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9Marks: Ten Ways To Savor Sundays

What if the best day of your week was the day you spent with God’s people? That sounds great, but if we’re honest, Sundays can be filled with much responsibility. If we’re not careful, we can apprehensive about Sundays rather than savoring them. We need to think of the significance and purpose of the Lord’s Day.
Breitbart: Trump Vows To Protect Christopher Columbus From Radical Left

President Donald Trump vowed on Friday to protect the legacy of explorer Christopher Columbus from the radical left and accused Abdul El-Sayed of wanting to abolish Columbus Day.
American Thinker: French Riots, Islamic Terrorism, and Civil War

The propaganda press continue to lie about the fiery riots spreading across France. Both European and American outlets have described the violent insurrections as spontaneous gatherings of students who are upset about dilapidated, overcrowded schools and poor curricula.
Proclaim & Defend: America’s Spiritual Founding Father

...Many historians believe the American revolution would not have taken place – or at least it would be different – had it not been for the profound influence of the ministry of George Whitefield.
Ch Post: Pastor Arrested During Prayer Outside Chinese Embassy In DC

A Christian pastor is facing a criminal charge after refusing to leave while praying on a sidewalk outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington to protest the Chinese president’s treatment of religious minorities.
Newsmax: Christa Pike Discharged From Hospital After Botched Execution

Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, according to a statement released by her attorneys.
Harbingers Daily: Making Sense of God and Politics In America

We take the blessing of our freedom for granted, but each election reminds us of the privileges of living in a free country. At its core, America was founded on the principles of liberty and shaped by Christian thinkers.
Breitbart: Iran Hangs 25-Year-Old Arrested in January Protests

Iran’s ongoing murder of dissidents had an especially heartless episode on Monday, as 25-year-old protester Alireza Sepahi was hanged at dawn just hours after marrying his imprisoned fiancee...
CBN News: How Can the Church Reach Gen Alpha For Jesus?

Imagine growing up as the most digitally connected generation in human history. Generation Alpha has been completely formed by technology...they've been on screens most of their life.
ChristOverAll: Devotion To the Only True God

“You shall have no other gods before me” (Exod. 20:3; Deut. 5:7). What do these words mean at a time and place where the very idea of false gods seems irrelevant and anachronistic?
Crossway: 10 Things You Should Know About Heaven

...The presence of Christ, the mighty friend of sinners, whose love for us, down to all our particularities and overwhelming all our weaknesses, enjoyed in personal fellowship, without end—this is heaven.
PNW: A Red-Letter Trap—When Christians Use Jesus To Ignore the Bible

...The problem isn't the red-letter Bible. Highlighting the recorded words of Jesus can be a wonderful study tool...The problem begins when the color of the ink becomes a hierarchy of authority.
Washington Stand: The Immorality of Perpetual Deficit Spending

...In fiscal year 2025, the government spent $7.4 trillion and collected $5.4 trillion, meaning that one out of every four dollars it spent added to the deficit.
AIG: Study Shows Big Bang Predictions Were Wrong Again

... The Bible gives us the true history of the universe, and it didn’t begin with a big bang and stars slowly forming. It began when God spoke and fashioned the earth, covered with water, and then God created...
Acton Institute: The Death of Religion Is Greatly Exaggerated

There is good news to be found about religion and the religious in spite of the doomsayers.
Iowa Pastor Speaks Out After City Council Member Hails Satan In Prayer

A pastor stood up against a former city council member who hailed satan, calling on the “dark father,” during the opening prayer for the Ottumwa, Iowa, city council meeting Tuesday.
Patriot Post: Inmates Baptized at Sheriff’s Office In Missouri

...“We are blessed to have representatives from several local churches and religious organizations who faithfully visit our inmates, offering encouragement, hope, and the message of the Gospel.”

