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  • Is Islam Imperialist?

    Is Islam Imperialist?2

    English philosopher Antony Flew once commented that Islam was “best described in a Marxian way as the uniting and justifying ideology of Arab imperialism.” This is a rather provocative notion, but it’s not as implausible as it seems. Arab imperialism is a very real phenomenon. As James Sinkinson writes, “Arabs are the most successful colonizers

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  • Do Evangelicals Care More About Trump Than Jesus?

    Do Evangelicals Care More About Trump Than Jesus?10

    Are Christians united more by politics than Jesus? In a recent Washington Post opinion article, author Shadi Hamid argues that a peculiar partnership has emerged between politics and religion: Those who profess to be Evangelicals largely support former President Donald Trump. In the article, Hamid asks, “How can people who prize moral rectitude and personal

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  • Lincoln’s Last Hope: A Political Religion

    Lincoln’s Last Hope: A Political Religion11

    People love to talk about the crisis facing America today, but few take a moment to consider all of the terrible challenges that the nation has faced. Millions of Americans can remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, stagflation, the crime waves of 1970s and 1980s, and any number of other disasters. So while

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  • Karl Marx’s Obsession With the Devil

    Karl Marx’s Obsession With the Devil5

    It’s well known that Communism killed 100 million people — but few are aware of the obsession Communism’s founder Karl Marx had with the Devil. Karl Marx (1818–1883) is the economist and social theorist whose enduring footprint on the world is the political system known as Communism. Born in Germany but spending most of his

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  • Were the Founders Deist? Here’s One Sure-Fire Piece of Evidence Against That Idea

    Were the Founders Deist? Here’s One Sure-Fire Piece of Evidence Against That Idea6

    Although some of America’s Founding Fathers were deists, rather than Christians, the United States owes a debt of gratitude to a Judeo-Christian moral framework that goes beyond mere deism—and the proof is in the Declaration of Independence itself. Deism refers to the belief that God created the world and endowed human beings with reason, but after that, he

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  • The Pope’s Little Miracle of Laughter

    The Pope’s Little Miracle of Laughter0

    The world is going to hell in a handbasket. Bird flu. Ukraine. Climate change. Dallas Mavericks. Kamala Harris. Boston Celtics. Gaza. Extreme heat. Mortgage defaults. I recently resolved to turn my little corner of the world around by spreading good cheer. Every day I’m sending friends on WhatsApp a great joke. Today’s is: Why did the

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