LIONEL MESSI THANKS GOD AFTER WORLD CUP HAT TRICK

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The greatest soccer player of all time, Lionel Messi, scored all three of Argentina’s goals against Algeria in its World Cup opener. But it’s what he said after the game that has caught believers’ attention. And Messi isn’t the only athlete praising God on the world’s biggest stage. In the video Stephen Briggs mentions other players that have give glory to God.

An estimated five billion are likely to be watching this year’s Federation International (FIFA) World Cup. At least 69,000 witnessed the unapologetic Argentinian’s faith-filled performance, which led to Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Algeria. More would have tuned in to hear one of the top goal scorers in the world give all the credit to God.

As highlighted by the Christian Broadcasting Network, Messi, who is worshipped as a god by many of his fans, said, “I can’t ask for more than what I received. As I’ve said many times, thank God that he has given me so much and everything that comes now is a blessing.” “I don’t look at [being] first, second, third; I think it’s an incredible compliment.”

CBN were responding to a video of Messi posted online by faith-based Instagram channel Ballers in God. Considered The Goat (exceptional at what he does), Messi is renowned for pushing the limelight back onto his team. He also avoids bathing in the glory. Instead, he chooses to express gratitude for the grace of God. Providing scale and significance as far as Messi’s impact goes, even the previous Pope was a fan. Albeit with sound theological caveats, Pope Francis joked about the size of Latin America’s admiration for the man, quipping, “he’s great to watch, but he is not God.’

AUSTRALIA’S LEGAL STSTEM NOW OPERATES ON A WORLDVIEW HOSTILE TO CHRISTIANITY

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Recall Andrew Thorburn. He lost his job not because he did anything wrong, but because a new worldview has quietly captured Australia’s public square. The Australian Christian Freedom Index shows just how far that capture has gone.

Last month, the Canberra Declaration led the launch of the Australian Christian Freedom Index, a landmark report documenting the perilous state of Christian freedom in our country.

Among the many stories told in its pages was that of Andrew Thorburn, the one-time CEO of Essendon Football Club whose tenure there lasted a grand total of two days.

The Andrew Thorburn affair is one Australians cannot afford to forget, not least because it illustrates the subtle but powerful effect of worldview on our legal system.

Thorburn had done nothing wrong. There were no complaints about his conduct from staff members, players or fans. He was irresistibly pressured to resign because journalists discovered that he was also on the board of an Anglican church that — shock horror — actually believed what the Bible says about homosexuality and abortion.

Thorburn’s church didn’t even have a reputation for being particularly fiery or outspoken. Journalists had decided to dig through old website archives and had found a few sermons from a decade earlier. Thorburn hadn’t preached those sermons and probably didn’t even know about them. But the media had a story to sell and they didn’t let up until their target was out of a job.

Everyone Has a Worldview

It wasn’t just the media. At a press conference, then-Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was asked about the views of Thorburn’s church. He said:

Those views are absolutely appalling. I don’t support those views; that kind of intolerance, that kind of hatred. Bigotry is just wrong. All of you know my views on these things. Those sort of attitudes are simply wrong, and to dress that up as anything other than bigotry is just obviously false.

These words from the Premier were reported widely and hung heavy over the Thorburn affair. There’s little doubt Daniel Andrews contributed to Thorburn’s decision to quit.

But notice what Daniel Andrews didn’t say. He didn’t engage with anything the church actually believed — he simply used a bunch of mean words to caricature them.

He didn’t mention that millions of Victorians — the very people he was elected to represent — still believe what Thorburn’s church believes. He didn’t acknowledge that he was calling a significant portion of his own constituents “bigots”.

He didn’t even consider that someone reasonable might see it differently.

More importantly, Daniel Andrews didn’t seem to be aware that he was himself making a moral judgment, nor explain where his standards came from informing that judgment.

In fact — and here’s the key point — Daniel Andrews didn’t seem to realise he had a worldview at all. The Premier was the proverbial fish that was so accustomed to the water that he didn’t realise he was wet.