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Breitbart: Jewish Ritual Bath Dating To the Time of Jesus Found In Israel

Archeologists have found a 2,000-year-old Jewish treasure in Israel that dates to the time of Jesus. The ritual bath, or mikveh, that dates to about the Second Temple Period was found in Kiryat Gat reports said.
The Federalist: Blue States Are Redefining Religious Freedom To Stop Christians From Practicing Christianity

A faith that is freely exercised only inside the church is a faith the state controls.
Pastors Urge Rev. Adam Hamilton To Drop Out of Senate Race and Repent

A group of ministers has publicly called on Rev. Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist Church megachurch pastor running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat in Kansas, to repent of key theological teachings and withdraw from the Senate race, even as he draws endorsements from former Republican governors.
Breitbart News: French 'Students' Vow No End To Nationwide Revolt

France’s revolting students vowed Thursday night they are only getting started and plan to continue their nationwide rioting, blockades, demonstrations and boycotts now and into the foreseeable future.
Fox: Communists and Global Propaganda Network Are Behind France's Riots

A Fox News investigation has found that a transnational network of far-left communist and socialist organizations is seizing on France’s fiery student protests to advance a wider political and ideological agenda...to amplify unrest, deepen divisions and project an image of chaos.
IRDB: Jim Bakker’s and PTL’s Sad Victory

Former televangelist Jim Bakker’s death recalls a pivotal episode in American religious history but also evinces that sad condition of our current religious and wider public life, for which he was a preamble.
Providence Mag: The CCP’s War On Christian Faith Has Reached America

The Chinese Communist Party is persecuting Christians — in Texas...China exerts pressure on its citizens overseas thru a national police apparatus, which is capable of operating abroad.
Newsmax: Firing Squad For Fort Hood Shooter Will Be Livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
Nat.Pulse: Inside the Gambling Industry’s Push To Keep Customers Playing

Making it easier to move money onto casino machines. Giving losing gamblers reasons to stay. Creating betting opportunities that continue when traditional sports slow down. These are among the strategies...
Patriot Post: Socialism’s Fundamental Conflict With the American Founding

How much of life belongs to the individual, and how much should be subject to collective political control?
Ligonier: Loving God With All Your Mind

We are called to love God with the totality of our being. We should not overly stress subtle distinctions between heart, soul, and mind...Let’s unpack some of what it means to love God with all our minds.
Michael Kelley: Four Unique Characteristics of Christian Waiting

...As Christians, we “wait” differently. Our sense of “waiting” is unique from our culture, because our perspective is unique from our culture. Here are four specific uniquenesses of Christian waiting:
Breitbart: Poll Shows Broad Consensus For Showing Photo ID To Vote

The vast majority of Americans agree that one should have to show a valid photo ID and proof of citizenship to vote, the latest monthly Harvard-Harris survey revealed.
National Pulse: The Radicalization of the Democrats Shows In the Data

...58 percent of Democrats have a positive view of socialism, compared to just 32 percent of Democrats who have a positive view of capitalism. In contrast, 50 percent of Democrats were recorded as having a negative view of capitalism, whereas only 18 percent had a negative view of socialism.
GP: Was NFL Legend Tony Dungy Fired From NBC For Being a Christian?

Authentic Christianity has always made powerful people uncomfortable. Ask NFL Hall of Famer, Super Bowl champion, and outspoken Christian Tony Dungy.
PNW: The Internet Is Entering the Digital ID Era

For most of the internet's history, you could read, search, post, debate and browse without first proving to a government-backed system who you were. That era may be beginning to close.
Caldron Pool: 'Online Safety' Could Mean the Death of Free Speech

Washington is warning that Australia’s proposed online safety regime could become a weapon for political censorship. The Trump administration has formally warned Canberra that the bill risks becoming...

