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With U.S.-Iran Talks Stalled, Diplomatic Efforts Expand To Europeans

Faced with an increasingly bellicose Iran as talks to end the war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader swath of countries that might be able to help pressure Tehran or ease its hardline position where traditional mediators have not succeeded so far.
Newsmax: Iran Boasts 'Islam Can Rule the World' as Peace Deal Eludes U.S.

A top Iranian commander declared Saturday that Tehran’s performance in its nearly six-month war with the United States had demonstrated the power of Islam, as the Trump administration continues to struggle to translate overwhelming American military superiority into a lasting settlement.
Breitbart: Democrat Senate Candidate Pastor Adam Hamilton Asks When Can We Push Back and Say the Apostle Paul Is 'Wrong'?

Democrat Senate candidate and pastor Adam Hamilton asked in a video how much “latitude” Christians have to push back on the Bible, including whether they can say the Apostle Paul was “wrong.”
CBN News: Franklin Graham Slams 'Evil' Massachusetts Abortion Law

Evangelist Franklin Graham is one of many pro-lifers who are expressing deep concerns over the decision by the state of Massachusetts to allow abortions of very late-term babies, up to the moment of birth.
American Thinker: The Communist Threat To America Is Real

...“These are not social democrats. These are hardcore, godless communists. They’re godless communists. All communists are godless. They don’t believe in God."
GP: United Nations Calls Out Iran For Its ‘Other War’—Against Christians

...According to the American Center for Law and Justice, while the world focuses on the “war with Iran,” it is calling on the United Nations to address Iran’s abuse of Iranian Christians.
Sharper Iron: Living In the End Times

...Ecclesiastical experts often report that people have been burned out on Bible prophecy, that sophisticated congregants need more relevant topics and that prophecy charts are passé—especially for today’s young people. Nothing could be further from the truth, if these camps were any indication.
Surrogate Mother Gives Birth To Baby After Bio-Parents Requested Abortion

A surrogate mother who refused to abort her baby despite demands from the biological parents recently gave birth. Surrogate mother McKenna West fled to Texas, where she and her baby were protected...
Washington Stand: Social Media Addiction Is Harming Kids, Experts Say

Canada and Brazil banned social media for kids. Should the United States follow in the footsteps of its neighboring countries? New polling shows widespread support for the idea. For decades, parents — and now courts — are arguing that social media is harmful to children. A new poll says that three in five...
Breitbart Opinion: Polls Show No One Cares About Climate Change

...Far-left CNN took a look at the latest polling and found that Climate Change ranked at number 14 of issues people care about, with just three percent saying so.
Gateway Pundit: Ukrainians Still Clinging To Faith In a Frontline Town

In a town bombarded day and night by Russians, and in the face of an ever-encroaching front line, a Protestant pastor continues to grow his church, even as most of the civilian population has fled.
WCW2K: The Book of Jude and the End Times or Last Days

The Book of Jude is not very long (only one chapter), but those twenty-five verses have a lot to say about the last days, and today, it is strikingly similar to the way it was in Jude’s day.
Equip: The Mother of Jesus In the Gospel of John

Have you noticed where Mary, the mother of Jesus, appears in John’s Gospel? Given the legends that some believe about her, let us suggest some theological conclusions from those appearances.
BCLife: Seven Things the Book of Proverbs Teaches Us About Money

The rich should not presume that God smiles on them, nor should the poor assume that he frowns on them.
CP Voices: Science Didn't Kill God—Naturalism Just Assumed He Was Dead

Science is a method for studying the natural world. Naturalism is a worldview claiming that nature is all there is. Those are not the same thing...Naturalism insists that nothing exists beyond nature.
Buzzfeed: Europe Suffering Its Worst Drought In Years

Europe is currently in the midst of a historic drought. France reports that "many rivers and streams are facing critical, never-before-seen conditions," and that "several nuclear reactors had to be shut down"...
Nat.Pulse: Trump Presides Over Biggest Drop In Violent Crime In U.S. History

According to FBI data, the murder rate declined by 18.1 percent, motor vehicle theft declined by 22.7 percent, and burglary declined by 15.8 percent. The country also experienced sharp declines in...

