August, 21, 2026

August 21, 2026

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Iran Crisis
- As The MOU Deadline Passes, Iran’s Army Chief Places $30,000 Bounty On The Heads Of US Soldiers
  
  Iran
  
  Terror And Chaos: What’s Behind The Murderous Ideology Of A Radicalized Iran?
  
  Iran
  
  Netanyahu Arrives In Washington As The Iranian Regime Says ‘No Path Remains Other Than Jihad’
  
  Iran
  
  ‘Reality Check’: The Majority Of Americans Want The Trump Administration To ‘Finish The Job’ In Iran War
  
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  Senate Rejects Measure to Halt Iran War Hours After House Approves Resolution
  
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PRESS ROOM
- Socialist Upset In Florida Senate Primary Signals Growing Left-Wing Challenge Inside Democratic Party
  
  Worthy News / Press
  
  Former Senior Advisor To Fauci Pleads GUILTY To Conspiracy After Hiding And Deleting COVID-19 Records
  
  Charlie Kirk News Desk / Press
  
  Federal Judge Throws Out Minnesota Lawsuit Challenging Biological Reality
  
  Daily Citizen / Press
  
  State Dept. Announces Nearly $2 Billion in Grants to Faith-Based Charities
  
  FRC / Press
  
  James O’Keefe Exposes Voter Fraud Risks In Minnesota, Sec Of State Responds By Threatening Legal Action
  
  Charlie Kirk News Desk / Press
Israel At War
- An Emboldened Iran: What Is Driving The Regime’s Confidence And What Happens Next?
  
  Israel & Middle East
  
  ‘Responsible For The World’s Problems’: Israel Has Truly Become ‘The World’s Jew’
  
  Israel & Middle East
  
  Syrian Nuclear Material, Turkish Encroachment, And The Burden Of Damascus
  
  Israel & Middle East
  
  The Mirage Of Ceasefires And The Tug Of War: What Should Christians Think Of Unstable Talks Of ‘Peace’ In The Middle East?
  
  Israel & Middle East
  
  As The MOU Deadline Passes, Iran’s Army Chief Places $30,000 Bounty On The Heads Of US Soldiers
  
  Iran
State Of The Church
- Vigilant To Protect: A Pastor’s Responsibility To Call Out False Teachers
  
  State Of The Church
  
  The Importance Of Apologetics: Are We Ready To Give An Answer For The Hope And Truthfulness Of Scripture?
  
  Berean Review
  
  The Millennium: One Of The Most Controversial And Important Subjects In Biblical Prophecy
  
  Israel & Middle East
  
  A Proper Knowledge Of Israel And Eschatology Is Essential To Our Understanding Of God’s Word
  
  Israel & Middle East
  
  It Is A Serious Misjudgment For The Modern Church To Disregard What God Has To Say About The Future
  
  State Of The Church

TagsReligious Freedom

Tag: Religious Freedom

A Society That Does Not Value Human Life Is On A Slippery Slope Toward Destruction

Why A Recent YouTube AI Controversy Is A Reminder Of Biblical Truth

Calvary Chapel Pregnancy Center Calls Churches In Massachusetts To Stand Against Abortion Expansion, Celebration Of Evil

The New Tactic Of Gov’t Education: Parents Are The ‘Oppressors’ And Children Must Be ‘Liberated’

Something Deeply Revealing Is Happening Inside The WNBA, And It Has Become About Much More Than Basketball

U.S. Department of Education to Universities: Show Your Commitment to Education Over Ideology

Federal Lawsuit Says Transgender Health Group Used Deceptive Statements To Mislead Parents And Providers

An Inversion Of God’s Design: New Study Says Human Population Needs To Be Cut In Half

Celebrating Evil: Today’s Abortion Industry Would Make Even The Ancient Child Sacrifice Of Moloch Blush

Secularists Once Again Have Grown Tired Of Christianity’s Influence In Australia

Surrogate Mother Told To Abort Baby Flees To Texas, Receives Emergency Court Order From State AG To Protect The Child

Men Are Not Women — We Must Apply Common Sense And Stand Up For The Truth

Borders, Faith, And Common Sense: America Has Come A Long Way—But The Midterms Could Put All Those Gains In Jeopardy

