The spread, cost, and hypocrisy of academic antisemitism
Originally published at The Washington Examiner on December 11, 2025. Even late into this fall, Israeli universities are facing an unprecedented wave of academic boycotts. According to…
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Now Is the Time for University Heads to Speak Up for Israel
Originally appeared at Townhall.com on October 5, 2024. Now is the right time for university heads get off the fence and start speaking up…
The Seoul Statement: Its Strengths and Weaknesses
The Fourth Lausanne Congress, September 2024, Memos from Incheon Memo #5 A second signature statement coming out of the Lausanne Congress here in Incheon,…
What in the World Are We Doing In Jerusalem When Tourists Are Gone and Israel is on High Alert?!
Friends have asked me why I am in Israel at a time like this, especially with heightened geopolitical challenges and the shadow war with…
Free speech on campus isn’t absolute
Originally appeared at the Denver Gazette on May 2, 2024. Fierce campus debates swirl around the Israel-Hamas war. One of them is a debate…
Purim: Christian reflection on a Jewish holiday
Is the Book of Esther repeating itself? Originally appeared at the Washington Times on March 22, 2024 and Christian Post on March 23, 2024.…
What the Three University Presidents Should Have Said
Originally appeared as an op-ed at Townhall.com on December 13, 2023 The testimony of three university presidents at last week’s congressional hearing about antisemitism…
There’s at least one university that stands with Israel
Standing with Israel and the Jewish people is part of our duty as a Christian college Originally appeared as an op-ed at Fox News…
The Return of Haman and the Hatred that Will Not Go Away
Lightly edited rough transcription of a chapel talk given at Colorado Christian University on November 7, 2023. Based on Esther 3:1-6 and Psalm 83.…