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Solzhenitsyn’s Advice: Get Back to the Basics

January 18, 2012 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

As I was researching and writing the four-part series in December on “The Collapse of the USSR,” a thought occurred…

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Solzhenitsyn: The Power of Truth

January 12, 2012 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

As I was researching and writing the four-part series in December on “The Collapse of the USSR,” a thought occurred…

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Russia’s Binary Character

November 23, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

In the introduction to his new survey of Russian history, Professor Geoffrey Hosking describes the geopolitics and the ecology of…

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Russia’s DNA: Unsettled Identity

November 2, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Note: This is the sixth and final in a series of essays on ‘Russia’s DNA.’ The first essay ‘Russia’s DNA:…

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Russia’s DNA: “Deep-Seated Spirituality”

October 21, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Note: This is the fifth in a series of essays on ‘Russia’s DNA.’ The first essay ‘Russia’s DNA: Fear of…

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Russia’s DNA: “Giantism”

October 19, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Note: This is the fourth in a series of essays on ‘Russia’s DNA.’ The first essay ‘Russia’s DNA: Fear of Invasion’…

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Russia’s DNA: “Fear of Anarchy”

October 12, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Note: This is the third in a series of essays on ‘Russia’s DNA.’ The first essay ‘Russia’s DNA: Fear of Invasion’…

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Russia’s DNA: “Lack of Trust”

October 5, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Note: This is the second in a series of essays on ‘Russia’s DNA.’  The first essay ‘Russia’s DNA: Fear of…

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Russia’s DNA: “Fear of Invasion”

September 28, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Note: This is the first in a series of essays on ‘Russia’s DNA.’ In March 2006, I heard a lecture…

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The Internet’s Impact on Russia

September 8, 2011 Dr. John A. Bernbaum

Over the past ten years Russia has witnessed an enormous growth in the use of the Internet. According to official…

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Reflections on Russia

  • Russia’s Post-Communist Development
  • U.S.-Russian Relations
  • Russia’s Pre-1991 History
  • Russian Culture and Values
  • Religious Life in Russia
  • Russian Literature

Reflections on Shalom

  • Old Testament Foundations
  • Jesus’ Palestinian Context
  • Jesus’ Birth & Youth
  • Jesus in Action
  • Jesus’ Teachings
  • Palm Sunday – Golgatha
  • Resurrection – Pentecost
  • Apostles’ Teachings on Shalom
  • Conclusion
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