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America 250 vs. Freedom 250: What’s Going on with the Fourth of July?

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On one point, at least, both those who mourn the loss of a society alive with love of their nation and those who encourage a return to the laws and principles w
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It’s time to celebrate America! What started as an upstart experiment in self governing, has lasted 250 years with no sign of ending. We are the best and greatest example of freedom, whether religious or personal the world has ever known. We are fundamental to the freedoms of the world. If America ever falls the world will degrade into chaos. We are what is holding the world together, and it is because of the Christian influence not only of our founders, but of the remnant of Christians praying and interceding for our nation. God bless the United States of America. Let your Spirit renew us and change us into your image is my prayer. Rh

Baseball Fans Erupt over Washington Nationals’ Treatment of Christian Players

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The Washington Nationals might have beaten the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Tuesday, but that wasn’t what fans were talking about. In D.C., the biggest baseball n
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Christian baseball player essentially “black balled” by its own organization because of his faith. Hey, let’s see what happened if that were a Muslim? Boycotts and riots probably. The anti-christ spirit is alive and well in D.C. as well as other radical left wing states. Sign of the times. We may be a Christian nation at our founding, but Christians are nonetheless discriminated against in many states,from adopting babies to education of their children. Re-dedicate 250 sounds like an idea we can all get behind. 2 Chronicles 7:14…..If my people shall humble themselves and pray…..

Rh.

Hillary Clinton Insists Christian Men Are Damaging The Path Forward For America – Harbinger’s Daily

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Dear readers, sorry to have to put you through this, but this is priceless. I guess she has time to spread mor radical feminist propaganda before testifying in Congress. Old and tired doesn’t look good on radicals. Rh

Earlier this week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said out loud what many socially conservative Christian believers have long suspected radical factions of culture contend to be fact: White, Christian, heterosexual men are the cause of all kinds of problems, and maybe even behind the collapse of Western Civilization…
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Sorry Mr. President; We Can’t Be “Flexible” on Tax Payer Funded Abortion

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IMO this is a hard fact that if any politician turns his or her back on the pro-life stance, they have lost my vote. I will NEVER vote for someone who sanctions murdering babies in the womb!! That is my red line in the sand and millions of other Americans stand with me. Rh

President Trump’s suggestion that Congressional Republicans be “a little flexible” on the Hyde amendment is just the latest backstep from the pro-life positions that once had people referring to him as “the most pro-life President in history.” The Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion and has been inserted into appropriations bills since 1976. Rep. Henry Hyde was the first to insert the language and the issue has been hotly contested ever since.

During the Clinton Administration, Republicans shut down the government rather than support spending bills that did not contain Hyde protections. During Affordable Care Act debates in the Obama Administration, pro-life Democrats—now extinct in the nation’s capital—threatened to kill the bill unless Hyde protections were in place. It was even a defining issue of the 2020 presidential election. Former President Joe Biden had supported the Hyde Amendment for decades in Congress but abandoned that position when it became a requirement for gaining the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.

The amount of political capital invested in preserving the Hyde Amendment until now is part of what makes President Trump’s suggestion to become “a little flexible” peculiar. Republicans control everything in Washington, D.C. Why abandon hard won territory when you’re still in charge?

Maybe the president spoke loosely. After all, less than a year ago—on Jan. 24, 2025—he signed an executive order titled “Enforcing the Hyde Amendment,” which vowed to uphold Hyde and to reverse actions by the Biden Administration that had undermined Hyde’s intent. If the issue was meaningful enough to warrant an executive order a year ago, why is he now preparing people to surrender it? 

Nevertheless, the pivot is not completely surprising. Trump has been retreating from orthodox pro-life positions ever since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade. A series of state ballot measures in which the abortion industry prevailed—even in conservative states—appears to have convinced him that the pro-life cause is a loser, and we all know how the president feels about losers. At the Republican convention in 2024, the Trump team stripped the Republican platform of its clear pro-life positions. As president, he has become a vocal advocate for in vitro fertilization, which results in the death of more than 90% of the embryos it creates, and the administration has recently defended Biden administration rules related to abortion drugs.

But abandoning the Hyde Amendment would arguably be even more troubling because it is a moral minimum. It is the reasonable middle ground even Joe Biden supported for decades. The Hyde Amendment is not fundamentally about abortion, but conscience rights. It doesn’t limit anyone’s ability to have an abortion; it simply prohibits the government from forcing taxpayers to pay for their neighbor’s abortions. The Hyde Amendment is not an extreme position, opposition to it is.