Is Gay ‘Marriage’ Valid? The World Lashes Out At The Biblical Answer

President Trump Ends Medicaid Funding For Child Sex Changes

Opening The Floodgates: Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Abortion Up To The Moment Of Birth

‘You Just Have To Keep Fighting’: Lawyers Who Defended BGEA Discuss Opposition, Vitriol, And Hope For Religious Freedom In The UK

Witchcraft Courses Rapidly Expand Across University Campuses, Outnumbering Christianity 8 to 1 At Arizona State

More Than Playing Defense: Tennessee’s Religious Liberty Comeback Offers A Lesson For Every State

Kansas School District Defends Yearbook Featuring Teen In Drag, Mockery Of Christians, Trump, And Charlie Kirk

Christian Denied Insurance Over ‘Jesus Loves You’ Stickers

A Fresh Example Of Why Trust In The Federal Government Has Eroded

‘An Unmistakable Message’: Children’s Hospital To Open Free Detransition Clinic, Admit To Lying Under Landmark Settlement

Controlling The Worldview Of Children: Why Australia’s Government Views Homeschooling As A Threat

Can The Liberties Of A Nation Be Secure When We Forget The God Who Gave Them?

Shielding Children From Obscenity: Federal Court Upholds Florida Law Barring Kids From Drag Shows

Canadian Church Denomination Puts Its Stamp Of Approval On Assisted Suicide

UK Government Pursues New Legislation To Further Erode And Undermine God’s Institution Of Marriage

Dangerous Madness: Australian Man Fights To Enter A Women’s Prison. Self-ID Legislation Made It Possible.

Missouri Congressional Candidate Vows To ‘Fight’ to Enshrine Abortion, Trans ‘Rights’ In The U.S. Constitution

Abortion Drugs In US Drinking Water: Another Horrifying Consequence Of The Culture Of Death

World’s Largest Transgender Org Questions The Irreversible Effects Of Sex‑Rejecting Surgeries—But Only Behind Closed Doors

Oregon Dept of Human Services Claims That Christian Parents Caused ‘Mental Injury’ By Refuting The Lie Of Transgenderism

In-depth: Mainstream Education Systems Have Become Modern Marxist Discipleship Centers

Abortion Training On Campus: What’s Happening At Curtin’s Midwifery Clinic

Massachusetts On Verge Of Allowing Abortion Until Birth For Any Reason

DOJ Recognizes That The Biden Administration Abused Its Power By Arresting A Pro-life Father At Gunpoint

Court Backs Firing of Christian School Counselor Who Promoted Biological Gender

Department Of Education Launches Investigation Over Transgender Dolls With Swappable Genitals In Minnesota Classrooms

White House Religious Liberty Commission Issues Pressing Warning About Europe’s Free Speech Crisis

Religious Freedom

Montana Gov. Signs Bill Prohibiting Gov’t from ‘Burdening’ Citizens’ Religious Liberty

The new law prohibits gov't from “burdening” an individual’s religious liberty, gives citizens the right to sue if rights have been infringed

Christian Persecution

Billy Graham Ministry & Scottish Church Booted from Rental Space Over Biblical Beliefs

"We made it clear to the venue at the time of booking we're a Christian organization–This is anti-religious discrimination, plain & simple"

Canadian News

GraceLife Pastor Takes Church Underground: ‘The Church Isn’t A Building, It’s a Blood-Bought People’

"They know they're going to be judged in accord with the Word of God & they still continue to persevere in their obstinacy. This is defiance"

Religious Freedom

ADF Files Motion To Intervene In ‘Radical’ Lawsuit Attacking Religious Schools

“It doesn’t solve them. It creates constitutional violations by discriminating against the schools for operating according to their faith.”

Canadian News

Canadian MP launches national petition to open church barricaded by police

This petition already has +5.3K signatures; “This act is tyrannical gov't overreach, and is a direct violation of Canadian Charter rights"

Religious Freedom

SCOTUS Rules Against CA’s Restrictions on Bible Studies, Prayer Meetings in Private Homes

The majority opinion said, that California "treats some comparable secular activities more favorably than at-home religious exercise"

Berean Review

Franklin Graham: We Stand On The Gospel

Believers must refuse to yield to the immoral wisdom of the world, and stand boldly and firmly on God’s Word.

