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As a ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding Wednesday, U.S. President Donald J. Trump said it underscored the effectiveness of his policy of peace through strength.
Syria’s top Christian leader has blamed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government for a deadly church blast on Sunday that killed dozens, while fellow persecuted Christians also expressed their sorrow.
An executive of American global restaurant and grocery delivery service DoorDash was among eight family members and friends who died in the U.S. state of California’s worst boating accident since 2019.
The family of a young Christian teenager was still searching for their daughter Tuesday after she was abducted by a Muslim man in Pakistan’s Punjab province earlier this month, Christians told Worthy News.
French police have detained 12 people after 145 individuals, most of them women and girls, reported being pricked with syringes during a nationwide street music festival over the weekend, officials said.
In what officials have hailed as the most successful child recovery operation in U.S. history, 60 critically missing children were rescued in Florida’s Tampa Bay area as part of “Operation Dragon Eye.” The operation, led by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) for the Central District of Florida, was announced at a press conference on June 23 by Florida State Attorney James Uthmeier and U.S. Marshal William Berger.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is arresting nearly 1,200 illegal immigrants per day and detaining over 56,000, setting new records as the agency intensifies efforts to fulfill President Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations. Daily deportations have topped 1,100 as ICE scrambles to move migrants out of the country as fast as they are apprehended.
Iran announced Tuesday that it plans to press ahead with its nuclear program despite its recent military clash with Israel. Mohammad Eslami, head of the Islamic Republic’s Atomic Energy Organization, told the state-run Mehr news agency that Tehran aims to avoid any disruption in its nuclear industry, though he did not clarify whether that included military activities.
The Israeli government on Tuesday morning confirmed its agreement to a ceasefire with Iran, brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, following what officials called the successful conclusion of “Operation Rising Lion.” Israeli leaders declared that the military campaign had met and exceeded its goals, though fresh missile attacks from Iran threatened to undermine the fragile truce.
NATO leaders gathered in The Hague on Tuesday for a pivotal summit aimed at reshaping the alliance’s defense posture with a historic new spending pledge — even as divisions over the goal and mounting global crises threaten to overshadow the event.
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The first king of Israel, King Saul,was told by God to utterly slay Amalek and his descendants. In blatant disobedience Saul allowed Agag, the king of the Amalekites and the best of the cattle to remain alive. The following day, Saul tried to remedy his disobedience by attempting to sacrifice the best of the cattle to the Lord.
If you’ve ever been to Israel, you know that Shabbat—what we call the Sabbath—is a big deal. It starts Friday at sundown and goes until Saturday at sundown, and let me tell you, the whole country gets ready for it like clockwork. Friday mornings are busy—really busy. The outdoor markets are packed, folks are rushing around grabbing last-minute groceries, cleaning house, cooking meals, and getting everything wrapped up before things shut down. By the time the sun sets, the streets get quiet, the stores close, and life slows down. For the next 24 hours, it’s all about rest.
Watching Yeshua (Jesus) lay down His life to die on the cross was not what His disciples were expecting, but rather a shocking, perplexing, and apparently hopeless ending to what had seemed like a promising fulfillment of Messianic hope. The shattering ordeal of Yeshua’s trials, torture, and horrific death must have left them all feeling bereft, miserable, and uncertain of the future. What would they do now? What would their future hold?
According to ancient Jewish legend, one day Abraham was shown his father, Terah’s room of many idols. Young Abraham, thinking that perhaps he could discover intimacy with them, made some desirable delicacies and placed them before the idols. When nothing happened, he realized that these idols were nothing more than clay — they could do nothing for him or anyone else for that matter. So he proceeded to destroy all the idols, except for one.
Among those in the court of Alexander the Great was a philosopher of outstanding ability but little money. He asked Alexander for financial help and was told to draw whatever he needed from the imperial treasury.
Make no mistake—the spirit of antisemitism is very much alive today. Yet this isn’t a new struggle. It is an ancient spiritual war that has been ongoing for thousands of years. As people worldwide celebrate Purim, recalling the Jewish people’s deliverance from Haman’s evil schemes that took place in the ancient Kingdom of Persia (Iran), we are reminded of a deeper reality: a spiritual conflict between heavenly powers and demonic principalities.
The Festival of Purim, which we celebrate on the 14th of Adar—the last month in the Biblical calendar—begins this Thursday evening and continues through Friday evening this year. Although Purim isn’t one of the moedim, or appointed festivals named in the Torah, it arose in the 4th century BC and has been cherished ever since.
In the Book of Kings, when King Solomon began his reign, God asked him, “What shall I give you?” He replied, “I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in” (1 Kings 3:7). Such a phrase seems curious, yet it holds deep significance. It is echoed throughout Scripture, revealing a principle that intimacy with God leads to victory!
When Yeshua (Jesus) went into the synagogue in Nazareth and was handed the scroll of Isaiah to read [Luke 4:18], He opened it to the passage we know of as Isaiah 61, a powerful Messianic proclamation filled with hope and promise and fresh with the joyful good news of His arrival. After reading the passage He immediately declared that it was fulfilled in the hearing of those present. The first response was amazement and wonder that the carpenter’s son was so gracious a communicator. But this did not last, as Yeshua immediately challenged his audience with a prophetic expectation…that they would reject Him, which they immediately did…nevertheless…
F.B. Meyer once said, “The education of our faith is incomplete [till] we learn that God’s providence works through loss…that there’s a ministry to us through the failure and fading of things. The dwindling brook where Elijah sat is a picture of our lives.
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