Christians Can’t Fix the Israel-Hamas War

Jesus could end this crisis. His followers almost certainly can’t.
The way to resolve the Israel-Hamas war is very simple, journalist Matt Yglesias recently explained. We could do it in just five steps:

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Keeping—and Learning—the Peace

An American Christian’s view of US-Taiwan-China relations and what to do in the event of war.
This article is published in collaboration with Campus, a Taiwanese evangelical magazine.
In the summer of 2021, American public opinion reached a new mi…

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Christianity Has Anchored Free Societies. What Happens as They Deconvert?

Philosopher John Gray predicts we’re headed for an age of all-consuming moral warfare.
Even the most casual student of political philosophy knows the quote: In the prehistoric state of nature, wrote philosopher Thomas Hobbes, humans existed in a &l…

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This War Shows the Weakness in Just War Theory

Many Christian responses to the Israel-Hamas conflict lean on just war theory. It’s well intentioned—but deeply flawed.
Just war theory is a venerable Christian tradition. It is the philosophical basis of international and American laws of wa…

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The Obscenity of War in This Present Evil Age

‘The last enemy to be destroyed is death,’ and that enemy is insurgent in the Israel-Hamas war.
Less than a week into the Israel-Hamas war, the casualty count is already in the thousands. Around 1,300 people have been killed by Hamas terrorist atta…

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