Christian Persecution

Canadian Police Barricade, Fence Church to Keep Worshippers Out After Pastor Released From Jail

"Clearly, our Charter and criminal code mean nothing as long as the government can come up with a good enough story to disregard it."

Christian Persecution

9th Circuit Upholds California COVID Restriction Against Home Bible Studies

"Our court today trudges out another denial of relief to those seeking to practice their faith in the face of discriminatory restrictions."

Canadian News

‘Get Out You Nazis’: Canadian Police Attempt to Disrupt Easter Service, Pastor Demands They ‘Get Out’

“Can you imagine those psychopaths? Passover. The holiest Christian festival of the year & they’re coming to intimidate Christians?"

Asia

Witnesses: China Imprisoning Christians in Underground ‘Brainwashing’ Torture Centers

Eyewitnesses in a report that CCP officials imprisoned them in mobile “brainwashing” centers designed to make them renounce Christianity

Canadian News

Ontario Gov’t Limits Churches in Severe Province-Wide Lockdown —Eve of Ressurection Sunday

The lockdown new restrictions come on the eve of resurrection Sunday, with many seeing it as deliberate anti-Christian discrimination

Christian Persecution

Court: Forcing Christian Professor to Use ‘Preferred Pronouns’ is ‘Unacceptable Religious Hostility’

"This case forced us to defend what used to be a common belief—that nobody should be forced to contradict their core beliefs just to keep their job"

Christian Persecution

Christian Actress Who Was Fired for Biblical Beliefs on Sexuality Now Ordered to Pay $414,000

"I do not believe homosexual practice is right, though the law of this land has made it legal doesn't mean it is right."

Christian Persecution

UK Judge Rules ‘Overwhelmingly In Favor’ of Franklin Graham in Discrimination Case

“I am grateful the courts have once again reiterated that the freedom to speak only what is not offensive is not freedom of speech at all"

Christian Persecution

Embrace The Left’s Agenda or Be Erased From Existence In The ‘Modern’ Society

In the name of tolerance and “inclusiveness,” they make it clear that no dissent from their own Marxist opinions will be tolerated.

Asia

China Arrests at Least Ten Christians in Raid of Private Bible Study

China targeted Church members with “surveillance & harassment,” barring them from religious activities & communicating with each other

Christian Persecution

University Scientist Calls for ‘Tracking & Reporting’ of Students Taking Creationist Courses

University biologist is calling for creationist courses and degrees to be labeled on a student's transcript to maintain "national norms"

LGBT+ Agenda

Christian Baker Back in Court as 8-Year Legal Saga Continues – This Time It’s a Transgender Cake

"His opponents are weaponizing the law to punish and destroy him because he won’t create expression that violates his Christian faith."

Christian Persecution

‘Blatant Religious Discrimination’: Federal Court Takes Univ. of Iowa to School for Canceling Christian Club

Federal appeals court ruled the Univ. of Iowa officials who kicked a Christian student club off campus can be held personally accountable

Christian Persecution

Appeals Court Hands Coach Fired For Prayer Another Loss

Court of Appeals rejects former football coach's argument that his 1st Amend. rights were violated when he was fired for praying after games.

Children in the Crosshairs

Christians Concerned over New Welch Law Requiring Children Be Taught about Humanism

The Alliance Defending Freedom says a new bill would force schools in Wales to teach humanism gives the state control of a child’s education.

Canadian News

Over 90% of Canadians Do Not Support Gov’t Bill Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’

A new poll found that the proposed gov't ban on ‘conversion therapy’ is unpopular with almost all Canadians.

Canadian News

LGBT Activists Sue Canadian Pastor For Preaching Biblical Morality

This Pastor is the canary in the coal mine — if this case succeeds, we'll see a major effort to uncover sermons critical of the LGBT agenda

Christian Persecution

Freedom From Religion Foundation warns FBI to stop praying at bureau events

The FFRF wrote a letter to the FBI demanding that it provide a list of anything remotely related to the Christian faith.

Censorship

Cancel Culture Will Find You

Even the nicest and most circumspect of believers will be forced to either stand with Christ or shrink back in unfaithfulness and fear.

