The Two Ditches: Why Both Christian Extremes are Wrong about Israel
Both sides quote the Bible A lot Both sides tell a partial story Neither tells the whole one
Opinion
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Unsettling Advent 2025, Day 22
The cruel spectacle churns on for now, but Advent prepares us to see anew that there are countless ordinary acts of love happening quietly, out of sight, more than you and I will ever know.
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This is the daily reality that many climate debates ignore
For billions of people in the polluted and less-developed parts of the world, this new beginning may signify a day when they wake up and simply smell clean air
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My encounter with Santa taught me a lot about prayer
Here s where Christmas slams me in the face every year
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Top story of 2025: Persecution in Nigeria
The question is whether the Nigerian government will now take meaningful steps to rein in the radical Islamic groups responsible for the increasing violence
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Unsettling Advent 2025, Day 21
We should all be concerned about government officials anointing themselves as the arbiters of what a Nativity scene should look like. Sadly, too many Christians today willingly side with Herod.
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Wave of terror recently is not a random misfortune
History teaches that civilizations do not fall overnight They erode when they forget who they are
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Christmas wasn’t a quaint, quiet affair. It was an invasion.
Christmas was not a quaint, quiet affair It was an invasion
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No, feminism isn’t fixed by repealing the 19th Amendment
While I am likewise concerned about young women s poor voting patterns, Partridge s proposal is lazy, provocative, and politically illiterate
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Unsettling Advent 2025, Day 20
It must have seemed hopeless in first-century Palestine for plenty of people, but that is where the light of the world chooses to be born. God is still coming into being, even amidst the cruelty of ICE and the terror of state violence.
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Love in a Hopeless Place: An Advent Story
A difficult pregnancy made it feel like darkness was closing in. But still, there was a tiny burning ember of hope that kept glowing. In the midst of actual and metaphoric scar tissue from years of losses, something miraculous happened.
