The U.S. shuttered its Venezuelan embassy in 2019, after a breakdown in diplomatic relations with the country. The U.S. would not recognize Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuela and diplomats were facing increasing hostility, including orders from Maduro to leave the country. Since 2019, the U.S. has carried out diplomatic engagement with Venezuela through a team operating from its embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.
The U.S. shuttered its Venezuelan embassy in 2019, after a breakdown in diplomatic relations with the country. The U.S. would not recognize Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuela and diplomats were facing increasing hostility, including orders from Maduro to leave the country. Since 2019, the U.S. has carried out diplomatic engagement with Venezuela through a team operating from its embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.
This cartel is considered one of the most powerful and brutal in Mexico. The assassination was carried out by the Mexican military with U.S. support. According to news reports, 37 Mexican military personnel were killed during the operation. Given the current violence, as of Sunday, the churches and the school are closed until further notice. This exacerbates the isolation of evangelical Christians who already face persecution for refusing to participate in community festivities and rituals rooted in idolatry and witchcraft.
On Sunday, the Mexican military killed a powerful drug cartel kingpin named El Mencho. His elimination comes as President Trump pressures Mexico to crack down on the cartels. To that end, US intelligence reportedly helped to locate El Mencho, who carried a $15 million US bounty on his head, and was a notorious trafficker of fentanyl into the United States.
“He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to save you, to die on the cross for you. If you are willing to accept that by faith and to invite Jesus into your heart tonight, God will forgive you. You can be sure tonight that your soul is safe and secure in the hands of God.”
“No one should face a decade behind bars for expressing an opinion on a matter of public concern,” said Julio Pohl, Legal Counsel for ADF International, which is providing legal support to Borges. “Weaponising Brazil’s expansive ‘transphobia’ laws to punish peaceful expression is a profound violation of freedom of speech.”
On Jan. 15, the pastor was ordered to pray to an image of St. James during a festival. When he refused, another mayordomo reported him to local authorities, who arrested him. After five days, officials bound him with a rope, led him out before 180 men — among whom were his uncle and cousin — and expelled him from the community. They forced him to sign a document explaining his departure. Without a copy of his own, Martínez fears the story was fabricated to portray him as having left voluntarily.
At the invitation of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, hundreds came together at Full Life Church in Hollywood, Florida—a suburb of Miami—for a time of prayer for Venezuela, led by Will Graham. Christian leaders in Venezuela and among the Venezuelan people in the United States have been urging believers to pray for peace in light of recent events in their country. But alongside the challenges, there is renewed expectation.
As part of a broad exodus from “anti-American, wasteful, and useless” international organizations and agreements, President Donald Trump just dealt a devastating blow to the United Nations “climate” regime, as UN officials refer to it. Multiple analysts are now heralding the death of what Trump has repeatedly referred to as the global-warming “hoax.” But the UN and its allies are hitting back hard.
Not everyone shared in this victory. Some were very critical of Trump, and others were deluded enough in their minds to blame Israel. Yes, that's right, they blamed Israel, and once again, Candace Owens was leading the charge. "Within minutes, Candace Owens reframed Venezuela's liberation into an Israel-centric conspiracy, declaring that 'Zionists cheer every regime change because they steal land, oil, and other resources.'"
Analysts and Trump himself suggested that the operation against Maduro also represented a dramatic reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine, the foreign policy articulated by President James Monroe. It holds that the U.S. government rejects attempts by foreign governments to impose their subversive ideologies, systems, or controls in the Western hemisphere. For nearly two centuries, that doctrine served as a clear warning that the U.S. government did not approve of foreign empires meddling in or dominating the Americas.
“President Trump is trying to fix this tragedy and keep America from becoming like these countries that have been ruined by socialism, communism, corruption, crime, and drugs,” Franklin Graham wrote. “Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse have worked for many years with churches in Venezuela—over 4,500 of them. Please pray for these congregations and ministers of the Gospel as they share the hope of Jesus Christ.”
These past few weeks, Venezuela has been in the news as a narco-terrorist state, but in addition to that, it has become a territory where anti-Christian socialism violates the religious freedom of millions of believers. And we, as Christians, cannot think of a better way to rebuild a free Venezuela than respecting religious freedom.
Following reports of several explosions in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, in the early hours of Saturday morning, President Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States had carried out a "large-scale" military operation in the country, which included the capture of the nation's President, Nicolas Maduro.
The United States has seized another crude oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking the second such operation in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump intensifies pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his government.
President Donald Trump sharply escalated pressure on Venezuela on Tuesday by designating President Nicolás Maduro’s government a foreign terrorist organization and ordering a “complete and total” blockade of sanctioned oil tankers moving in and out of the country.
