March 2011

Conference update

By: Derek

On: March 20, 2011

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Because of our imminent move from Indiana to Illinois, which takes place the same weekend, I’ve had to withdraw from the lineup of speakers at The Politics of Religion Conference.Continue Reading

VFTB 079: Great Earthquakes in Various Places

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On: March 14, 2011

In: A View From the Bunker, Podcast

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THE PROPHET Isaiah saw a bleak future: Behold, the LORD will empty the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants. […] The earth is utterly broken, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken. The earth staggers like a drunkenContinue Reading

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VFTB 078: Santa Muerte — Mexico’s Mysterious “Saint Death”

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On: March 12, 2011

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A STRANGE cult that worships a Grim Reaper-like figure called Santa Muerte — Saint Death — is spreading northward from Mexico. It’s not well understood by most religious observers, and it’s beliefs and practices are morphing almost right before our eyes. It seems to have special appeal to the downtrodden,Continue Reading

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2024 New York City is 1938 Germany
Viral video of students at Columbia University forming a human chain to keep Jewish students off campus evokes chilling images of storm troopers doing the same thing at the University of Vienna in 1938.
Palestine in New York
Pro-Hamas protests continue at Columbia University in New York, where Jewish professors and students have requested police protection and have been advised to stay away from campus for their own safety.
Kicking the Bear
Congress passed the REPO Act Saturday, which empowers the Biden administration to seize some $6 billion in Russian assets and send it to Ukraine for reconstruction. But there will be consequences for the US and Europe.
Iron and Myth 28: Acknowledge Yahweh, You Sons of El
THE PSALMS are often polemics directed at the gods of the pagan nations around Israel. Case in point is the subject of this month’s Iron and Myth roundtable, Psalm 29.
Congress Goes Full Orwell
Congress has reauthorized FISA and granted the US government expanded surveillance powers to essentially ignore the 4th Amendment to the Constitution while spying on American citizens.
Unraveling Revelation: Reptilians and Revelation
ONE OF THE MYSTERIES of ancient Mesopotamia are the strange, reptilian figurines found in southeastern Iraq near the ancient cities of Ur and Eridu. What can they possibly have to do with the Bible?
Her House Sinks Down to Death
WE RETURN to our regularly scheduled reading this week with proverbs that are paternal calls for wisdom--and a warning against communing with spirits of the dead.
“They Wouldn’t Just Eat Any White Men That Fell From the Sky”
THOSE IMMORTAL WORDS were spoken by Michael Kabuni, a political science lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea, responding to a false claim by President Biden that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals after being shot down in WWII.
The Friday Five – Are Even 20 ‘Humanitarian’ Hostages Still Alive in Gaza?
Hamas rejected a ceasefire proposal from Israel Saturday during the Iranian attack, but a source within the terror group says there may be no more than 20 “humanitarian” hostages still alive in Gaza.
Biden Reportedly OK’d Limited Iran Strike on Israel
Reuters reports that a Turkish diplomatic official said Iran warned the US before its attack on Israel Saturday night, and that the White House told Iran any action had to be “within certain limits.”