Category: Conflicts
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Christ on the Web?
As the four Gospels testify, Jesus contends against hostile theological armies—against a multitude of enemies. They are often referred to as “scribes and Pharisees“. David, too—the witness to the Messiah a thousand years earlier in history—says: “LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me” – Psalm 3:1…
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Restoration work in wartime Ukraine
A suburb of Kiev in Ukraine. For the past four years, my visits there – here – have been during an ongoing war. Just as the war has changed shape during these years, so has the appearance of society. Here I compare some photos I took in 2023 with photos from the same places in…
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No memories of an August month?
The Russian Communist Party organized a special event in connection with the anniversary of the August coup against Gorbachev in 1991. The newspaper “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” drew attention to this event and asked some questions. The headline of the article is “THE COMMUNISTS HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN AUGUST 1991“, but could be “It is not easy to…
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Straightforward?
Friday’s White House meeting with Trump, JD Vance, Zelensky and others took place the day after a significant date – February 27. It was the tenth anniversary of the murder of Boris Nemtsov in Moscow. Nemtsov was in his time the most straightforward and outspoken critic of Putin and the Putin regime. But he fell…
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“Lot of folks see the celebrity side, but they don’t see the down side”
That was Reverend Al Sharptons comment to The Gospel of Matthew chapter 20, verses 20 -22, as he spoke over Trump Times and America’s Black. Dr. Martin Luther King’s followers especially are on guard. This interesting message by Al Sharpton with a lot of black history in it, is to be found on this clip…