Africa

Muslims Sent To Threaten, Rape & Attack Church After Imam’s Wife Turns to Christ

Pastor: “I've been receiving messages alleging my Christian activities of converting Muslims to Christ will be met with severe punishment"

Christian Persecution

Scottish Christians Urge Parliament to Add Religious Expression Amendments to Hate Crime Bill

"We believe the bill should clarify that holding traditional Biblical views on marriage or gender identity could not be seen as hate crime.”

Christian Persecution

Supreme Court Sides With Student in College Free-Speech Case

‘It‘s undisputed [he] experienced a completed violation of his constitutional rights when respondents enforced their speech policies against him’

Canadian News

Judge Dismisses Bail Appeal, Keeps Canadian Pastor Behind Bars

The Pastor will remain in jail 2 months after judge dismissed bail appeal, which block his release unless he agrees to not hold church

Christian Persecution

‘Deeply Troubling’: Biden Fires Attorney Who Defended Religious Liberty of Employees

An attorney within the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who had gained a reputation for defending religious liberty was fired by Biden

Canadian News

Canadian Church Fined $83K for Hosting In-Person Worship Service Amid Pandemic

A Canadian church was ordered to pay $83K by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice following an in-person church service in January.

Deceptions

Framing Christians as Domestic Terrorists

We must not allow the left to turn our love for God and respect for our country into something shameful, wrong, or dangerous.

US News

House Passes Dangerous ‘Equality Act’ Despite Objections Over Religious Freedom

House Dems pass "Equality Act", despite warnings of dire repercussions for religious freedom, women’s sports and parental rights.

Christian Persecution

Franklin Graham Denounces the Equality Act, Calls It a ‘Very Dangerous Bill’

Rev. Graham: “It’s just a smokescreen to force Americans to accept the LGBTQ agenda and it creates a lot of INEQUALITY for Christians"

Christian Persecution

As Promised, Dangerous ‘Equality Act’ Reintroduced in Congress

'All of us deserve better than the profound inequality the conscience-crushing, deceptively titled ‘Equality Act’ promises'

Berean Review

Western Civilization Is Imploding: Now Is The Time For Christians To Make Their Stand

We’re learning in the West what those in the East have known for centuries. It takes courage to practice Christianity under totalitarianism.

Christian Persecution

Australian State Bans Prayer & Counseling to Change/Suppress Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

The law becomes a real challenge to churches that hold a biblical view of sexuality with violations possibly resulting in up to 10 years

Christian Persecution

Supreme Court Rules California Can’t Enforce Indoor Church Service Ban

SCOTUS tells California it can’t bar indoor church services because of COVID, but it can keep for now a ban on singing indoors.

Christian Persecution

Employment Tribunal Hears Case Of Christian Actress Fired Over ‘Homophobic’ Facebook Post

Seyi Omooba filed a lawsuit with the employment tribunal against Curve Theatre and her former agents for religious discrimination.

Christian Persecution

Pushing Propaganda To The Pulpit: Denmark to Force Churches to Submit Sermons to Government?

A proposed Danish law requiring sermons be translated & submitted to the gov't has sparked concern among Christians throughout the region.

Christian Persecution

Rugby Star Cancelled for 2nd Time For Voicing Biblical Morality on Social Media

Dragons rugby league team backflips on signing star player after backlash from sponsors in response to controversy over his Christian Beliefs.

Children in the Crosshairs

High School Senior Faces Disciplinary Hearing for Opting Out of LGBTQ Program

“We hope President Torres ends the school administrators’ clearly unlawful behavior and protects the religious liberty of every student"

Censorship

Facebook Bans Bible Professor’s Post Critical of Biden’s Transgender Order

"People need to be able to criticize and forcefully challenge ideas—including ideas that are dominant in elite sectors of the culture"

Christian Persecution

As California Reopens, Judge Upholds Democrat Gov. Newsom’s Ban on Indoor Church Services

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled CA Gov.'s prohibiting churches from indoor services didn't discriminate against Christians

Christian Persecution

Ken Ham: New Proposal Denies Accreditation to Christian Schools

In other words, if Christian colleges teach the Bible as true history, don’t support LGBT, evolution, etc they shouldn’t be get accreditation

Christian Persecution

New VA Bill Would Allow Agencies To Be Shut Down For Denying Adoption To Gay Couples

VA introduces bill repealing right of adoption agencies to deny child placements with LGBT couples due to religious or moral convictions

Christian Persecution

Court Strikes Obama’s ‘Transgender Mandate’ that Forced Some Doctors to Violate Their Faith

This decision recognizes our doctors right to practice medicine in line with their conscience, without politically motivated interference.