The Public Square Is Not Neutral

The reality is that every evaluation or choice that we make manifests a worldview. The church Daniel Andrews criticised had a worldview, but so did Daniel Andrews! The problem is that he was so invested in his own view of the world that he didn’t realise he had one. To him, this wasn’t about competing worldviews or competing visions of the good — it was simply a matter of basic decency.

In Daniel Andrews’ mind, his values weren’t values — they were just common sense, and what everyone should obviously believe. And in his mind, Thorburn’s values weren’t values either — they were hatred and bias and bigotry.

The Andrew Thorburn affair illustrated something profoundly important that remains relevant all these years later: There’s no such thing as neutral beliefs or a neutral public square. Everyone has values. Everyone operates from a particular moral framework.

The moral framework Daniel Andrews was operating from — let’s call it the post-Christian creed — it has its own account of what it means to be human, its own beliefs about where authority comes from, its own unforgivable sins, and its own saints and heretics.

In fact, the post-Christian creed is the governing consensus of our entire culture. Universities, the media, the entertainment industry — all of it runs on the assumption that the post-Christian creed is true, neutral and self-evident. And it assumes that the worldview it replaced — namely, Christianity and Christian ethics — is sectarian, biased and ideological.

The Bias in Australia’s Legal System

Neither are Australia’s laws neutral. Our courts and tribunals are not neutral. Our judges and juries aren’t either. Every statute encodes a certain set of values and beliefs.

Moreover, every person operating within the legal system has a certain set of values and beliefs — beliefs like what personhood means, how marriage is defined, what makes a family and whether speech that hurts people’s feelings should be illegal. Beliefs like where and how someone is allowed to practise their faith, where tolerance should start and end, whether a person’s conscience is sacred or if it can be overridden by the state.

These aren’t merely legal questions — they’re philosophical ones. In fact, they’re theological ones, and they always have been.

The people tasked with writing, interpreting and enforcing Australia’s statues are not doing so from a neutral standpoint. They’re taking their own worldviews and beliefs and applying them in the legal arena.

The myth of legal neutrality might be the most powerful myth in modern public life. It’s also very useful — because it allows one worldview to write the rules, enforce them, and punish those who dissent, all the while insisting they’re acting from a position of pure reason and impartiality and self-evident truth.

If you want to see the myth of legal neutrality exposed — and the bias of Australia’s current legal system up in neon lights, I encourage you to go and read the Australian Christian Freedom Index.

And please make sure you share it — especially with the Christian leaders and pastors you know.

Article by Kurt Mahlburg in Daily Declaration 16th June 2026

Fortunately, God has told us in advance that this hostility to a Christian worldview would precede Jesus coming again to restore righteousness. The spiritual warfare that has been raging since Adam and Eve rebelled against God is intensifying as Satan knows His time as king of this rebellious world is coming to an end.

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” Matthew 24:9-13

THE WAR ON COMMON SENSE

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The War on Common Sense Reaches the Maternity Ward: SA Upper House Passes Birth Certificate Amendment

The South Australian Parliament is set to debate a private members bill that — if passed — will allow a biological man who identifies as a woman to record himself as the “mother” on the child’s birth certificate.

Like me, you’ve had a gutful of ideology overriding common sense in this country. Especially when it comes to sex. Or gender. Or whatever word we’re allowed to use this week for the fairly straightforward question of what a male is and what a female is. But if you’re exhausted by it, don’t expect relief from the political class just yet.

The South Australian Parliament is set to debate a private members bill that — if passed — will allow trans-identifying parents to alter the parental designation on a child’s birth certificate. In plain English: a biological man who identifies as a woman would be able to record himself as the “mother” of his child on that child’s birth certificate. And a biological woman who identifies as a man could be recorded as the “father”.

The Bill, introduced by Greens MLC Rob Simms, has already passed South Australia’s Legislative Council… with support from Labor. It received virtually no media attention.

