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Jesse King/Israel My Glory magazine “The Kingdom is here! The Kingdom is now!” Have you heard this recently? It’s a popular phrase for many Christians who believe we are living in the Kingdom of God now. But are we really living in the Kingdom of God today? Setting Up the Kingdom When God created the universe, His purposeful order produced a well-constructed world. He made it functional and beautiful. His creation included light, oceans, dry land, vegetation, birds, fish, animals—everything needed to foster the cycle of life in the world. All that was missing was people—human subjects to populate, care for,…
Nathan Jones. What are God’s reasons for telling us why He will replace human government with Christ’s Millennial Kingdom? God’s reasons involve both ultimate and immediate purposes. First, let’s look at the ultimate purpose. God provided special revelation through the prophets and Jesus Christ—the source of all prophetic revelation (Revelation 19:10). Our Lord used words, visions, dreams, miracles, and theophanies so that He could, as theologian Lit-Sen Chang stated, “reveal His divinity to His creation, display His many excellencies, and declare His glory, especially in His work of redemption.” As we witness how God’s plan for the ages unfolds, we’re…
Tom Gilbreath/US Correspondent, As of this writing, seven-year-old Saylor Graham fights for her life in an Oregon hospital — struck down by a mass shooter last week at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Saylor was already suffering from medical complications related to a genetic disorder. She is well known in her community for her infectious joyfulness. Pray for Saylor and her family. Another precious little girl, 5-year-old Rhoam Summer, did not survive the attack. An 8-year-old and an 11-year-old, whose names had not been announced when this was written, were also killed, along with Megan Lambert, a teacher,…
Jan Markell/US Correspondent. The title I am using for this article is not mine. It was the title Amir Tsarfati used at my prophecy conference in suburban Minneapolis in the Fall of 2016. It was one of the most captivating and timely messages ever presented at that event that spanned almost 20 years. Dare I say, some 5,000 people sat captivated—even riveted. Amir described his experience in Europe that year. It left him terrified. You can hear the message here. Remember, this is a decade ago. He knew he was somewhere near the headquarters of a future Antichrist empire. He felt unnerved…
Kap Chatfield/US Correspondent. The sons of Issachar brought a skill to David that the rest of the army did not have. They could read a moment. First Chronicles 12:32 “of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;” Saul’s kingdom was falling apart while David’s was rising. Every tribe had to decide where to stand. Israel had plenty of soldiers. But Issachar brought something rarer. They understood the times, and they knew what to do about it. You…
Corey Walker/US Correspondent Former US President Barack Obama criticized Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and its conduct in Gaza during remarks in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, while acknowledging the centuries of persecution that drove the Jewish people to seek security and establish a state in their ancient homeland. Speaking during a conversation with journalist Susan McKay at Queen’s University Belfast, where he received an honorary doctorate, Obama argued that Israel’s military and technological superiority cannot, by itself, guarantee lasting security. His comments renewed the debate over how Israel can defend its citizens against persistent threats while pursuing a sustainable future…
Alba Asenjo Domínguez/US Correspondent. Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital after surviving Tennessee’s botched 30 September attempt to execute her by lethal injection and is back in prison, her lawyers said on Saturday. Pike, 50, returned to the Deborah K Johnson rehabilitation center, where she has been imprisoned for the last three decades, her attorneys, Stephen Ferrell, Luke Ihnen, Randy Spivey and Kelly Gleason, said in a statement. “She is grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care in these extraordinary circumstances,” Pike’s lawyers added. “She is continuing to receive medical care at the…
Karina Tsui/CNN News Two scheduled executions a week apart have highlighted the ongoing debate over the practice of lethal injection in the US, with both using the same drug but yielding dramatically different outcomes. Texas on Wednesday executed 46-year-old Jamaal Howard, a man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk more than two decades ago. Howard was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m., the Associated Press reported, after receiving a lethal dose of pentobarbital, a barbiturate that can cause death, at a state prison in Huntsville. This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Jamaal Howard on October…
