Antisemitism has become the hallmark of the tribalism of late postmodernity in the West. Christians should never be Antisemitic. They should accept Jews not on the West's new virtues of diversity, equity, and inclusion--which are actually the virtues out of which tribalism has emerged, and from this tribalism has emerged its Antisemitism. The Christian attitude toward the Jews is, instead, stated in Romans 9-11, to which I shall briefly return at the end of this essay. In the first chapter of my e-book, The Church and Western Tribalism (available on my blog’s bookshop), I describe Western tribalism in the following ways. · It vilifies and shames its enemies. · It holds to conclusions, anecdotally supported, about groups and is unwilling to reexamine them in light of other evidence. In this, it opposes racism while being itself racist. · It is n...
Introduction This essay aims to present some demographic data in regard to the declining population in many parts of the world. This can be an important are for consideration in missiology. Just where might a mission agency or the Church in a certain region put its effort to address problems associated with population changes? The essay merely probes this issue by offering the sorts of statistics that could lead to deeper discussions related to the Church and its mission. Other issues also press on those discussions, such as what Church or ministry is already present in a country and what is it doing currently? Changes in the Church, too, need to be considered, even the possible need to replant the Church in some area of the world (due to corruption, decline, etc.). The focus here is only on birth rates and related issues. Current (2025) Birth Rate in Some Regions of the World Birth rates in many parts of the world are alarmingly low. The follow...