Naturally, it was all done in the name of inclusivity… And perhaps it was. The trouble with making inclusivity your highest governing principle is that, eventually, language stops describing anything at all. Simple example… If you say that circles and triangles can be recognised as squares, the term square ceases to have any meaning. In the same way, if the South Australian Parliament decides to let any old man — identifying as a woman — be recorded as “mother”, the term mother ceases to have any meaning. Which is fine… except  birth certificate isn’t a choose your own adventure book.

As the Australian Christian Lobby’s South Australian director Ashlyn Vice pointed out to me this week… “A birth certificate is a legal record that documents the biological realities surrounding a child’s birth and parentage.” Indeed. A birth certificate is supposed to document the child’s birth, not the parent’s state of mind at the time of birth. Every child has a mother and a father. I can’t believe the South Australian Parliament need this explained to them. And the purpose of a birth certificate is to accurately record who provided sperm and who provided egg.

A Child’s Birth Certificate… Is about the Child

You know what’s crazy? If Anthony Albanese is watching me right now, he’ll accuse me of waging a culture war for having said what I’ve just said. I get that a father who identifies as a woman wants to be known as mum, rather than dad. But the birth certificate isn’t actually about him. It’s about the child. The birth certificate is also about truth. Objective fact. If we change that, then we change the nature of birth certificates. They cease to be important documents and instead become… commemorate certificates. Issued not to note the birth of a child, but to note the orientation of an adult for whom the newborn serves as a prop.

The South Australian Liberals have said they’ll vote against the legislation. As they ought. Labor won’t vote for it. Will they? Then again, this is a political party whose federal colleagues describe a broken promise as a change of position. So they quite like turning ordinary words into plasticine when it suits.

Thank goodness this madness will end when Jesus returns to restore righteousness. Based on fulfilled Biblical end times prophecies this is not too far distant. Don’t forget if you want to know more about what is next on God’s agenda for planet Earth go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net

VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT GUIDE WARNS PARENTS: PRAYER MAY HARM YOUR CHILD

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The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has published a parenting guide that lists “praying with your child for them to stop being LGBTQA” among actions that “can harm your child” — placing Christian prayer alongside punishment and psychological pressure as practices families should avoid.

The booklet, Talking with your child about sexuality and gender identity, was released in 2025 and produced in collaboration with the Raising Children Network. It is framed as practical guidance to help parents support children who identify as LGBT or who are questioning their sexuality or gender.

This is not a one-off. This is a government that hid gender transitions from parents in schools, spent $11.2 million on LGBTQIA+ programs while hiring near-$200,000 diversity bureaucrats, and is now telling faith-based families that their prayers are harmful. The Allan government has declared war on parents — and it is using our own money to fight it.

The document also functions as a plain-language introduction to Victoria’s Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 (CSP Act) — and warns parents of the legal risk of certain responses to their child.

Under “Things that can harm your child include,” the booklet lists: “praying with your child for them to stop being LGBTQA” and “sending your child to programs or therapies to try to convince them that they can stop being LGBTQA”.

Mike Southon, Executive Director of Freedom for Faith, warned the booklet relies on the same vagueness that has concerned religious communities since the CSP Act passed.

“Like the legislation, the booklet relies on ambiguous definitions of gender and sexuality and incredibly broad concepts of ‘harm’,” he said. It “appears to be an attempt to enforce their extreme ‘conversion therapy’ ban legislation and create fear and uncertainty amongst parents — especially religious ones,” Southon added.

What the Booklet Teaches

The guide advances the notion that gender identity is distinct from biological sex and that parents should affirm their children’s self-identity in all cases.

It defines non-binary, transgender, and gender-diverse identities without qualification, and instructs parents to ask their child “what pronouns and other language they would like you to use”.

On mental health, the booklet attributes distress experienced by LGBT young people primarily to external rejection rather than the condition itself.

“Being LGBTQA is not a mental illness,” it states. “But LGBTQA young people can experience mental health problems like anxiety, depression and self-harming. This is usually because other people have treated them badly.”

The booklet also acknowledges that parents retain the legal right to share their beliefs — then immediately signals legal risk. “As a parent you have the right under the law to share your personal beliefs and values with your child,” it states. “However, there are laws against doing things that could harm your child.”

