by Jeffrey Cimmino – washingtonexaminer.com – September 11, 2019 Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback said Christians are possibly facing the worst period of persecution in history and accused Western countries of failing to protect Christians because of a sense of guilt. “There is more persecution of Christians now, arguably, than any time in the history of world, and the Christian...

By: Tzvi Joffre – jpost.com – October 8, 2019 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights denied a report by Syrian state news agency SANA earlier on Monday evening claiming that Turkey had conducted airstrikes in Syria against the Syrian Democratic Forces. According to the SOHR, the airstrikes hit targets in Iraq.A White House official stated later on Monday night that...

By: Kevin D. Williamson – nationalreview.com – September 8, 2019 Pete Buttigieg, like Elwood Blues, is on a mission from God — or so he seems to think. Penguins beware. Buttigieg has managed to make an impression on the impressionable by insisting that God must surely regard air pollution as, in the idiotic idiom of the time, “messed up.” The sin...

By Robert Knight – washingtontimes.com – August 31, 2019 Democrats can’t seem to figure out whether they want to use the government to drive Christianity underground or just replace the biblical version with fake Christianity. These aren’t mutually exclusive goals; either one brings America closer to a secular, socialist state whose unofficial religion is atheism. Democratic presidential contenders like former Vice President Joe...

By: Timothy Egan – nytimes.com – November 1, 2018 You don’t hear much about Sister Norma Pimentel in the secular press. She’s not a wacko, a hypocrite, a sexual predator or a political operative. Her life’s work, she says, is guided by seeing “the presence of God” in migrant children in the shelter she oversees in the Rio Grande Valley — vulnerable souls...

By: Daily Wire – dailywire.com – August 28, 2019 Don’t take my word for it, it’s not just insinuation. This is according to a new poll out — from [the] Wall Street Journal and NBC — which shows American values are shifting dramatically. Gradually then suddenly. This is from the article. “Patriotism, religion and having children rate lower among younger generations...

By: Nick Bailey – nbcnews.com – August 25, 2019 NORWICH, United Kingdom — When a place of worship has stood for almost a millennium, it would be easy to be skeptical about claims that it now includes a never-before-seen attraction. The huge carnival slide parked in the nave of Norwich’s ancient cathedral looks like it falls into that category. The first to...

By: Chad Day – wsj.com – August 25, 2019 The values that Americans say define the national character are changing, as younger generations rate patriotism, religion and having children as less important to them than did young people two decades ago, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey finds. The poll is the latest sign of difficulties the 2020 presidential candidates will...

By: Carol Kuruvilla – huffpost.com – July 16, 2019 As churches and immigration advocates raced to protect undocumented immigrants last week from threatened nationwide raids, one Texas megachurch took a different approach. Prestonwood Baptist Church’s mission team spent time last week ministering to Border Patrol agents and their families in El Paso ― handing out food, backpacks and other give-aways to show their...

By: Afshin Ziafat – billygraham.org – January 30, 2019 Disowned for Jesus: A Former Muslim’s Journey to Christ I was born in Houston and grew up in a devout Muslim home. My dad was very involved in the Iranian Muslim community. When I was 2 years old, my family moved to Iran, where my parents are from. But when I was 6, the Islamic...