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If You’re Waiting for The Rapture, You’re Missing the Point
By Majority Report Christians who treat the Rapture like an escape hatch are ignoring the real, bloody persecution their brothers and sisters face today. There’s a strange sort of cowardice growing in American pews: Pray to be swept away, then watch the world burn. The Rapture will fix everything, they say. So why fight now? […]
All Hallows’ Eve
By The Catholic Thing Readers of books, and specifically fantastic books by Charles Williams and other Inklings, are summoned. I do not like them as much as I should, for I have never been a fan of fantasy literature, and I note that among the Inklings, only J.R.R. Tolkien is a reliable Catholic. But C.S. […]
Deliberate Omissions from Our History
By Jerry Newcombe, D. Min. An article in the Federalist caught my attention recently. It highlights some things in Alaska that are not required to be taught. Such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Christianity. In the Federalist, David Randall points out that political correctness not only infects the social studies standards in Alaska, but in […]
How Should Christians Think about Artificial Intelligence?
By Family Research Council As investors rush to cash in on the current boom in artificial intelligence (AI) and as AI creeps more and more into the everyday lives of Americans, Christians are left to wonder how to approach the burgeoning technology and guard against its dangers. A panel discussion at Family Research Council’s 2025 Pray Vote […]
Turns Out God Isn’t Dead — He’s Trending
By Majority Report The Bible is selling out, Christian music is breaking charts, and millions are rediscovering what truly matters. They told us faith was fading in America. That the old stories, the old institutions, the old Book — it was done. That people no longer needed the scriptures, the songs, the Sunday-morning rituals. But […]
Thirty-One Ways to be a Good Man
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) America needs men, real men, who can be good husbands, fathers and grandfathers. Women need good men who will be their life long partners. As my love, my life, my wife and I are approaching our 60th wedding anniversity, I can only hope and pray that […]
Kamala Harris Family Secret Service Agent Reportedly Moonlighted As Plus Size Model
By The Daily Caller A female agent formerly on the Secret Service detail for Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff moonlighted as a model and never passed her physical fitness test, sources told RealClearPolitics. Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle emphasized Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) during her tenure before she was forced to resign in […]
Navigating a Hostile World: 5 Ways Christians Can Stand Firm with Grace and Truth
By Family Research Council How should Christians respond to a world increasingly hostile toward Christians and the values they proclaim? This pressing question was explored during a panel discussion at Family Research Council’s 2025 Pray Vote Stand Summit over the weekend, where thousands of believers gathered for two days of worship, learning, and equipping to stand resolute […]
When Evil Stops Hiding: The Book That Should Shake Up the Church
By Majority Report There are books that inform, books that disturb, and then there are books that expose. When Evil Stops Hiding does all three — and does so with the precision of an investigator and the conviction of a preacher. In this harrowing yet deeply spiritual exposé, author Martin Mawyer, founder and president of Christian Action Network, […]
The Fight for One Law Under God Moves to the House
By Majority Report What Sen. Tuberville warned about, Rep. Chip Roy is now putting into law — before it’s too late. “America is facing an existential threat — the spread of Sharia Law.” — Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) That’s not a quote from Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s fiery One Law Under God speech earlier this month. It’s from Rep. […]
VIDEO: Arizona Today with Rabbi Jack Zimmerman
By Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. My guest is Rabbi Jack Zimmerman. You may recognize he has been a regular guest a while back but schedules and other influences have not allowed us to be together until now. We were enjoying segments about every four-five weeks, and the emails from viewers demonstrated many were also enjoying […]
Yes, Christopher Columbus
By The Catholic Thing Today is Columbus Day, or (among the alternatively oriented) Native Peoples’ Day, both displaced in any case, as even major Catholic feasts now are, to a different date, so that people will have long weekends, or not be inconvenienced, or something. In any event, it’s a day now redefined in terms […]
One Law Under God: Why Sen. Tommy Tuberville Is Right to Ban Sharia in America
By Majority Report Europe Ignored the Warning. Tuberville Says America Won’t Get a Second Chance. When a U.S. senator stands up and says there’s only one law in America — the Constitution — the political class panics. And that’s exactly what happened this week when Sen. Tommy Tuberville took the Senate floor and called for […]
Clint Eastwood Shares His Story About Accepting Jesus Christ
By Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. There comes a moment in each person’s life when they have to sincerely, deeply, emotionally nakedly review their life. In this regard, whether the person is wealthy, a well-known public figure, highly connected and even influential or seemingly forgotten and cast aside we are all going to die; we are […]
Vatican Blood Libels Israel On the Eve of October 7th
By The Geller Report On the eve of the memorial of the largest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, the Vatican stands with the jihad. Just like Hitler’s pope. The new Pope is following in the bloody footsteps of Pope Pius XII who was complicit with the Nazi regime. The Vatican’s latest attack against the […]
Washington, Lincoln, and Now Trump: The Presidents Who Dared to Call America to Prayer
By Family Research Council It’s easy to think that the American colonists were united during the Revolutionary War. Nothing could be further from the truth. Many colonists hated British control but vehemently opposed the idea of war. Among those was a Quaker named Isaac Potts. He was an outspoken critic of the Continental Army and […]
The Token Jews: How Far-Left Jewish Voices Misrepresent American Jewry
By Jamie Glazov Leveraging Jewish identity to gain progressive credibility. Ezra Klein’s recent New York Times op-ed analyzed the “divide in Jewish community’s views on Israel.” There’s one major problem with this piece. Klein, like many prominent Jewish voices on the left, leverages his Jewish identity to gain progressive credibility while fundamentally misrepresenting the Jewish-American […]
Historic Showdown as Israel Opens Pilgrimage Road in the City of David to Stop a Palestinian State
By Beverly Newman, Ed. D. 5 things to know about The Pilgrimage Road: One of the most expensive and complex excavations currently taking place in Israel The Pilgrimage Road in the City of David is considered one of the most expensive and complex excavations currently taking place in Israel, due to all of the construction required […]
Zohran Mamdani Pledges to Arrest Netanyahu, and So Much More
By Jihad Watch The Democratic Socialist — really, the Communist and Islamic supremacist — Zohran Mamdani, has reissued his threat that, if he is elected mayor of New York, and Benjamin Netanyahu should appear in the city, he would not hesitate to arrest him. More on Mamdani’s threat, and other unpleasant promises that he has […]
Another Church Schooting, How Can We Protect Ourselves?