Saturday, August 15, 2026

U.S. Missionary Freed From African Nation After Nine Months In Captivity

An American missionary who was kidnapped last October has been released. Kevin Rideout was seized in the West African nation of Niger on Oct. 21 by three gunmen. The 50-year-old missionary pilot is on his way back to the U.S., and he is reported to be "in good health in the care of U.S. officials."
Barna: Research On How Much Americans Trust Christian Churches

New research from Barna asked U.S. adults how much they trust specific institutions, leaders and organizations, from family members to Christian churches and pastors. Comparing the results with...
Breitbart: Secretary Bessent Says U.S. To Hit Iran With Economic Measures

President Donald Trump is preparing to dramatically escalate his “Economic Fury” campaign against Iran, with new measures coming next week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Thursday.
WCW2K: Four Areas Where America Has Grown More Sinful

Here are 4 incontrovertible evidences that the morality of America and the world has slipped in the last 20 years and it’s only going to get worse. These might be the most evident signs of all of the increasing...
BCLife: Biblical Respect In a Disrespectful Age

Sadly, in popular culture today there are few signs of what it means to respect other people. For a Christian though, disrespect is unacceptable. We are to keep our emotions under control and show respect to others.
PNW: Israel Is Still Hunting the Killers of October 7th

Israel has a list. It contains the names of the terrorists believed to have participated in the October 7 massacre...And Israel has made clear that the passage of time will not make those names disappear.
Breitbart: Ms. Rachel Pushes Reparations For Slavery and Jim Crow Laws

Children’s YouTube and Netflix star Ms. Rachel has added support for reparations over slavery and Jim Crow Laws to her growing catalogue of left-wing causes, taking her latest stance via Instagram...
Iowa Dem Says Church Is ‘Barrier’ To Domestic Abuse Victims Getting Help

Iowa Democrat congressional candidate and Lutheran minister Sarah Trone Garriott said that churches and religious leaders can serve as barriers to domestic violence victims leaving abusive spouses.
Breitbart: Americans Overwhelmingly Reject Men Playing In Women’s Sports

According to Pew Research, 73 percent of American adults- Republicans and Democrats – were uncomfortable with “transgender athletes competing on sports teams that don’t match their sex at birth.”
Lifesite: Nigerian Court Rules Islamic Police Can’t Arrest Christian Convert

A Nigerian woman was detained and beaten after fleeing abuse and embracing Christianity, but now a top court is protecting her rights and curbing Sharia forces.
Rooted Thinking: Should Christian Leadership Be Lonely?

We’ve all heard the expression that leadership is lonely—and for good reason. Leaders carry responsibilities and face pressures that few really understand. In many ways, they live in the proverbial fishbowl...
Biblical Counseling: Living With Chronic Illness

Living with a disease for which there is no cure or, at times, relief, brings uncertainty and pain. Yet, God has given us His perfect Word to point our hearts, not to our circumstances, but to Him...
Ch Post: U.S. Military intervention In Nigeria Didn't Stop Attacks On Christians

A lawyer who advocates for Christian women and girls says the U.S. military intervention in Nigeria in the last year has not been "helpful" in stopping the escalating Christian persecution in the African country.
HD: Secularists Have Grown Tired of Christianity’s Influence In Australia

...Secularists in Australia argue that the number of Christians there has been artificially inflated over many years through counting those who are nominal Christians but hold no personal conviction or belief.
Niceness Is Whiteness? Professors Denounce Niceness as White Privilege

Many professors seem to compete in finding new forms of racism in every facet of society and education. Astrophysics, math, science, statistics, and meritocracy have all been denounced as racist. Now we find...
Karoline Leavitt Made the Right Decision To Resign For Her Kids

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Wednesday that she will be leaving her position at the end of August. Her reason is a commendable one that more young women should follow.
Protestia: Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Megachurch Is Practically Empty

Attendance appears to be down at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, after a video has emerged of their Sunday service showing a sanctuary less than 25% filled.

