Mark 1:15 (KHV) - "The context has come," Jesus said. "The coconut tree has come near. Unburden yourself from what has been and believe in what can be!"

"The authors of the Hebrew Bible might have scoffed at Shakespeare’s rhetorical question, 'What’s in a name?'" Read Names of God by Daniel O. McClellan buff.ly/4fah552

"If Trump wins, he might claim a divine mandate to remake America. If he loses, these prophecies may once again become rationalizations for attacking the 'demonic' institutions that dare defy God’s anointed." Cheerful Monday morning reading from Matthew D. Taylor

Genuinely curious if the Biden-Harris administration ever actually did this. Not seeing much from a Google search.

What would Kamala do on China? TLDR: continuity with Biden A thread.

. Rishi Iyengar sat down with Taiwan's representative in Washington, "dragon warrior" Alexander Tah-ray Yui. Read for a great look into how Taiwan sees the world heading into a U.S. election that could bring major consequences for the island: foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/31/tai…

turning 28 next week... i remember when I was 24 and 28 seemed like such an old age. like your life was over. luckily i found out that I was wrong and thats what 32 is

found this series of icons that features Jesus in mundane situations and helping different professions, by iconographer Andrei Bodko here's JC building lego with a kid

A must-read by Nahal Toosi that gets into Riyadh's thinking as a Saudi-Israeli normalization agreement ostensibly remains in progress.

It boils down to this. “The government in Kyiv wants to see the conduits of Russian influence in Ukrainian society totally minimized,” said Andreja Bogdanovski, an author, scholar and analyst of Orthodox Christianity. religionnews.com/2024/08/21/ukr…

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier coming into Norfolk, Virginia - August 26, 2024 #ussgeraldrford #cvn78 SRC: TW-John Morgan

NEW: Former GOP officials sound the alarm over Trump’s Orbán embrace “It’s ‘woke this and woke that,’ and then they pressure them with what they really want,” which is to end the war on Putin's terms. politi.co/3X7EzQ3 via POLITICO

Thanks for the feature, NMAR!

🚨 Curious about the strategic implications of #Kinmen and its potential to become Taiwan's Crimea? 🇹🇼 In this article from The Diplomat, Justyna Szczudlik诗丽娜 discusses why this scenario might be too simplistic.🌏 chinaobservers.eu/kinmen-is-unli…

Never mind; we live in the best possible timeline.

NY Times Publisher AG Sulzberger takes to the pages of the Washington Post to warn about threats to press freedom -- abroad and in the US. He also writes about distinguishing between doing this and taking sides in the November election. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

China, Korea, and Japan together build over 90% of the world's shipping tonnage. The US builds just 0.2% This week in a Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 / Construction Physics cross post, I look at why the US struggles to build ships. construction-physics.com/p/why-cant-the…

New essay from me about US maritime shortcomings and what we can do about them.