Pastor's Corner

My dad was always so knowledgeable about so many topics. When I’d ask him how he knew something, he’d always say: “I read a lot.”

I try to be like my dad in this respect. I try to read widely and deeply. And as this war with Iran has raged, I have tried to read as much as I can about what’s happening and why. (Though, perhaps by the time this article is printed, we won’t be at war—things change fast!)

As of my writing this, however, I have yet to read a very compelling reason for why we’re in this war. I have read reasons that verge on the absurd, like that this war is somehow a fulfillment of...