Friday, August 14, 2026

Supreme Court Announces November Arguments On Religious Liberty

Religious liberty is back on the docket. The US Supreme Court is scheduled to take on several key cases concerning this First Amendment issue, as well as eminent domain and inmate rights this November.
Frontpage Mag: Muslim Killed Missionary 'Because She Was a Christian’

The case of the soft-hearted Scottish woman who worked in Athens tending to Muslim migrants—-Afghans and Iranians — in need, and ended up dead in a suitcase, murdered by one of those Afghans is discussed...
Harbingers Daily: A Proper Knowledge of Israel and Eschatology Is Essential To Our Understanding of God’s Word

People ask, “Why do you focus so much on Israel? Why not focus only on the gospel and how to live out our Christian lives today?” Here are eight reasons why the Bible says Israel really does matter and why we...
CBN: Virginia Denies Tuition Aid To Christian Student Pursuing Religion Major

A Liberty University student is taking legal action after Virginia revoked state tuition aid due to her religious major. Legal groups petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for equal treatment after a Liberty student...
HD: Is Gay ‘Marriage’ Valid? The World Lashes Out at the Bible Answer

A recent post on my Facebook page exploded with hate. It was a short post, and it stated: “A gay ‘marriage’ is not a valid marriage.” That post ignited controversy, and the comments were well over 10,000!
Breitbart News: Adam Hamilton, Christian Pastor and Democrat Senate Nominee, Says Muslims and Hindus Unknowingly Worship Jesus

Methodist Pastor Adam Hamilton, the Democrat candidate in Kansas’s Senate race, publicly denied the exclusivity of Jesus during a sermon, promoting inclusivism by asserting that people of other religions have a “different lens” that gives them a less clear picture of God but will not keep them from Heaven...
Newsmax: Wholesale Inflation Falls To 4.7% On Lower Gas, Food

Wholesale inflation dropped last month as gas prices reversed some of their Iran war spike and other costs also cooled, a sign that consumer inflation could grind lower in the months ahead.
Massachusetts Law Now Protect Puppies More Than Human Babies

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey approved a law that allows killing unborn babies up to the point of birth with nearly no oversight Monday. A year ago, Healey signed a different bill protecting animals from...
BCLife: Seeing God’s Providence In Daily Life

The providence of God is all around us; we just don’t realize it most of the time. When you see the sun rise in the east and set in the west, you are seeing God’s providence in action. When we breathe, we...
TGC: A Secret Life of Prayer Will Prevent a Secret Life of Sin

...I’ve observed something of a spiritual axiom. Where a secret life is present, a secret
prayer life is absent. In other words, you go bad in private before you go bad in public.
Zambia Hunt: The Questions We Must Ask Before We Send Missionaries

Faithful missions require more than good intentions. They require hard questions. Before we send, we must ask: Are we strengthening churches or unintentionally weakening them?
Crossway: What To Do When Your Feelings Don’t Line Up With God’s Word

We live in a culture that tells us to follow our feelings. We’re told to Live your truth, and that means that truth is defined by what you feel and what you think is true. We don’t want to ignore our feelings, but there can be a big difference between cultivating a healthy emotional life and letting our feelings run our lives.
Brownstone: A Romp Through the Fauci Diaries—Fame Turns To Shame

Every citizen needs to read these diaries. Even in the next century, there will be people talking about their two terrible years in childhood, forced to wear a mask and then jabbed with gene therapy.
Worthy News: U.S. Credit Card Debt Surges as Americans Increase Borrowing

Americans added another $21 billion in credit card debt during the second quarter of 2026, pushing outstanding balances to roughly $1.26 trillion and bringing consumer borrowing close to its record high.
Many Gen Z Savers Have Moved Money From Investments To Sports Betting

...Twenty-six percent of Gen Z say “they treat sports betting as a deliberate, ongoing component of their financial plans,” according to a Bloomberg report.
Federalist: Online Sports Gambling Companies Are Buying State Elections

‘Now it’s just out of control, I’ve never seen a state house race in Kansas with $150,000 dropped into it, but basically anyone that they thought they would be able to sway their vote got a lot of money.’
Breitbart Opinion: WNBA Has Yet To Determine What a Woman Is

Critics of the WNBA calling out its transgender policies – or lack therefore – were slammed Wednesday for their hurtful “bad faith” in criticizing men claiming to be women so they can play in the league.

