February 7
Church
business manager charged with allegedly embezzling $600K | U.S.
Trump
announces event to 'rededicate America as one nation under God'
White
House removes video of Obamas as primates on Truth Social
Patriots
chaplain coaching players to be great husband, fathers | Sports
Lawrence
campus transitions to ID card access for all buildings in response to safety
concerns – The Lawrentian
CBN
trims workforce, citing changing media landscape | The Roys Report
Witkoff
Says Putin Open to ‘Permanent Peace’ Deal With Ukraine - The Moscow Times (for
information purposes – is it credible that Putin is open to “permanent peace”
deal with Ukraine? Many say no.)
Trump
Ally Larry Elder Accuses Democrats of Hypocrisy Over Obamas Apes Post -
Newsweek
Trump
condemns, won't apologize for video depicting Obamas as apes | Reuters
Trump
at the Pearly Gates
Racist
video is merely the latest in a long line of Trump’s ugly social media posts |
CNN Politics
RFK
Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Exposed in Files
(Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reported went fossil hunting with Jeffrey Epstein and
Ghislaine Maxwell in South Dakota)
Donald
Trump, 79, Uses Bonkers Logic to Defend Massive Taxpayer Ripoff ($10
billion from the United States treasury?)
Brazen
Trump Says He Approved Racist Obama Video—and Won’t Apologize (conflicting
stories about this flap – who was the staffer?)
'Puppy
Bowl' celebrates adoption and fun on Super Bowl Sunday (good option for
Sunday evening)
February 8
If
the Scarlet ‘R’ Fits … - by Jay Nordlinger
Trump
revives racist imagery once seen as disqualifying
Social
media post deemed racist receives Southern Baptist response | Baptist Press
Weekend
Update #171: The Week Trump Helped Putin Commit Two War Crimes
The
Kennedy Center Is Gone, Just Like Trump Wanted: Wolff
Trump’s
Racist Post Deserves Outrage - Christianity Today
In
Minneapolis, ICE-Hating Anarchists Are An Occupying Force
The
Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re
getting a pass. - POLITICO
2026
Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics Open Door For Gospel Outreach In Northern Italy
Can
apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out | PBS News
(for information purposes)
ERLC
rebukes Trump post dehumanizing Obamas | Politics
February 9
State
Department will delete all pre-Trump X posts : NPR (for information
purposes)
Trump,
79, Targets U.S. Olympic Athlete, 27, in New Feud (for information
purposes)
Trump
Reacts to Winter Olympics Skier’s 'Mixed Emotions' Representing US - Newsweek
(for information purposes)
Hong
Kong activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison | World
Our
tragic crisis of dignity | WORLD
Why
Abortion Rates Are Up | Compact
Trump
takes credit for a prisoner release that happened before he even ran for
president | CNN Politics
China
critic Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in jail after landmark Hong Kong trial -
Yahoo News UK
'Blessed
Are Those Who End Pregnancies' Pastor Redefines Jesus
Epstein
Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death
‘We
all on Kalshi now’: Giannis Antetokounmpo and the quiet collapse of sporting
trust | Milwaukee Bucks | The Guardian
Christianity's
decline: A shift, not a revival
Trump
Demands the Worst of Us - by Pedro L. Gonzalez (commentary for information
purposes)
Is
This the Politics We Want? - Michael Wear - The Dispatch
February 10
Family
estrangement rising as 'Doormat Mom' Laura Wellington shares story | Fox News
Jimmy
Lai Sentenced to 20 Years: Hong Kong Repression Tests U.S. Resolve | National
Review
China
Sentencing of Jimmy Lai an Insult to International Law | National Review
Raising
Church-Loving Children - byFaith
Trump
claims he secured 2014 release of persecuted Mariam Ibrahim | Politics
February 11
Trump’s
Religious Liberty Commission Sued For Being Too Christian | The Daily Caller
“Safe
and Loved” means Mom and Dad.
