A Voice From the Wilderness
A Christian response to today’s news and the issues that matter most.
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” — Matthew 3:3
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The headlines of the day, weighed against the unchanging word.
Christian Groups Sue Virginia State University Over Campus PolicyTwo Christian student ministries sue Virginia State University in Richmond, saying a new policy stripped their status while Muslim groups kept theirs.
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Supreme Court Sets Nov. 3 Hearing on Colorado Church PreschoolsTwo Colorado church preschools shut out of the state's universal pre-K program will argue before the Supreme Court on Nov. 3 as the new term opens.
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Tulsa Pastor Pleads Guilty to Stealing $504K From Historic ChurchFormer Tulsa pastor Keith Mayes Sr. pleads guilty to bank fraud and tax evasion after prosecutors say he took $504,000 from a church that survived 1921.
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Three States Ask Supreme Court to Block Abortion Pill Shield LawsLouisiana, Arkansas and Alabama ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stop California, Massachusetts and New York from shielding doctors who mail abortion pills.
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Nigeria Records a Christian Killed Every 86 Minutes in 2026A U.S. watchdog counts 4,216 Christians killed in Nigeria between Jan. 1 and Sept. 8, 2026, most of them in the Middle Belt farming country.
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China Detains Beijing Jiaquan Church Pastors Before Trump-Xi SummitChinese authorities detain several pastors and workers of Beijing's Jiaquan Church, a 1,000-member house church, days before a Trump-Xi summit.
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Every article here is a Christian response to today’s news — the headlines, the controversies, the questions ordinary people are asking. This is not a noisy place. It is a quiet place that says hard things plainly. Lone Trumpet exists to encourage the faithful, to challenge the comfortable, and to invite the seeker — without apology and without compromise on matters of faith, but with the patience and the kindness that the gospel itself requires.
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