Southon noted the tension: “It says that parents can teach their beliefs while simultaneously implying that such teaching is illegal.”

Prayer, Parenting and the Legal Landscape

Victoria’s CSP Act, which came into force in 2022, carries criminal penalties of up to ten years’ imprisonment for conduct found to change or suppress a person’s sexuality or gender identity.

The booklet informs parents that in some Australian states “it may be against the law for a parent, or anyone else, to send their child to any kind of program, therapy or counselling designed to stop them from being LGBTQA — even if their child agrees or asks to go.”

A multi-faith submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s 2026 focused review of the Act, signed by Catholic, Anglican, Jewish, Muslim and other leaders representing more than two million Victorians, argued the legislation “extends far beyond addressing these harmful practices”.

The submission documented a chilling effect on pastoral care and family conversations: “There has been a reluctance among religious leaders, parents and other caregivers to engage in this area, for fear of falling foul of the law.”

The submission asked directly whether a parent who adopted a “wait and see” approach to a child’s gender incongruence would be committing a suppression practice under the Act — a question the Act itself does not answer.

Resources and Direction

The booklet directs parents to a list of support services that includes the Royal Children’s Hospital Gender Service, Transcend Australia, QLife, and Rainbow Door.

No resources reflecting a biological-sex framework, a cautious clinical approach, or a faith-based perspective on sexuality are included.

This is madness, biological sex, the fact that God gave females two X chromosomes (XX), and males one X and one Y chromosome (XY), which determines their biological sex and determines their various genetic traits which cannot be altered is of no consequence. No wonder we can see the prophesied Biblical end times prophecies playing out in our day. Jesus needs to return not only to rescue Israel but to restore righteousness. I can also understand why Jesus and the glorified Saints need to rule with a “rod of iron” during Jesus Millennial reign. The curse is not lifted so people will still rebel even though Satan and his minions are not present. Is your church preparing you for what is next on God’s agenda for planet earth? I don’t think so so go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net.

WHEN IS AUSTRALIA GOING TO APPROVE SMR’S FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AS WELL AS SUBMARINES?

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Rolls-Royce SMR has won a “multi-billion pound” contract to build three small modular nuclear reactors for Sweden, marking a major step in the British engineering group’s ambition to become a leading supplier of SMR technology in Europe.

Following a rigorous selection process that started in 2022, UK engineering giant Rolls-Royce’s nuclear division, Rolls-Royce SMR, won the contract to build nuclear reactors for Sweden. As part of the deal, the group, selected by Videberg Kraft as its partner, will deliver three Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to Sweden’s west coast, at the Värö Peninsula. The partnership with utility Vattenfall and developer Kärnfull Next is seen as one of the most advanced opportunities for deployment outside of the UK.

The current announcement follows another deal in April this year, when Rolls-Royce SMR signed a contract with the Czech CEZ Group to advance work on the Czech Republic’s first Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The firm also sealed a deal with Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) for the design and delivery of the first small modular reactors (SMRs) in the UK.

In Germany Chancellor Merz announced that “nuclear power plants are to be built,” and “all the necessary documents have been exchanged” to begin construction on new nuclear power plants, which will likely be put on the old sites. In Merz’s speech, he said the heart of the issue is that Germany’s power industry is too heavily reliant on imports from other countries.

Germany’s western neighbor, France, has dominated Europe’s nuclear power industry since the mid-1980s. Its 57 operating reactors fulfill 70% of the country’s energy needs, and France sells $3.5 billion, of nuclear energy annually to other countries. Currently, France is building six new reactors and considering another eight.

Meanwhile, as of early 2026, China has 59 operating nuclear reactors with 37 more under construction, the World Nuclear Association reported. The country’s operable nuclear capacity shot up in the 2010s, and new growth has since levelled off slightly.

The U.S. currently has 94 operating nuclear reactors — the most of any country. But without expansion, China will take its title.

The European Commission considers small modular reactors (SMRs) to be a promising low-carbon technology that could help support the bloc’s clean energy and energy security goals. In order to remove regulatory barriers, the EU’s SMR strategy was adopted in March 2026 to accelerate the development and deployment of the technology across Europe.

