SODOM & GOMORRAH: As usual, the friends of democracy were wrong and the oppressive tyrant was right. This week, France and Italy had a dispute over "illegal migrants." The western press is portraying this as an immigration problem. The politicians involved are happy to oblige. The French seek to curtail legal immigration in order to address the challenges of illegal … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
It’s a Cultural Thing
SODOM & GOMORRAH: One can learn a lot by comparing Japanese reactions to the recent earthquake to western ones. The Japanese government came out and said that the heavens were punishing them for being greedy. That was why the earthquake happened, and the general populace should take heed. It seems that the Japanese don't mind the idea of an interventionist God, unlike … [Read more...]
Israel’s Mission in the Wilderness
Dedicated to my father, a missionary in the wilderness. SODOM & GOMORRAH: The theological category of the wilderness is often synonymous with punishment. This most likely arises from God's banishment of Israel in the wilderness for forty years after they committed idolatry. The wilderness itself is a neutral concept. In Hebrew the word is midbawr and it comes from a … [Read more...]
The Swarm in Syria
SODOM & GOMORRAH: Revolution is a virus. Once it infects the mind of one or two people, it can spread across an entire region without regard. Echoing western policy makers, we may even say that it more adversely affects the poor and vulnerable. The Syrian government has experienced formidable opposition from revolutionary groups. You can read about the spread of the … [Read more...]
Rancour
This is a guest post by Homestead: Theatre of Words. To Australian Aboriginals, the Dreaming is the eternal present. It is the time in which the myths were enacted melded with the times in which they are retold; it is the mundane today mingled with the supernatural now. In modern Australia, the Dreaming has become naturalised; it is the idea of a sustaining but forgotten … [Read more...]