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An uneasy calm at the border
Is an invasion still an invasion if there are no invaders?
Trump’s imperial golden age
Augustus and Nero also offered peace and security for those who fell in line. Paul critiques them in his epistle to the Romans.
American hell
In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr.’s confidence in the politics of progressivism dimmed. Judgment became his refrain.
Does God want America to be great?
A time to endure
As we approach another Trump presidency, I’ve been thinking a lot about Ecclesiastes.
Faith groups resolve to protect migrants, refugees after Trump win
“We will not be intimidated into silence or inaction.”