Rob Dalrymple

this is not a partisan issue. I have noted on multiple occasions that President Biden and his administration are accomplices in genocide and should be tried for war crimes. President Trump’s declarations make him complicit as well.

Today, thousands of people are living in fear of deportation. Native Americans, those whose rights to live here transcend all others, are being detained

Unless this ceasefire paves the way for a just peace, and there is little reason to believe it will, the conditions that led to October 7 remain. The fact that conditions today are far worse—in Gaza and the West Bank—than on October 6 suggests that the fire hasn’t been extinguished; it’s been stoked!

I was on a conference call within days of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel with a group of leading Palestinian voices. At one point in the conversation, the inevitable question was raised: “Doesn’t Israel have to destroy Hamas?” One of the Palestinian experts on the call replied with the profound assertion, “Give us justice, and we’ll take care of Hamas.”

I began my last post with a lunch encounter with the President of the Seminary where I teach. And how I wondered if my confession to him that my wife and I are not currently attending any church might cost me my standing at the Seminary.My consternation derived partly from the reality that many Christians do not know what to do with those who are not in a local church at the moment—perhaps you are wondering if you should even continue to read this post.

Well, I am sure that Donald Trump's election will provide plenty of material for this blog. This does not mean that I am excited. I am in great fear for several reasons. Of course, please don’t misunderstand: I pray that I am wrong.

So, thank you, CT, but please do better. The Church needs your voice. Israel needs your voice. The Palestinians need your voice.

I recently had lunch with the President (who is a good friend) and some of the other faculty members of the Seminary where I teach. During the conversation, the President turned to me and asked, “So, Rob, where are you going to church these days?” I immediately wondered if my position at the Seminary was in jeopardy.

One of the primary requirements for obtaining a just peace between two or more sides in a conflict is the need to recognize the claims of each group. Sure, one group may have to concede more than the other—especially when the balance of power favors one side.A lasting peace, however, cannot be achieved when one party receives all it needs while the other receives nothing. This only lays the foundation for a future conflict.As long as one people remain oppressed and fail to receive basic human necessities, let alone human rights, the conflict will continue.

What if it wasn’t just the military that wreaked havoc on your community? What if some of the citizens of this foreign entity came into your city and began confiscating your parks and homes? What if they did so under the protection of their military, so any resistance to them proved even more disastrous for your community?What would you do? What would you want to do?