The president’s statements were made to House Republicans at their annual policy retreat in Washington, D.C. On the heels of the longest government shutdown in history, President Trump understandably would like to avoid another. In addition, healthcare debates are expected to dominate 2026, and Hyde Amendment language is always a sticking point in every healthcare debate. Given the slim Republican majority in the House, made even smaller by the recent death of Congressman Doug LaMalfa, it makes sense to get in front of predictable political disputes. But in this case, President Trump seems to have miscalculated what’s negotiable and what isn’t, and in the process insulted the voting bloc arguably most responsible for both of his presidential campaign victories.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has responded to Trump’s statements by saying he will not allow taxpayer money to be used for abortion, and he is not alone. The reason this has been a red line issue for generations is because people care. Thankfully, not everything for everyone is negotiable, and no amount of encouragement to be “flexible” from the president will change that. While Trump may not understand the resolve, President “art of the deal” should be better at reading the room.

Joseph Backholm is a Senior Fellow for Biblical Worldview and Strategic Engagement at Family Research Council.

Next Religious Majority? Islam’s Unstoppable Growth & The Church’s Wake-Up Call

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For most Muslims, faith is not just private–it’s total. Islam is not merely a religion but a complete way of life. Its law, known as Sharia, governs not only worship but also marriage, inheritance, diet, modesty, and justice. In Islamic thought, there is no separation between mosque and state; religion and law are one.
— Read on www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm

Several years ago I heard Walid Shoebat former terrorist who helped train suicide bombers in the Middle East tell the interviewer who asked about moderate Muslims, “they are only moderate until they read the Koran! Then they become radicalized.” His point is valid, even in Christianity one must read the Bible before you become zealous for Jesus. With Islam it is convert or die, with Christianity we offer not force conversions. America is facing an existential threat from our openness to allow foreign entities to become entrenched in our nation, without assimilation. WE must immediately change our policies, or we will lose our heritage! IMO Islam is as much military as a religion. Peaceful? Prove it! As Reagan said trust but verify.

Are We Better Today?

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I wonder sometimes how you could be living at the time when the Nazi’s came into power, and not realize who they were or what they intended to do to the Jews.. We always want to condemn the German people, saying they should’ve spoken , they should’ve done something, why could they not find their Voice? The churches that had service near the railroad tracks were told to sing louder as the trains would go by taking the Jews to the concentration camps.  Trying to drown out the sounds of not only the trains, but the screams of the Jews who had been loaded into the trains like cattle for slaughter.  Are we any better today?

France, England, Australia, and Canada among other nations are promoting a two state solution in the nation of Israel. They are in effect backing a group of people that invaded a peaceful music festival and went on a killing spree, murdering and raping and taking captive innocent young people.  Hamas crossed the border on October 7th without any warning, like cowards in the middle of the night and without any warning.  And they cared not whether they were Jews or other nationalities, as long as they were there and on the land of Israel, then they were fair game to be murdered. You woke hippocritical countries spread lies about the Jews about those that live in Israel, are you not just as bad as those that kept their mouth shut when the Jews in Poland were sent to the gas chambers?  Are we any better today?

Even here in America, one of the most popular podcasts had a far right wing supremacist on his highly popular podcast. Tucker Carlson, who has joined the ranks of the antisemites, gave a platform to a known Jew hating extremist.  Nick Fuentes who speaks of his desire to drive “Zionist Jews,” out of American life. Fuentes is also a holocaust denier.”  Let’s not let Tucker off the hook either.  He calls Christians who support Israel,  like Senator Ted Cruz, Ambassador Huckleby and others, heretics.  Good old Qatarlson is always pushing the false narrative of the radical left and the woke right about Israel and the so-called “Palestinians.”  Young people especially are susceptible to Tucker’s lies and innuendos about Israel.  Even some churches and otherwise good Christians will swallow his lies. How can we,  a sane society fall for the lies of the haters of Israel.  We should know better, but we are deceived by the constant propaganda of the media and the left around the world.  Are we any better today?  

On another note, we were shocked at the medical experiments the Nazi”s performed on the Jews and Gypsies.  But are we better off with our penchant for abortion up to and through birth?  Planned Parenthood sells aborted babies body parts, even profiting on that sale, making money on murder.  What of the Gender confusion?  Well known hospitals and doctors are cutting off body parts of healthy boys and girls so they could presumably change genders.  Mutilation and killing from a profession that is called to heal and do no harm.  Hippocratic oath anyone?  And beyond that expecting a society to celebrate what years ago would be called mental disease.  Are we any better today?

