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Biden Urges Congress to Fund Israel, Ukraine
during Rare Oval Office Address During a rare speech on Thursday, President Joe Biden urged Americans to Congress to increase military aid to both Israel and Ukraine amid ongoing conflicts with Hamas and Russia, respectively.... Hamas terrorists subjected civilian women,
grandmothers and children to extreme sexual violence, a Rabbinate corps member of the Israel Defense Forces responsible for preparing victims' bodies for burial has told media, calling the acts “worse than the Holocaust.”... If you want a revealing glimpse into the MAGA evangelical movement, check out the responses to Russell Moore’s recent tweet. Sometimes there are small moments that illuminate much larger social and cultural patterns.
Historians are always looking for these moments. I thus hope future historians of evangelicalism will find this post....
Right-Wing Media Is Flooded With Dehumanizing Rhetoric Against Palestinians
When
32-year-old Hanaan Shahin opened the door of her ground-floor apartment in Plainfield, Illinois, her landlord was already angry. Days prior, Joseph Czuba had told Shahin that he wanted her and her son to move out, according to Czuba’s sister.... Republican attorney general sues to stop US’s first public religious school Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general has filed a lawsuit to stop what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious school. Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed the lawsuit Friday with the state Supreme Court against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School
Board....
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Insiders until they’re not
Martin Luther stood in peril of his earthly life and possibly his eternal soul. The energetic Wittenberg firebrand challenged more than he realized when he issued debating points to the popular indulgence seller Johann
Tetzel....
Vandalized
pro-life display: “Pro-life is a lie” A pro-life display at St. Paul Catholic Church in the St. Louis area was vandalized with red paint between October 2-3. The display, featuring white crosses and a “Pray to End Abortion”
banner, was found defaced with red spray paint and a message reading...
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I know it’s a fairly innocent expression, and one that’s well-intentioned, but I’ve been making a concerted effort lately to omit a specific phrase from my vocabulary that—at least in my mind—gives a wrong impression of God and the way he wants to relate to me.... Blackface and expelling the lowly offensive church It’s stunningly stupid that in the 21st century any church or individual would not recognize that white people using black theatrical makeup to portray any African American is highly offensive.... Christian Moms Feel More Pressure to Get It Right Amajority of mothers with kids at home today—69 percent in a new survey from
Barna Group—say they struggle to “feel like they are enough” as a mother. Only 19 percent said that they feel they are “able to contribute meaningfully to the world.”... Choose an open mind: Certainty is my enemy. Nuance is my friend. Mark, a good friend and a UK expat living in the Middle East, came to visit me several years ago. After years of spending a week or so together at conferences, this was a rare treat to finally host him. The time we spent together on my backyard patio and at the local neighborhood pub was one of the joys of my life....
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