In the United States, Christians have the right to vote. “Millions [of people around] the world,” Billy Graham once reminded us, “do not know the meaning of this freedom.” At the voting booth, believers can support leaders who are committed to serving the public and standing for the unchanging truths found in God’s Word. Yet this freedom often goes unused. While turnout changes from one election to the next, research suggested that more than 40 percent of Christians did not vote in the last election. Throughout his life, Billy Graham encouraged believers to make their voices heard in politics. “The Bible plainly teaches that we are to participate in good citizenship and that we are to respect men in authority,” he said, “and we are to pray for those who govern us.” The evangelist considered voting a “God-given responsibility,” a means to “drive back the forces of evil.”

With the 2026 midterm elections just days away, millions of Americans are preparing to cast their ballots in an election that will have significant implications for the nation’s future. With control of Congress hanging in the balance, voters will help determine the legislative agenda and political trajectory of the next two years. For Christians, the election raises questions that go beyond political parties, candidates, and policy preferences. Is voting merely a civic privilege, or does Scripture provide a theological framework for understanding it as an act of stewardship and love of neighbor? And what role should pastors and churches play in equipping believers to exercise this responsibility faithfully? As Americans prepare to head to the polls next Tuesday, these questions invite us to consider a more fundamental issue: whether Christians have a Biblical responsibility to participate in the political process.

Sadly, the abortion industry continues to either deny the level of pain inflicted upon the preborn or bury the evidence by introducing “expert” reports that contain deliberately vague language which seeks to assure mothers that abortion does not cross any moral barriers. Although a consensus on the impact of pain on the preborn would be a positive step in educating the public, the reality is that pain tolerance does not excuse the injustice perpetrated in abortion clinics.

The mainline denominations have become increasingly anti-Israel. This isn’t surprising given that for centuries they have accepted the tenets of Replacement Theology, believing that God long ago rejected the Jewish people. Sadly, the battleground is no longer between mainline denominations and evangelicals, but it’s rather inside the walls of churches that profess to be Bible-believing. It’s no accident that churches’ mainline denominations, long steeped in Replacement Theology, are the most prone to acquiesce to the world’s woke agenda. If God’s Word doesn’t really mean what it says about Israel, then alternative views of other passages become more inviting and eventually accepted.

Would you give your pastor a standing ovation if he and his wife introduced a second wife to the congregation? I certainly hope not! But that’s apparently what happened recently at a church in Cleveland, Ohio. According to reports and a video that’s been making the rounds on social media, the pastor of LifeWorks Church—referred to as a “prophet”—and his wife (also identified as a pastor) recently introduced a member of their congregation, a woman called a “minister,” as “the prophet’s wife” and the first wife’s “sister in marriage.” Apparently, the “prophet” has been married to this second wife (they referred to it as a polygynous marriage) for three years. And when she was introduced, the congregation (many of those seen in the video at least) stood, cheered, and applauded!

Partnership with anti-Zionist arab parties to gain a majority government should be out of the question—why would an Israeli government lock arms with individuals bent on the eradication of the Jewish State? That’s a question for the anti-Netanyahu bloc, which did just that in 2021 to gain power under Naftali Bennet and Yair Lapid. Much like the radical left in the United States, the anti-Netanyahu bloc—through compromise, biased media backing, and concessions on the global stage—has proven willing to endanger their own nation to achieve their objectives.

In January, worshippers at Cities Church in Minnesota were shocked to see a mob of angry activists storming the sanctuary, shouting obscenities and terrifying young children as they protested. Across Europe, anti-Christian attacks have also been steadily rising—vandalism, desecration, physical violence, and arson. Britain has supplied its own version of opposition: men and women arrested for silently praying outside abortion clinics, Christian speech silenced online, and even a lawmaker, Finnish Parliament Member Päivi Räsänen, temporarily barred from flying through London Heathrow because of her Biblical convictions.

When I first began hearing about artificial intelligence (AI) years ago, I don’t think anyone could perceive its dangers. Clearly, it had end-time significance. Surely this would assist the Antichrist in his “buying and selling” scheme. But God gives intelligence. How does mankind create it? And the honest question is, would it be a blessing or a Frankenstein? How about both? A decade ago, I read the title to some articles that were stunning. One was, “Ex-Google Executive Anthony Levandowski is Founding a Church Where People Worship an Artificial Intelligence God.” Another story was headlined, “Why Humans Will Happily Follow an A.I. Robot Messiah.”

The group filed a referendum petition Sept. 2 with Secretary of State Bill Galvin and began seeking volunteers to encourage people to sign the petition. They needed to obtain 37,289 certified signatures by Oct. 23 in order to add the repeal to the 2028 ballot, and if they could obtain 49,716, the law could be suspended pending the result of the 2028 voting. The coalition announced this week that they had submitted 99,962 signatures to city and town clerks, well above the threshold to suspend the law. “The people of Massachusetts did not ask for abortion through all nine months, and in a matter of weeks they made that clear.”