Not the time
or place | WORLD
Al
Mohler condemns Andy Beshear for affirming LGBT with Bible | Politics
VP
Vance hails Armenia as bedrock of Christian civilization | World
Gospel
Singer Sandi Patty Comments On Trump's Racist Post
Episcopal
Pastor Is ‘Sad’ Her Daughters Might Not Have Access to Abortions One Day
Requiem
for Communist Cuba’s Apologists | National Review
February 12
IRS
improperly shared immigrant data with DHS enforcement officials - The
Washington Post
If
Ukrainians Were Dolphins - by Jay Nordlinger
Garry Kasparov
on X: "Are even the largest American banks now rushing to bend the knee to
Trump? After years of @Renew_Democracy sending donated money via our @Chase
account to fund humanitarian causes in Ukraine, this week became a nightmare,
especially for those most in need. Full report follows." / X
Pardoned
Jan. 6 rioter convicted of child sex abuse : NPR
IOC
boots Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych from Olympics for wearing helmet honoring
war victims - Yahoo Sports
Noam
Chomsky, Apologist for Pol Pot, Called Jeffrey Epstein His ‘Best Friend’ | The
American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Pirro
Taps Dance Photographer-Lawyer in Lawmaker Video Case (1)
Canada
School Shooter Is Latest In Epidemic Of Trans Violence
Expression
of Grief Over the Tumbler Ridge Tragedy | Trinity Western University
Don’t
turn the military’s newspaper into a message platform | The Free Speech Center
February 13
Finding the
Way Back From War - Mindy Belz - The Dispatch
Bondi's
charade - by Julie k Brown
How
You Can Help Ukraine Now
Conservative
leaders sour on codifying Donald Trump's drug pricing policy
The
Presidency as Protection Racket | Cato Institute
Trump
'Will Not Accept Any Result That Is Not A Victory,' 'Atlantic' Writer Says :
NPR (October 1, 2020 National Public Radio “Fresh Air” broadcast)
'Election
Meltdown Is A Real Possibility' In 2020 Race, Warns Richard Hasen : NPR
(January 29, 2020 National Public Radio “Fresh Air” broadcast)
“If
We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country” | The New
Yorker
Pam
Bondi’s Contempt for Congress | The New Yorker
RFK
Jr. reveals he used to 'snort cocaine off of toilet seats'
Fox
News: Let's Pretend Nothing Happened With Our Racist Glorious Leader (for
information purposes – “Decoding Fox News” is a web site that regularly
compares Fox News with Public Broadcasting System)
Three
Cheers for Attorney General Pam Bondi | The American Spectator | USA News and
Politics
MyPillow
fndr Mike Lindell spent majority of campaign funds buying his own book (I
read and reviewed Mike Lindell’s “What Are the Odds” book, giving it two
stars. I commented among other things, “[Lindell]
had a number of run ins with the law, and was behind bars a couple of times. At
one point he relates the story that he instigated the singing of ‘It’s a Small
World After All’ in one of the jails he was in. The inmates at the whole
facility joined in and it became ‘almost deafening,’ according to Lindell. The
jailhouse psychiatrist told him, ‘We had a report you were leading the
prisoners in a Walt Disney song.’”)
Harvest
Christian Fellowship seeks to dismiss sex abuse lawsuits | Church &
Ministries
Media
Call Canadian Trans Shooter By His Preferred Pronouns
Nancy
Guthrie Update: Sheriff Hits Back at Claim Evidence Withheld From FBI -
Newsweek
Black
History Is America’s History (from Jim Wallis)
What
to know about how the SAVE America Act could change voting | PBS News
February 14
The
Norwegian Nobel Committee Calls on Iran to End Cruel Abuse and Free Narges
Mohammadi Immediately - Nobel Peace Prize
Has
RFK Jr. kept the promises he made in order to get his job at HHS? : NPR
Jimmy
Lai’s fate is a warning for Taiwan
The
unintended hilarity of Pam Bondi's finger-wagging testimony - Los Angeles Times
Justin
Giboney Wants Us to Stop Co-opting the Civil Rights Movement | Sojourners
The
coming gambling tsunami
More
than a Hallmark holiday | WORLD
February 15
Meet
Luther Seminary‘s “queer theologian“ (as the seminary sells off its buildings)
- EXPOSING THE ELCA
Russian
opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by deadly 'dart frog' toxin,
Europeans say (NBC News)
Russian
opposition leader Alexei Navalny poisoned by highly lethal dart frog toxin,
widow says
Kremlin
calls accusations of Navalny accusation 'unfounded' and 'vulgar' | Fox News
(February 2024 Fox News report about Navalny)
Alexei
Navalny murdered by Russia with deadly frog poison: European countries | Fox
News
UK
wants action taken on Russia after Navalny frog poisoning, Cooper says
(Russia still says Navalny not poisoned)
