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.
Fifty Families, Two Thousand Meals: Assam's FloodFloods in Assam have killed 75 and displaced thousands. In Sivasagar, fifty Sikh families serve two thousand meals a day, asking no one's religion.
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The Morning Cometh: Uganda's Forty-Two Silent DaysUganda declared its Ebola outbreak over after forty-two silent days. Four health workers caught it caring for the sick. A reflection on watching.
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The Widow at the Gate: Pakistan's Court Reopens Maria's CasePakistan's highest court will revisit the ruling that upheld a child's forced marriage. A pastoral reflection on Maria Shahbaz, prayer, and hope.
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Ninety-Three Firefighters and the Wall of FlameWildfires have driven a third of a million people from their homes in France and Spain. A reflection on Isaiah 43, courage, and the God who goes with us.
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Drawn Out of Many Waters: A Stranger's Hands at Lake CatherineA stranger's CPR saved a three-year-old pulled from an Arkansas lake ΓÇö a reflection on God's providence, preparation, and the hands He sends.
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Digging Through the Rubble: Kumamoto and the God Who SeeksAfter a deadly earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan, rescuers race to reach the trapped ΓÇö a reflection on the God who seeks and saves the lost.
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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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