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Strength from the Living Waters

Over a year ago, a friend offered me a chance to spend nine days at a cabin in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains of Washington. The…

Dec 22, 2021

Strength from the Living Waters

Dec 22, 2021

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Deceptive Documentary Portrays Evangelicals as Repugnant Other

Evangelical Christians have been a convenient bogeyman in American society since the 1920s when journalist H.L. Mencken assailed their…

Jun 23, 2021

Deceptive Documentary Portrays Evangelicals as Repugnant Other

Jun 23, 2021

The Pinch Point is Upon Us

For the past 17 years I’ve been struggling to understand a troubling phenomenon manifesting itself in American public life. For the life of…

Feb 4, 2022

The Pinch Point is Upon Us

Feb 4, 2022

Envy of Cain is Crouching at the Door

[T]he conflict between Church and Synagogue is fundamentally an expression of fraternal strife. I would hasten to add that one of the…

Feb 3, 2022

Envy of Cain is Crouching at the Door

Feb 3, 2022

A Preliminary Response to David Crump’s Book on Christian Zionism

Note: Wipf and Stock, a publishing house that recently re-published Stephen Sizer’s Zion’s Christian Soldiers? after InterVarsity Press…

Jan 10, 2022

A Preliminary Response to David Crump’s Book on Christian Zionism

Jan 10, 2022

Fishing With an Open Mind — and With Narrower Boats

Suzanne Altenburger is the woman with the German accent and a formidable, intimidating gaze who has been a fixture at public meetings…

Nov 22, 2021

Fishing With an Open Mind — and With Narrower Boats

Nov 22, 2021

Neither Saviors Nor Demons, But Neighbors — Just Neighbors

A long time ago, I was in a city called Bukavu preparing to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in a country that was then called Zaire and…

Dec 28, 2020

Neither Saviors Nor Demons, But Neighbors — Just Neighbors

Dec 28, 2020

The Weanling

As the sky darkens and thunder is heard from off in the distance, villagers continue in their afternoon activities. Children dawdle…

Nov 22, 2020

Nov 22, 2020

Hack

I was helping the old man sitting next to me find the prayer in the church program when I heard the cough. It made me jump out of my seat…

Nov 14, 2020

Nov 14, 2020

Last Communion

Dear Son,

Nov 12, 2020

Last Communion

Nov 12, 2020

Dexter Van Zile

Dexter Van Zile

Managing Editor of Focus on Western Islamism (FWI), published by the Middle East Forum. His opinions are his own.

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