France:
Navalny poisoning shows Putin ready to use nerve agents on own people | Reuters
Bipartisan
bill would rename street near Russian envoy’s residence after Navalny
No,
Donald Trump is not America’s Navalny - The Washington Post
Donald
Trump has not condemned death of Alexei Navalny - The Washington Post
Trump is
clowning his evangelical base
Opinion:
Zelensky Should Kick the US Out of Peace Negotiations
Barack
Obama Breaks Silence On Apes Video Shared By Trump Account - Newsweek
Calling evil good
| WORLD
Broken
bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on
protesters
Exiled
teacher reveals Vladimir Putin's indoctrination of Russian school kids in
startling documentary
In
Great Britain, Beating Cops With Sledgehammers Now Counts As ‘Peaceful Protest’
- The American Conservative
Jennifer
Siebel Newsom’s Feminist Meltdown | The American Spectator | USA News and
Politics
Church
of England Synod votes against blessing same-sex marriage | Church &
Ministries
February 17
Opinion
| Alexei Navalny’s ideas of freedom will outlive Putin’s ideas of tyranny - The
Washington Post
Board of
Peace, Global Grift? - by Casey Michel
Ex-White
House Lawyer Skewers 3 Top Trump Officials: 'Those People Should Be Impeached'
| HuffPost Latest News
Pastoral
Meanderings: A book about my family. . .
Jimmy
Lai’s fate is a warning for Taiwan
On
This Presidents Day, Stop Worshiping the Imperial Presidency
Cities
Church Isn’t Alone in Experiencing Hostility - Christianity Today
I'm
a pastor and a journalist. Don Lemon was doing his job | Opinion
February 18
Trump
remembers Jesse Jackson as 'good man,' 'force of nature' | Fox News
Chuck
Schumer pushes Pride flag legislation after flag removed from Stonewall | Fox
News
Rev.
Jesse Jackson dies at 84 | U.S.
Rhode
Island Ice Rink Shooting Suspect Identified as Trans, Feuded with Family over
Gender | National Review
Trump
is not 'exonerated' - by Julie k Brown
Trump
Picks His Ex-Receptionist, 26, for Top Ballroom Job
Is
marriage eternal?
Lawyers
begin tracker to monitor abnormal DOJ criminal charges : NPR
Jesse
Jackson as Religious Left Icon - Juicy Ecumenism
Glitter
Ash Sacrilege: Progressive Church Mocks Ash Wednesday With LGBTQ Ritual
Lesbian
Lutheran bishop tells Chuck Schumer he must defund ICE - EXPOSING THE ELCA
Jesse
Jackson and White Evangelicals - by Daniel Silliman
Trump's
DOJ keeps failing. It proves the system is working | Opinion
February 19
Talarico
says abortion, gay marriage 'aren't mentioned in Bible' | Politics (false
teaching by Texas Senate candidate)
Credit
cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump
sanctions | International criminal court | The Guardian
Ben
Sasse driven to tears expressing hope of Gospel amid cancer | Podcast
Watching
ICE isn't a crime, but officers tell people it is anyway : NPR
The
warning evangelicals preached and then forgot (for information purposes)
Munich,
Rubio, AOC: What A Real Leader Would Say
Trump’s
bid to name Penn Station after himself looks like a presidential shakedown |
Mohamad Bazzi | The Guardian
Jesse
Jackson, Complicated Man - The American Conservative
Judge
Finds DOJ Lawyer in Contempt in Major Escalation
Learning
From Jesse Jackson | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
February 20
Donald
Trump, Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell in new un-seen pictures after
President claims he ‘doesn’t know’ Duke | (for information purposes)
Yoon
Suk Yeol: South Korea's ex-president jailed for life over martial law attempt
Prince
Andrew's Arrest - by Julie k Brown
Why
Prince Andrew’s Epstein Arrest Is King Charles’ Watergate
Lost-Not-Stolen-The-Conservative-Case-that-Trump-Lost-and-Biden-Won-the-2020-Presidential-Election-July-2022.pdf
(referenced by columnist George F. Will)
Former
South Korean President Yoon sentenced to life in prison for declaring martial
law
Former
Prince Andrew Reportedly In Police Custody In Connection With The Epstein Files
| The Daily Caller
Anna
Politkovskaya: Russian convicted of journalist murder gets pardon
Mike
Huckabee: Betraying Christ(ianity) and the U.S. (for information purposes)
Look
how much Canadians hate the United States now - POLITICO
How
Epstein and Maxwell used an elite Midwest arts school to prey on girls : NPR
Former
senator Ben Sasse strives to redeem whatever time he has left | Baptist Press
Justice
Department Aide Scolds Prosecutors for Forgetting Trump Is Their ‘Chief Client’
Opinion
| Why Trump and supporters still insist the 2020 election was stolen - The
Washington Post
Exclusive:
DHS admits ‘worst of the worst’ immigrants website had errors | CNN Politics
U.S.
