How the Bible Created Modern India: a Book I Hope to Write Some Day

Why are “Native” Americans or Australians “Indians”? Why is Indonesia, Indian-Asia?

When Vasco de Gama landed in Kerala, no one there thought of himself as an Indian or even as a “Malyalee”. For Malayalam didn’t exist as a language, until … Read More

How Mrs. Luther Helped Create Modern Capitalism

Can you imagine a learned Imam, at the doors of a Jama Masjid, nailing 95 charges against his own religion?

From Raja Ram Mohan Roy to Mahatma Jotiba Phule to Swami Dayanand, Indian reformers did exactly that. They led India’s … Read More

Reformation: New Heart, or New System?

The world is observing two great anniversaries in 2017: the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation and the 100th anniversary of Russia’s Communist Revolution. The first helped create the modern world the second devastated nations.

What was the difference? Communist … Read More

“We the People” in US and Indian Constitutions: Did It Come From Rousseau?

In yesterday’s discussion on the ‘Kingship of All Believers’, Karla Perry said that her university in America taught her the same non-sense as my university in India: that ‘Popular Sovereignty’ was an idea coined by French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau … Read More

Kingship of All Believers: How the Bible Created Modern Political Freedom

Hinduism taught my mother’s caste that they — the Kshatriyas — were created to govern. Lower Castes were created to serve priests and kings. So my maternal great-grandfather ruled two villages. The Bible, on the other hand, taught that every … Read More

The Nation—and the West’s Theological Bankruptcy

“Nation” and “Nationalism” have become key theological issues of our times – thanks to Brexit and Trump’s election. They were key issues in the recent elections in Holland and France.

Although the media does not say so, the Islamic … Read More

Why Do People Migrate to the West?

Many are attracted to the West because of its respect for individual rights and freedoms. Its belief in human equality. Its standards for education and medical care. Its justice that puts law above rulers. Its opportunities for economic progress. … Read More

The State has the Monopoly to Use Force Provided the State is Bound by Law

India remains a beacon of hope to colonies that became free after WW2: We can also govern ourselves with civility, without surrendering our sovereignty to our army.

Thanks to the lingering educational influence of the evangelical missionary movement and the … Read More

Imagine: Saddam Hussein, a White House Guest in 2002

President George W Bush had just won a decisive victory over Taliban’s terror in Afghanistan. He used his immense political capital to invite Iraq’s President, Saddam Hussein, to the White House. Hussein was to be honored Chief-Guest at American Thanksgiving. … Read More

Q: Why Are You Talking About Europe’s Soul?

Europe’s soul is the Bible. Can you lose the Bible’s worldview and save individual souls?

In America 70% Christian youth stop going to church when they start going to college. Only 3% of the church growth in America is due … Read More

Music + Terror = Pluralism: No Joy to the World

American singer and actress, Ariana Grande, was not the only one “broken” by Monday’s bomb-blast. It killed 22 of her fans and injured 59 more after her Manchester concert. Her words, “I have no words,” voiced the numbness of many.

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Can Europe Be Reformed Again?

Mr. Antero Laukannen, the Honourable Member of Parliament, asked a Finnish publisher to publish The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization. He contributed the Foreword. On April 25, during the book’s launch … Read More

The Cross: The Reason for Tolerance

The West is deeply divided regarding the Muslim refugees. Some welcome them, others oppose their presence, and most are nervous. One reason for nervousness is obvious: the West values its free press, the right to assemble and express one’s opinions, … Read More

The Cross: The Power of Faith

When the Chief Priests sent a mob to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, one of his disciples, Peter, drew his sword. He struck off the ear of one of the Chief Priest’s servants. The Lord rebuked Peter and … Read More

The Cross: The Power of Reconciliation

Rome used the cross to suppress its subjects. The Lord Jesus transformed it into the symbol of our freedom: our reconciliation with God and our enemies.

The United Nations and the USA were using all their resources to reconcile the … Read More

The Cross: The Power of Justice and Forgiveness

Once Europe adopt the cross as its emblem, it had to questions Rome’s traditional brutality. The cross transformed Roman jurisprudence in many ways: First, it adopted the principle that it is more important to let a criminal live until the … Read More

The Cross: The Power of Truth

The world has about 1.6 billion Muslims and only 14 million Jews. Yet, since 1901 only 3 Muslims have won Nobel Prizes in science and technology, compared to 140 Jews. Such uncomfortable facts prompted Dr. Rima Khalaf to investigate factors … Read More

The Cross: The Power of Love

The Jews hated the Romans. It is natural to hate terrorists who derive their legitimacy from their sword but are not elected by a free people because of their wisdom and record of public service. It takes supernatural strength to … Read More

The Cross — The Forgotten Power of the Kingdom of God

London’s iconic cathedral is dedicated to St. Paul because he is the spiritual father of Christian Europe. He brought to Europe the seeds of God’s kingdom.

Greek democracies had disintegrated centuries before Paul. He entered Europe through Macedonia — the … Read More

The Clash of the Cross and the Sword

Since 1950 Saudi Arabia’s widely displayed emblem depicts two naked swords “in saltire” beneath a palm tree. The Saudi Royal Standard includes a third, bigger, sword in its center. The sword symbolizes the Royal House of Saud. Ibn Saud (1876 … Read More

Religion of Death

It is possible to imagine that in the beginning there was no imagination — no life?

That creed affirms: Death is the Ultimate Reality. Death was there before the beginning. There was no Mycoplasma, no virus, no microbe, no amoeba; no … Read More

The Bible and the Windmill

In 1976, when Ruth and I moved into a village in one of the most backward districts in Madhya Pradesh, families ground their grain by hand mills.

Why did the West invent wind and water mills, but not India? It … Read More

Needed: St. Valentine’s Second Coming

Emperor Claudius was afraid of marriage. He wanted young people to indulge in sex freely, but without getting married. That, he knew, was the simplest way to breed slaves. Children who grow up without parents have little option but to … Read More

Is Postmodern Evangelicalism Pagan?

Since the Upanishadic times the Indian culture has believed that the human reason cannot know truth, nor can the human words convey truth. Therefore, real truth is Silence, not logos (Word). Truth has to be experienced in non-verbal mystical experience. … Read More