Franklin Graham. On July 28, I had the privilege of proclaiming the eternal promises of the Gospel at Washington National Cathedral during the memorial service for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham. The senior statesman from South Carolina, who died unexpectedly on July 11 from an aortic tear, was remembered as a tireless advocate for faith and freedom and a defender of the U.S. Constitution and Israel. I was glad to hear his longtime pastor at Corinth Baptist Church in Seneca, South Carolina, share about the late senator’s profession of faith in Jesus as his Savior and Lord. I stood in the…
CNN News The Trump administration is struggling to get clear answers about the death of a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague, amid days of stonewalling from Russian officials about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the episode. The death of the technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia immediately raised alarms throughout the administration, prompting a race to compile intel and plot for a potential public health response, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Read More: But Russia’s reluctance to share information about the incident has complicated those efforts, leaving officials uncertain…
Oliver Melnick. Are European Jewish identity and freedom circling the drain? How much longer before we see a mass exodus to Eretz Yisrael, forced by the unlivable conditions experienced in Europe? Norway was trying to pass a law in mid-September 2026 that would criminalize anyone doing business with Israeli settlements in Judea/Samaria (also known as the West Bank). The law is currently being discussed in the Norwegian Parliament. Even if it doesn’t pass right now, it is a symptom of a much bigger problem; Jews and those supporting them are slowly being outlawed. If passed, that law would give Norway…
Jessica Mach/Law Times A Quebec court certified a class action alleging similar claims in 2019 A lawsuit brought by three current and former Jehovah’s Witnesses who allege they were sexually abused as minors by adult congregation members cannot proceed as a class action, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled. In its Sept. 23 decision in Gutierrez v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Canada, a three-justice panel explained that the lawsuit failed to satisfy any of the criteria under Ontario’s Class Proceedings Act. Under the provincial law, a lawsuit must meet five criteria – including providing a cause of…
Barry Stigner./US Correspondent. Amos 9:14-15 reads, “I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; they shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them, says the Lord your God.” The point Amos makes for us is crucial to understanding the prophetic timeline of the last days. Though Amos was a contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, we know that…
Brie Stimson/Fox News. Michelle Rodriguez has been working in the entertainment industry for more than 25 years and has starred in dozens of movies, including eight “Fast and the Furious” films, but she admitted this week that her religious upbringing left her feeling like she was in the “devil’s world” when she first came to Hollywood. Her Jehovah’s Witness upbringing felt out of place in the fast-paced entertainment industry “I came from a Jehovah’s Witness background at the time,” the 48-year-old said at a 25th anniversary screening of the 2001 original in Los Angeles on Monday, according to People magazine.…
Dennis P. Petri/ US Correspondent. Ryan Burge published a post on September 14, 2026, that I have been waiting years for someone to write. It is called “The Religious Behavior Index: How Engaged Are Americans, Really?” and my first reaction on reading it was one word: “finally”. People most at risk of violence for their faith are… the ones who do something with their religion. Here is why a survey index of American churchgoing matters to anyone who cares about religious freedom. Since undertaking my doctoral fieldwork in Mexico I have been arguing that the people most at risk of…
John Rodrigues/US Correspondent. The soft glow of the coffee shop string lights made the room feel warm and welcoming as Elena leaned forward, her voice filled with care and deep conviction. “We all see the brokenness around us—the crazy housing costs, the gap between the rich and the poor, the corporate greed,” she said, looking around at the nodding faces of her classmates. “But as Christians, we don’t have to guess what the solution looks like. The movement for collective ownership and government-guaranteed fairness isn’t a radical new political theory; it is literally just the gospel put into practice by…
