Silver Linings amidst National Storms
In these turbulent times, a rising minority is breaking free from the haze of unexamined cultural myths, realizing the peril of a passive life. As the kingdom of this world wanes in the hearts of devout believers, they are stepping into renewed spiritual and cultural battles, resisting the erosion of core values.
Israel Under Fire: What This Means for the Church
The prayers we offered on Sunday for God’s protection over Israel seemed all the more prescient in light of Tuesday’s devastating news. On October 1, 2024, Iran unleashed Operation True Promise 2, a large-scale missile assault against Israel in retaliation for the recent assassinations of top leaders from Hamas and Hezbollah. The attack, involving some 200 missiles fired in two waves, struck multiple locations across the country. Israel’s air defenses intercepted many of the rockets, averting greater devastation and loss of life—though one Palestinian was killed by a fragment in Jericho. Iran’s audacious response followed Israel’s targeted elimination of Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh in Beirut and Tehran.