I recall preaching the Sunday after the 9/11 attacks, and the church was packed. The churches remained full — for a few weeks. There were prayer meetings, and we rediscovered a sense of shared national identity, putting aside our group identities — for a few weeks. Similarly, a year ago, when Charlie Kirk was assassinated, I was preaching the following Sunday, and the church was filled. Prayer meetings were called as people, young and old, attempted to make sense of the evil and violence that is now commonplace. Both events revealed how fragile the world and life are and showed that Americans still knew where to turn. But reacting to momentary fear is not the same as embracing lasting faith.

Just two days after the attack, I was on site at the World Trade Center. The smoke was still rising from the smoldering ruins. A makeshift cross had been erected in the midst of it. There was shrapnel in the buildings around it. And on the walls were posters with images of missing people. Sadness permeated everything. We fed people there and supported the work of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which had set up booths throughout New York City, offering prayer.

Will Graham brought a message that explained what Christians must do in any time of calamity: call people to repentance. “Today as we remember Sept. 11, we call people unto repentance,” Will said. “That’s what we do. That’s what God has called us to do. And may we never grow tired of it. … May God give us strength to tell people. It’s not a popular message. People don’t like it, but that’s what we’re called to do.”

What is the final bedrock of our country’s foundation? The early fathers envisioned a land where people thrived because justice prevailed. In the words of George Washington, “The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice." Franklin Graham recently said, “The Bible teaches that government is ordained by God to deter evil and defend righteousness." Part of this responsibility is establishing and enforcing fair laws. Peaceful societies rely on clear consequences for injustice—an idea that comes not from human reason but from God’s design.

The piercing sound of a ram’s horn echoing through a concrete underpass in Toronto at the Walk with Israel this past June is not an experience I will soon forget. The crowds of Jews and supporters cheered as they walked. The Shofar blast inspires joy, remembrance, and an intricate, ancient spiritual connection to the Jewish people. The ram’s horn is not only an ancient symbol of Jewish identity, it was also set to serve as a spiritual alarm clock, given by God to awaken the heart and remind the Jewish people of spiritual truths so often forgotten.

Harkin said the school day needs to stop turning “into a vehicle for activist agendas.” “Parents would be shocked to see the constant stream of activist content children are exposed to in the classroom,” Harkin said. “School children should not be subjected to inappropriate discussions about sexuality and gender and should never be exposed to any of it without their parents’ knowledge and prior consent.”

Two months after Charlie was murdered, we went to the very campus where it happened—Utah Valley University—and held a Harvest Crusade. We saw many people—college students—give their lives to Jesus Christ. I believe this is a watershed moment—a turning point, especially for the younger generation. Young people, this is your moment. It’s time to stop trying to fit in and be cool. Instead, be bold and courageous. In fact, that may be the coolest thing you can do. Charlie was bold about his faith to the very end, and so should we be.

Opponents of Prime Minister Netanyahu have been desperately attempting to smear the PM prior to the upcoming elections at the end of October. The latest slander came in the form of an allegation that came through the newspaper Haaretz that UAE President Mohammad bin Zayed warned the PM of the October 7 massacre prior to it taking place. Netanyahu immediately denied the allegation and his party, Likud, opened an investigation into the defamation. Now, they say they have discovered the culprit.

If you thought the UK would head in a more sane direction after weak, woke Prime Minister Keir Starmer left office this July, I've got some bad news for you… His replacement may be even worse. On Tuesday, the government of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced sweeping sanctions against Israeli communities in the “West Bank”—a region that we know as the Biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria.

No false gospel is complete without a false god—something humans set up in God’s place as the authority for truth. Though Marx (and many of his followers) espoused atheism, Marxism still harbors such false gods. One is the Marxist ideology itself, which communist regimes have revered as the ultimate “truth” to which people must conform. Two other interrelated false gods are the State and the People. Marx thought the State would be a temporary dictatorship comprised of the working class after their revolution. In theory, the State would eventually “wither away,” leaving the People to rule themselves as their own collective “god.”

Britain’s most senior police officer warned that antisemitism has reached unprecedented levels, saying Jewish communities face their greatest threat to date as authorities confront a series of attacks and rising tensions. It is not uncommon today to hear people state that the Jew-hatred of the 21st Century is comparable to the hatred that led to near genocide of the Jews in the 1930s. Mark Rowley, head of the Metropolitan Police, said British Jews are being targeted by a wide range of extremist actors, which he linked, in part, to the influence of social media. He states, “The ghastly fact is that Jews are on everybody’s list, all of those hateful groups, whether you’re extreme right, whether you’re extreme left, whether you’re Islamist terrorist, whether you’re right-wing terrorist.”

Ask a chatbot about a disputed Bible verse and you may get a tidy answer. Ask America’s pastors about the AI response, and you get a warning: That tidy answer could be a real problem. The Barna Group recently highlighted findings from two surveys, conducted in partnership with Gloo for the State of the Church initiative, that land on a common concern. Artificial intelligence misinterpreting Scripture is a shared worry for 74% of U.S. adults. Among practicing Christians, the figure climbs to 83%, and for pastors, it reaches 94%. Even 77% of non-practicing Christians say they are concerned.

Socialism relies on an unrealistic, fairy-tale view of human nature. Its creators believed that humans are naturally perfect and that things like greed and selfishness are only caused by a bad economic system. If you just get rid of private property and let the government run things, they argued, everyone will suddenly become selfless and cooperative. The Bible completely destroys this idea. Scripture tells us that our problems don't come from external systems; they come from inside our own hearts. Jeremiah 17:9 says: "The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?"

Doom and gloom? That’s how many think of the book of Revelation. Oftentimes, Christians shy away from the study of prophecy because they believe it is too complex or irrelevant to spend time examining. But this is not true. Revelation gives us insight into things that will come to pass and helps us understand the things that are happening in our world. It gives us heavenly insight on what the future holds and changes our perspective as we go through our everyday lives.

Every nation must determine the laws that will govern its people. Without these guidelines, anarchy and chaos would rule. But how do we decide what is right and wrong? Is each generation responsible for determining the moral code by which to live? Our Founding Fathers realized that the strength of America could only come from a secure foundation—and not from their own opinions or the shifting tides of culture. They built this country on the eternal standard revealed in God’s Word.

The more these students dig into God’s Word and attempt to apply Scripture to the issues of our day, the more they notice that the two worldviews can’t be reconciled. Well, that’s Biblical! And that’s what I’ve found in my extensive travels when meeting many young people at the various events where I speak. When I travel and speak, I find teenagers are hungry for answers. They want to know how their faith applies to the issues of our day, they want answers for how they can know the Bible is trustworthy, and they want to be equipped to refute today’s secular thinking.

We cannot afford to flinch from our responsibility to face and defeat the evils that threaten our way of life, or to indulge in moral equivalence: Not in 2001, and not today. Scripture tells us, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” Let us never forget that lesson, and let us remain steadfast in fighting for what is right and just in the face of those who seek to tear our country down.

"We give God great thanks for showing mercy to Britain today. Today, thousands of lives have been saved and countless more vulnerable people will be able to live their lives without being made to feel like a burden. We are deeply grateful to everyone who stood with us for life over the last two years. But this vote should never have even been close. Now begins the even bigger work of showing the nation that life is precious and that suicide is never compassionate.”

The battle for artificial intelligence is becoming a battle for geopolitical power, and the infrastructure being built today could prepare the world for forms of control once unimaginable. For generations, students of Bible prophecy have asked a fascinating question: "How could one individual ever exercise influence over the entire world?" For most of history, such a system would have been technologically impossible. Today, that statement is becoming harder to make.