Dr Michael Brown
Israel is ‘Always to Blame’

Israel is ‘Always to Blame’

In the early 1990s, I attended a dinner in New York City sponsored by a Jerusalem foundation, highlighted by a dialogue between Henry Kissinger and Fouad Ajami, moderated by Dan Rather. (Ajami was a Lebanese-born university professor who often appeared as...

The pushback against transanity continues

The pushback against transanity continues

Before speaking recently at an event at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, a pastor approached me and said that we had met 20 years ago when I spoke at a particular church in Virginia.Then he said, “You warned us back then about all the...

Are Religious Debates Fruitful?

Are Religious Debates Fruitful?

For the last 40 years, I have engaged in scores of public debates on religious subjects, sometimes drawing passionate, standing room only crowds. But are the debates actually fruitful? Do they bring more heat than light? Do they really...

A Call for Clarity

A Call for Clarity

  Almost 20 years ago on CNN, Larry King hosted a discussion with some of the nation’s “most influential evangelical” leaders, spending a good portion of the show discussing gay issues. Some of the leaders answered King’s...

Must Stay Gay

Must Stay Gay

The headline sounds like something created by a far-right website to make gay activists look bad, but it is absolutely true and totally accurate: “Ex-Gay Man Faces Charges for Sharing His Testimony About Finding Freedom in Christ.”Yes,...

When even thinking a prayer is a crime

When even thinking a prayer is a crime

At first, it seemed too absurd to believe. Surely, there must be more to the story than meets the eye.  It turns out that what was reported was quite accurate: a Christian pro-life leader in England was arrested not simply for standing...

Why I am hopeful about the new Israeli government

Why I am hopeful about the new Israeli government

Evangelical Christians who have become used to the effective leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving prime minister, may have grave concerns about the newly formed coalition government. But I believe there is good reason to hope that...

Sorting Out the Israeli Elections

Sorting Out the Israeli Elections

Do you have your scorecards ready? We’re going to do our best to sort out the results of last week’s elections in Israel, the fourth in a period of just two years (can you imagine that?). But first, a disclaimer: by the time you read this article, the outcome may have...

Did We Sell Our Souls by Voting for Trump?

Did We Sell Our Souls by Voting for Trump?

As things are ending very badly for Donald Trump’s presidency and some of his close associates are abandoning him, the question for Christian conservatives is this: Did we sell our souls by voting for Trump? Did we make a deal with the devil that was bound to end in...