Political violence is on the rampage.  A huge section of the left says it is ok to violently protest and even do harm to conservatives.  The recent assassination of Charlie Kirk brought out the crazies.  Teachers, social media influencers and politicians were not even expressing sympathy for the loss of life.  Many even encouraged this type of insane action to those they disagree with.  What has become of us?  Who are we?  Are we any better today?

Let me be clear, I love America.  We are not a righteous nation, and neither is Israel.  (So don’t throw that argument at me.)  We need revival in this country as well as around the world.  The same devil and the same hatred is here today as in any other decade.  Prayer, confession and repentance is the only way to ensure our safety and further prosperity.  Pray for the United States of America to regain its moral compass.  Our foundations need to be restored.  Sin is sin.  Are we any better today?  No

Just my opinion.  Maranatha!

              Big Brother In Your Pocket

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I don’t understand the fascination with AI.  Yeah, I’m old, but still it is hard enough just reading an article online to determine if it is true or not.  Everything I see or read or hear I try to find another source to make sure it’s accurate.  Paranoid isn’t it, or maybe safe.  

President Trump just had major American companies such as NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Broadcom, and others (including Bill Gates?) at the White house for a meeting.  Trump seems to think, probably true, that AI is the future.  A central priority is ensuring that advanced computer chips are manufactured in the U.S., with massive federal and corporate investment.  That means our tax dollars will be used to enslave us through AI algorithms etc.

Even Melania is in on the push, introducing a new educational program designed to help young people learn and adapt to AI technologies. “I predict AI will represent the single largest growth category in our nation during this administration — and I won’t be surprised if AI becomes known as the greatest engine of progress in the history of the United States of America,” the first lady said Thursday. 

“But as leaders and parents, we must manage AI’s growth responsibly,” she added. “During this primitive stage, it is our duty to treat AI as we would our own children — empowering but with watchful guidance.” Amen to that

It seems the AI phenomenon has become almost an obsession. AI presents opportunities and dangers in equal measure.  We are already hearing of some AI programs beginning to self teach themselves.  That is a problem.  As a Christian I have deep concerns.

Below is an article from Bloomberg about another end of days topic of grave concern, that is coming and will eventually spread around the world.  Living in “Prophetic Times” anyone?

From Bloomberg: Government-led Digital ID Coming?

The UK government is advancing plans for a national digital identity system. The Office for Digital Identities and Attributes is leading a movement to “simplify access to government services” through a universal digital ID credential. 

Inspired by a similar focus in France by Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his Cabinet recently that he is “exploring options” around the concept of a digital ID card that would make it harder for illegal immigrants to live and work in the country.

A similar proposal in 2010 was shut down by the UK government after an outcry because of its impact on civil liberties. One UK newspaper describes the program this way:

Under one option, anyone applying for a new job would be required to produce their digital ID to demonstrate that they have the right to live and work in the UK.

Similar provisions could also be introduced for those moving to new accommodation, making a benefit claim or accessing public services.

One of the proposed credentials is known as a “BritCard,” which downloads to a smartphone and verifies a citizen’s right to work and attain housing. Its goal is to reduce undocumented employment.

The EU is also making a similar push, with the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) on track to roll out in 2026 for every member state. This will enable users to verify their identity, store credentials and use legally binding digital signatures while online.

Several large-scale pilot programs are testing use cases of these wallets for travel between countries as well as payments. Bank partners like Mastercard are partnering on the EUDI Wallet.

Other proposed uses of a digital ID would allow users over 18 to participate in online gambling or access adult content.

Any of these plans could end up being a privacy and security disaster.

What we do need are guarantees that today’s encryption protections would not be weakened with new legislation. That such an ID Wallet system cannot ever be re-purposed for wider user tracking.

Sadly, it looks like we aren’t there yet — and not only in the EU.

While the UK ID Wallet scheme is still very much in progress, digital rights advocates haven’t exactly welcomed the proposal, rebranding it as the “Big Brother in your pocket.”

Digital or otherwise, every step toward government tracking of civilians—including how they spend money—is a step toward the fulfillment of the Antichrist’s buying-and-selling system in Revelation.

