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For years, Americans have heard warnings about the national debt climbing into the tens of trillions of dollars. The numbers have become so large that they barely register anymore. But the real danger may no longer be simply how much America owes. It is how much America must now pay to keep borrowing.
What if a peace agreement is not actually intended to produce peace? That disturbing question is again confronting Israel after reports that one Arab country allegedly advised another to show flexibility toward Israel, reach an agreement, lower Israel's defenses--and use the resulting calm to strengthen itself for a future confrontation.
Israel has a list. It contains the names and identities of the terrorists believed to have participated in the October 7 massacre--the men who crossed into Israeli communities, murdered civilians, kidnapped families and helped drag hostages back into Gaza. And Israel has made clear that the passage of time will not make those names disappear.
Today, Islam is the fastest growing religion in America. There are now more than 2,700 mosques in the United States. In 1970, there were about 100. What we have been witnessing all over Europe is now happening here.
A new roadside surveillance technology offers a glimpse of just how rapidly this world is changing. Leonardo, a major defense and security contractor, is marketing a system called SignalTrace that can detect electronic signals from devices traveling inside vehicles and correlate them with license-plate information. In other words, the camera may no longer be watching only your car.
Foreign ministers of Arab and Islamic countries gathered in Jordan on August 5 and 6 to issue yet another series of condemnations of Israel. Reading their statements, one could easily conclude that there is only one party responsible for violence, instability, and suffering in the Middle East: Israel. Hamas? Barely relevant.
Years from now, perhaps the most revealing part of this story won't be found in the legislative language. It may be found in the video. The smiles. The laughter. The applause. Because laws tell us what governments permit. Celebrations tell us what cultures value.
The heavens declare the glory of God. Jesus told us there would be signs in the sun, moon and stars. And He repeatedly told His followers to watch.
As this crisis with the Yen builds, it threatens to become an unstoppable tsunami which could end up ripping through global markets and creating an epic financial meltdown.
There are difficult passages in Scripture that deserve careful study, historical context and humility. But there is a growing tendency in progressive Christianity to approach those passages with an entirely different assumption: if Jesus does not conform to modern ideological expectations, perhaps Jesus Himself was wrong.
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