SMRs are smaller than conventional nuclear power plants, typically generating between 20 and 300 megawatts of electricity. At the upper end of that range, a reactor could produce around 7.2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per day — enough to power hundreds of thousands of homes.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that more than 1,000 small modular reactors could be deployed worldwide by 2050 under a supportive policy scenario, requiring cumulative investment of around $670bn (€577bn).

On Thursday June 18th 2026 Switzerland’s lower house voted to lift its nuclear-plant ban. It is about time Australia also lifted its ban.. It’s crazy, we will be exporting more and more uranium to power SMR’s in other countries but not using this excellent power source here.

I am confident that both SMR’s and Nuclear Fusion will be used as power sources in Jesus coming Millennial Kingdom so we should get on board now.

NEVER GIVE UP HOPE: GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS AND HE IS STILL IN CONTROL BUT IN THIS CASE VICTORY WAS SHORT LIVED

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For decades, pro-life Australians have fought courageously for the unborn. They have organised rallies, written submissions, contacted MPs, supported good candidates, prayed, donated, and stood firm in the face of setback after setback. Meanwhile, abortion laws became increasingly radical. In recent years especially, abortion-to-birth legislation has swept across much of Australia. We’ve been told many times the debate is now over, the laws were settled, and no parliament will ever revisit the issue.

Then came last night. In an incredible result, the pro-life cause achieved its greatest parliamentary breakthrough in Australian history. Family First MLC Sarah Game‘s bill, which sought to restore protections for unborn children from 25 weeks’ gestation, passed the South Australian Legislative Council (Upper House).

Only five years ago, South Australia passed one of the most radical abortion laws in the country. Those laws were presented as settled. Done and dusted. Yet last night, a slim majority of parliamentarians said otherwise. In a narrow 10 votes to 9 result, the bill passed.

Major credit also to pro-life advocate Dr Joanna Howe, whose tireless advocacy has helped bring this issue back onto the national agenda.

The two parliamentary games changers that led to this moment, in my opinion, were:

Firstly, rank-and-file Christian and conservative members of the SA Liberal Party preselecting candidates such that a majority of its upper house members consistently vote pro-life.

Secondly, the election in March this year of 3 One Nation MLCs, who all supported the bill. The arrival of these new members narrowly tipped the balance.

I suspect many supporters of life are so accustomed to disappointment that they may not fully appreciate the significance of what has occurred.

Great causes rarely achieve success overnight.

When William Wilberforce began his long campaign against the slave trade, he did not begin with victory. He endured defeat after defeat, year after year. But those setbacks were not the whole story. Each vote demonstrated that what had once seemed politically impossible was becoming politically possible. Each breakthrough laid the foundation for future success. Eventually, the tide turned.

Likewise, last night demonstrated that abortion-to-birth laws are not beyond challenge. It demonstrated that politicians are willing to revisit questions many considered untouchable – and only five years after abortion-to-birth became law. By the standards of major social reform movements, that is remarkably quick!

Pulling a Swifty on Parliamentary Process

Unfortunately, the bill was later defeated in the House of Assembly, 35 votes to 9. That outcome was disappointing, but hardly unexpected in a house utterly dominated by the incumbent SA Labor Government. But it’s the circumstances of the debate there that should anger people.

Having passed one house of parliament, many people would reasonably have expected an opportunity to then contact their local lower house MP – especially on an issue of such importance. Instead, Labor rushed the bill into debate almost immediately – the same night – and it was over in less than two hours. The importance of numbers, yet again.

Fortunately, we know Jesus is returning soon to restore righteousness, keep your focus on that truth as we also know that the spiritual battle will only intensify with tribulation, even great tribulation prophesied for Christians.

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:9-14

WHY JESUS COMES A SECOND TIME

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“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” Hebrews 9:27-28

This verse clearly explains the purposes of Jesus two comings to planet Earth, first to deal with the sin problem and the second to save all of those eagerly waiting for Him. But there is also unfulfilled business with the nation God established for His purposes, Israel.