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Ch Post: Germany, France Lead Europe In Anti-Christian Hate Crimes

More than three dozen attacks targeted Christian churches, symbols and worshipers in Europe throughout the month of July, with the most heinous examples involving the desecration of churches with...
HD: President Trump Ends Medicaid Funding For Child Sex Changes

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funds will no longer be used to pay for sex-rejecting procedures for minors, beginning Oct. 13.
Fox News: Karoline Leavitt Departing Press Secretary Role

President Trump announced that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of the month to spend more time with her family. Leavitt confirmed her departure, saying she had...
New Orleans Becomes First Major U.S. City To Let A.I. Answer 911 Calls

New Orleans is testing just how much Americans are willing to trust artificial intelligence...The city has begun allowing an AI system to field certain 911 calls, apparently making it the first major U.S. city to...
HD: The Millennium—A Controversial Subject In Biblical Prophecy

The nature of the Millennium is arguably the most controversial subject in the study of biblical future, but most of the views can be summarized in three major perspectives. It is critical to know these viewpoints...
Proclaim & Defend: What Is God’s Power To Us Who Believe?

...God saves, God sanctifies, we serve, God sustains, and God glorifies—all by His glorious power. May God open the eyes of our hearts to better understand His power to us today!
Desiring God: The God Who Defies the Spirit of Abortion

In Ezekiel 16, the prophet narrates an extended analogy for God’s relationship with his people. The metaphor is layered and complex, and many of the details remain uncertain. What is clear is...
Crossway: Five Mediators In the Bible Who Foreshadowed Christ

...The religious pluralism of today wants to believe that there are many ways to Heaven. But it is disastrous to build one’s life on a lie. One must build on Jesus, who is not only “the way” but “the truth.”
PNW: Why Biblical Truth Is Becoming a Career Liability

...Increasingly, Christians are discovering that faithfully holding to biblical convictions can carry a professional cost. A recent court ruling illustrates just how dramatically the cultural landscape has shifted.
Lifeway: Equipping Your Church To See the Value of Membership

... Yes, you are the church, but you also go to church. Even this saying is incomplete. You are the church, you go to church, you are part of the Church, and you are also part of a church.
IFStudies: The Demographic Miracle of 1776—And What it Means Today

...Benjamin Franklin calculated that American marriage and birth rates were twice as high as those found in Europe: an average of eight births per woman in the New World compared to four in the Old.
Proclaim & Defend: Signposts To Heaven

Often when I am sad, discouraged, or life seems full of trials, I think about the joys of heaven in an attempt to adjust my mindset. This is a good practice. James 1 tells us that trials lead to steadfastness...
Desiring God: Submission Holds Heaven’s Attention

...What does Peter mean when he calls wives to “be subject”? Does he want women to deny their strengths, bury their talents, and adopt the posture of a servile housemaid? Far from it.
Crossway: A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit

...From Genesis to Revelation, from creation to new creation, the Spirit of God is an active participant in the story of Scripture. He mediates God’s presence, reveals truth, fosters holiness, and effects unity.
Brownstone: How the American Republic Became a Managerial State

The U.S. was the land of limited government. Checks and balances. Separation of powers. But America has instead become a managed society. Its government dominates its people. How did it go wrong?
WND: Christian Influencer Jailed In Brazil For Calling Trans Politician a Man

A prominent influencer has been ordered to prison – a two-year sentence reduced to house arrest – for refusing to feed a politician's fantasy that he is a woman.

The rich should not presume that God smiles on them, nor should the poor assume that he frowns on them.

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