Ep. 109 His Vine & Fig Tree Podcast
President Donald Trump’s social media post about Rob Reiner was Trump near his worst. Reiner is the now deceased Hollywood producer who was brutally murdered last weekend along with his wife. One of their sons has been charged with the crime. Trump’s narcisisstic tendencies bring out the worst in his character, and unfortunately, reveals the Christian advisers supposedly close to the president have no influence at all. Worse, there are folks in Trump’s hemisphere who cavalierly explain it away as “mean tweets.” It’s better to say nothing than to dance on a man’s grave.
Erika Kirk and Candace Owens had a private meeting a couple of days ago without any entourage or cameras. The goal was to address the relentless coverage of the assassination of Charlie Kirk by Owens. Because of the damage Owens has already caused, the only thing that makes this right is repentance, going in the opposite direction of where she has been heading for the past 10 weeks.
The shooting of Jewish Hanukkah celebrants at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Sunday brings the issue of Islam to the forefront as 15 people were killed and another 27 were injured. Two Pakistani men, a father and son, are the alleged shooters. However, it underscores Islam’s growing impact in the west—all of Europe, Australia, and North America. Islam is incompatible with western civilization because Islam talks about conquering, dominating, and forcing people of other religions to submit or die. Western leaders ignore it to their peril.