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As we kick off the second week of Advent—a season of longing and expectation—the Christmas hymns of the Church are playing on loop at low volume (sometimes high) in my mind and home. So as I’m processing the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington last week, these lyrics from “O...

“Thou art all fair, my love.” Song of Solomon 4:7 The Lord's admiration of his Church is very wonderful, and his description of her beauty is very glowing. She is not merely fair, but “all fair.” He views her in himself, washed in his sin-atoning blood and clothed in his meritorious...

“O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men.” Psalm 107:8 If we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified. Let us daily praise God for common mercies — common as we frequently call them...

DHS in NOLA and MLPS ICE is spreading into Louisiana and Minnesota. Hundreds of federal border agents arrived in New Orleans Wednesday, targeting “criminal illegal aliens” arrested for serious crimes then released from the sanctuary city’s jail. Next, ICE will reportedly head to the Twin...

Ukraine Update Russia and Ukraine are sitting at separate negotiating tables this week. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s been making his rounds in Europe—France on Monday, Ireland yesterday—to discuss Ukraine’s desire to keep all its land (Uncle Sam’s proposed peace plan includes Ukraine...

Cyclone Devastation Three powerful cyclones (think: hurricanes of the South Pacific) collided with monsoon rains across South and Southeast Asia this week, killing more than 1,350 people and displacing millions. Entire Sri Lankan towns were submerged, prompting President Dissanayake to call...

Maritime Crime Congress is investigating reports that the Pentagon committed a war crime in the Caribbean. On Friday, The Washington Post alleged that on September 2, Secretary Hegseth ordered a SEAL team to “kill everybody” on a vessel ferrying drugs from Venezuela, prompting a Navy admiral...

Hong Kong Fire A massive, multi-building fire in Hong Kong has killed at least 146 people, with many still missing and thousands left homeless. It’s Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades. The fire started Wednesday afternoon at a first-floor apartment in the Wang Fuk Court complex—an...

National Guard Shooting Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot at close range while on patrol in Washington, D.C. last Wednesday—Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died on Thanksgiving, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in “critical condition.” The suspect, a...

“Thou hast made summer and winter.” Psalm 74:17 My soul begin this wintry month with thy God. The cold snows and the piercing winds all remind thee that he keeps his covenant with day and night, and tend to assure thee that he will also keep that glorious covenant which he has made with thee...

“Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels.” Revelation 12:7 War always will rage between the two great sovereignties until one or other be crushed. Peace between good and evil is an impossibility; the very pretence of it would, in fact, be the...

Worthy Is The Lamb! Praise Him with Thanksgiving! Worthy Is The Lamb! Praise Him with Thanksgiving! ________________ And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God...

Thrown Out The cases against two Trump critics have been dismissed. A federal judge threw out the criminal indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), ruling that interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan—who brought both cases—was unlawfully...

COP30 The United Nations’ annual climate summit ended with a compromise in overtime on Saturday. World leaders from nearly 200 countries gathered for COP30 on the outskirts of the Amazon in Brazil to discuss “the efforts needed to limit the global temperature.” No official U.S. delegation...

Ukraine Peace Plan Ukrainian and American officials gathered in Switzerland yesterday to take a red pen to Uncle Sam’s new 28-point plan for ending the war with Russia. Here are some key points (read the full list): Territory: Russia controls the contested Donbas region (see a map in our...

“So walk ye in him.” Colossians 2:6 If we have received Christ himself in our inmost hearts, our new life will manifest its intimate acquaintance with him by a walk of faith in him. Walking implies action. Our religion is not to be confined to our closet; we must carry out into practical...

“The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?” Mark 14:14 Jerusalem at the time of the passover was one great inn; each householder had invited his own friends, but no one had invited the Savior, and he had no dwelling of his own. It was by his...

For Unto Us A Child Is Born... To Die Prophecy Fulfilled in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth ______________ Messiah would be sacrificed before the Temple was destroyed "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall...

A Meeting of Opposites President Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani are shakin’ hands in the Oval Office today. The pair will discuss key points of Mamdani’s campaign platform: public safety and affordability. Mamdani, who requested the meeting, said he wants to “speak plainly” about New...

Bezos is Back Jeff Bezos is getting back in the corner office. The tech billionaire is shifting from same-day delivery to semiconductors, becoming the co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a $6.2B startup focused on AI that supports engineering and manufacturing industries (think: cars, spaceships)...