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Supplementary to Phil.3:12-16 and 4:4

The last two sermons focused on Phil.3:12-16 and 4:4, respectively. This write-up is to help you understand these two passages. ...

Cold War I and Grand Strategy

The world consists of roughly two hundred nation-states. Based on what we have learned earlier, the world will likely descend into a...

Perpetual Peace?

German philosopher Immanuel Kant speculated that if nations are all republics, then perpetual peace is possible [1]. It seems that...

Is a World Order Possible?

Earlier I wrote Basics of Today’s International Relations [1]. My goal was, and still is, to discuss the potential impact of this US...

Implications of Trump-Vance Ticket

Initially, I did not spend time on the Republican VP selection because normally VP is only a ceremonial position. I also knew little of...

Solution: Controlled Globalization

We have identified two problems facing American politics in 2016 [1]. Identifying problems is only the first step. The next step is to...

Trump as US President?

Before 2016 I never thought someone like Donald Trump could become US president. It was also unimaginable then that American democracy...

What Is a Deep State?

This series is to explain American politics, both domestic and international. To certain extent they apply also to other democracies....

4. Bible Reading

John J.L. Han For a Christian, Bible reading is extremely important. Matthew 4:4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on...

3. Word of God

John (J L) Han As we mentioned in Baptism, you now have a new life received from the Holy Spirit.  Like your physical life, your...

2. Baptism

John J L Han Jesus’ Teaching on Baptism of Water and the Spirit Let us consider Jesus’ teaching in John 3:1-12.  3 Now there was a...

1. Salvation

John (J L) Han Jesus said only those who are sick need a doctor.  Are we sick?  The Bible tells us that every one of us is a sinner, thus...

Political Order 3: Democratic China?

J. L Han 3-13-2024 If you compare all known political orders, democracy undoubtedly is one of the best, if not the best. As mentioned...

Political Order 2: Religion 

3-3-2024 From time immemorial religion and polity have been symbiotically related. Eminent historian Bernard Lewis wrote “The older...

Political Order 1: the Basics

Jia Liang Han The VOA published a recent interview of 刘军宁 about China’s political future [1]. I was asked to comment on it. 刘军宁 is a...

Political Left or Right?

Niall Ferguson’s recent (Dec. 11) essay should be taken seriously [1] ([2] is related). He warns that current American universities are...

Freedom of Speech and Universities

By now you must have heard that presidents of elite American universities testified in front of Congress and they flunked. Many Americans...

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