Will Graham My guess is that you know Christians who are an absolute blessing to be around. They carry the joy of Christ wherever they go, sacrificially serving others while spreading the hope and peace of God. Conversely, you have likely also known people who call themselves Christians but are prideful, unhappy, scheming and always desiring to be first. These types of people bring despair to the whole church. In his third Epistle, John addresses three men, each of whom is a different example of how some Christians act. As we look at them, I encourage you to examine your…
Todd Hampson. Bible prophecy is the one line of evidence God wrote down in advance so anyone could check it. About 28 percent of the Bible was prophecy when it was written, roughly 80 percent of it has already been fulfilled to the exact detail, and the fulfillment rate on everything past is 100 percent. That track record is what makes fulfilled prophecy the most compelling reason to trust that the Bible is from God. I grew up completely unchurched and bought the world’s way of thinking hook, line, and sinker. I believed in evolution, thought the Bible was a…
Zachary Patton/The Washington Stand Spanning throughout the U.S. and within the midst of the country’s medical education and residency programs, a silent ideological cleansing is occurring. For centuries, the Hippocratic Oath has existed as medicine’s north star of morality, an unwavering promise to preserve human life. Today, that honored commitment has become a career-ending liability. Taking on the guise of standardized bioethics, accreditation boards and residency matching programs have begun systematically filtering out doctors who don’t fit the mold — largely those who are Christian due to their pro-life tendencies — all before they take their first step into an…
They were on duty the day airplanes were used to attack America Alexandra Skores/CNN Crumbs of a vanilla ice cream sandwich covered Michael McCormick’s 6-year-old son’s mouth as the two sat on the edge of the fountain between the North and South towers of the World Trade Center. McCormick was celebrating his 45th birthday with his family on a warm, late summer Sunday in Manhattan in 2001. He pointed out the North Tower to his son, “I have a friend who’s starting work there on Monday.” The father and son washed the ice cream off their hands in the fountain.…
The Rutherford Institute Twenty-five years after 9/11, one has to ask: has the nightmare ever really ended? For a quarter-century, Americans have been governed by fear: fear of terrorists and foreign enemies, fear of domestic extremists and political opponents, fear of the next attack, the next crisis, the next emergency. That fear has given us endless war, mass surveillance, militarized police, secret courts, indefinite detention, government watchlists, domestic military deployments and an imperial presidency armed with powers that would have been unthinkable before 9/11. Now the man entrusted with the imperial powers of the modern-day presidency is publicly imagining himself…
David Bowen/US Correspondent. There are moments when a headline deserves more than a passing glance. There are moments when the words being spoken in the Middle East should cause students of Bible prophecy to stop, listen, and open their Bibles. One of those moments is presently unfolding in Syria. Reports and photos have recently emerged of the Syrian Arab Army soldiers standing in formation outside the historic Damascus Citadel and chanting violent threats directed toward Jews. According to published the soldiers declared that they were coming for the Jew and spoke of making Jewish blood flow like rivers. These were…
Erick Stakelbeck/ US. Correspondent.Jack Hibbs, Pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Southern California, has been sounding the alarm about legislation (Assembly Bill 2017) rapidly advancing in his state that would make two Islamic “holy days,” Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, official state holidays. It’s a troubling development. The conversation is not about “religious freedom”; it is something entirely different. “Imagine if we changed the verbiage a bit… that there is a Christian bill before the legislators in Sacramento, and it mandates that all schools, universities, and businesses must give the day off for either Good Friday, Easter, Christmas, or Thanksgiving as a ‘Christian holy…
Daniel Cohen/US Correspondent What we discuss today should make you very upset. The Lindsay Clancy trial is not about whether or not a murderer is on trial. It’s a trial on “mental health,” something entirely different and completely divorced from reality. Let’s begin with an important fact: There aren’t versions of the truth—”your truth” vs “my truth”—there is just the truth. Lindsay Clancy is responsible for the death of her children. End of story. Full stop. That’s it. No one else is responsible. No one even disputes the fact pattern. Even her own attorneys don’t dispute that she strangled her three children. The only…
