Pastor's Point of View 420 - August 7, 2026

Technology is building the infrastructure for total control - data centers, AI, surveillance - exactly what Revelation 13 describes. The stage is being set. Are you part of the believing that's leaving? Trust Christ before the tribulation arrives.

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I. MOTB Technology

Data centers are the backbone of the digital economy, powering everything in modern society.

As our insatiable appetite for all things AI increases, there are many well-documented examples of communities protesting after being hit by rising electricity costs. But what if the real costs were not environmental or energy bills, but the real price is mass surveillance that you are paying for?

There are many ways data centers...

While Americans remain transfixed by the political circus-cheering for their preferred party, jeering at the opposition, obsessing over every manufactured outrage and waiting for the next spectacle-the Surveillance State continues its steady march forward.

The government is watching.

It watches where you go, whom you meet, where you worship, what medical offices you visit, what political rallies you attend, what protests you join, what books you read, what websites you visit and what...

II. Babylon

Iraq's maritime industry is set to grow with a new deal between the Iraqi government and Abu Dhabi Ports Group of the UAE.
The agreement aims to develop Al-Faw Grand Port and its economic zone, contributing to Iraq's economic growth through global trade relations, commercial sea corridors, and attracting international terminal operators.

The joint venture also includes potential investments, management, and operations of logistic terminals, economic zones, and related infrastructure in other...

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) - Iraq is anticipated to issue a new international tender for the construction of additional piers at the al-Faw Grand Port, located in the southern province of Basra, after the successful completion of the port's essential infrastructural phases.

The Iraqi Ministry of Transport has invited prominent international maritime infrastructure companies to take on the development of the remaining facilities at the port, according to the British magazine Middle East Economic Digest (MEED).

III. Global Religion

King Charles III has distanced himself from England's Christian heritage by abandoning his title of "Defender of the Faith." In a veiled capitulation to multiculturalism, he has instead adopted "Defender of Faith." He gave the reason back in 1994, stating, "I personally would much rather see it as defender of faith, not the faith, because it means just one particular interpretation."

More recently, he elaborated, "I mind about the inclusion of other people's faiths and their freedom to worship in this...

IV. Persecution

Päivi Räsänen, the Christian politician convicted in Finland for her views on marriage and sexuality, says her electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for the UK has been cancelled.

The former Finnish Minister of the Interior said her application for an ETA was initially successful but she later received a notification informing her that it had been cancelled.

ETAs are required for travellers who do not have a visa and need to pass through UK border control upon arrival in the...

TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw was one of several cultural and political figures on President Donald Trump's White House Religious Liberty Commission - leading him to comment on the attacks against Christian faith seen in recent years.

The commission released a draft report last month detailing the threats to religious liberty, as well as recommendations for the Trump administration to consider.

During the remarks in the Oval Office, Dr. Phil observed that many Americans faced pressures in their various vocations.

This always seemed like the goal of the Black Lives Matter-inspired defund-the-police movement.

In short, make life hell for honest police officers. Drive them from the force. Then replace them with totalitarian-minded woke storm troopers.

In a shocking video posted Wednesday to the social media platform X, a female police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, threatened to cite preachers David Grisham and Rich Penkoski for "offensive speech" during the Trinity "pride" festival on June 27.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has announced that the Department of Justice will open a civil right investigation into the Fort Worth Police Department after a viral video was uploaded of a street preacher being threatened with arrest should he continue preaching outside of a gay pride event.

Rich Penkoski, a Warriors for Christ preacher, was threatened with arrest or a ticket for proclaiming that "homosexuality is a sin," as Fort Worth authorities considered that statement and others to be "offensive speech."

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