It is known that Paul's visit to Damascus was around the year 40 AD, i.e. in the last year of the reign of Al-Harith IV. But the nature of the presence of the Nabataeans and the Nabatean ruler in Damascus is still a matter of controversy among researchers, and perhaps the return of Damascus to the Nabataeans was with the consent of the Romans.The reign of al-Harith IV is characterized by a wide urban movement that was primarily concentrated around the southern part of the kingdom. The Nabataean settlement in Madain Saleh (Hegra or Hegra) became one of the major…

When Arley Gill, head of Grenada’s National Reparations Committee, envisioned his work seeking repair for centuries of enslavement on the Caribbean island, one thing was certain: It was going to be a long slog. But just two years since its founding, the task force is fielding calls from individuals around the world looking to make amends for ancestors who benefited from enslavement in Grenada.  “If you had told us this would be happening, we wouldn’t have believed you,” Mr. Gill says, crediting a burgeoning movement of descendants of enslavers getting wise to their family’s history and taking action.  In Grenada’s…

The anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki present an opportunity to demolish a cornerstone myth of American history — that those twin acts of mass civilian slaughter were necessary to bring about Japan’s surrender, and spare a half-million US soldiers who’d have otherwise died in a military conquest of the empire’s home islands. Those who attack this mythology are often reflexively dismissed as unpatriotic, ill-informed or both. However, the most compelling witnesses against the conventional wisdom were patriots with a unique grasp on the state of affairs in August 1945 — America’s senior military leaders of World…

The biggest individual donor of Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) presidential campaign will hold off on sending any more money his way unless a “moderate shift” occurs. Robert Bigelow, the founder of Budget Suites of America and Bigelow Aerospace, made the largest single contribution of $20 million to DeSantis’s super PAC, Never Back Down. Now, Bigelow says he won't donate another dollar until the conservative governor is “able to generate more on his own,” the hotel entrepreneur told Reuters in an interview Friday.  “He does need to shift to get to moderates,” Bigelow said. “He’ll lose if he doesn’t. … Extremism…

The downfall of public Christianity in modern America has been well documented. What has not been studied nearly as closely, however, has been the source of the downfall, the devil driving the great unawakening.  Two evangelicals are hoping to change this. We have heard this before, but it seems to need saying often: In addition to Americans leaving the church, the church has also left Americans—specifically, those Americans who desire life under the shield of biblical orthodoxy. Consider for example that the Southern Baptist Convention was recently taken to task over nearly 2,000 women serving in pastoral roles in churches within the convention. Female…