Chris Reed is speaking out following Rick Joyner’s message to MorningStar Ministries regarding Chris’ resignation from the ministry.

After Chris Reed’s departure from Morningstar, Joyner expressed frustration with Reed’s absence from the ministry.

“I did not feel that there was a shepherd’s heart revealed,” Joyner said. “A shepherd lays down their life for the sheep and certainly has regard for them. I didn’t quite feel like there was regard for me, for our board, any of this stuff that we had entrusted a lot to him. And I don’t think to just quit like that is what we ever need to do with anyone, with no notice.”

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Since this statement, Reed has now posted a video called, “‘You Need to Know What’s Really Happening.'” In the nearly 40-minute-long video, Reed re-asserted that he left MorningStar because of the lawsuits that have come out about the minors from MorningStar who were sexually abused by a former volunteer at MorningStar. He also discussed Rick Joyner’s comments about his departure from the ministry.

“I’m still kind of in shock. I’m heartbroken. It’s unbelievable,” Reed says. “I’ve been quiet since I resigned as the CEO and president of MorningStar 13 days ago.”

Reed thanked those who have been kind to him and his family during this time. He says this time has been incredibly difficult.

“…when somebody can dehumanize you to the point to where, like right now, we’re receiving threats on our family, threats on me,” Reed says.

“I’ve actually had people texting our house, texting my wife, telling–more than one– ‘Bring you and your kids over to such and such address, and we’ll save you, we’ll protect you, we’ll keep you from harm.’ And then a few minutes later, walk out my front door and those people be parked in front of my house on the curb, watching me walk out my front door. And then when I walk over to their car, they put it in drive and take off,” Reed says.

He also says Joyner’s reference to Bill Clinton in his update to MorningStar was out of line.

“…he’s compared me to Bill Clinton. And I can assure you one thing: nothing that I did comes close to a Bill-Clinton, Monica Lewinsky scenario,” he continues. “Nothing like that happened. Nothing even close to something like that happened.”

Reed re-iterated the heartbreak he feels for the victims of the lawsuits that have come out against MorningStar.

“My consideration was for the families of the victims,” says Reed. “There have been three or four lawsuits that have come out in the last week, week and a half, or something like that, that are saying that sexual assault, rape, molestation, those kinds of things that go back 15 years. And of course I am not named on those lawsuits, which is one of the reasons why I felt like I could not defend the ministry when so much from the past is being relitigated.

“…if I answer one way, it looks like I’m on the side of the victims and against the ministry, which of course, I am on the side of the victims. If I say another thing, it looks like I am against the victims. You know, it was just a no-win situation” he continues.

Reed says that as painful as it was for him to walk away, he believed this was something he must do. He believes there is a “mirage” happening right now.

“You need to know the truth,” Reed says. “I’m not talking about what I apologized for. I’m talking about what’s being said from the top leadership of MorningStar Ministries, and that is a mirage, a smoke screen, and I’m going to prove it to you.”

Reed pointed out the reason why he cannot use “.com” in his URL for his ministry, which is why he chose . Showing a screenshot from February of this year, Reed showed that the URL with the “.com” ending would take people to a site about Dave Yarnes. However, it now has been updated that if someone goes to the domain with the “.com,” viewers are taken to the article page from The Roys Report article which discussed Reed’s resignation and relationship from a few years ago with a woman previously associated with MorningStar.

“Whoever controls that domain page, they didn’t want me to be able to buy it either,” claims Reed. “When I tried to purchase it they had it for sale for $800,000.”

Reed says he believes he was used as a scapegoat to get the public to focus on him instead of the lawsuits surrounding MorningStar.

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“Here’s what you need to know that has come out of his circle,” says Reed. “[they are]…using me as a scapegoat to cause the public to look at me and the controversy surrounding me, so that the public doesn’t look at the controversy over here regarding the lawsuits. Smoke screen. I’m the scapegoat.”