The liberty to worship, pray, and proclaim the gospel is a privilege Americans have been entrusted to steward. Despite these freedoms, Christian voter participation is actively declining. Although involvement varies between presidential and midterm elections, research suggests that in recent years, approximately 4 in 10 Christians did not turn out to vote. In a nation where religious freedom is protected, civic stewardship remains an important responsibility. This includes exercising our faith, praying for our nation, and voting according to Christian values.

Imagine sitting in your living room watching television when a commercial appears for one of America's most recognizable restaurant chains. You expect to see burritos, tacos, or perhaps a new menu item. Instead, you see a Ouija board. A tortilla chip becomes the pointer, and the commercial invites viewers into a supernatural-themed experience. What does communicating with spirits have to do with selling Mexican food? Apparently, in today's advertising culture, there is more than we might expect.

Jesus called His followers the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Neither image suggests withdrawal. Both describe engagement that makes a difference. So the issue is not whether the church should become political. It is whether Christians will remain biblical when biblical truth has political consequences. Our calling is neither to become the mouthpiece of a party nor to retreat into silence. It is to stand on God’s word, defend what is right, confront what is wrong, and speak with courage — even when the culture would rather we remain silent.

Ten years ago, even five years ago, it would have been practically unimaginable to see people like Abdul El-Sayed and Adam Hamawi have legitimate shots of winning seats in Congress. But here we are, just days before the midterm elections on November 3rd. Both El-Sayed and Hamawi have ties to radical Islam that should disqualify them from ever running for office in the United States. Yet El-Sayed is neck and neck with Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan in the battle for a U.S. Senate seat, and Hamawi, a Democrat, is favored to win in New Jersey's 12th congressional district.

Since the Jewish people were scattered in AD 70, no Gentile country has embraced the spirit of blessing the Jewish people (Gen. 12:1–3) like America has. Indeed, America has been blessed by and acted as a blessing to the Jewish people. Yet, today that reciprocal blessing is under threat due to the rise of antisemitism. As a whole, members of Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2012), including Christians, are less supportive of Israel and the Jewish people. Gazing through God’s prophetic telescope, we see a day coming when all the nations of the world—even America—will gather against Israel (Zech. 12:3). But we don’t know when.

Mike Johnson, the Republican Party’s once-unassuming consolation prize, hit his three-year anniversary as speaker of the House on Sunday while he was crisscrossing the country to save the majority that no one expected him to be leading this long — or this well. Now, with just a handful of days until the nation decides which party they trust to hold that gavel, Washington’s rumor mill is churning with speculation about what comes next for the likeable Louisiana dad. But frankly, there should be no speculation. Regardless of the GOP’s fate next week, there’s only one man Republicans should entertain as leader: the current one.

Ever since Christians first attempted to harmonize Scripture with the concept of millions of years, they have been straying further and further from a literal meaning of Genesis until they have abandoned it altogether. Christianity fails a fundamental test of naturalistic science. Miracles, such as Christ’s Virgin Birth and Resurrection, do not mesh with modern scientific beliefs, which require truth to be “testable and repeatable.” This conflict does not deter Christians, however, who trust their eternal destiny to these historical facts that are revealed in Scripture, even if they aren’t repeated today. Yet many of those same Christians reject the straightforward, historical reading of the Genesis creation account simply because they believe it cannot be verified by science.

The Bible tells us that our ultimate problem is a spiritual problem—it’s sin! It’s a heart issue. We’re all sinners in rebellion against God, and sin nature is ultimately at the root of all of our problems. Crime, immorality, corruption, greed, poverty, disease—all of these exist because of our sin and the fallen state of creation. Because our ultimate problem is sin, politics will never ultimately solve our problems. Now, don’t misunderstand me: politics matter, certainly, and we want politicians who have a biblical worldview and will make decisions based on the truths of Scripture. But even a “best-case scenario” with politics won’t ultimately save anyone—even if it makes a difference in this life.

I'm sure you've seen all the headlines and the news alerts: “Be prepared,” “An emergency is coming,” “Make a plan.” We are being told a global crisis is coming—and not just one in your hometown. I've read two dozen doomsday scenarios where we are to stock up on food, medicine, have a strategy to meet up with family and friends if separated, and much more because something “big” is coming. I have read the reports… but I'm sounding an even bigger warning.

Multiple sources working among displaced Christians in northern Nigeria told Decision similar stories of sustained, systematic violence by jihadists toward Christian churches and communities, often while government security forces wait nearby until the attacks cease before responding. There is also a government narrative often repeated by the international community and some press agencies that the violence stems mostly from “complex” disputes between Muslim herders and Christian farmers and that no genocide exists.