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I haven’t been away. Excellent!

I get that a lot. (Moses is a little older than me.)

@Behold lives in Israel part-time. I’m sure he could give us the rundown on the general attitude of unbelieving Jews toward Christians. I don’t think the IDF has a warm heart for Christianity. They have good political sense and, imo, reacted quickly to assuage their biggest ally (the United...

“BREAKING: The Israeli military has sentenced two soldiers to jail for destroying a statue of Jesus. The punishment was handed down just 72 hours after the incident. Good on the IDF for swift action.” (Eyal Yakoby) https://x.com/eyakoby/status/2046602587772743928?s=46&t=T64e94h2unfHH-VO4i01zA

“A short while ago, in full coordination with the local community of Debel in southern Lebanon, the damaged statue was replaced by IDF troops. The Northern Command worked to coordinate the replacement of the statue from the moment it received the report ofthe incident. The IDF expresses deep...

“The goal of persistent Bible reading isn’t simply to accumulate biblical trivia or to be able to recall biblical facts, but to let Holy Scripture shape us, our thoughts, our habits, hopes, and loves.” - Michael F. Bird

Another voice, a different perspective, from a Messianic Jew - “The outrage expressed by Jewish voices over the desecration of the Jesus statue, and the swift public condemnation and action taken by the IDF and Prime Minister Netanyahu to repair it, reflects a level of accountability and...

“Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair.” - C.S. Lewis

From my X / Twitter “For you” feed today - “Is there a particular book of the Bible that you read more often than others?” https://x.com/wendelltalks/status/2046264438106271841?s=61 The question is drawing a good number of responses on X / Twitter. Maybe it will here too. If there is, what...

“One of the greatest apologetic challenges In a post-Christian world is just getting unbelievers to imagine that the world could possibly be otherwise.” - Michael J. Svigel

No thoughts? Here’s a take on the incident from a Messianic Jew - “My opinion as a Messianic Jew: It’s plain wrong to vandalize other people’s religious artifacts, but let’s be honest: Worshipping a statue of Jesus is totally pagan. Tens of millions of Christians in the world do not worship...

“… ‘liturgy’ refers to the order of a corporate worship service. All churches from every denominational stripe have an order of worship.” https://learn.ligonier.org/articles/liturgy A particular ritual may be wrong but there is nothing inherently wrong with ritual.

“The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the authenticity of a photo showing a soldier in Southern Lebanon smashing a statue of Jesus with a slegehammer ...” https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-image-of-soldier-destroying-jesus-statue-in-lebanon-is-real-vows-action/ What are your thoughts about...

An interesting read, from my X / Twitter “For you” feed today - https://x.com/gdalmiathinks/status/2046166393490657534?s=61