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I went to see Clint Eastwood’s movie, American Sniper, with my wife last week. I was curious about it because of all the controversy that has swirled around it. Fox News and most conservative commentators raved about it, while the liberal left condemned it. Viewing it...
LIFE BEGINS AT SEVENTY
I was told the other day that old age begins at eighty! If that is so, how should you view the decade before eighty? When he reached his seventieth birthday the great missionary to the Muslim world, Samuel Zwemer gave a talk to the Warfield club at Princeton Seminary...
WHAT CAN HISTORY TEACH US ABOUT HOW TO DEFEAT MILITANT ISLAM?
The recent resurgence of radical Islam bent on military conquest in the Middle East, Nigeria, Yemen, and through proxies in immigrant communities in Europe and even in the USA by terrorists is causing our government to develop new strategies to defeat, demolish and to...
CHRISTIANITY ON THE FRONT LINE WITH ISLAM IN AFRICA
Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting for the first time Dr. William Udotong who is the Provost of West Africa Theological Seminary in Lagos. Nigeria. Lagos (pop. 21 million) is one of the largest cities in the world. Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa....
How Islam Has Affected Birmingham, England and Paris, France
This is a guest post from the City Journal by Theodore Dalrymple Looking Away from Europe’s Muslim Problem It’s easier to condemn Steven Emerson than to confront issues of assimilation and culture. 22 January 2015 Steven Emerson, the expert on terrorism, has caused a...
What Can We Learn From Samuel Zwemer in Reaching Muslims?
Samuel Zwemer (1867-1952) pioneered American missionary work to the Muslim world. I knew his daughter Bessie who married Claude Pickens and were retired in Annisquam, Massachusetts after being missionaries in China. I also knew J. Christy Wilson who came to teach...
Can Compassion be Legislated?
I am challenged by the virtue of compassion. My God is a God of compassion. Salvation is the gift of a compassionate God. Jesus taught us to be compassionate. St. Paul urges us to be clothed with compassion (Colossians 3:12). But I question whom to feel sorry for, why...
VACLEV HAVEL: MAN OF FAITH?
Antoinette gave me a copy of HAVEL: A LIFE by Michael Zantovsky for Christmas. I read it during the holidays. Vaclev Havel was the Czech playwright who was one of the leaders of the Velvet Revolution that overthrew the Communist government, and went on to be the first...
Books I Read in 2014
Some people have requested my reading list for 2014. I don't recommend all of them but the variety keeps my mind and heart and soul alive. “When a man writes from his own mind, he writes very rapidly. The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading in order...
How God Made Himself Vulnerable in a Baby
“The time came for the baby to be born, and Mary gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger” (Luke 2:6,7). “The angel said to the shepherds, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy…. A Savior has be born to...
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