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April 2016

April 06, 2016

The real reason Christians are leaving the Holy Land

When my son and I were hiking through Galilee in October 2009, a burly Palestinian...

April 04, 2016

Does God care about Japan?

I was looking out the window of a train the other day, speeding ever-so-smoothly across...

March 2016

March 20, 2016

A Jewish Richard John Neuhaus

Where is God in this crazy political season? Why does he seem hidden as ISIS...

March 15, 2016

Powerful lessons on socialism from someone who lived under it

Garry Kasparov, the great chess master, lived under absolute socialism in the Soviet Union, and...

March 13, 2016

Is socialism Christian?

Some would say so, especially in this election season. Its purpose, they say, is to...

March 10, 2016

What would it mean for Muslims to assimilate?

Immigration is the issue du jour. Most of us think (despite what pollsters shout) that it...

March 03, 2016

Are Christians never to judge?

Jesus famously said in Matt. 7, "Do not judge" (v. 1). Does that mean Christians...

March 01, 2016

Did Jesus wear tassels?

Most likely. The Greek word (kraspedon) that is translated in most Bibles as the “fringe” of...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

Where is the Anglican Communion going?

Barbara Gauthier is perhaps the best orthodox guide these days to happenings in the Anglican...

February 12, 2016

The monoculture of the university

Here is a fascinating interview with Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist at NYU, who describes the...

February 08, 2016

Does the Bible say the first covenant is obsolete?

On several recent trips to Israel an old friend Sara has come along. She has...

February 02, 2016

Is the Church God’s New Israel?

It has been long believed by many, perhaps most, Christians that after 33 AD God...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

What were they thinking?

I mean well-known evangelicals who have declared their political allegiance to Donald Trump. Such as...

January 20, 2016

I flunked NPR’s test

Last week I was invited by NPR (national) to participate in an on-air discussion of...

January 08, 2016

Hearing and envisioning as keys to the Muslim-Christian gods question

Today in the Wall Street Journal Boston University professor of religion Stephen Prothero has a...

January 05, 2016

A Jewish philosopher who taught incarnation

I mourn the death of Michael Wyschogrod on December 17. He was one of the...

January 03, 2016

Extraordinary statement by Orthodox rabbis

Last month 28 Orthodox rabbis released a statement that God has willed the birth of...

January 01, 2016

Palestinians: Save us from the good-hearted Westerners!

If there is one article that sheds more light--in a short space--on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Doing versus feeling

"How can I feel the feeling of God when I don't? "I feel like a...

December 30, 2015

Reality checks for pollyannish Christians

"Pollyannish" is a word for people who don't want to hear the ugly facts of...

December 24, 2015

A shrewd and wise analysis of American higher education today

Friends, I am delighted to share with you on this Christmas Eve a witty and...

December 20, 2015

More on whether Muslims and Christians worship the same God

Yesterday I posted a very brief comment on the flap at Wheaton College over the...

December 19, 2015

Should I do what I feel the Spirit is saying to me?

Most evangelicals have been told that simply following tradition in spirituality is wrong, and that...

December 19, 2015

Was the Wheaton College prof right?

When she said Muslims and Christians worship the same God? Here is the Christianity Today...

December 19, 2015

Don’t miss the LA conference!

Top scholars will gather in Los Angeles on January 18 to discuss the growing threat...

December 14, 2015

Does Israel violate international law?

It is often claimed today that Israel’s continued occupation of the West Bank is a...

December 11, 2015

We should not be shocked by the horrific things ISIS does to Christians

Why not? Because radical Muslims have been doing this to Christians for years, and not...

December 10, 2015

Islam is not the enemy, but some Muslims are

Good post yesterday by Richard Land with several important points. "Islam is not monolithic. The...

December 08, 2015

How to think about the new Middle East

Even a casual reader knows that the Middle East is boiling over, and that by...

December 07, 2015

Are there Muslims who support religious pluralism?

This is the key question. We can talk all we want about moderate vs radical...

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