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Aug 13, 2024, 1:29 AM

To the families of the hostages of October 7th, 2023. Most of us are incapable of empathizing with you, empathy being the ability to feel the pain that you are experiencing. Most of us have no comparative life experiences...

Jun 11, 2024, 1:23 PM

The USA in prophecy

Prophecy in Scripture falls into two categories, fulfilled and yet to be fulfilled. For the sake of clarification I say “yet to be fulfilled,” rather than “unfulfilled,” as all prophecy in Scripture has to be fulfilled at some point....

Apr 25, 2024, 9:39 AM

A Distressed Nation

I live in Polk County, Florida. My wife and I moved here in 2020 shortly after I retired. In 2023 Polk County was the fastest growing county in Florida with some 20,000 new registered residents in that year alone....

Mar 27, 2024, 3:03 PM

Wisdom calls out in the street

The wisdom of King Solomon is so apropos to the current situation in Israel. As a non-Jewish American observer, and I might add a 100% supporter of Israel and the Jewish people, I get quite disturbed when I read...

Feb 13, 2024, 12:29 AM

Being non-Jewish I am a bit reticent to comment on what is currently going on in Israel but as an American, thoroughly disgusted with our current government, I would respectively submit the following. I am hard pressed to understand how...

Jan 26, 2024, 10:43 PM

An Outsiders Perspective

If Hamas were winning this war I wonder if the rest of the world would be calling for Hamas to stop the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people, call for a truce or a cease fire and a...

Jan 7, 2024, 2:43 PM

Some Objectivity Required

I found the following statistics disheartening. I’ve suspected lately that this ancient Biblically ignorant idea has made a resurgence, once again, in some Christian quarters. From an editorial on All Israel News: “Posts claiming that ‘Jews killed Jesus’ increased...

Dec 12, 2023, 7:16 PM

May God Bless the Nation of Israel

May God bless Israel and give her victory over her enemies this day and every day. The Bible mentions Jerusalem, Zion, more than any other place, about 800 times. This includes New Testament citing as well. “The Lord has chosen Zion...

Dec 11, 2023, 1:43 PM

The Divine Institutions of Genesis

Genesis means “origin”. It is “an apt title for a book that reveals the origins of all of human history … it is a book about the beginning of many things: the world, man, sin, civilization, the nations and...

Dec 10, 2023, 12:26 AM

The Camel in the Tent

“According to this classic tale, one cold night, a camel asks his master if he could put his head in the tent for warmth. ‘By all means and welcome,’ said the man; and the camel stretches his head into...

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About Me

James Harmon was born and raised on the Island of Trinidad, in the West Indies, to American missionaries. From 1975 to 1995he worked in the oil fields of Oklahoma, Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, offshore Cameroon W. Africa, the Ivory Coast of W. Africa, Siberia Russia and Sweden (we drilled an exploratory well for the Swedish government). From 1995 until he retired in 2021 he sold construction equipment in Oklahoma and Texas. James has a Masters of Theology degree from Maranatha Seminary. His studies were in Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Isagogics and Systematic Theology. His exposure to various nationalities and cultures has given him a well rounded perspective on life. His Christian faith puts much of that perspective to good use.

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