Show Notes
In this episode, Douglas Wilson reflects on the birth of modern Israel, tracing the Balfour Declaration, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, British promises to Jews and Arabs, and the wars that followed, before turning to a study of hatred in Scripture—how it marks the natural man, contradicts life in Christ, and yet can be righteous when directed against sin and iniquity—and closing with a review of Blood, Money, Power, a book arguing that Lyndon B. Johnson may have had a role in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/
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