considers building pricey alternative to World Health Organization - The
Washington Post
Philadelphia
slavery exhibit restored amid court fight | 90.5 WESA
Terry Moran 🇺🇸
on X: "https://t.co/BCdaQSCtit" / X (commenting on Trump’s
recently display of a picture of himself on the U.S. Department of Justice
Building, former ABC TV newsman Terry Moran (a 1982 Lawrence University
alumnus) likens Donald Trump to Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi leader who was executed
by hanging in 2006)
How
one country stopped a Trump-style authoritarian in his tracks | Vox (analysis
of Brazil)
Hegseth
rails against ‘Godless left’ in political speech to Christian convention | CNN
Politics
Trump’s
Eighteen Trillion Dollar Hoax | Cato at Liberty Blog
Trump
labor secretary’s husband barred from department over sexual assault
allegations, reports say | Trump administration | The Guardian
Preaching
to the Grave Yard, Singing to the Choir
Ben
Sasse and a Dying Breed of Politician - Christianity Today
Ash
Wednesday protests and Masses make solidarity with immigrants a Lenten theme
David
E. Anderson, former RNS editor and longtime journalist, dies at 84
February 21
Committing
to Pray and Seeking the Peace of God – North American Baptists, Inc.
Trump's
Board of Peace members pledge billions to rebuild Gaza | Politics
Christian
org questions UAE's inclusion in Trump's Board of Peace | Politics
Judges
decry treatment of nursing and pregnant detainees in ICE custody - POLITICO
Tucker
Carlson alleges mistreatment, detention in Israel | World
What
James Talarico gets wrong — and right — about Christianity
Decoding
Fox News on X: "Greg Gutfeld thinks that Trump hasn't profited from the
presidency. He's suing the government for $230 million for the FBI Mar-a-Lago
search. He's suing the IRS for $10 billion. The Pentagon is spending $900
million to upgrade the "free" plane he got from Qatar.
https://t.co/Pf22V330o3" / X (Is Gutfeld right about Trump not
profiting from presidency?)
Marijuana:
The time for national reckoning has come
Elon
Musk And Jesus: The Dangerous Gap Between Agreement And Surrender
Trinity
Western University Welcomes Trinity Evangelical Divinity School | Trinity
Western University
Turning
Point USA Chapter Not Welcome At Elite WI Private School
How
Trump/USA Is Helping Putin Kill Ukrainians
Hegseth
frames Trump policies as ‘biblical’ in address to Christian broadcasters
Trump
throws a temper tantrum after tariff loss at the Supreme Court : NPR
February 22
Trump
banner at Justice Department evokes authoritarian icons - The Washington Post
ICE
Shackled Tourist Grandma, 65, and Held Her for Weeks
‘Don’t
go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa
detained by ICE for six weeks | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) |
The Guardian
Worship
leader, 'American Idol' alum charged with wife’s murder | U.S.
The
Complicated Legacy of Jesse Jackson - Christianity Today
Trump's
pressure-free diplomacy prolongs Russia-Ukraine war
February 23
‘I’ve
Changed My Life’: Corey DeAngelis Breaks Silence After Cancellation Attempt –
Faithwire (he’s now a staffer at the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage
Foundation as reported by numerous outlets)
Grants
and contracts cut by Elon Musk and DOGE one year later
Trump
Demand That Netflix Fire Rice Is a Warning to Corporate America - Business
Insider
Jesse
Jackson Was Populist, for Good and Ill - The American Conservative
Courts
have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. |
Reuters
Pastoral
Meanderings: Flirtting with Jesus. . .