A Call To Sanity And Repentance: The ‘Woke Right’ And A New Subculture In American Evangelicalism – Harbinger’s Daily

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Let the Word of God be your standard of reality—not the Conservative Manosphere. The Apostle Paul calls what you are doing boasting against the natural branches, and he warns us not to do it (Rom. 11:11–27). By denying that Israel — even in her fallen state — has any claim to…
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Absolutely fantastic article written with clarity and Biblical truth. Must read. It should clarify many misconceptions about Christians and their support for Israel. Written by Ty Perry – assistant to the director of North American Ministry for “The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry

Pentecost: One Of The Most Incredible Examples Of God’s Prophetic Foreshadowing

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Amir Tsarfati is a fmr Deputy Governor of Jericho, an Israeli tour guide, author, the Founder and President of Behold Israel, and a Contributor to Harbinger’s Daily.

Below is an article written by Amir Tsarfati, a Messianic Jew, a born against spirit filled Christian. Please take note of this article as we celebrate Pentecost Sunday. Rh

God planted a 2,000-year-old prophecy about the church in the most unlikely place: A bread recipe.

Many people look at the biblical feasts and presume these are simply Jewish traditions. However, these aren’t just random celebrations; they are divine prophecies planted throughout history. Pentecost is one of the most incredible examples of God’s perfect planning, also known as Shavuot or the Feast of Weeks.

Let’s start with what Pentecost actually is. In Leviticus 23:15-16, God instructed Israel, “And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.”

This feast celebrates two things for the Jewish people: the wheat harvest and the giving of the law—the Torah—at Mount Sinai.

On this day nearly 2,000 years ago, Acts 2:1-4 tells us, “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

Do you see the incredible connection? On the very same day that Israel celebrated receiving the law written on tablets of stone, God sent His Spirit to write His law on human hearts. This wasn’t a coincidence but a divine appointment set thousands of years in advance.

If God were a filmmaker, He would win every award for foreshadowing. The shadow appears in the Old Testament, but the substance, the reality, is found in Christ. As Paul writes in Colossians 2:16-17, “So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.”

There is another powerful aspect of Pentecost. At Mount Sinai, on the day that the law was given, Exodus 32:28 tells us that approximately 3,000 people died because of sin. Fast forward to the day of Pentecost: “Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them” (Acts 2:41). The exact same number! Where the law brought death, the Spirit brought life. That’s not a coincidence. That’s God showing His amazing plan.

Let’s dig even deeper. In Leviticus 23:17, God gave specific instructions for Pentecost that seemed strange at first glance: “You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the Lord” (emphasis added).

These loaves contain leaven. That’s extraordinary because, throughout Scripture, leaven typically symbolizes sin. During Passover, all leaven had to be removed from homes. Other grain offerings in Leviticus also had to be made without leaven. Here, God specifically commands leaven to be included. Why would God want an offering with leaven? These two loaves perfectly picture the body of Christ. One loaf representing the Jews, one representing the Gentiles, both containing leaven. We all have sin in our lives, yet despite our imperfections, God accepts us as His.

Also, notice that there are two loaves. This isn’t random. This is a picture of Jews and Gentiles being brought together as one in the Messiah, yet maintaining their distinct identities. God wasn’t surprised when Gentiles came to faith because He planned it from the very beginning. When did the Holy Spirit create this united body of Jews and Gentile believers? On Pentecost, the very day these two leaven loaves were to be presented.

The miracle of Shavuot isn’t just a historical event; it is a living reality for us today. Just as God took two separate loaves with leaven and presented them together before Him, He is doing the same with us. Jews and Gentiles are both imperfect, yet both are accepted in His sight through the Messiah.

Pentecost shows us something profound about God’s heart. He doesn’t demand perfection before accepting us. He takes us with our leaven and our imperfections and transforms us by His Spirit. The same Spirit that came down with power on that Shavuot morning nearly 2,000 years ago lives in you and me.

At Mount Sinai, the people said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do” (Exodus 19:8). They failed because they tried in their own strengths. What they couldn’t do under the law, God does through His Spirit. This is why Shavuot matters so much. It’s the day when God’s presence moved from dwelling in a temple made with hands to dwelling in human hearts. It’s the day when the harvest of souls began, a harvest that continues to this very moment as more people come to faith in Yeshua, our Messiah.

When we understand Shavuot, we understand God’s perfect timing, His perfect plan, and His incredible love for both Jew and Gentile. As we celebrate this feast, let us remember: we are those two loaves presented together before the Lord, united by His Spirit into one body while maintaining our unique identities.

What an incredible picture of God’s wisdom and love.