Reed shared with viewers the text message communication between himself and Rick Joyner. Reed also asserted that he did not intend to harm the ministry. Further, the comments from Joyner regarding Reed’s departure and its impact on the people who call MorningStar their church home is what he finds most concerning.

“I think the thing that bothers me the most is when Rick Joyner said last week that I abandoned the sheep. No, I abandoned a ministry that it took me a year and a half as the senior leader, as the CEO, to figure out that there was such a toxic, corrupt environment. I’m not talking about the Sunday morning ‘m talking about the management, the structure itself,” says Reed.

“They wanted to bury me. Forgetting that I have a wife and that I have six children that are depending on me to provide for them, and they were okay with burying me,” Reed concludes.

During this difficult time, please pray for Chris Reed, his family and all those affected by this situation.

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Former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump will be joining a prayer call hosted by The National Faith Advisory Board.

The prayer call is tonight, Monday, Sept. 9, at 8:00 p.m. EDT. If you would like to join this call for prayer over the nation, you can RSVP your spot here.

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There will be leading Christian voices from across the country joining the call as well, including Paula White, Jentezen Franklin, Lorenzo Sewell, Samuel Rodriguez and IFA President Dave Kubal.

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According to the National Faith Advisory Board, “Now more than ever we need to unite as people of faith across the nation in prayer. We will come together to pray for the debate, our country and for the issues that are near and dear to our hearts.”

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Is there more to our world than we see with our eyes? Another realm? Unseen forces shaping our world at this very moment?

Is there an ancient vision that unlocks what is truly happening to our world right now, and what is yet to transpire?

Are we witnessing the unfolding of a war that began long before any of us came into the world, a war that involves each of us—in which each of us is targeted? And did a 3,000-year-old mystery actually foretell the invasion of Israel by Hamas down to the year—and even the exact date?

A Prophetic Mystery

It was a Friday night. I was speaking at Beth Israel, the congregation I lead in Wayne, New Jersey. God led me to speak of a mystery that went back to Mount Sinai. According to the mystery, there would be an invasion of the nation of Israel—in the year 2023. The invasion would take Israel by surprise. The invasion would take place on the Jewish day of rest, the Sabbath. The invasion would also take place on a Hebrew holy day, on the sacred moedeem of God, as stated in Leviticus 23. The invaders would strike the land in the month of October, specifically on the first Saturday of October of 2023.

The Coming to Pass

It would come to pass across the world the very next day, Oct. 7, 2023, with the invasion of Hamas into Israel, on the Sabbath day, a Hebrew holy day from Leviticus, and on the first Saturday of October, 2023. Behind the event that shocked the world was an ancient mystery that goes back to the sands of Mesopotamia, the tent of Abraham and beyond, even to the dawn of creation. It would lead to my newest book, “The Dragon’s Prophecy: Israel, the Dark Resurrection, and the End of Days.” It contains the mystery that may enable us to know future events and when exactly they will take place.

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The First Book I’ve Ever Written That …

… I didn’t plan on writing. I had intended to write the sequel to “The Return of the Gods.” And I know I am still to write that book. But I was interrupted. I was interrupted by the Lord’s leading that I must write “The Dragon’s Prophecy.” The book is, in many ways, unique. It is the first book I’ve ever written that specifically opens up the mysteries of the “last days,” the “end of days.” It is also unique in that while I was writing it, what I was writing about kept coming true in the world forcing me to continually rewrite and update it! And finally, it is unique in that I’ve never witnessed so much opposition, so much spiritual warfare, over a book I was writing, from the time I began writing it.

As I wrote about the dragon’s flood launched against Israel in the book of Revelation, a literal flood came against the building of my congregation, Beth Israel. And then another, and another. Then thieves broke into our building. Then all communications were cut off; bank accounts hacked into; phone lines dead and much more! But that’s all a good sign. If the enemy doesn’t want a book to come out, or a message or revelation to go forth—it means God all the more does!

