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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Lawmakers Urge HHS to Monitor Hospice-Assisted SuicideSens. Lankford and Kaine, Reps. Murphy and Correa ask HHS Secretary Kennedy to track hospice-based assisted suicide for abuse.
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Derbyshire Chaplain Cleared After Seven-Year Gender Sermon FightRev. Bernard Randall, sacked as a Derbyshire school chaplain over a 2019 sermon on gender ideology, wins vindication after seven years.
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Fulani Militia Kills 22 in Nigeria; Widow Flees in LaborFulani militia gunmen killed 22 people in Nigeria's Plateau State on June 22, including a young husband; his widow fled in labor and bore a daughter.
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Nicaragua Detains 80-Year-Old Bishop Over Persecution PrayerNicaraguan police twice detained 80-year-old Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata after he prayed publicly for persecuted Christians in Estelí.
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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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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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