God’s Chosen People”, many of us Christians see as a cruel trashing of everything we believe Jesus stood for. The comments from Christians to Pres. Trump’s tweet about withholding…
Category: Islam & Middle East
Why Christians, and All Americans, Should Support the Palestinians, Not Israel
I was recently asked what I would do about the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinians given that Israel is in a fight for its life and has been under near constant attack by Hamas in the Gaza Strip…
Peace With Islam: Chapter 1
From my upcoming book Peace With Islam: CHAPTER 1 America Meets Radical Islam, Our New National Enemy – My first encounter with Islam was America’s introduction to Islam during the 444 day hostage crisis that began in 1979 when Jimmy…
A Christian’s Plan to Deal with the ISIS Crisis
We need to do this in a way that marks us as being completely different than them, and I don’t mean by that how advanced our military is compared to theirs. I’m talking about a difference in character and mission.…
We Should Have Listened to the Libertarians About the Middle East
Saddam Hussein gassing Kurdish villages, al-Qaeda attacking the US on 9/11, and ISIS killing just about anybody who isn’t ISIS isn’t a good thing, we can all agree to that, but it seems only the Libertarians have any objections to…
Palestinian Christian Response to UN Condemnation of Israeli Settlements
When big-name preachers like John Hagee impugn Palestinians he’s impugning the 50,000 of them who are his Christian brothers. I think people like him who spread prejudice against Palestinians just need to spend some time with Christian missionaries on the…
Peace With Islam: Chapter 2
From my upcoming book Peace With Islam: CHAPTER 2 9/11 Gives Shape to our National Narrative – After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor someone congratulated Admiral Yamamoto on his victory. His response was, “I fear all we have done…
Israel Statehood: A Catastrophe, Not a Miracle
Al-Nakba – The Catastrophe May 14, 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the declaration of Israel to become a state. Israel becoming a state is seen by many as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy. I used to think so too.…
Standing With Israel: How Bad Theology Duped Us Into Supporting Terrorism and Oppression
From Benjamin Corey’s blog: Not many days go by without seeing some sort of “Stand with Israel” image pop up into my Facebook news feed. And, each time it does, my heart grieves over the fact that so many of…
Resources for Understanding Islam and Middle East Conflicts
These resources weigh heavily toward politics rather than theology to explain Islam and the Middle East. I have discovered that trying to understand Middle East conflicts and radical Islam from a purely theological perspective leads one to many wrong and…