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV An ex-Marine smashed a pickup into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan, opened fire and set the building ablaze during a crowded Sunday service and then was fatally shot by police. At least four people were killed and eight wounded, and authorities were […]
Enough Excuses: Violence Isn’t a Disorder, It’s Evil
By Majority Report Why We Must Stop Treating Criminals Like Victims and Start Naming Evil for What It Is. When a man stormed into a Mormon Church in Michigan and unleashed chaos, the headlines followed a script we’ve all grown numb to. The attack wasn’t framed around the evil done to innocent worshippers. It wasn’t […]
Stoking Antisemitism
By Linda Goudsmit The controversy over Tucker Carlson’s antisemitic remarks at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service on September 21, 2025, demands answers to two foundational and separate questions: Who gains from the assassination of Charlie Kirk? Is Tucker Carlson advocating antisemitism? To answer these questions, we must first examine the Judeo-Christian tradition itself. Our Founding Fathers were Christian […]
I Was Shot with Charlie Kirk
By The Catholic Thing It’s from a kind of compulsion that this week I write on Charlie Kirk. I keep seeing in my mind again and again the images. It is a brilliant day, the kind of day we live for in the summer. It’s glorious to be alive. He is smiling and relaxed, wearing […]
On Dignity and Dependence
By The Catholic Thing he philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, who died this past spring, is best remembered for his book After Virtue (1981). But his book Dependent, Rational Animals (1999) is a work of equal value. In it, he argued that dependence on others is hardwired into the human experience. We’re not interchangeable creatures. We have different strengths and weaknesses, […]
Thousands Gather at Jerusalem’s Western Wall for Prayers Before Rosh Hashana
By NEWSRAEL Telling the Israeli Story Thousands flock to the Western Wall in Jerusalem to recite prayers of repentance before the Jewish New Year. What Are Selichot Prayers? Purpose and Content: Selichot (singular: Selicha, meaning “forgiveness”) are poetic prayers expressing remorse for sins and seeking divine mercy. They date back to the Middle Ages, drawing […]
Trump Officials Preach Gospel, Praise God at Charlie Kirk Memorial Service
By Family Research Council Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was honored Sunday in a memorial service attended by President Donald Trump and members of his administration, where Kirk’s Christian faith took center stage. “It’s like an old-time revival, isn’t it?” the president asked, after listening to Charlie’s family, TPUSA colleagues, and friends in the administration preach […]
Decades of Modeling Murder Celebrations to American Youths — Now on our Streets!
By Beverly Newman, Ed. D. As Jewish and Christian Americans mourn the on-camera bloody murder of the young religious leader, Charlie Kirk, in front of his own wife and their little children, millions are asking, “How can some Americans be celebrating this death?” Simple answer: Americans have been witnessing via videos of death jubilations for […]
Pope Leo XIV Breaks Silence on Charlie Kirk’s Murder — A Dire Warning for Christianity
By Editorial Board – DrRichSwier.com In this urgent and historic address, Pope Leo XIV breaks his silence on the shocking murder of Charlie Kirk, delivering a dire warning for the future of Christianity. This powerful message highlights the rising persecution of Christians, the growing crisis of faith, and the urgent call for unity in a […]
Aquinas on Anger in a Time of Political Violence
By The Catholic Thing Surrounded by a culture of mounting political violence, we all must feel at least a modicum of anger. We wouldn’t be human if we didn’t. Utah Governor Spencer Cox is to be commended for admitting it on Friday: “Over the last 48 hours, I have been as angry as I have […]
Part 7: The Final Round — Gilbert Baker vs. The Church
By Majority Report This is Part 7 of a 7-part series introducing Stolen Rainbow: The Great Unmasking — a powerful new film exposing how the LGBT movement hijacked God’s covenant symbol and turned it into a political weapon. See Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The film premieres September 25 at the Republican Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C. How the man behind the rainbow flag declared […]