The Dragon’s War

The dragon is a symbol of the enemy, the fallen and twisted angelic being that wars against the purposes of God. It appears in the vision of Revelation 12. A woman also appears in the vision. She is a symbol of the nation of Israel, called into being to bring God’s purposes into the world, His Word, His ways, His Messiah and ultimately His kingdom. This is the revelation of the enemy’s war against the children of Israel. And so it’s no accident that the Jewish people are the most warred against, persecuted, vilified and hated people in the history of the world. It’s not natural, it’s supernatural. Antisemitism does not begin with a man but with an angel. That’s why it never dies but rises up in every age, from generation to generation.

The Dark Resurrection

The Bible foretells that in the “last days,” God will gather the Jewish people back to their homeland and resurrect the ancient nation of Israel. That resurrection will bring the war of the dragon against the Jewish people to a new level, and will also bring the entire world against the nation of Israel.

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The enemy is a mimic. He imitates the works of God. So if God were to resurrect His ancient nation back into the modern world—would not the enemy seek to do likewise, to bring about his own resurrection, to resurrect an ancient people, an ancient enemy of Israel to war against the resurrected nation of Israel?

He would, and in fact, he already has. One of the mysteries revealed in “The Dragon’s Prophecy” is that what took place on Oct. 7 is part of the resurrection of an ancient people, ancient enemies of Israel. The resurrection involved exact names, exact places, exact strategies and exact events. Even the exact strip of land involved in the attack was identified in Scripture thousands of years before it happened.

The Role of Adolf Hitler in Recent Events

Another mystery in “The Dragon’s Prophecy” concerns the involvement of Adolf Hitler—in recent events! Though it may be hard to fathom, without Hitler, Oct. 7 would never have taken place. Without Hitler, Hamas would never have been born. You see, Hitler had put his associate Heinrich Himmler in charge of the Holocaust. Himmler was put in charge of the Nazi’s conquered peoples in the autumn of 1939 and thus in position to begin the Holocaust. The date was Oct. 7. Himmler, this murderer of countless Jewish lives, was born on Oct. 7. Though it is hard to fathom, Hitler was also behind an event that hit even closer to home—9/11!

The Mystery of the Jubilee

God gave the Jubilee to Israel as a time of restoration and joy. Every 50th year, on the Jubilee, if you were in bondage, you would be set free. If you had lost your land, you would return to it. It is a mystery that the restoration of Israel, the return of the Jewish people to the land they had lost, took place according to the mystery of the Jubilee.

It all began in 1867 when the issuing of a decree that enabled the land of Israel to be repurchased by the Jewish people. Fifty years, one Jubilee, later, in 1917, the Balfour Declaration that promised the land of Israel as a refuge for the Jewish people was issued. That same year, the four centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule over the land came to an end.

Fifty years later, in 1967, the next Jubilee came, or the next restoration. In June of that year, the Six-Day War broke out. On the third day of that war, for the first time in 2,000 years, Jewish soldiers entered the gates of their holy city, and Jerusalem was at last restored to the Jewish people.

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Taylor Swift Summons Demons in New Footage

Taylor Swift is back at it again when it comes to summoning in the demonic realm.

On X, footage of Swift watching a Chiefs football game has gone viral. However, if you look closely, the necklace she is wearing isn’t just another piece of jewelry.

“Pay close attention to Taylor Swift’s ‘jewelry’! What do you notice?” Matt Wallace posted on X sharing footage of Swift wearing the necklace.

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With the Church Quiet, Unexpected Voices Ring Out

For too long, too many in the American Christian church have remained silent as culture and society drifted away from God.

Content to preach uplifting sermons that ensure their congregants do not feel uncomfortable or convicted, depending on how you look at it, churches have focused on a “seeker-friendly” model to keep seats full and ensure tithes keep pouring in.

So what happens when God’s period of permissive patience runs out and those who were meant to fulfill the Great Commission and spread His Word refuse to do so in an increasingly dark and sinful world?

