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But they failed every time. Armed Hungarian families stood in the way on several occasions from the early 1500s. And defensive Christian armies ended the jihad assaults in 1683. Until Vienna opened her borders to illegal immigration in the 21st century. Update from September, 2024:
"In Vienna, a quondam capital of Western culture, 70% of all the students in the public schools are Muslim, and their percentage increases with each year that passes. This has caused all sorts of problems, with Muslims harassing girls who do not follow a strict dress code, to complaining about everything from non-halal meats served in the school cantines, to the absence of a Muslim prayer room, to certain subjects that they are unwilling to study. Then there is the terrific expense of additional classes in German language training and violent threats made by Muslim students to teachers, staff, and classmates. Teachers, unable to stand the strain, are leaving their Viennese posts in droves."
-- Hugh Fitzgerald
Published in 2019 by the Observatory of Christianophobia, a French website dedicated to documenting incidents of anti-Christian hate crimes, map marks every area a church has been attacked in France with a red pin. As a result, virtually the entire map of France appears covered in red, highlighting the ubiquity of church attacks.
Tomorrow is the President’s State of the Union Address. I have no preview of what he will say. It may be rewritten an hour before presentation because the state of our affairs is changing by the hour.
My question every year at this time: will the speech reflect the same reality that God sees when He considers our state of affairs, the condition of our collective “heart,” and the relative unresponsiveness of our souls?
I have a lot of long-term hope for our nation because I’ve seen the historical evidence of nations rebuilding the ruins of their early foundations, and rediscovering righteousness, peace, and prosperity. I’ve seen the records of their rebuilding Christian civilization on top of ruins.
I’m watching a number of small communities in the US rebuild countercultural families, their churches, their marriages, and their radical independence from the government. These communities are rediscovering the meaning of hope and the favor of God.
But, overall, what is the state of ...