Portland
protesters say Trump’s immigration crackdown is a repeat of one of America’s
darkest chapters - oregonlive.com
‘It’s
way beyond Ukraine’: Seattle rally precedes Russia invasion anniversary | The
Seattle Times
February 24
Opinion
| War with Iran could be imminent. Trump won’t say why. - The Washington Post
Resilient
Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started WW3 and must be stopped
No,
Mr. President, the Supreme Court Was Not 'Swayed by Foreign Interests' |
National Review
Vatican
Pushes For Christian Unity Across Denominations (this article is shared for
information purposes ONLY, which, when I use this term, means that I don’t
agree with the spin and thrust. The
article says that the Vatican is talking up the Augsburg Confession, which
makes no sense, given that the historic Lutheran statement of faith (based on
Romans 4) is opposed to the historic Roman Catholic Council of Trent statement
on justification. We will speak out
against this deception and hopefully others will also, especially self-described
conservative, confessional Lutherans)
Microsoft Copilot Artificial Intelligence search on Augsburg
Confession (as with any AI search, research the underlying sources, of course)
Humans are justified before God not by their own works, but freely for Christ’s sake through faith, which God counts as righteousness.
Core Teaching
Article IV of the Augsburg Confession teaches that people cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works. Instead, justification is a free gift of God, granted for Christ’s sake. This occurs through faith, when believers trust that they are received into God’s favor and that their sins are forgiven because of Christ’s sacrificial death, which made full satisfaction for sin (Romans 3 and 4).
BookOfConcord.org+2
Role of Faith
Faith is central in Lutheran understanding: it is the instrument through which God imputes righteousness to the believer. This faith is not a work or merit of the individual but a trust in God’s promise and Christ’s atoning work. Through faith, believers are assured of forgiveness and reconciliation with God.
BookOfConcord.org+1
Christ’s Atonement
The article emphasizes that Christ’s death is the basis of justification. By His death, Christ satisfied the demands of God’s justice, making it possible for humans to be declared righteous. This underscores that salvation is entirely dependent on God’s grace, not human effort.
BookOfConcord.org+1
Scriptural Foundation
The teaching of Article IV is grounded in Scripture, particularly Romans 3:21–24 and Galatians 2:16, which affirm that righteousness comes apart from the law and is received through faith in Jesus Christ. The Augsburg Confession quotes these passages to highlight that works cannot earn justification, and that faith alone connects believers to Christ’s redemptive work.
stpaulsfulda.org
Theological Significance
This article was a primary point of contention during the Reformation, distinguishing Lutheran theology from Roman Catholic teaching, which emphasized works and merit in justification. Article IV asserts that justification is by grace through faith alone, forming a cornerstone of Lutheran doctrine and shaping Protestant understanding of salvation.
concordiamaplewood.org+1
In summary, Article IV of the Augsburg Confession affirms that justification is a divine gift, received through faith in Christ, independent of human works, and grounded in Scripture, highlighting the centrality of grace and Christ’s atonement in Lutheran theology.
Microsoft Copilot Artificial Intelligence search on the
Council of Trent (excerpted) (as with any AI search, research the underlying
sources, of course)
Key Reforms of the Council of Trent (1545–1563)
The Council of Trent was the [Roman] Catholic Church’s
central response to the Protestant Reformation. Its reforms reshaped doctrine,
discipline, and church life for centuries. Below are the most important
changes, grounded in the sources retrieved.
📜 1. Doctrinal
Clarifications
The council reaffirmed core Catholic teachings challenged by
Protestant reformers:
Justification
- Rejected
sola fide (“faith alone”) and insisted that faith and good works
cooperate in justification.
Purgatory and Indulgences
- Affirmed
the existence of purgatory and the Church’s authority to grant indulgences,
while condemning abuses in their sale…
The Council of
Trent: A Summary of Its Positions - BiblicalWorldview21.org (“Trent
impugned the sole sufficiency of Christ to save a person from their sin and
made salvation to be a cooperative effort of Christ and the person. In this
way, works is added to the work of Christ for a person to be finally saved.” The Augsburg Confession, based on Romans 3
and 4 and other Bible passages, and the Council of Trent, are NOT compatible)
Lutherans
and Catholics explore deep ecumenical potential of Augsburg Confession | The
Lutheran World Federation (the Augsburg Confession is good on justification
– but who really believes it? The Roman
Catholics (who still stand up for purgatory and indulgences, etc. and the
Council of Trent)? The mainline
Lutherans who in general fail to point this out? Other Lutherans and Protestants who fail to point
this out too?)
