In Egypt, Coptic Christians make up 10-15% of the population, but they are not allowed to be part of the national team, and even local clubs refuse to let them play. Only Muslims can play.
This is apartheid.
The last time I was in London I saw a big sign outside an NGO's headquarters that showed some women from the Amazon rainforest and said "Protect Indigenous Peoples."
(I failed to take a picture of the sign, to my great regret.)
I found it highly curious to see such a sign in London, seeing as the indigenous people of the United Kingdom are being systematically and deliberately eliminated.
Doctors and hospitals used junk science from WPATH to justify selling gender transition procedures to kids and their parents. Huge props to Andrew and his team for taking an important step in our efforts to end this outrageous practice.
Why do we keep making these movies? Every generation has a film (or five) about a child searching for their missing father.
Why? What's so special about that one man?
Americans travel to Pakistan and free some 300 Christians and others trapped in modern-day brick kiln slavery, paying off generational debts that kept entire families — including children — working under the sun for hundreds of years. The average cost to liberate one family: $8,500.
Idaho resident Aaron Hutchings says the work of saving them has been transformative: "Looking back, it is hard to see any of it as random. I believe God's hand was in it from the beginning, and even though we were doing all of this to show Jesus' love towards these people, we ended up receiving more than we gave."
I know philosophers who dine out their whole career in exposition of the brilliant Hannah Arendt.
When COVID-19 hit, every single one kept his mouth shut.
Dear President Trump,
You said there would be “no Israel” if it weren’t for you. I understand the instinct. You’ve earned the right to be proud. You moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem when every expert swore the region would burn. You tore up the Iran deal. You recognized the Golan. You brokered the Abraham Accords. You brought the final Israeli hostages out of the Hamas dungeons in Gaza. You’ve been the best friend Israel has ever had in the White House, and I say that without an asterisk.
But Israel doesn’t exist because of any man. Not you. Not Netanyahu. Not Ben Gurion. Not even King David.
Israel exists because God says it will. Empires that were supposed to last a thousand years are dust. Pharaoh is dust. Babylon is dust. Rome is a tourist attraction. And the tiny nation much larger ones went extinct trying to erase is still here. Same language, same prayers, same resilient people. That isn’t geopolitics. That’s a promise being kept.
Zechariah says whoever touches Israel touches “the apple of God’s eye.” In Exodus, God calls Israel “his firstborn.” God isn’t looking for partners to share the glory. He’s looking for servants who understand whose hand is really holding this nation up.
So be the friend. Be the fighter. Keep doing what no president before you had the courage to do. But when the cameras are on and the temptation comes to say “me,” give the credit back to the One it belongs to. Watch how much further He takes you.
From Israel, the land that outlived every man who ever tried to claim it.
Egyptian Copt Christian explains how Egypt became Muslim:
“We are one of the first Christians in the world. Islam took over by the sword. They killed the men, raped the women, enslaved the children.
Egypt went from 0% to 90% Muslim. It’s a cult of sex, perversion and violence.”
Notice how these corrupt politicians always wanna talk about *their* experience, because they really don’t wanna talk about *your* experience…living under their failed leadership.
the amish are wealthier than any billionaire in the US
they have health, they're fertile, they arent fat, they grow their own food, can build a barn in one day, they arent addicted to screens, they have family, community and great milk & butter.
this is what real wealth is.
When Coptic Christians emigrate, many are very successful and seem to be over represented in the professions like law, medicine etc. Apart from the injustice and cruelty of this apartheid, what a colossal waste of talent.
Coptic Christians are the indigenous people of Egypt and direct descendants of the Pharaohs, but they are treated as second-class citizens and de facto barred from most jobs.
Copts are effectively excluded from the military, government, academia, and any public-sector or leadership roles. They are even excluded from soccer clubs and the national team.
So what can they do? One of the few options is garbage collection. Copts are 10% of the population, but 90% of garbage collectors.
This is what a real apartheid looks like.
A Christian is killed every 2 hours in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 70% of all Christians killed for their faith last year were Nigerian. And yet 94% of Nigerian Catholics still show up to Mass every Sunday. The highest attendance rate on the planet.
Read that again.