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My wish list for 2021
Here’s my top 5 list (although, admittedly, I could easily come up with 5 or 50 other, top wishes, as you certainly could).
There is no mercy and no redemption in today’s cancel culture
It is one thing when, as an adult, you are held accountable for the life you choose to live, especially if you are unrepentant. It is another thing when, as a young adult, you are severely penalized for a three-second video posted on social media when you were just 15.
Is QAnon actually helping pedophiles more than hurting them?
But could it be that QAnon is actually doing more harm than good when it comes to opposing pedophilia, in particular, the sex trafficking of children?
2020: A crisis of trust and a crisis of truth
If there is any one thing that strikes me looking back at this calamitous and difficult year it is that we are experiencing a deep crisis of trust. Who can we believe? Who is telling the truth? On whom can we rely for accurate information?
Why I reject the ‘Christian nationalist’ label
Perhaps it is my background as a Jewish believer in Jesus. Either way, until Jesus returns and sets up His kingdom here on the earth, I will reject any semblance of a Christian theocracy. That includes Christian nationalism.
The most outrageous pardon of all time
But none of these pardons, however egregious some of them may be, compares with the most outrageous pardon in history.
Christmas: A very Jewish story with Good News for the nations
Yes, this is the story of the Messiah of Israel, the one promised centuries earlier in the pages of the Jewish Scriptures.
Sorry, but the American flag is not directly related to the banner of Christ
It is one thing to be a patriot, even a Christian patriot. It is another thing to conflate the American flag with the banner of Christ. Yet that is what General Michael Flynn did in a recent editorial.
The New York Times starts to understand the right (with the help of an Israeli professor)
More intriguing still is the subtitle: “An Israeli sociologist argues that Trump voters, like Netanyahu supporters in Israel, have legitimate reasons to find liberal values threatening.”
How the ancient Maccabees speak to us today
The Feast of Dedication, better known as Hanukkah, was just celebrated by Jews around the world, commemorating events that took place more than 2,100 years ago. But the lessons of Hanukkah are quite relevant to our times today.