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War With Russia (February 2023)

War With Russia (February 2023)

War is too important a topic to leave to the generals and politicians, the pundits and the bureaucrats. As much as “they” don’t want you to think for yourself, you must. Thinking and speaking are the fundamental acts of defiance against the totalitarian impulses of our own society. According to American politicians, the U.S. is very much at war against Russia — Ukraine is just part of the arena. I don’t see any realistic way of ending the war without seeing it through. Neither side perceives an ability to gracefully fold. And that makes the war an existential war for both sides, and all of us.

Judges 3-5

Judges 3-5

The call of the Judges to deliver Israel. The impossibility of peaceful coexistence.  The necessity of battle.  The cowardice and shame of those who ignore the call. The honor of those who despise even their own lives in the face of monumental risk.

The Nation That Will Be Destroyed . . .

The Nation That Will Be Destroyed . . .

“For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish;
it will be utterly ruined.” Isaiah 60:12

“But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.” Luke 19:27

“The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.” Luke 28:20

War and 2023

War and 2023

(Once a year I’ll share with extended family and close friends about things I’ve talked about since 2016.  War, and domestic war.  This year I’ll share with you, too:)

Happy 2023 family and friends (but I’m repeating myself . . .)

I thought I’d take a moment to share my thoughts on themes I’ve been talking about since 2016.  Time to see if I am just another lunatic (and I won’t argue that I’m not!), or maybe got a thing or two sort-of close.

One year ago there was no war in Europe. Today there is war in Europe.    

NATO (the West) has sided with Ukraine; this is no longer a “special military operation” to recapture some lost Russian provinces and protecting ethnic Russians from oppressive Ukrainians.  NATO (the U.S.) shipped missile systems, and all manner of ammunition to Ukraine. And $100 Billion in cash, some of which has filter back to D and R politicians in the U.S.   In the news today, Germany, Poland, and the U.S. are trending toward sending battle tanks to Poland.   Patriot missile donations are old news.  YouTube shows soldiers with strangely American or British accents fighting Russians in the Ukraine.  U.S. Embassy acknowledged one recently deceased American in the fighting.  The 101st Airborne and the 82nd Airborne deploy to Poland and Romania. Secretary of Defense Austin admitted that there are troops in the Ukraine to “monitor” the weapons we sent. And this is just what is in the Press.

The point:  War in Europe was not reality twelve months ago, but it is today. It is not just gun fights, it is full economic warfare.  Somebody blew up the Nord Stream pipeline— it didn’t blow up itself.  U.S. sanctions on Russia remind me of the U.S. sanctions against Japan just prior to their attack on Pearl Harbor. American politicians (R and D) by a large margin support this war against Russia/for Ukraine.

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Podcast: Joshua, War!

Podcast: Joshua, War!

War is the theme. A very brutal and bloody war. Never forget that the ”Lord,” in the book of Joshua is the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the same forever. Hebrews 13:8 and Malachi 3:6. Violence is a theme throughout the Holy Scriptures from the Law to the Prophets and the Gospels and the Revelation,