At COP30, Communist China unveiled a grotesque, demonic image that it calls the “dragon jaguar guardian spirit.” It displayed devil horns on its head and human hands holding the world. It shows that Satan, whom Jesus described as “the father of lies” (John 8:44), is advancing the need for all the world’s religions to unite under one banner using the ruse of a climate change emergency as its justification.
“We call on the government of Nicaragua to lift this ban immediately,” Stangl said, “and to cease its continued efforts to stifle freedom of religion or belief and expression in the country. We also reiterate our call on the international community to seek creative ways to support and strengthen independent Nicaraguan voices both inside the country and in exile.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed late Wednesday that federal agents executed a seizure warrant on the vessel—identified as The Skipper—off the coast of Venezuela. “For multiple years, the oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,” Bondi said on X.
The real story of the COP30 is the ongoing reshuffling of global economic power—away from the once-dominant West and toward communist China and its allies. From foisting more economic carnage on Western economies to creating more demand for Chinese-made “green” junk mandated by Western governments and subsidized by Western taxpayers, the CCP is laughing all the way to the bank.
In addition to the political and economic agendas advanced at COP30, one of the least reported but most consequential developments in Belém was, in fact, the increasingly religious and spiritual framing of the global climate movement. Far from being a secular, science-driven assembly, COP30 brought together an unprecedented coalition of world religions.
Among other major announcements, Newsom inked a number of unconstitutional quasi-treaties with foreign governments — several of which are dominated by self-proclaimed communist and socialist leaders hostile to the United States. These “partnerships,” signed on the third day of the UN climate summit, will supposedly “improve environmental protection” and “strengthen cooperation on climate and job-creating clean energy,” his office said in a statement.
“I’ve come to share a message of hope,” Graham told the group. “Eternal life through Jesus Christ, God’s Son, who came from Heaven to Earth to take our sins. … There are not many ways to God. There is only one path, and it is through Jesus Christ. This is what I want Buenos Aires to know.”
“This powerful storm damaged or destroyed every structure in Black River—including the hospital—and our team has been working round the clock to get an Emergency Field Hospital airlifted, transported to the site, and now open and treating patients,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse. “So many people in Jamaica have lost everything and there is a great need for medical care. We’re here to help in Jesus Name.”
The drone bombs from the U.S. Southern Command, which have destroyed more than a dozen vessels off the coast of Venezuela, reverberate for miles around. And not only because the Trump administration expanded the theater of operations of the current counter-narcotics offensive toward the United States, sinking several boats in the Pacific Ocean.
Hurricane Melissa has rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 storm, with wind speeds of 175 mph. Jamaica is preparing to bear the brunt of slow-moving Melissa, which is forecast to be the strongest storm ever to hit the country. Catastrophic winds, extreme storm surge, and as much as 40 inches of rain could devastate the island nation.
The landmark conviction, delivered by a panel of five justices, makes the 70-year-old the first former president in Brazil’s history to be found guilty of attacking democracy. The ruling immediately drew sharp criticism from Washington, with U.S. President Donald Trump calling it a “witch hunt” and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warning the United States would respond.
Of course, they are claiming this will not “criminalize faith,” but we’ve seen what has happened in Europe (and what has already happened in Canada) when “hate crime” legislation is passed. Christians are specifically targeted for their beliefs, especially regarding gender, marriage, and the sanctity of human life. Every thinking person knows that this change to the Criminal Code will be used in exactly the same way eventually (and probably not far in the future). It’s all part of the spiritual battle raging around us as Satan attempts to silence Christians.
The Women’s Sports Union and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International have warned 10 U.K. sports bodies to stop allowing men to compete in women’s sports, in light of a recent Scotland Supreme Court ruling.
For a national broadcaster, these relationships raised obvious concerns from the outset, and they should not have been allowed to continue for as long as they did. The ABC was paying to be part of organisations that also assessed and ranked it, in some cases linking that to its editorial output. This is a clear conflict and not acceptable for a publicly funded broadcaster.
Originally scheduled for 2021, the census was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, it is the first census in nearly a century to collect detailed caste data. This development is particularly significant for the country’s religious minority populations, including Christians, and could pose serious risks to their livelihoods, freedom, and even citizenship.
“The Ugandan Qadhis Courts Bill should not proceed within the Parliament, and it is imperative that both international and Ugandan actors oppose it. The proposed bill’s passage would represent a dangerous expansion of Sharia law into Sub-Saharan Africa at a time when Christian persecution is growing.”
“He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to save you, to die on the cross for you. If you are willing to accept that by faith and to invite Jesus into your heart tonight, God will forgive you. You can be sure tonight that your soul is safe and secure in the hands of God.”
“No one should face a decade behind bars for expressing an opinion on a matter of public concern,” said Julio Pohl, Legal Counsel for ADF International, which is providing legal support to Borges. “Weaponising Brazil’s expansive ‘transphobia’ laws to punish peaceful expression is a profound violation of freedom of speech.”
