The Pilgrim Underground

The controversy over Hunter Biden is being downplayed in some circles and great exaggerated in others. There is something to the story. Of t...

Taiwan watchers are nervous as there are some indications that China may act in light of an outbreak of election-related chaos in the United...

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Protesters-shout-China-out-of-Argentina-51306.html One would love to know more about the protests and wheth...

Central Asia is complicated. It's not the Balkans but it's not a region that's easily explained or understood. The current crisi...

https://consortiumnews.com/2020/10/19/socialist-luis-arce-declares-victory-in-bolivia-election/ https://news.yahoo.com/bolivia-election-vo...

https://apnews.com/4296b5c0a5b2fe876b89f1c96ba7906c This AP article ran in our local paper and since it mentioned Evangelicals it caught m...

This is a follow up to the previous piece found here: http://pilgrimunderground.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-michigan-plot.html Until the ti...

I have been an occasional listener to Iron Sharpens Iron for many years. The show hosted by Chris Arnzen has a sort of quasi-theonomic Calv...

At this point in time a lot of the details are still unknown. Was the plot to storm the capitol building and kidnap the governor the plan of...

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/After-15-years,-Fatah-and-Hamas-agree-on-Palestinian-elections-51128.html The recent US-motivated Arab peac...

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-elsalvador-massacre/el-salvadors-president-says-military-files-on-civil-war-massacre-were-destroyed-idUKKC...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/25/huge-fire-breaks-out-at-huawei-facility-in-china The context for this potentially controversial f...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/25/palantir-valuation-shares-new-york-stock-exchange-debut Palantir, the Orwellian data-an...

For many years I have followed and written about the tensions within the Caucasus and once again they're flaring up but many seem to sen...

https://www.mnnonline.org/news/dear-mr-pompeo-please-hold-india-accountable-for-its-oppression/ Confusion reigns as the compromised Wester...

Protestia, the newest incarnation of JD Hall's Pulpit and Pen clickbait factory posted a broadside attacking The Gospel Coalition. The ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/books/stephen-cohen-dead.html Stephen Cohen was a solid historian who spent most of his career focused ...

https://www.mintpressnews.com/christian-nationalists-christian-zionists-secure-another-four-years-for-trump/270259/ The Mint Press News ar...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/opinion/2020-election-voting.html It surprises me to say that to some extent I agree with former DNI Co...

Despite Trump's near panicked claims to the contrary, the witnesses that testify to have heard him say as much are credible. Trump's...

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Trump-announces-a-'peace-agreement'-between-Bahrain-and-Israel-51018.html This Catholic news arti...

https://www.christianpost.com/politics/john-macarthur-says-true-believers-will-vote-for-trump-cant-affirm-abortion-and-trans-activism.html...

https://www.evangelical-times.org/59589/the-noble-liar-how-and-why-the-bbc-distorts-the-news-to-promote-a-liberal-agenda/ There is a lac...

https://julieroys.com/aimee-byrd-cyberbullying-the-battle-over-manhood-womanhood/ I must confess I was pretty disturbed hearing about so...

The CDC numbers regarding actual 'official' Covid deaths has been out for some time. At first it seems shocking. What? Of all the ...

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-farmers-denounce-armed-pro-regime-civilians-attack-20200811-0002.html More evidence has poured...

The whole escapade was to Christian eyes a disgusting display. Few seem to have noticed the campaign has no real platform – as indeed Trum...

The Democratic National Convention was also obscene and fictitious in its narratives and ideas but the GOP convention had a distinct Chris...

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/904237192/journalist-enters-the-world-of-qanon-it-s-almost-like-a-bad-spy-novel This interview was extrem...

Months, even years ago it was clear to me that something was amiss with Jerry Falwell Jr. In all sincerity based on his actions and his wo...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taiwan-finalizes-dollar62bn-purchase-of-f-16-jets-from-lockheed-martin/ar-BB17YD2V Militarism alway...

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/08/11/serbia-considers-buying-chinese-missiles-despite-us-warning/ Normally I would say ...

https://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/7536/belarussian-christians-let-others-know-about-what-is-happening-here Sadly we've seen this s...

https://www.cnet.com/health/facial-recognition-firms-are-scrambling-to-see-around-face-masks/ It's one of the rare blessings of the ...

One might say it's a case of fighting technology with technology or perhaps one could view it as a type of counter espionage. While mo...

https://www.thehour.com/opinion/article/Data-isn-t-just-being-collected-from-your-phone-15451658.php The Snowden revelations in 2013 con...

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2020/07/31/Hungary-upgrades-military-with-delivery-of-German-tanks/4891596226305/ The weapons trade rep...

Erdogan's conversion of the Hagia Sophia museum back into a mosque has generated a fair bit of news coverage in the West, coupled with...

Our area is flooded with signs and flags: Trump 2020: No More Bulls--- But with Trump, that's all you get. What a strange moment – ...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/tens-thousands-rally-belarus-pre-election-crackdown-200731074941570.html In Belarus, there's ...

I occasionally listen to Taylor Marshall as well as some other Roman Catholic Traditionalists. For obvious reasons I don't agree with ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62nN2RDhjOA This is a follow-up to the piece that appears here: http://proto-protestantism.blogspot.co...

I had to chuckle while watching NBC's coverage of the US ordered closing of the Chinese consulate in Houston. They had aerial shots sh...

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/july/j-i-packer-died-evangelical-theologian-knowing-god.html Whenever someone of the older g...

There is serious trouble brewing in Northeastern Africa. While many of the tensions and conflicts of our day are packaged in terms of huma...

Though the series ended with Part 10, we're using this 11 th installment to reflect on the legacy of Schaeffer and his film. While at...

Schaeffer then launches into a discussion regarding civil liberties and the role of the state and how under the Christian consensus freedo...

This final episode was certainly one of the weakest and most dated – and yet also necessary. Schaeffer attempts to tie things together and...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53183085 Jeremy Corbyn is gone but the Labour Party's 'Anti-Semitism' push to the right...

http://www.christianpost.com/news/treatment-of-christians-in-egypt-much-better-now-than-its-been-for-a-long-time-expert.html Egyptian et...

https://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/underground-bishop-detained-in-china If Francis thought Beijing was making a good faith agreement ...

India and China have occasionally sparred since the modern iterations of their countries were formed in the aftermath of World War II. The...

https://www.persecution.org/2020/06/21/turkey-resumes-discrimination-protestants/ After Andrew Brunson was released in the fall of 2018 ...

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2020/06/22/Poland-calls-for-more-US-troops-aircraft-as-Trump-Duda-set-to-meet/4281592847135/ Poland is ...

https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence-and-security/news/nato-opens-probe-into-france-turkey-naval-incident-in-mediterranean/ France h...

In 2013 I mused whether Putin might be willing to trade Edward Snowden for Victor Bout, the Russian arms dealer arrested in 2008. At this ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/kosovan-acting-pm-accuses-trump-envoy-of-meddling Kosovo sometimes referred to as the Fift...

Switching gears somewhat Schaeffer turns to the question of 'arbitrary law' and the relativism born of it.

As with previous episodes not every observation Schaeffer makes is incorrect and at certain points his insight is appreciated – all the mo...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53012783 On the one hand the US championed the creation of the International Criminal Court (IC...