Tony Perkins/Us Correspondent. Should Ukraine’s ongoing battle against Russian aggression concern Americans? Russian tanks, missiles, and drones have destroyed homes and schools and killed more than 16,800 civilians. But they are only the visible weapons of war. Behind them is something less visible but no less consequential: Putin’s Russian Imperialism 2.0, an ideology that seeks not merely to conquer Ukrainian territory, but to erase Ukrainian identity, sovereignty, and culture. This is not just a threat to Ukraine; it is a threat to Europe and, left unchecked, to freedom everywhere. Putin’s Russian Imperialism 2.0 borrows heavily from Soviet authoritarianism, with one…
David Millward/US Correspondent Lindsay Clancy has become a feminist symbol at the same time as she faces life in prison for murder Dressed in pink, around 300 women gathered outside a Massachusetts courthouse on Thursday wearing shirts emblazoned with slogans such as “Believe”, “She Needed Help”, and “Peace For Lindsay”. The protesters prayed and made heart shapes with their hands. Some held up flags from across the world; others cradled babies. The woman whom they, and scores of others at rallies across the globe, including the UK, Portugal and Peru, had turned out to support? Lindsay Clancy, the mother accused…
Special Report from Simone McCarthy/CNN News Deadly flooding along the China-Nepal border has put a sharp spotlight on how risks from natural disasters in the Himalayas are growing, at the same time that countries in the region are rapidly building out their high-altitude infrastructure footprints. There’s no indication that the latest disaster, which has killed more than 600 people and left around 2,500 more missing on both sides of the China-Nepal border, was linked to manmade development. But the devastation could be a reality check for governments who are driving a boom in dams, tunnels, highways, railways and bridges across…
Simone McCarthy/CNN News What started as a business dinner between local officials and executives celebrating a lucrative real-estate deal has sparked public outcry in China, after two men were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in their party. Authorities in the affluent tech hub of Hangzhou have placed a senior executive and a public official under criminal detention for allegedly “forcibly molesting” the woman at a karaoke bar after their dinner, according to an official report of the ongoing investigation. The woman was injured and had to be hospitalized, the report said. Both men have been dismissed from their posts. News…
Khaled Abu Toameh/Gatestone Institute Nearly three years after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel and following the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, one might have expected a fundamental change in Palestinian public opinion. The latest Palestinian public opinion poll, however, presents a disturbing picture. The survey, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in the West Bank and Gaza Strip between August 5 and 8, 2026, reveals that although support for Hamas has declined, the fundamental political attitudes that have plagued Palestinian society for decades remain largely intact. Hamas remains a major political force;…
Reagan Escudé Scott The minister Charles Morrison once wrote, “The Christian church is a society of sinners. It is the only society in the world membership in which is based upon the single qualification that the candidate shall be unworthy of membership.” Anyone who has spent any time in a church has, at some point, been offended or disappointed by another believer. The reality is that conflict arises when sinners are gathered together. Although saved by grace, we are still living in unredeemed human flesh, battling sin constantly. Jesus acknowledged that this would be the case when he laid out…
Mark Hitchcock/US Correspondent. The 37-acre Temple Mount in Jerusalem is ground zero for the events of the end times, and it’s back in the headlines as the most explosive flashpoint in the Middle East–and probably the whole world. The Temple Mount is the previous location of two Jewish temples. Solomon’s Temple was built there 3,000 years ago until 586 BC, when it was destroyed by the Babylonians. When the Jewish people returned from exile, they built a second temple, which the Romans destroyed in AD 70. It is considered the third holiest site in Islam–even though Jerusalem is not mentioned…
David Jeremiah. As history hurtles toward the Last Days, we find ourselves trying to navigate through an increasingly hostile world. Politics are dividing our country and even our churches. People are becoming more cold-hearted, selfish, and angry. We are experiencing a breakdown that feels irreversible. Our problems do not have simple solutions, but we can find guidance in Scripture. How Can I Know the Difference Between Turning the Other Cheek and Taking a Stand for What Is Right?America was originally founded on Christian principles, but this foundational premise began to erode after World War II. Today, momentum for the downward trend…
