Are we living in the last days? The signs are undeniable. From a candidate celebrating concentration camps to courts stripping parents of the right...
Pastor's Point of View 429 - October 9, 2026
Are we living in the last days? The signs are undeniable. From a candidate celebrating concentration camps to courts stripping parents of the right to raise their children in the Christian faith, persecution of believers is no longer a distant threat - it is here. Seven societal sins will define the tribulation period - including murder. As our culture increasingly excuses the taking of innocent life, we recognize these prophetic signposts pointing to coming judgment.Yet there is hope. Titus 2:13 reminds us to look for "the blessed hope" - the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. That hope is available to all who place their trust in what Jesus accomplished for us 2,000 years ago.
North Carolina Democrat state legislative candidate Shelly Headen posted a Facebook story from a vacation showing her in front of ovens in a German concentration camp memorial, saying, "Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany… This is where Trump supporters belong."
Headen was reportedly visiting Dachau, where the memorial states that 41,500 people were murdered.
In social media photos, Headen is seen smiling as she stands in front of what...
The MaineSupreme Courtthis week upheld a lower court ruling preventing a mother from taking her 13-year-old daughter to a church it referred to as a "cult."
The decision could set a bad precedent for other jurisdictions to grab onto nationwide. But the religious liberty law firm representing the mother, Emily Westbrook, in the case has promised an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A look at Calvary Chapel of Greater Portland'sdoctrinesand description in...
A family inMassachusettsis fighting to regain custody of their teenage daughter Sophie after the state took her away from them in 2024.
The reason?
Sophie's parents, devout Catholics Joseph and Arlene Kutzko, refused to affirm her "gender identity" after her school - without their knowledge - brainwashed her into believing she is a boy.
Lexi Alexander, director of the 2008 Marvel film Punisher: War Zone, is taking heat for celebrating the stabbing murder of a Bank of America employee with an X post featuring Luigi Mangione's face superimposed on a drawing of Batman's bat signal.
Bank officer Erin Piacenti was fatally stabbed in Times Square, New York, shortly after celebrating her second wedding anniversary - and the day of her murder was herfirst day backto work from maternity leave. Piacenti, 32, was...
A federal appellate court shot down on Thursday a rogue judge's bid to "defy" the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision permitting lawmakers to regulate abortion policy.
In a newly releasedorder, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily paused an August ruling by Idaho-based Senior District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. The Clinton appointee seemingly infringed on Idaho's pro-life law byholdingthat the 14th Amendment's due process and equal protection clauses "establish a narrow but fundamental right to abortion when a...
Pre-trib rapture is not wishful thinking - it is biblical truth. The Jewish marriage analogy, prophetic timelines, and God's pattern of removing His people before judgment all point to one conclusion: the church goes before the tribulation begins (John 14:1-3).