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.
Trump Touts $1,000 Trump Accounts for Children at White HousePresident Trump used an Oval Office event with philanthropists Michael and Susan Dell to promote Trump Accounts, the $1,000 children's investment program.
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Israel Marks Third Anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas MassacreIsraelis stood in silence at 6:29 a.m. Wednesday, three years after Hamas killed 1,200 and took 251 hostage, as ceremonies spanned some 400 sites.
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Supreme Court Hears Ohio Man's Fight to Pray at HomeThe Supreme Court will hear Daniel Grand, a University Heights, Ohio man told he needed a city permit to host a prayer gathering with friends in his home.
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Missouri Voters to Decide Amendment 3 Abortion Repeal Nov. 3Missouri's Amendment 3 on the Nov. 3 ballot would repeal the 2024 abortion-rights amendment, after courts rewrote the ballot summary voters will read.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Washington Runaway Shelter Parent LawAs the new term opens, the Supreme Court will decide whether parents may challenge a Washington law letting shelters skip notifying them about runaway teens.
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Gunmen Kill Eight Christians in Plateau State Village RaidsArmed Fulani attackers killed Christians in Riyom and Bokkos counties on Oct. 3-4, days after a deadly stretch in Barkin Ladi, Plateau State, Nigeria.
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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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