There are about three hundred Biblical prophecies of Jesus first coming but there are about two thousand prophecies of Jesus second coming and Jesus and the glorified Saints ruling and reigning over the nations during Jesus Millennial Kingdom. This makes it clear that God wants us to know and be prepared for Jesus second coming. In Jesus Olivet Discourse he gives us a great deal of information about the tribulation, even great tribulation that Christians will experience as Satan does His utmost to thwart God’s plans.

“As he (Jesus) sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Matthew 24:3

“And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.
“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:4-14

When God established Israel as His nation He did it through one man, Abraham and the covenant He made with Abraham and confirmed with His sons Isaac and Jacob has not been fulfilled as yet. Moreover, beginning with Moses, all the OT prophets were shown the end of Israel’s story: Israel will be the lead nation of the world with their Messiah ruling and reigning over all the nations.

Moses told the nation before they went into the promised land that God would drive them out and scatter them for disobedience:

“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed. And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.” Deuteronomy 4:26-27

But God also revealed to them that He would regather them in the last days back to their land which He did in 1948. This was the first of the major prophesied Biblical end times signs.

“But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.” Deuteronomy 4:29-31

Jesus Millennial Kingdom is next on God’s agenda for planet Earth. Go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net for the information you will need to prepare you to rule and reign with Jesus.

MANY AMERICANS REDISCOVERING THE FAITH OF THEIR FOUNDING FATHERS

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It seems that as America celebrates its 250th birthday, many Americans are rediscovering the faith of the Founding Fathers.

For decades, Americans have been told that the Founders were largely atheists, agnostics, or secularists determined to remove religion from public life. The claim appears in classrooms, media commentary, and popular culture. It has become so commonplace that many simply accept it as fact. The historical record says otherwise and it is being talked about.

The Founders were not theological clones. They did not all share identical beliefs about Christ, salvation, the Trinity, or Scripture. Some would fit comfortably within orthodox Christianity today. Others would not. But what they shared was something equally profound. A soul-deep conviction that without God, the American experiment would fail.

Patrick Henry openly professed faith in Jesus Christ and declared that the Bible was worth more than all other books ever printed. Not some books. All books. Ever printed.

Samuel Adams spoke frequently of Christianity and believed public virtue rested upon biblical principles. He understood that a nation’s character begins not in its laws but in its homes, its churches, and its hearts.

John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States, was unapologetically Christian. He encouraged Americans to prefer Christian leaders and viewed the Christian faith not as one option among many but as the very foundation of a free and just society.

Roger Sherman, the only Founder to sign all four major founding documents, left behind a detailed statement of orthodox Christian belief affirming Christ’s divinity, atoning death, and resurrection. He signed his name to the birth of a nation and to his faith in Jesus Christ with equal conviction.

Yet other Founders held different views.

Thomas Jefferson admired Jesus deeply but rejected His divinity, miracles, and resurrection. Jefferson famously produced his own version of the Gospels, removing supernatural elements while preserving Christ’s moral teachings. He got the Teacher but missed the Savior.

John Adams believed strongly in God and Providence but rejected the doctrine of the Trinity.

Benjamin Franklin praised Jesus as one of the greatest moral teachers in history, though he expressed uncertainty regarding Christ’s divine nature.

George Washington remains perhaps the most debated figure of all. His writings are filled with references to Providence, prayer, and divine guidance. Yet he rarely spoke explicitly about Jesus Christ, leading historians to reach differing conclusions about the depth and nature of his personal theology. What emerges from the historical record is not a generation of atheists. What emerges is a generation on its knees. A generation that understood its dependence upon God, His providence, His blessing, and His guidance. A generation that understood something we have nearly forgotten. They believed rights came from God. They believed human beings were morally accountable. They believed liberty required virtue. They believed religion played an indispensable role in preserving self-government. And most importantly, they understood that freedom without God was not freedom at all — it was chaos waiting to happen.