Mollie
Hemingway | Keynote Speaker | AAE Speakers Bureau ($30,000-$50,000 for in
person gig, $20,000-$30,000 for virtual, for Fox News contributor/The
Federalist editor in chief and conservative Missouri Synod Lutheran activist)
2026
EFCA Theology Conference Resources — EFCA Helps
WH
Torches CNN, MS NOW for Not Broadcasting Trump's Angel Family Day Ceremony
'The
Faithful' series centered on biblical women takes on Genesis | Entertainment
Trump’s
‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US
intel - POLITICO
Four
Years into the War, Life Goes on for Ukrainians - Christianity Today
A
Russian Drone Killed My Brother. Is the World Tired of Our Suffering? -
Christianity Today
A
Critical Legal and Moral Review of Ukrainian Atrocities - London Business News
| Londonlovesbusiness.com
Kristi
Noem Repeatedly Claimed ICE Deported a Cannibal. It Was “Completely Made Up.”
Georgia
church that hosted Trump accused of not reporting child molester
DOJ
removed, withheld Epstein files related to accusations about Trump : NPR
Trial
Date Set For SBC Pastor Who Created CSAM, Could Face Death Penalty
Trump
Supporter Learns Hard Way ICE Doesn’t Just Target ‘Worst of the Worst’
This
N.J. Trump voter’s husband was detained by ICE: ‘I thought they’d focus on
criminals.’ - nj.com
February 25
Kash
Patel defends against backlash to party with Olympic team | Politics
Trump
is suing the IRS for $10 billion. Here’s what that actually means. - CREW |
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Kim
Jong Un reelected, teen daughter to serve as ‘missile chief’
How
Rich for Trump to Impugn the Supreme Court as ‘Swayed by Foreign Interests’ |
National Review
How
the culture war hijacked Team USA’s Olympic hockey gold – The Way of
Improvement Leads Home (for information purposes)
Eileen
Gu: Profit Over Principle - by Uriel Epshtein
EXCLUSIVE:
Erika Kirk To Be Trump’s Special Guest At State Of The Union
53
Missing Epstein Pages Raise DOJ Transparency Questions
Trump's
properties remain an epicenter of his conflicts and corruption in second term -
CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Vermont
stops forcing foster parents to adhere to LGBT ideology | Politics
Ben
Sasse is dying. Here's how he sees politics now
Zelenskyy
urges Trump to visit Ukraine in speech marking invasion anniversary | Ukraine |
The Guardian
Trump
would like the government he leads to pay him billions : NPR
At
4 years, ‘pure miracle’ Ukraine still standing against Putin’s war | Baptist
Press
Revival
Begins with Suffering, Not Celebrity - Christianity Today
Standing up
for Sage | WORLD
February 26
Trump
State of the Union fact check: Charlotte train murder | Charlotte Observer
UN
General Assembly backs resolution for lasting peace in Ukraine but US abstains
| The National
Pence
calls for return to traditional conservatism, aid to Ukraine in visit to
Susquehanna University | News | dailyitem.com
'Squad'
member sports 'F--- ICE' pin on House floor during State of the Union | Fox
News (Wherever they are politically, leaders should not be spouting out gratuitous
obscenities. Politicians, journalists, social
media posters across the spectrum are shamefully doing so, some regularly. It is unnecessary (and wrong) and detracts
and does not add to the points argued for.)
Official
Who Approved Payout To Russia Hoaxers Is Leftist Activist
Pastor
David Platt’s Reflections on Praying for the President - Eternal Perspective
Ministries
JD
Vance, Stephen Miller Slam Democrats' Refusal to Stand for Americans
White
House Staffer Exposed For Running Huge MAGA Suck-Up Account (who produces
the unsigned “Johnny MAGA” X feed?)
