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People in the Northern Territory of Australia are being warned to stay out of rain-fueled rivers in their area because, as one official put it, “There are crocs absolutely everywhere.” If you pay much attention to secular culture, you might feel the same way about the moral issues of our time. One response is to align our beliefs with our critics, adopting the liberal theology we have been discussing this week and taking positions on moral issues that our secularized society will affirm. Or, we can embrace biblical truth and seek redemptive ways to engage our fallen culture for the advancement of the gospel. How do we choose the latter?

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The Iran war is now well into its second week and has involved at least twelve nations across the Middle East and beyond. But it also poses a threat to Americans with which most of us are not familiar. “Stagflation,” the combination of falling growth (stagnation) and rising prices (inflation), is a specter from the 1970s we don’t want to revisit. As the so-called First Law of Ecology states, “Everything is connected to everything else.” This is true not just of ecology but ultimately of life itself. Let’s consider this principle in light of biblical faith and its relation to the cultural issues of the day.

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The way Christians approach our faith and its relationship with the world is foundational to our understanding of the world and our role in it. James Talarico, who is a Presbyterian seminary student and thus considered a “Bible scholar” by some in the media, is advancing his liberal version of Christianity with regard to abortion, transgenderism, gay marriage, and the claim that all religions “point to the same truth.” However, the Bible can never mean what it never meant. This principle has been embraced by Christians across the vast majority of Christian history. Today, we consider two principles to apply to the conversation before us.

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James Talarico has become a national figure after winning the Texas Democratic Senate primary last week. His theological worldview has especially garnered attention. Talarico has stated that “Jesus never said anything” about abortion, transgenderism, or gay marriage. Talarico’s positions are consistent with a stream of theology often called “liberalism.” Where does it come from? How are we to understand its core beliefs in light of biblical truth? This complex subject is one with massive ramifications for the way we view the Bible, our faith, and the role of our faith in the world.

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For more on the subject of liberalism in Chirstian context, see Dr. Jim Denison's article Shaking the foundations: The shift in scriptural authority in the postmodern world, his book The Coming Tsunami, and historian Andrew Hoffecker’s excellent summaries here and here.

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President Trump announced yesterday afternoon that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem would be reassigned to a new security initiative called The Shield of the Americas. While the move is not technically considered a demotion, the president’s frustrations with Noem have been growing for some time, with Tuesday’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee serving as the final straw. Yesterday afternoon, Trump nominated Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Noem’s replacement. So, who is Markwayne Mullin, what can we expect from his time as the head of DHS, and how can we find biblical encouragement in the face of our own sin struggles today?

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ast night, the Pentagon released the last two names of the six US soldiers killed in a Kuwait attack a day after the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury. If Iran has its way, they will be only the first of many American deaths to come. The reason the Iranian regime wants to survive this war at all costs is not just personal, as selfish as it was for them to massacre thousands of civilians who protested against them. Their larger agenda is ideological. Until we understand it, we will be unequipped to win this war in ways that will matter long after it is over.

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As Iran has expanded the war by targeting US allies in the Middle East, it is facing a consequence it apparently did not expect: the Wall Street Journal reports that “Gulf states, rattled by volleys of Iranian drones and missiles targeting their hotels, ports, and airports, are concluding the Iranian peril must be confronted.” However, there is a consequence to the Arab states’ involvement in the war that is not military or political but spiritual and eternal. Our “front lines” in this conflict are the prayers by which we wage spiritual war for the protection of innocents and the conversion of multitudes.

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A third victim has now died from last Sunday’s mass shooting in Austin, Texas. The FBI believe the attack may be related to terrorism. A very troubling aspect of this story is its possible connection to hardline Muslim clerics in the US who have been claiming that war between the US and Iran is part of a prophetic destiny tied to the return of the Mahdi, their messiah. One of them closed his Friday prayer before war broke out: “May Allah destroy all the nonbelievers.” All of this taken together could cause Americans to fear all Muslims in our midst and to hate radical Islamists who seem to hate us, but this visceral reaction is not the way God wants believers to respond. The opposite is actually the case.

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As “Operation Epic Fury” continues, Iran and its proxies are expanding their response as they fire missiles at Israel and the Arab states. When news broke Saturday that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed, one person in Tehran responded: “I think the Middle East has become a better place. Even [the] world has become a better place now.” We can be grateful that he can no longer terrorize his own people and the world. But there is another dimension to Khamenei’s death that we should consider as well, one that far transcends the geopolitics of the moment.

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Early this morning, US and Israeli forces launched “Operation Epic Fury.” In a video statement posted Saturday at 2:30 a.m. ET, President Trump stated, “A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.” This is the latest news on what may be quote “the most important day of the 21st century so far.” According to Israeli intelligence, Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has been found dead after the US and Israel carried out air strikes early this morning on Tehran.

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