On Jan. 15, the pastor was ordered to pray to an image of St. James during a festival. When he refused, another mayordomo reported him to local authorities, who arrested him. After five days, officials bound him with a rope, led him out before 180 men — among whom were his uncle and cousin — and expelled him from the community. They forced him to sign a document explaining his departure. Without a copy of his own, Martínez fears the story was fabricated to portray him as having left voluntarily.
At the invitation of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, hundreds came together at Full Life Church in Hollywood, Florida—a suburb of Miami—for a time of prayer for Venezuela, led by Will Graham. Christian leaders in Venezuela and among the Venezuelan people in the United States have been urging believers to pray for peace in light of recent events in their country. But alongside the challenges, there is renewed expectation.
As part of a broad exodus from “anti-American, wasteful, and useless” international organizations and agreements, President Donald Trump just dealt a devastating blow to the United Nations “climate” regime, as UN officials refer to it. Multiple analysts are now heralding the death of what Trump has repeatedly referred to as the global-warming “hoax.” But the UN and its allies are hitting back hard.
Not everyone shared in this victory. Some were very critical of Trump, and others were deluded enough in their minds to blame Israel. Yes, that's right, they blamed Israel, and once again, Candace Owens was leading the charge. "Within minutes, Candace Owens reframed Venezuela's liberation into an Israel-centric conspiracy, declaring that 'Zionists cheer every regime change because they steal land, oil, and other resources.'"
Analysts and Trump himself suggested that the operation against Maduro also represented a dramatic reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine, the foreign policy articulated by President James Monroe. It holds that the U.S. government rejects attempts by foreign governments to impose their subversive ideologies, systems, or controls in the Western hemisphere. For nearly two centuries, that doctrine served as a clear warning that the U.S. government did not approve of foreign empires meddling in or dominating the Americas.
“President Trump is trying to fix this tragedy and keep America from becoming like these countries that have been ruined by socialism, communism, corruption, crime, and drugs,” Franklin Graham wrote. “Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse have worked for many years with churches in Venezuela—over 4,500 of them. Please pray for these congregations and ministers of the Gospel as they share the hope of Jesus Christ.”
These past few weeks, Venezuela has been in the news as a narco-terrorist state, but in addition to that, it has become a territory where anti-Christian socialism violates the religious freedom of millions of believers. And we, as Christians, cannot think of a better way to rebuild a free Venezuela than respecting religious freedom.
Following reports of several explosions in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, in the early hours of Saturday morning, President Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States had carried out a "large-scale" military operation in the country, which included the capture of the nation's President, Nicolas Maduro.
The United States has seized another crude oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking the second such operation in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump intensifies pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his government.
President Donald Trump sharply escalated pressure on Venezuela on Tuesday by designating President Nicolás Maduro’s government a foreign terrorist organization and ordering a “complete and total” blockade of sanctioned oil tankers moving in and out of the country.
At COP30, Communist China unveiled a grotesque, demonic image that it calls the “dragon jaguar guardian spirit.” It displayed devil horns on its head and human hands holding the world. It shows that Satan, whom Jesus described as “the father of lies” (John 8:44), is advancing the need for all the world’s religions to unite under one banner using the ruse of a climate change emergency as its justification.
“We call on the government of Nicaragua to lift this ban immediately,” Stangl said, “and to cease its continued efforts to stifle freedom of religion or belief and expression in the country. We also reiterate our call on the international community to seek creative ways to support and strengthen independent Nicaraguan voices both inside the country and in exile.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed late Wednesday that federal agents executed a seizure warrant on the vessel—identified as The Skipper—off the coast of Venezuela. “For multiple years, the oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,” Bondi said on X.
The real story of the COP30 is the ongoing reshuffling of global economic power—away from the once-dominant West and toward communist China and its allies. From foisting more economic carnage on Western economies to creating more demand for Chinese-made “green” junk mandated by Western governments and subsidized by Western taxpayers, the CCP is laughing all the way to the bank.
In addition to the political and economic agendas advanced at COP30, one of the least reported but most consequential developments in Belém was, in fact, the increasingly religious and spiritual framing of the global climate movement. Far from being a secular, science-driven assembly, COP30 brought together an unprecedented coalition of world religions.
Among other major announcements, Newsom inked a number of unconstitutional quasi-treaties with foreign governments — several of which are dominated by self-proclaimed communist and socialist leaders hostile to the United States. These “partnerships,” signed on the third day of the UN climate summit, will supposedly “improve environmental protection” and “strengthen cooperation on climate and job-creating clean energy,” his office said in a statement.