Friday, October 9, 2026

National Pulse: Hate Crimes Against Christians In Britain Are Rising

New data from the British government has revealed that hate crimes against Christians are rising faster than against any other religious group, rising 24.3 percent compared to last year.
Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Charges For Praying Outside Abortion Clinic

A court in the United Kingdom is hearing a case about a woman who was charged with violating a national "buffer zone" law when she prayed silently outside of an abortion clinic.
New California Law Forces Churches To Provide ‘Hate Speech’ Training

A newly enacted law in California that requires virtually all employers to give employees “anti-hate speech” training is raising red flags, as experts say that the mandate could force churches to provide training that conflicts with sincerely held biblical beliefs regarding sexuality, gender, and marriage.
Ligonier: Christian Optimism In Dark Days

It is hard to be hopeful in dark days. Many of us are used to the comforts in our society...But now Christians reflect on a bygone era that doesn’t seem that far behind us. Yet in other respects, it is eons ago. This sense of loss and longing can produce within us a certain pessimism, a type of settled despair.
Fox News: France’s Student Riots Spiral as Protests Spread

An unholy alliance is being blamed for instigating the violence seen across France as experts point to a bond between extreme left and radical Islamic groups. What began as protests over school conditions...
HD: Does a Changing Culture Make Some Biblical Truth ‘Obsolete’?

...God’s Word is not a spiritual buffet for us to put what we want on our plate and reject what we don’t want. God’s Word—all of it—is the revelation of the one true God who has given us the key information we need to build the right worldview so we can understand God, His world, our sinful condition, and salvation.
Log College: History Shows the Moral and Economic Case For Capitalism

Capitalism often faces misunderstandings, being equated with greed and inequality, but it is fundamentally a framework for human creativity and freedom. Historical evidence shows that capitalism outperforms...
Tabletalk Mag: The Greatest Is Love

When the Apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 13, he was reproaching the Corinthians for the evident lack of love that they were displaying. Yet the result is one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible...
Lifesite: Pope To Join Over 300 Religious Leaders For 'Spiritual Unification'

The sixth Assisi gathering will feature 384 religious representatives from 53 countries and promote what organizers describe as the ‘spiritual unification’ of the world.
PNW: Russia's Plague Mystery—What Are the World's Labs Creating?

...What exactly are laboratories around the world doing with the deadliest pathogens known to mankind? ...An employee in a Russian lab became seriously ill and died from a pneumonia of unknown origin.
Canadian Woman Approved For Euthanasia After Losing Cooking Skill

A woman in her 70s who felt she no longer offered value to her family because she lost her cooking ability was reportedly approved for euthanasia in Canada, prompting doctors to raise an alarm...
Washington Stand: Death, Dressed as a Cure

...Deliberately offering death as a treatment is the opposite of the medical calling. Death is not an antidote. It should never be an option when a patient is suffering, a child is diagnosed, or a family is afraid.
AMAC: Canadian Grandmother Euthanized Against Her Will Under MAiD

...An 83-year-old Christian grandmother named Brigitte Stegemann was allegedly killed by a doctor against her will and died covered in her own blood. The details only get worse from there.
Randy Alcorn: How You Handle Criticism Is a Test of Your Humility

...Everybody needs to own up to the truth behind criticisms, and there is almost always some truth in them. Sometimes much truth, and sometimes it’s the whole truth. This is how God develops our humility.
Christianity Today: Jim Bakker Obituary

Jim Bakker, a pioneering televangelist later caught in scandal and financial crimes, died Oct. 5 at the age of 86, according to a statement from his second wife...Bakker rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s...
CBN News: A ‘Convinced Atheist’ Finds Jesus On the Sea of Galilee

After 59 years of living as a convinced atheist, Swedish media figure Ingrid Carlqvist had a life changing experience in 2019.
Trending Politics: ISIS-Linked Terror Attack at Mall of America Foiled

An alleged terror plot targeting a packed cultural celebration at the Mall of America ended Tuesday when federal authorities arrested an 18-year-old Minnesota man with a rifle and ammunition, according to...

