This post was originally published on hereIn a video posted Thursday, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (elca) concluded “a Lutheran reading [of the Bible] frees us from taking all the scriptures only literally.” The elca, one of the largest Christian denominations in the nation, thus rejects Paul’s teaching that all Scripture is inspired (2…
This post was originally published on hereChina is testing two xxl underwater drones in the South China Sea off the coast of Haian. Each drone is over 40 meters long, the size of many regular submarines. China has been militarizing this area for over a decade. If it succeeds in dominating the South China Sea,…
This post was originally published on hereThe Houthis are working with the Islamic State and al Qaeda, recent reports from the Crisis Observatory of the Platform Tracking Organized Crime Yemen Center show. Though the Houthis are ideologically at odds with these groups, it is putting those differences aside to pursue collective goals. Notably, a September…
This post was originally published on hereGermany to allow army to shoot down drones: On Saturday, the country’s interior minister announced plans to grant the armed forces legal authorization to shoot down hostile aircraft, a power previously reserved for domestic security agencies. This decision is in response to recent drone incursions. Since World War ii,…
This post was originally published on here The fbi secretly deployed 274 plainclothes agents to the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, protests. We know this because Kash Patel provided the House Judiciary Committee an after-action report that was withheld from the public for four years. For years, officials have denied the presence of…
This post was originally published on here Another appalling mass shooting yesterday: A man rammed a vehicle into a Mormon church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and fired several rounds, killing four people and setting the building afire. This came after a mass shooting the day before, when a gunman opened fire at a crowded waterfront…
This post was originally published on here Observers worldwide were closely watching Moldova’s parliamentary elections yesterday. Eastern Europe was once thought of as a backwater; now it is a battleground between Russia and the West. Sunday’s vote was a crucial fork in the road for Moldova. Moldova chose Europe. Voters elected the pro-EU Party of…
The proven prescription, free of side effects, that doctors overlook
This post was originally published on here “I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank,” Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office today. Regarding the conflict in Gaza, he said, “It’s time to stop.” Israel has threatened for weeks to annex some or all of the West Bank in retaliation for Australia,…
This post was originally published on hereAmerica could sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets, President Trump indicated yesterday as he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “He needs certain things, and we need certain things, and we’re going to come to a conclusion,” Trump said. During the same discussion, he encouraged Erdoğan to stop buying…