Christian Persecution

Photographer Faces $100K Fines from Law that Favors Gay Rights over Christian Convictions

The photographer said lawmakers “call views like mine bigotry, and want to punish me and remove me from the public square"

Berean Review

Tony Perkins: Andrew Brunson – 5 Ways To Prepare For Persecution Ahead

Tony Perkins - Wasting away in a Turkish prison wasn't how Andrew Brunson would have chosen to spend two years of his life --...

Berean Review

Ken Ham: Church Faces $10M in Fines for Opening

Such courage & boldness as exhibited by this church is needed in the church throughout the West as intolerance and persecution increases.

Christian Persecution

HHS Issues Rule to Protect Faith-Based Adoption & Foster Care Providers

The Obama administration’s regulation discriminated against faith-based providers simply because of their beliefs about marriage.

Canadian News

‘We Simply Desire to Worship Our Lord’: Church Fined for Holding In-Person Worship

"The reality is that the Bible teaches a world government that will be anti-God and a world government that will reject the scriptures."

Morality

‘We Want God’: Trump Issues Proclamation Packed with Powerful Quotes on Faith and Freedom

Trump: “A society without religion cannot prosper. A nation without faith cannot endure—because justice, goodness, and peace cannot prevail without the grace of God."

Christian Persecution

UK Political Group Urges AmazonSmile to drop BGEA, Other Christian Organizations

A UK-based political org. is pressuring Amazon to eliminate dozens of evangelical Christian organizations from its AmazonSmile charity program.

Berean Review

Ken Ham: There’s Great Danger In Gov’t Officials Telling Constituents How & Where They Can Worship

It’s very obvious by the inconsistent mandates handed down throughout 2020 that religious freedom has been targeted...

Christian Persecution

L.A. County Backs Down, Say Churches Can Worship Indoors Due to Supreme Court Rulings

following the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of churches religious liberty, LA County Saturday dropped its ban on indoor worship services

Business

Nasdaq Proposes ‘Diversity Rule’ Pushing US Companies to Include LGBTQ Directors on Boards

Tony Perkins: "If NASDAQ's capitulation to woke ideology succeeds, look for financial profits of shareholders to be exchanged for cultural profits of the left"

Corruption

Hohmann: Dem. Document Surfaces Demanding Biden Clamp Down On Conservative Christians

Group backed by congressional Dems touting a “Secular America” sends document to Biden urging him to strip 1st Amd. rights from Christians

Christian Persecution

School District Re-Recognizes Christian Student Group A Year After Threatened Lawsuit

Victory for Religious Liberty of students: High School finally agrees to re-recognizes fellowship of christian athletes group

Christian Persecution

SCOTUS Delivers Another Win For Houses Of Worship

Religious Freedom victory: Supreme Court issues order siding with Colorado church in one case and a priest & rabbi in New Jersey in another.

Asia

Pastor In India Attacked By Hindu Extremists, Locked In Room & Left To Die

Violence against Christians in Bihar state has increased in the past two years, with attacks on house churches and pastors happening weekly.

Africa

State Department Designates Nigeria Among World’s Worst Religious Freedom Offenders

US State Dep. says Nigeria is among 10 nations identified as Countries of Particular Concern for violating international religious freedom.

Christian Persecution

‘Religious Freedom Is a Human Right’: Swiss Court Suspends COVID Ban on Worship

“Given that other public gatherings are still permitted, we do not see the proportionality of this restriction — it targets religious groups in a discriminatory way"

Morality

SCOTUS Must Protect Religious Freedom From Abuse of Power Amid Pandemic: Kelly Shackelford

"If they don’t stand-in for the people, then people have no freedoms because it’s the court’s job to protect & to speak for the Constitution"

Asia

China Arrests 4 Christians for Selling Audio Bibles as Part of Crackdown on Christianity

4 Christians arrested for selling audio Bibles this year as part of a government campaign to “eradicate pornography and illegal publications"

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