A
White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account | WIRED
At
SOTU, Trump Overstates and Inflates Presidential Power - Christianity Today
Former
ICE instructor says agency slashed training for new officers - The Washington
Post
Nonsense and
heresy | WORLD
February 27
Tulsi Gabbard
🌺
on X: "The quiet moments are often the most important. Last night just
before Cabinet members walked onto the House floor for the President’s State of
the Union, we joined together in prayer, giving all thanks and praise to God,
and praying for the clarity and strength to listen to Him,
https://t.co/Hx8jTxi7fa" / X (Tulsi Gabbard is a Hindu, as are Vivek
Ramaswamy, Kash Patel and Usha Vance (U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s wife). Many United States political figures (with
little to no criticism) are now openly identifying as Hindu, which is NOT
good. Historically it has been recognized
that Hinduism is idolatrous and not compatible with authentic Christianity,
yet, seemingly, few are saying this, including many who SHOULD be.)
What is
Hinduism and what do Hindus believe? | GotQuestions.org (“…it is readily
seen that Hinduism is in opposition to biblical Christianity on almost every
count of its belief system. Hinduism as a religious system fails because it
fails to recognize Jesus as the uniquely incarnated God-Man and Savior, the one
solely sufficient source of salvation for humanity.”)
If
Hell Exists, It Will Be Filled With Congressional Republicans (commentary
for information purposes - hell exists – and Jesus is the only way out – John 14:6
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to
the Father, except through me.’” This transcends
temporal political ideology – there will be unbelieving and wicked people of
all worldwide stripes in hell, a sobering reality for all of us to take to
heart)
Tracking
retaliatory use of arrests, prosecutions, and investigations by the Trump
administration (for information purposes – all these have been previously
reported, of course)
Beyond
Transactional | Commonweal Magazine
Idolatry
in Primetime - God's Politics with Jim Wallis (for information purposes)
CBS
Sets Out to Debunk Trump, Ends Up Proving Him Right
Sari Arho
Havrén on X: "After Trump called Putin on Feb. 12, 2025, he claimed that
both sides in the ongoing conflict “want peace.” The same day, Russian forces
launched four missile strikes, 110 air strikes, 45 rocket strikes and 17 drone
strikes against Ukrainian targets. In just one of those attacks," / X
‘Lift
Every Voice and Sing’ Should Be for All Americans - Christianity Today
Blame
the Last Guy - by Garry Kasparov - The Next Move
A
Palestinian American talks to Tucker Carlson about how US evangelicals
misunderstand Israel
A
So. Baptist leader converts to Catholicism: My response (“…as a sola fide, sola
Scriptura Southern Baptist, I could never, even on pain of
imprisonment or death, do what Dr. Johnson has done.”)
The
American Revolution was cooked up in taverns | ShareAmerica
February 28
We
‘Obliterated’ Iran’s Nuclear Program. So Why Are We Going To War? (As have
others, The Federalist raises questions about President Trump on this question.)
Tucker
Carlson Nukes Fox News and Mark Levin With Bannon (“What they’re doing is
what they always do, which is just turning up the propaganda hose to full blast
and just trying to, you know, knock elderly Fox viewers off their feet and make
them submit to where you want them to.” – Tucker Carlson, who was a star at Fox
News for several years)
Robert
Jeffress accepts NRB honor with call to faithfulness | Church & Ministries
Stacie-Marie
Laughton enters guilty plea in federal child abuse case | Fox News
(seemingly little coverage of this elsewhere)
ICE
Is Devastating Some Latino Churches - Christianity Today
The Present Crisis
- by Erick-Woods Erickson (We should not have a New Age witch as United
States Surgeon General. Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. is not a good guy, either, in my opinion.)
Attorney
general announces indictment against 30 more people who protested at a
Minnesota church | Baptist Press
A
Discourse on Lawrence University Turning Point USA (this was also printed
in the Lawrence University student newspaper, The Lawrentian)
Paula
White Makes Disturbing Pitch For $100K: ‘I’m not gonna lay hands on people till
you’re obedient’
Ukraine's
elderly struggle through Russian airstrikes : NPR
A
call to persevere in prayer for Ukraine, Evangelical Focus
911
calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention
center
Trump’s
State of the Union message was common sense
Casey
Means Deserves A Surgeon General Warning - Advancing American Freedom
DOJ
acknowledges violating dozens of recent court orders in New Jersey - POLITICO
Trump
Seeks to Extend Domestic Spying Powers He Once Condemned - The American
Conservative
Amid
anti-government protests, Iran’s Christians pray and… | WORLD