The World Cup Puts Qatari and Iranian Cruelty on Display
Tehran fears the games will be an opportunity for protestors.
November 21, 2022
The specter of Marcionism.
Earlier this year, in a brief statement in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) singled out Israel—and no other foreign country—as guilty of “21st-century slavery” and urged American Jews to call upon the U.S. government to cease supporting Israel’s “immoral enslavement.” Such rhetoric has become normal for the PCUSA. But, notes Mark Tooley, even if this denomination is one of the worst offenders, it very much represents a broader trend among left-wing American Christians:
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Login or SubscribeTehran fears the games will be an opportunity for protestors.
A partial victory.
The specter of Marcionism.
“As lighthearted as a sermon by Jonathan Edwards and as relaxed as a vacation to Putin’s Moscow.”
A new Torah scroll, 530 years after the expulsion.