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Hillsong Founder Brian Houston: Can He Make a Ministry Comeback?

After a string of legal problems, mysterious accusations and the stunning ouster from his own church in Sydney, Australia, Brian Houston, founder of global megachurch Hillsong, along with his wife, Bobbie, is in the process of making a comeback. In July, Houston launched a new online church called .

Is Houston simply misunderstood? Did he make a few errors in judgment while under immense stress over the serious allegations related to his father’s tenure? Can he be trusted in ministry leadership again? Despite the exercise of his faith and best intentions, will Houston’s past define his future in ministry?

“Don’t ever write off a comeback. God is good at those,” Houston posted earlier this year on X, soon after announcing the plan to launch their new online ministry.

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Taylor Swift Is Summoning Demons in New Footage

Taylor Swift is back at it again when it comes to summoning in the demonic realm.

On X, footage of Swift watching a Chiefs football game has gone viral. However, if you look closely, the necklace she is wearing isn’t just another piece of jewelry.

“Pay close attention to Taylor Swift’s ‘jewelry’! What do you notice?” Matt Wallace posted on X sharing footage of Swift wearing the necklace.

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In the Church’s Silence, Others Are Speaking Out

For too long, too many in the American Christian church have remained silent as culture and society drifted away from God.

Content to preach uplifting sermons that ensure their congregants do not feel uncomfortable or convicted, depending on how you look at it, churches have focused on a “seeker-friendly” model to keep seats full and ensure tithes keep pouring in.

So what happens when God’s period of permissive patience runs out and those who were meant to fulfill the Great Commission and spread His Word refuse to do so in an increasingly dark and sinful world?

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Hillsong Founder Brian Houston Attempts Ministry Comeback

After a string of legal problems, mysterious accusations and the shocking ouster from his own church in Sydney, Australia, Brian Houston, founder of global megachurch Hillsong, along with his wife, Bobbie, is in the comeback process. In July, he launched a new online church called .

Is Houston simply misunderstood? Did he make some errors in judgment while under immense stress over the burgeoning allegations related to his father’s tenure? Can he be trusted in ministry leadership again? Despite the exercise of his faith and best intentions, will Houston’s past define his future in ministry?

“Don’t ever write off a comeback. God is good at those,” Houston posted earlier this year on X, soon after announcing his plan to launch the new online ministry.

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During COVID-19, California Governor Gavin Newsom tried to shut down churches and their services, but ultimately, he failed.

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Dr. Ché Ahn senior pastor of Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, California, and founder and president of Harvest International Ministry, led the way. He united with Liberty Counsel ministry in a battle that went to the Supreme Court and reverberated across America as a victory for Christianss.

With the most consequential election in America’s history approaching with lightning speed, we need to understand how critical it is for Christians to pray, stay informed and be engaged. Jesus called us to be salt and hold back decay, and Ahn will inspire and instruct us in this most important brief  video. WATCH!

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During COVID-19, California Governor Gavin Newsom tried to shut down churches and their services, but ultimately, he failed.

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Dr. Ché Ahn senior pastor of Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, California, and founder and president of Harvest International Ministry, led the way. He united with Liberty Counsel ministry in a battle that went to the Supreme Court and reverberated across America as a victory for Christians.

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Let’s discuss the highest level of generosity—extravagant giving. Anybody can be involved in obedience giving, thank God. It’s the only place to start on the journey, but it’s still just the start.

When you begin to graduate through your spiritual journey to reach the highest level, not only are you blessed by Him, but you also get closer to Him. You receive an understanding of the Holy Spirit and the gifts and develop greater gifts. When you give, you experience a supernatural release in your life that empowers you to impact all around you for generations to come—for the sake of the gospel—and it’s unmistakable.