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Newsmax: Americans Grow More Worried About Their Finances

Americans are increasingly worried about their financial outlook as expectations for inflation rise and household finances deteriorate, CNBC reported Wednesday.
France Street Violence Hits Record Levels Amid Multicultural Youth Revolts

The French Ministry of the Interior states that street violence has reached record levels fuelled in part by the violent student uprisings seen in multicultural hubs across the country in recent weeks.
Ch Post: America Hides Death—That's Why Euthanasia Seems Acceptable

American culture works too hard to hide the effects of death. Trained professionals conceal dead bodies in large bags. Morgues chill corpses to prevent decay. This inexperience with death creates the conditions wherein such an oxymoron as “euthanasia” can seem plausible to many.
Gateway Pundit: Council Meeting In Iowa Opens With Prayer To Satan

The moral decay forced upon America by radical leftists has reached a terrifying new low right in the heart of the Midwest. An Iowa city council opened its regular meeting this week by standing for an invocation addressed to a “dark father,” praising the “luciferian impulse,” and closing with “Hail Satan.”
Fox News: Anti-Israel Groups Rally Across U.S. On October 7 Anniversary

On the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, nonprofits and a number of anti-Israel organizations mobilized and rallied for demonstrations across the country, with praise for the ambush...
HD: On October 7 Anniversary, the UK Advocates For Israel’s Eradication

...October 7 should be a day to remember the victims of one of the deadliest attacks on God’s chosen people since the Holocaust, not to use as a platform to minimize the suffering of the Jewish people.
Tabletalk Mag: What’s Worse—Pride Or Pain?

Even though God’s Word unequivocally condemns arrogant pride, Christians still underestimate its danger...Why is pride such a danger? God’s Word is full of cautionary tales about pride.
Jim Bakker and Marjoe Gortner Died Days Apart—Their Lives Are a Warning

This month, Marjoe Gortner and Jim Bakker died just three days apart. Both had been famous and successful. Both had been controversial. Both experienced spectacular and very public falls from grace.
Core Christianity: How God’s Promise To Abram Is Fulfilled In Christ

...Along with greatness, God promises protection and influence. If people bless Abram, the Lord will return the blessing, but for the one who curses and reviles Abram, divine curse will be repaid in kind.
Crossway: How Can I Be Freed From the Fear of Death?

Living by faith in future grace is the pathway of liberty—including liberty from slavery to the fear of death.
The Expose: Young Americans Are Dying at an Alarming Rate

Death rates among young Americans have surged dramatically, with the mortality rate for adults aged 25 to 44 jumping 71.2% between 2010 and 2021, the largest increase of any age group.
PNW: This Generation Wants Scripture Without Its Authority

Something strange is happening among America's younger Christians. They haven't necessarily abandoned the Bible...But increasingly, they appear unwilling to let it have the final word.
TGC: What I’ve Learned In the Cancer School of Wisdom

...Whatever the outcome, it’s clear I’m enrolled in the Cancer School of Wisdom—and I’m meant to grow wiser so long as I’m matriculated there. Here’s a partial list of what I’ve learned...
Stand To Reason: Is Jesus the Social Justice Champion of Progressives?

...Jesus tells us his mission in his own words. He’s very clear. Time and time again, Jesus tells us what he came to do and how he came to do it. He came to save sinners.
Anthropic Tries To Convince Religious Leaders that A.I. Is a Conscious Being

Executives from AI startup Anthropic gathered a group of religious thinkers as part of an effort by the company to convince theologians, philosophers and scholars that AI is a conscious being, like humans.
Lifenews: A Canadian Man Fell at Home—12 Days Later He Was Euthanized

...On May 9, 2025, Shawn Bauman fell at home on Vancouver Island. He was 55 years old. On May 21, 2025, he was euthanized. Twelve days. He was not terminally ill.

There is good news to be found about religion and the religious in spite of the doomsayers.

Saturday, October 10, 2026

A faith that is freely exercised only inside the church is a faith the state controls.

How much of life belongs to the individual, and how much should be subject to collective political control?

Friday, October 9, 2026

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Living by faith in future grace is the pathway of liberty—including liberty from slavery to the fear of death.