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When I go to meetings of a local pro-Israel organization, I notice that most of the people there fervently believe that Donald Trump is good for Israel. I long ago decided that Trump simply doesn’t understand Israel or the Middle East. Yesterday’s Jerusalem Post quotes Dr. Michael Oren, who was...

Jordan Peterson is a famous Canadian psychologist, widely regarded as a conservative and a traditionalist. He has criticized new Canadian legislation on gender. Peterson is a clinical psychologist and he has been sanctioned by the College of Psychologists of Ontario, which has regulatory...

We see MAGA hats everywhere, especially on news stories about political events. MAGA stands for Make America Great Again, and Donald Trump introduced the slogan when he was running for President in 2016. When did America stop being great? When do the people who wear MAGA hats think America...

Genesis says that the snake, or serpent, was an animal. It was smarter than other animals, but still an animal. Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’? Genesis...

Bill Salus has a book whose title implies that Israel is a coming Mideast superpower. This is based on Psalm 83 prophecy, along with Jeremiah 49 and Isaiah 17. What I say here is based on a Youtube video where he is interviewed. Salus doesn’t claim to know what happens first but he suggests...

The Sheriff says that thieves target cars with Second Amendment bumper stickers or other indications that the owner owns a gun or has one in the car. Seven firearms were stolen in a rash of auto burglaries in Lakeland, Florida. There were 38 auto break-ins over three nights in March and May...

Where does the Republican Party stand on free trade? Do they believe in protecting American workers and consumers or does free trade always come first? What do Republican Platforms say? In 2020, the Republican Party did not adopt a Platform for the Presidential race. They simply vowed to follow...

Everyone knows that the American Republican Party is represented by an elephant. Is the elephant an African elephant or an Indian elephant?

Catholics have told me that the Roman Catholic Church must be the correct one because it is the oldest. Catholics have also told me that the largest church must be the correct one, so the Roman Catholic Church must the true church on that score. We are sometimes reminded that there are over a...

At a General Synod of the Church of England, the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has said that the first two words of the Lord’s Prayer are “problematic.” The Lord’s Prayer opens with the words “Our Father.” This is apparently too patriarchal and gives too much credit to men. Archbishop...

You probably remember that Moses and his brother Aaron were partners as they led the Children of Israel out of Egypt and tried to bring them to the Promised Land. A series of passages tell us that Aaron and his sons were consecrated as priests. They were given the task of taking care of the Ark...

Stars are mentioned several times in Scripture. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who...

In the Book of Ezekiel, specifically, the visions of Ezekiel, the word “amber” appears three times in the KJV. Actually it is the “colour of amber” that appears three times. The original word that the KJV translators translated as “amber” or the “colour of amber” is electrum. More recent...

According to the Doctrine of Election, God elects those who will be saved. Is the Doctrine of Election Biblical, or is it something invented by theologians? International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) under Election: “The word is absent from the Old Testament …” The Old Testament is...

I confess that I have never been able to understand predestination. It doesn’t make sense to me. The Parable of the Prodigal Son is the most frequently quoted of the Parables of Christ, the most preached on, and one of the most studied. Since it takes up 21 verses in Luke 15, it is certainly...

Does God’s plan of salvation work through the church? Or does God’s gift of salvation travel directly from the Throne of God to every man and woman who is part of His Kingdom? Chapters 2 and 3 of the Book of Revelation contain letters to seven churches. I have heard the Church of Laodicea...

There are reasons why a reasonable person wouldn’t want Ron DeSantis to be Governor, or to receive a second term. For instance, he ran a campaign ad in 2022 which implied that God endorsed his candidacy. That’s quite a bit of ego even for a politician. In the past year, CNN ran a story, or...

The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the LORD has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.” He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts...

Creationists on CF keep saying that evolution hasn’t been observed in controlled experiments. This is not entirely fair. There are whole areas of science, including astronomy, where controlled experiments are not feasible. What if the process of evolution can be seen in a controlled experiment...

The University of Florida is in Gainesville, the largest city in Alachua County. A county judge has sentenced Dontre Donnell Mason, 25, to ninety days in jail, with credit for time served. He had already been in jail for 81 days. The crime is making nude videos of female students who think they...