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I must be entirely honest about this level. You will probably only meet a handful of people in your whole life who live as humble, openhanded, extravagant givers. When they say, “Hey, that guy right there will give you the shirt off his back,” they’re talking about an extravagant giver, who will probably give you shirts for 20 other people too.

That’s where I want the church to be. I want to see people go out and live extravagantly generous lives. That’s why I often tell people in the church I pastor, “If you go to a restaurant and you are not a decent tipper, do not tell them you go to Global Vision because we are a generous people, hoping to become more extravagantly generous every year—and ‘take hold of that which is truly life.’”

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Intersection of Sacrifice and Extravagance

Whenever we eat out, my wife, Tai, and I have a practice of asking the Holy Spirit how much to tip the wait staff, and we always let it become an exercise in biblical generosity. While I don’t necessarily consider generous tipping an example of extravagant giving (though it can be), it is at the very least a clear way for tithers to move into the sacrificial level with greater spontaneity in the spirit. The primary reason folks don’t tip well is because they want to keep more of their money for themselves rather than be a blessing to someone else. It really is that simple.

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I am neither a registered Republican nor a Democrat. I have no personal stake in the success of any political party. As a Christian and a minister of the gospel, my goal is to see the values of heaven adopted and lived out by as many people and institutions as possible. Only then can we hope to be a happy nation, for as George Washington declared in his first inaugural address,

“The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the external rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained.” (Hyatt, “Pilgrims and Patriots, 2nd Edition,” 174).

Neither political party completely expresses my values, but one party has turned so far away from the founding principles of this nation and the values I hold that I feel compelled to make the following statement. The following are three reasons my faith will not allow me to vote for a Democrat.

Reason No. 1: Their Disdain for Bible-Believing Christians

When the new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, described himself as a “Bible-believing Christian,” Democrats came unhinged. MSNBC host Jen Psaki called Johnson a “religious fundamentalist” and mocked his faith. The Daily Beast compared Johnson to the “Taliban and the mullahs in Iran.” Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader in the House, ripped into Johnson, calling him an “extreme, right-wing idealogue.” Others referred to him as “dangerous” and a “threat to democracy.”

Not a single Democratic leader, including Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, has distanced themselves from these atrocious remarks by their colleagues. I must therefore assume that this is how they feel about the millions of Bible-believing Christians in America, including me.

We probably should not be surprised, for in 2019 the Democrat National Committee unanimously passed a resolution embracing the “religiously unaffiliated,” a euphemism for those committed to secularism and atheism. The resolution also declared that neither Christianity nor any religion is necessary for morality and patriotism.

The resolution was backed by secularist groups like the Secular Coalition for America and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. These groups erroneously insist that America was founded as a secular nation and regularly threaten lawsuits against the public display of crosses, Ten Commandment displays and all other religious symbols. They also oppose prayer and Bible reading in the public schools, veterans cemeteries and all public venues.

This hostile attitude was expressed by Democrat Congressman Jerry Nadler toward a Republican colleague who read from the Bible during a debate on the House floor. Nadler, D-N.Y., who was serving as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee at the time, sternly rebuked Greg Steube, R-Fla., saying, “Mr. Steube, what any religious tradition describes as God’s will is no concern of this Congress.”

This antagonistic attitude toward the Bible and “Bible-believing Christians” is not only biased, it is un-American. A 10-year study to determine where America’s founders got their ideas for the nation’s founding principles and documents found that they quoted the Bible far more than any other source (Hyatt, “1726: The Year That Defined America, 167-68).

When, therefore, George Washington insisted on taking the first presidential oath of office with his hand on a Bible, it was an expression of his deep respect for the Bible as a guide for national policy and morality. In a December 1982 article in Newsweek titled “How the Bible Made America,” the authors wrote,

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For centuries [the Bible] has exerted an unrivaled influence on American culture, politics and social life. Now historians are discovering that the Bible, perhaps even more than the Constitution, is our founding document: the source of the powerful myth of the United States as a special, sacred nation, a people called by God to establish a model of society, a beacon to the world.

