September 12, 2024 Phil Johnson, Ph.D. Boaz Bismuth is a current Knesset Member in the Likud party. Until 2022 he was a journalist and editor-in-chief of Israel Hayom. Before that, he was Israel’s ambassador to Mauritania. Sitting in his office in the Knesset building in Jerusalem, I asked Boaz Bismuth to tell me about the … Continue reading Knesset Member, Boaz Bismuth: “Responsibility for Israel’s intelligence failure will be very deep, very high and very large.”
September 10, 2024 I’ve spent the last five days in Israel, visiting the sites of the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks on Israel where approximately 1200 individuals were brutally murdered. And the war continues. And there are still 101 hostages in Gaza. Just ten days ago, six of the hostages were savagely murdered as … Continue reading WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING IN ISRAEL?
Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. August 5, 2022 America’s foreign policy has always been a tricky thing, but the recent policy decisions of the current administration are downright unsettling. In addition to myriad domestic and social challenges like high gas prices, historic inflation, an open southern border, angst over abortion rights and aggressive transgender activism, our leaders … Continue reading AMERICA’S FOREIGN POLICY: Feeling Safe Yet?
My brand new book is available for preorder starting now! This 379-page epic is filled with stories, absurdities, observations and insights from around the world. I have spent the last 20 years collecting these stories, filtering them through God's Word and trying my best to make sense of them in an ever-changing world. I can't … Continue reading Pre-Order the new book, “BEFORE IT GETS DARK: THE STORY OF LIGHT”
The Arch of Titus is indisputably my favorite arch in the world. There are some pretty fine arches here and there, commemorating a variety of triumphs for history’s victors, but Titus’s arch has always engaged me in a unique way because of the story of why it was built. The arch has a connection to … Continue reading ROME: ARCHES AND PROPHECY
Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. If you didn't get a chance to read the first part of Chapter One, click here. Otherwise, enjoy as the story continues! ...Speaking of regime change, I did get the opportunity to witness the Arab Spring up close and in person. On December 17, 2010, Tunisian officials arbitrarily confiscated the roadside … Continue reading CHAPTER ONE (PART 2) EGYPT: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE ARAB SPRING
February 1, 2021 Book Coming Summer 2021 “Excuse me, I don’t mean to interrupt, but a plane has just hit one of the World Trade Center towers.” “And?” I replied. After all, I was in the middle of a lecture for a group of select student leaders. Of what importance was it to me that … Continue reading “BEFORE IT GETS DARK” SNEAK PEEK: INTRODUCTION
June 16, 2019 Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext The last days of Global Next’s 2018-2019 season has come to a close with an incredible conference in Israel with a beautiful group of people. In fact, I would be hard-pressed to assemble a better mixture of individuals filled with a readiness to learn, an ability to … Continue reading Israel: Connecting Past, Present and Future
January 27, 2019 Philip Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext.org Today is my last day in Jerusalem - I’ve been here since December 31st - so I’ve seen one year pass into another here in the world’s holiest and most contentious city. It’s been said that when people spend too much time in Jerusalem, they start going crazy … Continue reading Surviving Jerusalem Syndrome
As 2018 winds down, here are two more global issues that matter - Growing nationalism in Europe and the draconian Islamic blasphemy laws in Pakistan - most recently in the case of Asia Bibi. It's your world: Be informed.
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