A Monument Built to Proclaim a Message. High above Jerusalem’s Temple Mount stands one of the most recognizable and contested religious structures in the world — the Dome of the Rock, completed around 691 CE under the Umayyad Caliph ʿAbd al-Malik. The interior and...
The war with Iraq has essentially ended—at least for now. Yet the Middle East remains dangerously unstable, and anything could happen on a moment’s notice. If Shiite Muslims take control of Iraq, it could spell trouble for women’s rights and relations with the Western...
It has now been ten months since America was attacked by Muslim terrorists who hijacked three passenger jets, killing more than 6,000 innocent people. In reflecting on the tragedy of September 11, 2001, we must ask ourselves—what have we learned as a nation? Have we...
"About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the Prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition."
- Sir Issac Newton 1642-1727"For all the saints and Elect of God are gathered, prior to the Tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins"
- Ephraem the Syrian, A.D. 373