Had to check my calendar to see what day it is – days are going by so fast East River! It is indeed Friday. Issue 1! (to borrow from the great talk-show host John McLaughlin) Harvest was brought to a halt due to three days of rain. It was a blessing nevertheless, as the soil [...]

“Good harvest!” as some farmers say. Yesterday I packed it up in the Honda and drove back east for the fall harvest. God is good in another year, turning seasons as He promised (Genesis 8:22). God is so faithful! And gracious. I was gladly reunited with my favorite tractor, the John Deere 7720, a most [...]

Continuing from our last post in this series on Feldman’s article, we examine the historical facts about the land of Palestine and the relationship between the land, the Zionists, and the existing residents in Palestine (primarily Arabs), giving special attention to the period between WWI and 1922. I realize this is largely a waste of [...]

Steve Feldman begins his brief history of the Palestinian Israel-conflict (with an emphasis on the Palestinian side of history) entitled “The Questions Never Answered About Palestine“: As the Palestinian-Arabs and their friends make their latest push for “Palestinian” statehood at the United Nations this week, once again the wrong questions are being asked, while the [...]

Many see this as political writing. But given that thousands of churches and church members are harassed by their lack of interest or support in the present day secular nation-state of Israel by dispensational Zionists, secular Zionists, etc., it is once again appropriate to address this topic. It has direct bearing on our theology and [...]

“The ravages of alcoholism and drug abuse in our culture are too well known, and no symbol of sin’s bondage is more seductive or more oppressive than booze.” – John MacArthur on the “Young, Restless and Reformed” Though, I think one could easily say “no symbol of sin’s bondage is more seductive and oppressive than [...]

The irony of some fundamentalists is that the truth of Scripture is destroyed in the process of trying to defend it. I can think of no better example than when a Christian fundy tries to argue that Jesus really didn’t consume wine at any point in this life, but merely grape juice. The exegesis of [...]