Samuel Ben-Ur In China, faith in Christ as the only way to heaven is considered “cultist” theology by the government. In Russia, Christians must seek state approval to proselytize and are often refused. In Iran, the state has leveraged its upgraded domestic digital surveillance network to crack down on its Christians. And in North Korea, merely possessing a Bible can land up to three generations of a Christian’s family in a labor camp. These patterns of oppression may seem unrelated, but in reality they are connected by a technological and ideological alliance against Christianity. In their new book, Axis of Aggressors: Countering the Cooperation of China, Russia, Iran &…
Khaled Abu Toameh/Gatestone Institute For nearly a year, the international community insisted that there could be no future for the Gaza Strip unless Hamas was stripped of every weapon, every tunnel, every missile factory, and every military capability. US President Donald J. Trump’s September 2025 peace plan was explicit: Gaza would be demilitarized, terrorist infrastructure destroyed, and weapons rendered permanently unusable. Article 13 of Trump’s 20-point plan states: “All military, terror, and offensive infrastructure, including tunnels and weapon production facilities, will be destroyed and not rebuilt. There will be a process of demilitarization of Gaza under the supervision of independent…
Source: Decision Magazine This fall, Arizona State University is offering eight courses with words like witchcraft, magic, or the occult in the title. Meanwhile, one course will cover the bedrock faith of Western Civilization. “Think about that for a moment,” writes Owen Anderson, who teaches philosophy and religion at the university, at The Blaze. “At one of the largest public universities in the country, students can choose from a small festival of courses on witchcraft, while Christianity receives [only] a single titled course.” A quick web search reveals other major universities across the country are offering similar classes. ASU might argue the courses fall…
Daniel Silliman/US Correspondent. Charismatic megachurch pastor Bill Johnson urged Bethel Church, in Redding, California, not to dismiss fake prophecy just because it’s fake. Speaking at a “family meeting” on Feb. 3, Johnson said that a made-up revelation, with information taken from Facebook and manipulated to sound like a divine “download” could, in fact, be from God. “I would say be careful before you throw it out, before you flush it,” Johnson said. “I don’t know if this is the right time for it or not, but just, if you received a prophetic word from somebody that you question, go ahead and question…
Aleja Hertzler-McCain – Religion News Service Pastors Nepthali Zozaya Saucedo and Cinthia Sarai Cardona Otero led their Edinburg, Texas, congregation on Sunday praising God for their recent release from immigration detention and praying for those left behind. “As the body of Christ, we can intercede, and not just for our family and friends, but also for people we maybe haven’t even seen, but who also endure pain, who also suffer injustice, who are also fighting to see the light of the sun again and have dignified food for themselves, a space to sleep and a space to be, and above…
Sarah Holliday /Decision Magazine. Artificial intelligence is advancing at a breathtaking pace. Developers sell its promise, organizations rush to weave it into daily operations, and professionals across nearly every field scramble to define its place. Yet Christians confront a deeper question: How should believers engage a technology that presents itself as the source of all answers—when it is programmed by people who do not have them? Opinions about AI flood the political arena, the church, and the public square as a whole. Some embrace it without reservation; others dismiss it entirely. Between those extremes lies a different posture many walk in:…
OPINION: Oliver Melnick The word Genocide has become a leitmotif when Israel is being discussed among foes. It has become the main recurring excuse to accuse Israel in this current exponentially growing campaign of delegitimization, demonization, and double standards. After all, any leader, government, or people group committing genocide against another people group is indeed guilty of murder and should be stopped at any cost, but before we dig deeper, let’s define the meaning of the word genocide. The word “genocide” was coined in 1942 by Polish Lawyer Raphael Lemkin and didn’t exist prior to World War Two. As a result of…
J. Freya H. Latwin/US Correspondent. When disaster strikes — a hurricane, wildfire or pandemic — we often focus on who needs the most help. But what if we shifted the frame? What if, instead of seeing disabled people only as “vulnerable,” we recognized them as experts in adaptation, resourcefulness and creative problem-solving under pressure? People with disabilities have always navigated a world built without them in mind. Every day, they invent ways to move through inaccessible spaces, communicate across barriers and manage uncertainty. Their lived experience offers precisely the mindset and methods we all need to strengthen emergency preparedness in an age…