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

NEWS FROM IRAN

• Iran’s president-elect calls Israel ‘wound’ on Muslim world
• Iran’s President Warned: Fighting Israel a Top Priority
• Supreme Leader Appoints Ahmadinejad as Expediency Council Member
• Rouhani Calls for Broadening of Ties with China
• Iran May Try New Path to Nukes
• Report: Iran may develop nukes that could reach the US by 2015

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

• Abbas: Palestine will be Judenrein [Free of Jews]
• PM: US Pressure the Only Thing Holding Iran Back from Bomb
• Hamas Testing Missiles That Can Reach Jerusalem
• Canada: ‘Al Quds Day’ Speaker Calls for Israelis to be Killed

TERRORIST THREAT

• Report: Al-Qaida developed liquid that turns clothes into explosives
• Photos of ‘smiling martyrs’ hit Internet
• Al-Qaida threat in Middle East ‘most serious in years’, says U.S. lawmaker

KNOWLEDGE INCREASED

• Pioneering adult stem cell trial approved by Japan