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.
Chinese Police Detain 11 Elderly Christians in ChengduChinese police detained 11 elderly Christians from Early Rain Covenant Church at a Chengdu teahouse Sept. 11, jailing two elders for 10 days.
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Algerian Police Raid Worship Service, Detain 12 ChristiansAlgerian police raided a Christian worship service near Oran on Sept. 4, detaining 12 believers and seizing Bibles under a 2006 anti-worship law.
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West Bengal Christians Report 26 Attacks Since BJP TakeoverAn Indian Christian group logged 26 attacks and 11 unanswered police complaints in West Bengal, including two churches struck in one weekend.
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Pro-Life Group Gives FDA 60 Days on Abortion Pill LawsuitStudents for Life filed notice it will sue the FDA over mifepristone, citing unstudied harm to water systems and endangered wildlife.
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Gunmen Kill Baptist Pastor, Seven Others in Nigeria's Plateau StateA Baptist pastor, his church secretary, and six others were killed by Fulani gunmen in Nigeria's Plateau State over the weekend of Sept. 19-20.
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Senators Urge Trump to Press Xi on Pastor John Cao's ReleaseTen U.S. senators ask Trump to raise detained pastor John Cao, dying of cancer in China, at this week's summit with Xi Jinping.
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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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