Modern Americans often assume the Constitution alone protects liberty. The Founders understood something deeper. A constitution is merely words on paper unless the people themselves possess the character to sustain it. That conviction was rooted in a biblical understanding of human nature. The Founders knew government could restrain evil. They knew laws could punish wrongdoing. But they also knew neither government nor law could transform the human heart. Only God could do that.

And nowhere is this truth more beautifully, more powerfully, more unforgettably demonstrated than in one extraordinary moment in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. The Constitutional Convention was failing. The men who had risked everything to birth a nation were watching that nation begin to fracture before their eyes. Weeks had passed. Tempers had flared. Progress had stalled. The greatest minds of a generation sat in that sweltering room unable to find their way forward. Then an old man rose to speak. Benjamin Franklin was 81 years old. His body was failing him. He would live only three more years. He was not an orthodox Christian. He had wrestled with theology his entire life. But in that moment, in that room, when the American experiment hung in the balance, Benjamin Franklin did not call for another committee. He did not propose another compromise. He did not appeal to reason or philosophy or the great thinkers of the Enlightenment. He called the room to prayer. He reminded those brilliant, exhausted, fractious men that during the darkest days of the Revolutionary War they had prayed for divine protection and guidance. And that God had answered. “And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend?” he asked. Then he quoted Scripture: “Except the Lord build the House, they labour in vain that build it.”

Read that again. Benjamin Franklin. The man whom skeptics most love to claim as their own. Standing before the greatest assembly of minds in American history. Quoting the Psalms. Calling a nation back to God. If that does not move you, read it again until it does.

GOAT AND RAM BATTLE OF DANIEL 8

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Is the current US/Israel and Iran war part of Biblical end times prophecies?

Joel Richardson looks particularly at the Goat (Turkey) and Ram (Iran) of Daniel 8. He like me and many other Biblical end times scholars thought that the battle between Turkey and Iran spoken of in Daniel 8 is a future end times event.

Now that Iran has been humbled and diminished by the USA and Israel, the battle described in Daniel 8 must have been fulfilled in ancient times.

Turkey has already emerged as the dominant Muslim nation in the Middle East without the Daniel 8, Goat and Ram battle. Hence, the next Biblical end times battle is the one led by Turkey against Israel. It is the one we need to be watching for.

HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THE ONE WORLD RELIGION?

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The Sagrada Familia church, designed by the renowned architect Antoni Gaudi, has been completed after 144 years of construction, culminating in a memorable ceremony led by Pope Leo XIV. The basilica is now the tallest church in the world, featuring 18 towers that symbolize key figures in Christianity, and is celebrated for its stunning architectural design that transforms sunlight into a vibrant display of colours.

An estimated 120,000 people lined the streets around the Sagrada Familia for the event on Wednesday, local time, with streets closed to traffic and a heavy police presence to accommodate the royal couple and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

The crowds remained after the pope’s mass to watch as the pope inaugurated the basilica’s final Tower of Jesus Christ, which has made it the world’s tallest church. Speaking in Catalan and Spanish, he blessed the tower and its illuminated ceramic cross from outside the basilica, surrounded by bishops craning their mitre-capped heads to look up.

An angelic boy’s choir sang beautifully as a spectacular light show lit up the basilica’s stained glass windows from the inside and fireworks shot off its façade. You need to watch this as it is GLORIOUS.

The service marked the highlight of Pope Leo’s week-long visit to Spain, the first by a pope in 15 years to the once staunchly Catholic European country that, like many others, has experienced secularising trends. Spain legalized same-sex marriage on July 1, 2005, becoming the third country in the world to do so. Law 13/2005 amended the Spanish Civil Code so that marriage carries identical requirements and legal effects regardless of whether the spouses are the same or different sex. That includes full adoption rights, inheritance protections, tax filing options, and survivor pensions.

This video by Dr Steve Turley shows a resurgence in religion around the world but it is happening at the same time as the rejection of God, His Word and His values. Biblical end times prophecies show we are in the end times and can soon expect the appearance of the Antichrist but also the False Prophet and a one world religion. It is easy to see how the world will be taken in by this false religion.