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Clueless Christian Peaceniks

Mar 3, 2017

While pacifism has been a minority position within some Christian circles, the overwhelming majority of believers throughout history have recognised that there is a place for the moral and legitimate use of force. Scripture and church history both attest to

Islam’s Long History of Targeting Europe

Jul 18, 2016

Europe has always been a major target of Islam throughout its 1400-year history. What we see taking place today with jihadist attack in major European cities, Islamic no-go zones in many European locales, and creeping sharia, etc, demonstrates the ongoing

Islam Versus Western Civilisation: Lessons From History

Jul 17, 2016

With almost daily Islamic terror attacks, Islam is certainly one of the most discussed news items of the day. An hour does not seem to go by in which Islam is not making headlines somewhere – usually for all the

ANZAC Day, Christianity, and What are We Fighting For?

Apr 25, 2016

On this, the 101st anniversary of ANZAC Day, we are again reminded of the need to never forget those who paid the ultimate price so that we can be a free people in a free land. The sacrifices they made

Wartime, Self-Sacrifice and the Christian Life

Apr 8, 2016

Whenever a nation gets involved in a major wartime effort, the civilian population left at home tends to have to make plenty of sacrifices as well. Sure, they normally do not have to risk their very lives, as do those

Wartime, Hollywood and the Gospel

Apr 4, 2016

We have had a lot of wars, and we have had a lot of war films. Often great gospel truths can be found in times of great upheaval and suffering, and wartime certainly brings this out. One of the primary

We Need Another Resistance Movement: Remembering the Scholls

Feb 23, 2016

As the West grows increasingly darker, more ungodly, indeed more anti-God, more immoral, more culturally bankrupt, and more hostile to what so many of us believe in and value, we need to ask the question again: how are we to

Moral and Political Clarity in an Age of IS

Dec 5, 2015

We live in an age which is so reduced to mere emoting, to clichés, to celebrity opinions, and to 30-second soundbites, that properly dealing with vital issues can be quite difficult indeed. We are so dumbed down, so historically illiterate,

On Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 10, 2015

Seventy years ago the war with Japan ended because of the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9. Although around 200,000 lives were lost in the two cities, far more lives were saved as Japan

Unexpected Attacks and Spiritual Battles

Jun 8, 2015

The use of surprise is always quite handy in any war. If the enemy can catch you off guard, they have a real advantage. This was certainly the case on Sunday December 7, 1941 at 7:48 a.m. when 353 Japanese

Wartime, the Queen Mary, and the Christian Life

May 15, 2015

I am not sure what other folks do while on a bit of a vacation, but my mind is always going over how the situation I find myself in fits in with the biblical worldview. So although I am now

VE Day, Enemy Occupation, and Perseverance

May 9, 2015

Seventy years ago Victory in Europe Day was proclaimed. On May 8, 1945 the mass celebrations took place, just a day after the full surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies had occurred. Much of Europe had endured five years

On War Footing

Mar 2, 2015

The fact that military and warfare imagery is found throughout the Bible tells us a few things. One, it may tell us that ideological pacifism is a position not fully squared with the biblical record, but we will save that

Unemployment Jihad

Feb 18, 2015

The devout Islamic group IS is on a roll, and there is good reason for this: much of the West is either asleep, or is at least indirectly siding with IS. We have so many complete stooges in high office,

Auschwitz, War and Justice

Jan 30, 2015

Right now we are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The network of concentration camps set up by the Nazis in occupied Poland saw the death of over one million prisoners – most of them Jewish –

Remembering Churchill

Jan 23, 2015

Fifty years ago Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill died. He was born on November 30, 1874, and died on January 24, 1965. He was without doubt one of the greatest leaders of last century, and his legacy will forever be with us.

On the Crusades

Jan 20, 2015

If there is a constant and major objection raised to Christianity, it is the topic of the Crusades. Critics claim that this was a terrible blight on Christianity, and demonstrates that this is an evil and bloody religion, just as

Singapore, Christianity, and Occupying Armies

Jan 16, 2015

I mentioned to a large group of Singaporean leaders this week that Christians are living in enemy occupied territory, and that we have every right to seek to take back land lost to the enemy. This world belongs to only

Tolkien, Hobbits, Warfare and Realism

Dec 30, 2014

And so it ends. The adventure is over. At least the adventure that started four books ago and/or six films ago. Presumably this is all we will see from Peter Jackson concerning the film adaptation of the works of Tolkien.

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CultureWatch

Bill Muehlenberg's commentary on issues of the day...

Clueless Christian Peaceniks

Islam’s Long History of Targeting Europe

Islam Versus Western Civilisation: Lessons From History

ANZAC Day, Christianity, and What are We Fighting For?

Wartime, Self-Sacrifice and the Christian Life

Wartime, Hollywood and the Gospel

We Need Another Resistance Movement: Remembering the Scholls

Moral and Political Clarity in an Age of IS

On Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Unexpected Attacks and Spiritual Battles

Wartime, the Queen Mary, and the Christian Life

VE Day, Enemy Occupation, and Perseverance

On War Footing

Unemployment Jihad

Auschwitz, War and Justice

Remembering Churchill

On the Crusades

Singapore, Christianity, and Occupying Armies

Tolkien, Hobbits, Warfare and Realism

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