As we have seen in our previous two installments in this series, the build-up to the Six Day War was a slow and steady one, proceeding from a state of relative calm after the armistice agreements of 1948 and 1949, to one of eventual brinkmanship and hair-trigger sensitivity. In Egypt and Syria, Arab nationalism not
In part one of our series on understanding the Six Day War, we reviewed many of the pre-conditions and formative events that helped to catalyze the situation that Israel and its surrounding Arab neighbors found themselves in during June of 1967. In that article, we briefly reviewed the phenomena of Arab nationalism that began to
Understanding the history and nature of the modern state of Israel can rank among the most frustrating tasks that one can embark on today. The amount of polarized information and opinions is staggering and it can be difficult, especially as a libertarian and even moreespecially as a Christian, to find information that tackles the subject in helpful
There has been some controversy lately within Christian circles (isn’t there always?) regarding certain figures and their attitudes toward the Old Testament of the Bible. Naturally, as Christians, we can learn from and value the whole of scripture as ultimately pointing to Christ and God’s work of human redemption. While we do not have to
February 15 marks the anniversary of the destruction of the USS Maine, a momentous event that precipitated America’s involvement in the Cuban independence movement and what eventually became known as the Spanish American War. Most Americans gloss over this period in their history, it being quite overshadowed by the eventual scale of World War I.
With the 24-hour news cycle and its almost limitless global reach, it never fails that we hear daily about the newest outbreak of violence or instability somewhere in the world. Word of the latest humanitarian crisis is often front and center on social or mass media, ready to attract our attention and pull at our
Can I be honest? Immigration is not a pet issue of mine. It has never ranked highly in my political awareness, I don’t tend to traffic in the latest statistics or partisan trends, and I don’t subscribe to any of the sensational viewpoints. As with so many other policy areas, the debate has been forced into two
In discussions amongst Christians of all stripes regarding the doctrine and details of creation, the foremost disagreement is often that of interpretation of the creation days themselves; whether the six days of creation represent solar days or longer lengths of time. But a close second to this for many may very well be the question
A couple of weeks ago, as I was working on launching our brand new YouTube channel (which, by the way, you can find right here!) I was caught by surprise and reminded of a very important point. Oftentimes, when we get very close to and very deep into something, whether it be a new hobby, new