North Korea and the full meaning of ‘I and Thou’
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The sealed border was not just at the 38th parallel, but everywhere,
in each person’s heart, blocking the past and choking off the future…
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The myth of a monochrome ‘Western’ civilization
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
If Western civilization is defined by religion and culture,
then Mexico—with its Catholic heritage and historic ties to European
monarchies—is unquestionably an outpost of “the …
Sex Abuse among Evangelicals worse than for Catholics
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Protestants are going to have to accept the fact that we
have many similarities with our Catholic brothers and sisters
when it comes to how …
The Europeans pay more than their fair share
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
One would expect that in anticipation of meeting with the heads of NATO’s 29 nations, our so-called president would at least learn some basic facts …
The crusaders versus the infidels: Moscow’s muscular Christianity
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
After learning that New St. Andrews College now has permission to take over more of downtown Moscow, I thought I would check out its website. …
Vietnam: The New Asian Tiger
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
It was March 24, 2010, and I was at Bangkok’s new international airport, the fifth busiest in Asia. Along with my travel companions, I boarded …
Obama, Trump or Putin: Will the real Antichrist please stand up?
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
“We just can’t work with him because our base thinks he’s the Antichrist.”
—Barack Obama paraphrasing GOP leaders (8/25/16)
President Putin is the …
Donald Trump’s Right-Wing European Allies: Brits, French, Dutch, Germans, and Danes Turn against Immigrants
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Many countries are shifting from a universal
civil nationalism towards the blood-and-soil, ethnic sort.
—The Economist (11/19/6)
In 1992 Francis Fukuyama published a book …
Refugees and Immigrants are People, Too: Let’s Welcome These New Americans
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of
these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
—Jesus, …
Refugees and immigrants are people, too
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of
these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
—Matthew …
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