In his dissent to the Obergefell decision, which redefined marriage in June 2015, Justice Samuel Alito issued a sobering warning: “I assume that those who cling to old beliefs… if they repeat those views in public will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools.” A decade later, his prediction has become reality.

As the world watched Israel and the United States pound Iran’s radical Islamist regime and its nuclear threat with air strikes, Christians in the West got on their knees. In the U.S., faithful churches paused worship services to pray for peace as reminders about the signs of Christ’s return foretold in Scripture rang from many pulpits. 

Bible prophecy matters; it’s the key to understanding the day in which we live. We need a true Scripture-based perspective of what lies beyond this life in order to make sense of our journey through it. Without it, we would struggle to understand how a sound biblical worldview intersects with the tragedies, senseless violence, corruption, and lawlessness that are so rampant in our day. How do we piece together the chaos of a fast-changing world apart from what God’s Word reveals about the end times?

With the terrorist attacks against the state of Israel and the shocking manifestation of global antisemitism that followed, it is now more important than ever that the church has an accurate understanding of God’s plan for Israel. Although the topic of Israel is a major theme found throughout the scriptures, it is also one that generates a lot of confusion in the church today.

Perkins pointed to Louisiana State Senator Valerie Hodges (R) in the audience, who’s introducing a bill for the state to formally recognize the biblical lands of Judea and Samaria in the next legislative session. Then, in a symbolic moment, Mayor Evans and Dogan signed a proclamation formally establishing Central, Louisiana as a sister city of Samaria.

As more families flee from increasingly extreme “public education,” New Jersey lawmakers have a radical new bill to force homeschool parents to teach their children using the same dumbed-down standards and outrageous ideologies as government schools. That means even homeschool students would be forcibly subjected to dangerous propaganda on everything from “climate change,” race-mongering, and fake history to homosexuality and transgenderism. To graduate, families would have to prove they complied.

Twice, while walking through Washington, Huckabee was aggressively confronted by pro-Hamas protestors. “They recognized me, surrounded me, screamed at me,” he told us. “It made things so uncomfortable that about fifteen D.C. police had to intervene. That happened—not once—but twice.” In a comment that startled many, Huckabee added, “I got to get out of this crazy town, Washington, and get back to Jerusalem, where I’m safe."

Why are we the only ones protecting these people from a genocidal government that wants to wipe them out? I’m asking you, United Nations. I’m asking you, U.K. and France, Nordic countries and Canada, Iberian Peninsula and Italy – all you who are so quick to falsely throw the “genocide” epithet at Israel, but who fall absolutely silent when it is unquestionably taking place in Syria for all to witness!

“This year’s findings show clearly that states taking legislative action are pulling ahead,” said Shackelford. “Under the leadership of Governor DeSantis, Florida passed real laws that protect real people, and now the Sunshine State is the national leader in protecting religious liberty. It’s time for more states to follow Governor DeSantis’s example and adopt strong religious liberty laws.”