“I’ve come to share a message of hope,” Graham told the group. “Eternal life through Jesus Christ, God’s Son, who came from Heaven to Earth to take our sins. … There are not many ways to God. There is only one path, and it is through Jesus Christ. This is what I want Buenos Aires to know.”
“This powerful storm damaged or destroyed every structure in Black River—including the hospital—and our team has been working round the clock to get an Emergency Field Hospital airlifted, transported to the site, and now open and treating patients,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse. “So many people in Jamaica have lost everything and there is a great need for medical care. We’re here to help in Jesus Name.”
The drone bombs from the U.S. Southern Command, which have destroyed more than a dozen vessels off the coast of Venezuela, reverberate for miles around. And not only because the Trump administration expanded the theater of operations of the current counter-narcotics offensive toward the United States, sinking several boats in the Pacific Ocean.
Hurricane Melissa has rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 storm, with wind speeds of 175 mph. Jamaica is preparing to bear the brunt of slow-moving Melissa, which is forecast to be the strongest storm ever to hit the country. Catastrophic winds, extreme storm surge, and as much as 40 inches of rain could devastate the island nation.
The landmark conviction, delivered by a panel of five justices, makes the 70-year-old the first former president in Brazil’s history to be found guilty of attacking democracy. The ruling immediately drew sharp criticism from Washington, with U.S. President Donald Trump calling it a “witch hunt” and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warning the United States would respond.
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to deploy three Navy guided-missile destroyers off the coast of South America, expanding the U.S. military’s role in combatting drug cartels and intensifying tensions with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Christian ministries will load Bible passages, sermons, or gospel presentations in local or trade languages onto the devices and drop them for the Indigenous people to find. When missionaries are unable to physically reach a people, it’s a wonderful way to expose those people to the gospel. But, of course, those with a secular (really, anti-God) worldview don’t like it.
We live in a fallen world overflowing with sin. There are those who enter our country with ill intent to literally rape, steal, do criminal acts, misuse, and abuse the generosity of America. There are those who enter our nation illegally with the intent on destroying our nation from within. Borders are one line of defense against such things. To be a country requires borders. To ignore borders is to disobey God and destroy a nation and its citizens with all the consequent added financial and societal burdens of the mass influx of immigrants.
"The fact that Regiane Cichelero has not only been prosecuted and fined, but also threatened with the removal of her child for choosing to homeschool is reprehensible. Parents are the first authority for the education of their children, and this reaction from the local authorities is a complete violation of her rights as a parent guaranteed under international law."
Milei, who had previously pledged to move the embassy during a February 2024 visit, confirmed the decision would take effect in 2026. He began his remarks with a solemn reflection on the Hamas-led terror attack that killed over 1,200 people and resulted in the abduction of 251 hostages. “The tragedy of October 7 woke us up from a dream,” Milei said. “Argentina stands by you in these difficult days.”
In the midst of this chaos, some of us Christians might be wondering: What does the Bible say about immigrants? It’s important for us to align our worldview with the Bible, and Scripture has a lot to say about the many issues we’re facing right now in culture. That includes immigration, border policies, and order.
In the midst of one of the deadliest disasters in the country’s history, chaplains provided emotional and spiritual care to those anxiously awaiting news outside the club—and at a local hospital as bodies were still being recovered.
The remarkable security turnaround currently occurring at America’s southern border under President Trump is continuing, with reports indicating that the number of individuals caught...
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's surprise decision to recognize "Palestine" as a sovereign state is both reckless and misguided. Here is the truth: the cartels are ruining Mexico, just like Hamas ruined Gaza. They're trafficking drugs, sex, weapons, and even children into the United States.
The Biden Administration essentially welcomed these criminals and terrorists. It was as if they had a flashing neon sign on the US-Mexico border, which read, "Come on in!" And they did precisely that to the tune of perhaps as many as 20 million people in the span of just four years. It was absolute insanity. More than that, it was evil.
This crisis has nothing to do with the dream of a better future for migrant children. It is about creating an environment of political and cultural chaos — one that benefits those seeking political power and control.
That decade saw 1.4 million gotaways at the southern border. But in the most recent government reporting, it took just two years — 2022 and 2023 — for the number of gotaways to reach 1.6 million. Think about that — more gotaways in two years than in ten.
Even those of us who never knew Davy, Natalie, or Jude feel a tremendous sense of loss. But their lives and their deaths should be an example. May their testimonies help the rest of us to realize anew those things which are of eternal value in Christ.
The moral arguments being made in defense of open borders aren’t much different than the left-wing moral arguments being made on a range of other issues. It all comes down to the belief that you’re not loving your neighbor if you won’t let your neighbor do whatever they want.
"I'm sorry to tell you. The powers that are pulling the strings to this country are literally bringing us to a civil war," Jack Hibbs asserted. "Young people, you may be watching some history unfold that you didn't plan on experiencing."