CULTURE WAR
Six years ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)–a key U.S. government research agency–made some poor decisions that contributed to the death of one million people in the USA and and seven million worldwide via Covid-19. Fauci was exposed as an arrogant and dishonest scientist at a…
My three favorite national commentators on American and world affairs are probably Victor Davis Hanson, Rod Martin, and Bill O’Reilly. I read and watch all three of them weekly. They share wisdom from a Judeo-Christian perspective with slightly different strengths: VDH – intellectual historian with a mainline church background. Rod Martin – Futurist and positive…
The incredible hostility toward Donald Trump has a far deeper source than hatred of his combative personality. I don’t like his manner at times myself. But I do love his policies, and how God seems to be using him to rebirth freedom in the world. A decade ago the world was moving toward totalitarian rule–maybe…
President Donald Trump announced Sunday evening that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) had been reached with Iran. It read: The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the…
The growing Socialist/Marxist revival in Western nations does not follow Karl Marx’s original plan. Marx taught that history is a continuous conflict between the wealthy (the bourgeoisie) and the working class wealth (the proletariat). Twentieth century socialists tried to stir up that narrative in the USA. It didn’t work. In the 21st century, socialist/Marxists (like…
The increasing use of AI in out world will be used for great good in literature, economics, governing, solving problems, and the completion of the Great Commission. It’s an amazing knowledge accelerator. It will also be used for evil–and could possibly be the force behind a future “Antichrist” to rule the world. The “World Ruler”…
Blythe Harper was a mentor in 1972-73 when I was studying and doing missions work in New Zealand. He ran the Christian bookstore in downtown Auckland and served as a leading organizer of a national “Jesus March” movement. During that time, believers in Kiwiland took to the streets to lift up the Name of Jesus,…
When I wrote Leadership for the 21st Century in 1989 (which predicted the fall of the Iron Curtain before it happened), I included a chapter on competing worldviews we might face in the new millennium. I felt then that biblical faith (Christ’s Kingdom advance in the nations) would be challenged strongly by either atheism in all its…
In the first blog of each new year, I like to share a personal perspective on what is happening in the world. I do this as one who reads, watches, prays, and senses a call to share what I “see.” I want all of us to be modern-day sons of Issachar who “understand the times…
I’ve written much over the past few months on the disengaged Church in America. “Darkness” is growing in the United States because many 21st century pastors/churches are afraid to speak about sin and be salt and light in the culture. They fear people more than God. When the “light” dims, “darkness” fills the void. Virgil…