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.
Hindu Nationalist Mobs Attack Christians Across West BengalMobs vandalized churches and threatened a widow across India's West Bengal in early July, alarming a small Christian minority.
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Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding Resumes as Ban ExpiresA one-year Medicaid defunding of Planned Parenthood lapsed July 4, restoring roughly $800 million in taxpayer funds to the abortion provider.
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Court Rules Maine Christian Schools Must Follow Gender Policy1st Circuit rules Saint Dominic Academy, Bangor Christian Schools must follow Maine's gender-identity rules to keep public tuition funds.
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Lahore Court Acquits Blind Christian in Blasphemy CaseA Lahore court frees Nadeem Masih, a blind Christian jailed 10 months on a blasphemy charge stemming from a dispute over borrowed money.
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Iran Moves to Confiscate Tehran's Oldest Protestant ChurchIranian authorities order roughly 20 Armenian and Assyrian families to leave Tehran's 150-year-old St. Peter's Church ahead of state seizure.
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Russian Strikes Kill 52 in Kyiv; Church Leaders Condemn AttackRussian missile and drone strikes killed at least 52 people in Kyiv apartment blocks, drawing condemnation from Ukraine's church leaders.
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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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Maybe something brought you here that you cannot quite name — a question, a hunger, a quiet sense that there must be more. Wherever you are, you are welcome, and there is no pressure here. If your heart is stirring, we will walk you through what it means and how to begin. And if you need honest reasons before you can believe anything, we will give you those first.
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