Commentary: China's Belt and Road Initiative not a threat Why do Western commentators look at China's Belt and Road Initiative with Cold War prejudice, calling it a modern-day version of the U.S.-led Marshall Plan for post-World War II reconstruction in Europe, or the 19th century Great...
Commentary: History of walls and the sadness of one being used to separate Israel and the PalestiniansLYNN NEARY
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 9-13. - ISRAEL WARNED NOT TO CALL IN QUESTION GOD'S MODES OF ACTION. Apparently, Isaiah anticipates that the Israelites will be discontented and murmur at their deliverer being a heathen king, and not one of their own body. He therefore warns them against presuming to...
When I was young, you might still find an occasional outbreak of a mental disorder called ‘British Israelites’. I take it on trustfrom wikipediathere are still chapters of the operation in outlying parts. It all stems from the ten ‘lost tribes’ of Israel. One of which is that the Br...
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It is a sad commentary on human nature that the truly oppressed people can also be oppressed by other poor people. Proverbs 28:3 tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. ...
So, let’s take the UK for example - never Israel’s best friend. They had 58 points to divide up among all the nations, in jury votes and in popular votes. Israel got no jury votes (that’s zero in blue), but in the popular vote (in red), it got 12 from the UK - more th...
you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, which are joined to him, and I will put them together with the wood of Judah, and I will make them one piece of wood. And ...
“Can ISIS Gain a Foothold in Balochistan?” I still remember how a senior Quetta based senior police official airily dismissed a question I put to him about whether ISIS could gain a foothold in Balochistan. However, as I argued in my piece, “there is growing evidence that it is trying...
A Sinful Woman Forgiven - Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. And behold,