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Mike Huckabee stacks the deck on Israel

Mike Huckabee stacks the deck on Israel

What the presidential hopeful misses on this complex conflict.

PoliticsJonathanDecember 10, 2015absentee laws, al-Nakba, Arab, Bible, Christianity, evangelicalism, Exodus, History, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Middle East, Mike Huckabee, Nazi, Palestine, Palestinian, politics, Republican, right of return, Southern Baptist

David Brooks on morality, theology, and his personal faith

David Brooks on morality, theology, and his personal faith

David Brooks is ready to talk about spiritual matters. Well, sort of.

CultureJonathanMay 1, 2015character, Christian, David Brooks, Jewish, Jonathan Merritt, moral decline, morality, New York Times, NPR, Spirituality, theology, Virtue, Writing

Have Christians overlooked Jesus’ Jewishness?

Have Christians overlooked Jesus’ Jewishness?

They have. And here's why it matters.

CultureJonathanDecember 30, 2014Adolph Hitler, anti-semitism, Bible, church, Germany, History, Hitler, James Carroll, Jewish, Jonathan Merritt, Judaism, New Testament, Scripture, War, World War II

King David Misunderstood Says Yale Scholar

King David Misunderstood Says Yale Scholar

Politician, psalmist, adulterer and more.

CultureJonathanNovember 8, 2013Bible, Christianity, Controversy, faith, George Washington, HarperOne, hermeneutics, heroes, History, Jewish, Jews, Joel Baden, Jonathan Merritt, Judaism, King David, Old Testament, power, Psalms, Scripture, Yale, Yale University