April 12, 2024 Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. In my backyard in Little Elm, Texas, on April 8, things got really quiet as the moon began to move across the sun, eventually blotting her out and turning day into night, providing a total solar eclipse. And when I say “quiet,” I am not including the excited … Continue reading Eclipses and Red Heifers
Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. October 18, 2023 Yesterday I was contacted by a trusted friend in Israel; he is a Palestinian Christian living in East Jerusalem. He contacted me to tell me that Israel had just bombed a Hospital in Gaza, killing at least 500 civilians, including children and babies. He was emotional. He was … Continue reading DID ISRAEL BOMB A HOSPITAL IN GAZA, KILLING MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE?
Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. October 13, 2023 Israel is calling for the evacuation of all civilians from north Gaza - about 1.1 million people - to south of Wadi Gaza. Israelis officials are telling them that they need to head south for their own safety. Given Gaza’s high population density, this is not going to … Continue reading ISRAEL INSTRUCTS PALESTINIANS TO EVACUATE NORTH GAZA NOW
Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. October 12, 2023 The American Military News reported that a Hamas leader, a spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Military Wing, is calling for global Jihad, the invasion of Israel and an attack on Jews worldwide on Friday, October 13th. According to the report, the spokesman warned that there will be … Continue reading HAMAS LEADER CALLS FOR DAY OF JIHAD ON OCTOBER 13TH
Philip C. Johnson October 10, 2023 The war between Israel and Hamas is escalating - so I thought that now might be a good time to ask a few questions. Here are some things that I’m thinking about. Maybe you are too. I am sure I don’t have all the answers, but I think it’s … Continue reading ISRAEL AT WAR: WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD WE BE ASKING?
Philip C. Johnson October 8, 2023 The devastating shock of yesterday’s terror attack in Israel has begun to wear off and is beginning to be replaced by anger. Anger at the Hamas terrorists. Anger and questions about Israel’s own intelligence agencies that failed spectacularly. Israel’s media is reporting 700 killed in the attack, more than … Continue reading ISRAEL AT WAR: “YOU DON’T NEGOTIATE WITH THE DEVIL”
Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. October 7, 2023 Early this morning, on the last day of the Simchat Torah, (Sukkot, the Feast of the Tabernacles), one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, Hamas terrorists rampaged through towns in Israel killing at least 250 people and taking many hostages. This has been the worst … Continue reading NETANYAHU: “WE ARE AT WAR.”
August 17, 2019 Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext.org The government of Israel has banned freshman congresswomen, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering Israel. The first Muslim female members of the U.S. House of Representatives had a planned trip to Israel for next week and initially it appeared that they would be allowed to enter … Continue reading Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib Banned from Israel: Good Call from Israel
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
Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. June 6, 2019 http://www.globalnext.org It used to be said that you go to Jerusalem to pray and to Tel Aviv to play. I guess that old saying has not been true for a while. Today, marching down the street in front of my hotel was Jerusalem's gay pride parade. The group … Continue reading Gay Pride in Conservative Jerusalem
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