In this strange presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has accused candidate Tulsi Gabbard of being a Russian asset, Elizabeth Warren’s message misfires, Democrats are ignoring conservative and moderates who disapprove of Trump, and Joe Biden is still leading after all. Read more
October 18, 2019
Art of the Deal in Syria
October 18, 2019 By Gene Veith
0 Comments
President Trump has brokered a ceasefire in Turkey’s incursion into Syria against the Kurds. According to the terms, Turkey will halt, Kurds will withdraw 20 miles from the border, whereupon Turkish operations will cease. Read more
October 18, 2019
The Totalitarian Impulse
October 18, 2019 By Gene Veith
0 Comments
Totalitarianism is the belief that the government should control the totality of human life. Communists and Nazis, for all their differences, both embraced totalitarianism. The totalitarian impulse can also exist in a Democracy, and is increasingly evident in the United States. Read more
October 17, 2019
The Christology of the Pope’s Now-Denied Quotation
October 17, 2019 By Gene Veith
0 Comments
The Vatican has denied that the Pope said what journalist Eugenio Scalifari ascribed to him, that Jesus was not God during His incarnation, but became God after His death. This view would violate orthodox Christology, but it does have affinity with the distinction in liberal theology between the “Jesus of History” and the “Christ of Faith.” Read more
October 16, 2019
Importing Tyranny
October 16, 2019 By Gene Veith
0 Comments
As companies from the NBA to Apple Computer do whatever it takes to placate China, Americans are being subjected to Chinese censorship, restrictions, and state control. Read more
October 15, 2019
No Tax Exemption for Churches Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage?
October 15, 2019 By Gene Veith
0 Comments
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says that churches that oppose same-sex marriage should lose their tax exemption. And his idea has some traction. Read more
October 14, 2019
“You Are Leaving Us to Be Slaughtered”
October 14, 2019 By Gene Veith
0 Comments
The Kurds have been America’s most steadfast allies–fighting side by side in Iraq, and defeating ISIS on our behalf. But we have withdrawn our military advisors embedded with the Kurds in Syria to allow Turkey to launch a massive attack on their ethnic enemy. Why have we done this? Read more
October 12, 2019
An Evangelical Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
October 12, 2019 By Gene Veith
0 Comments
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize went to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiye Ahmed Ali, an evangelical Christian. Read more
October 11, 2019
For Pastor Appreciation Month
October 11, 2019 By Gene Veith
0 Comments
Sunday is Pastor Appreciation Day, and October is Pastor Appreciation Month. We should indeed appreciate our pastors and express that appreciation to them. They are working night and day to bring us to eternal life. And to mark the occasion, two free books. Read more
October 10, 2019
The Pope Quoted as Denying the Deity of Christ
October 10, 2019 By Gene Veith
0 Comments
Pope Francis is quoted as having denied the central tenet of Christianity: the deity of Christ. According to a journalist, the Pope told him, “Jesus of Nazareth, once having become a man, was, though a man of exceptional virtues, not at all a God.'” Read more
get the latest from
Cranach
Sign up for our newsletter
POPULAR AT PATHEOS Evangelical
Browse Our Archives
TRENDING AT PATHEOS Evangelical
