THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS

• Assad speaks: Syria will defend itself against aggression
• Assad: Syria’s allies will retaliate in response to US strike
• Russia’s President Putin warns U.S. over Syria action
• Iran General: ‘Syria Will Leave Israel in Flames’
• Real death toll in Syria could be more than 200,000 human rights group says
• Rebels Attack Christian Village in Syria
• Christians, other minorities in Syria fear ‘ethnic cleansing’

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Destruction of Israel guaranteed, Ayatollah says
• IDF chief warns attack against Israel will carry ‘painful price’
• Netanyahu: We Have an Iron Dome – and an Iron Will
• Barkat: ‘Jerusalem Cannot Be Split’
• Islamic Jihad Issues Call to Abduct IDF Soldiers
• Iran Mounts Advanced Weapons, Radars on New Overhauled Warship

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Endless extermination of Christians: Do we care?
• Coptic Kristallnacht
• Coptic Church cancels Sunday mass for 1st time in 1,600 years
• Coptic Christians chant in Tennessee streets: ‘Obama, don’t you care?’
• UK Church reports over 100 attacks on Christian properties in Egypt
• Islamists Kill Five Christians in Nigeria Because of Their Faith
• Iran upholds American Pastor Saeed Abedini’s 8-year prison sentence
• Judge: Foreigners can sue U.S. pastor over sermons

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

• Egyptian Court Advised to Abolish Muslim Brotherhood
• Egyptian government decides to dissolve Muslim Brotherhood
• Egypt to try ex-President Morsi for inciting murder
• Muslim Brotherhood: No Compromise

CREEPING SHARIAH

• Man set fire to daughter for meeting men online

TERRORIST THREATS

• Jihadist leader to U.S.: ‘Islam is coming’
• Al-Qaida Muslims declare war on Hezbollah Muslims
• Taliban Claims Responsibility for U.S. Base Attack

September 30, 2013

My friends do not believe in the “blessed hope” – the return of Christ to claim His own. I need additional verses that speak specifically of the Rapture. Also, what about the “signs pointing to […]

September 23, 2013

Could there be a “partial” Rapture? The simple answer is no. Some teach that only the perfect will be evacuated during the Rapture, but this is contrary to the teaching of God’s Word. Many base […]

September 16, 2013

What validity, if any, should be given to the Prewrath Rapture theory? In a book titled The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church by Marvin Rosenthal, this earlier reliable proponent of the pretrib position altered his […]

September 9, 2013

We want to continue in our study of why I believe in the pre-tribulational rapture. The Tribulation is called “the time of Jacob’s trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7). “Alas! for that day is great, so that none […]

September 2, 2013

Pre-, mid-, or postribulational view. Which position is correct? The Bible is truth, it provides peace to troubled souls living in a chaotic world. Because it is a two-edged sword, it cuts through the insignificant […]

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• U.S. churches warned of ‘jihadist’ threat
• Military Censors Christian Chaplain, Atheists Call for Punishment
• U.S. city looks to penalize Bible believers
• Egypt: Christian Beheaded as Islamist Violence Escalates
• Syria: Jihadist Rebels Kidnap Priest
• Assyrian Christians told ‘If you want to come back, convert to Islam, or die
• Iranian Christians continue to face arrest, imprisonment
• Pakistan: Christian facing life imprisonment for blasphemy