THE WAR IN IRAN: how to make sense of the senseless
How do we respond to a season of chaos? How do we, as bearers of hope and messengers of reconciliation, respond to a world that has tilted into a seemingly endless spiral of destruction? The war in Iran has observers baffled. Fifteen nations are now firing missiles at one another. More than 2,300 people have…
LEBANON: voices from the rubble
This is a field report from Lebanon with an update on the current situation and a reminder that when we have the ability to help someone in need, we should not remain passive.
IRAN: chaos and covenant
Watching the daily news on the war in Iran creates a sense that the world is unravelling — slipping into an abyss of no return. However, Scripture insists that covenant is God’s chosen way of holding the world together when everything else is falling apart. It was true in Babylon. It was true in Rome. It was true on the cross. Covenant is the reminder that divine faithfulness is not cancelled by human chaos. Here are 6 covenants to remember
THE CHRIST RESPONSE: when an Ayatollah rises
In the same manner that we explored the Christ response to the killing of the Ayatollah Khamenei, we must ask again: What is the Christ response to the rising of the new Supreme leader – Ayatollah Arafi?
THE CHRIST RESPONSE: when an Ayatollah is assasinated
When the news broke on Sunday morning that the Ayatollah Khamenei, has been killed in a joint USA-Israel bomb attack, one of the first Christian responses I read was by a prominent American Christian journalist/author from THE JERUSALEM POST. He responded as follows: The most wicked leader in the world is dead. Khamenei was finally assassinated on Saturday in a joint operation by the United States and Israel. “He is now burning in the fires of eternal Hell, and rightly so.”
IRAN ATTACK: excuses, reasons and a Christian perspective
DISCLAIMER It is premature to predict how the renewed conflict between the USA and Iran will unfold, how long it may persist, or what lasting effects it will have on the region. What can be of value, however, is to examine the possible reasons behind the attack and the broader regional dynamics that shape these…
THE EASTER OPTION: you, Jesus and Barabbas
In the court of Pilate it was never simply a choice between two men—Jesus or Barabbas. It was a choice between two ways: the spiritual WAY of Christ and the political WAY of Barabbas. And the crowd didn’t hesitate in making their choice. Their voices rose for political freedom, and they released the one who would secure that at any cost. But, before we assume we would have chosen differently, it’s worth pausing for a moment. Check this video. It offers one of the clearest and most profound explanations I’ve encountered.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: outsourcing the Gospel
“Seeing is believing” used to be the easy, definitive answer to anything that sounded suspicious or that remotely reeked of a conspiracy. Faith was simple to believe, the world was easy to understand, and convictions were easy to defend. The newspaper said it, I believed it, and that settled it. But everything changed. A new player entered the global reporting arena: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
GAZA: unexpected voices rising from the rubble
This is the story of Gaza’s unsung heroes. These are names you have most likely never heard before and may never hear again, because Gaza’s life is usually reduced to headlines — verdicts of guilt or innocence, images of ruin and loss. Yet the truest portrait of Gaza is painted in small, stubborn acts of human survival: a clown bringing smiles to faces of children, a musician playing his guitar in a refugee camp, a doctor weeping with patients, students finishing an exam between shifts, children playing hopscotch in empty spaces, a soccer match in the rubble, and a church lifting prayers for those who heal.
RAMADAN: fasting yet feasting, hidden yet revealed
Ramadan invites us to imagine Jesus’ posture toward people who are sincerely seeking God during fasting and prayer. While the Gospels don’t mention Ramadan (since it arose centuries later), we can draw from Jesus’ character and teachings to envision how He might approach it.