Hyatt, “1726,” 7.

By demeaning Bible-believing Christians, the Democratic party has distanced itself from America’s founding generation and from millions of modern Bible-believing Christians. I cannot vote for such a party.

Reason No. 2: Their Flight From Reason and Common Sense

Our faith will often transcend reason, but it will never violate or do damage to reason. Our Creator is a rational being, and His creation can be understood by rigorous investigations based on reason and common sense. This is the thinking that gave birth to modern science. When, therefore, reason gives way to vibes and feelings, confusion and chaos are bound to ensue, which is exactly what has happened.

We have, for example, heard Democrats struggling to define a woman. They struggle because they have rejected reason and common sense, accepting the irrational idea that gender is a cultural and societal construct rather than a biological reality. Now guided by vibes and emotion, they will allow biological men to participate in women’s sports and are OK with men using women’s restrooms and locker rooms. Because they have rejected reason and common sense, they insist that men can have babies, and that a woman can become a father. Is this not confusion of the worst sort?

The Democratic Party is also for allowing children to choose their gender, in many cases without parental notification. They also defend irreversible sex-change surgeries for children that remove the breasts of young girls and the genitalia of young boys who are confused about their sexuality. They call it “gender-affirming care,” but it is irrational child abuse of the worst sort.

The worldview behind this is postmodernism, an atheistic way of thinking that denies there is any such thing as objective truth and reality. Modernism rejected religious dogma but emphasized reason as the way to discover truth. The postmodernist has also rejected reason, claiming there is no objective truth or reality to be discovered.

For the postmodernist, truth is not something to be discovered; it is something to be created. Postmodernism is, therefore, very “I” or ego-centered. I create my own personal reality and everyone around me must adjust to accommodate my irrational choices. A male athlete decides to identify as a woman and compete in women’s sports, and he expects the women, the school and the world to bend and bow to his irrational choice without question. Is this this not egoism of the worst sort?

This way of thinking is a blatant violation of reason and common sense. It is in conflict with the natural order as created by God. Such thinking, based on vibes and feelings, can only lead to societal confusion, turmoil and chaos. I cannot vote for a party that has chosen to go down such a dark and dangerous path. 

Reason No. 3: Their Contemptuous Attitude Toward Life in the Womb

Just a short distance from where I live, a young woman gave birth to a baby in the bathroom of an Applebee’s restaurant. She then threw the child in the garbage and left. According to a published report, the newborn’s lifeless body was found by employees who were cleaning the bathroom about 30 minutes after the mother left the restaurant.

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How could someone be so callous and inhumane about a newborn life? I do not know her situation, but perhaps she had heard of the Democrats in the New York state legislature breaking into cheers after passing a bill that allowed a mother to abort her baby right up to the time of birth.

Perhaps she had also heard of former Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia promoting his pro-abortion bill and saying that if a baby survives an abortion, the infant will be made comfortable while the mother and her doctor decide if the newborn should live or die.

Not a single Democratic Party leader spoke against these death bills that devalue human life. Their attitude is tragic but understandable, for if you reject both the Bible and reason, then it is easy to see human beings as mere products of time and chance with no real inherent value. That thing in the womb is just a clump of cells and flesh to be discarded at the slightest whim or inconvenience.

On the other hand, those who hold a Christian worldview see the baby in the womb as a life from God—a real person. Erica, who was about to have an abortion, came to this realization in a stunning way. Having second thoughts about her abortion, she begged the nurse to let her see her baby. She wrote,

“As soon as I saw my child on the ultrasound, I knew I couldn’t do it. I saw the heart beating, and he moved his little hands (almost like a wave). I think God intervened and sent me a message that I was about to make the biggest mistake of my life.”

That the hand of our Creator is on our life from the moment of conception is vividly expressed in Psalm 139:13-16 (NIV), which reads, “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. … Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

It is also interesting that Luke, a physician, recorded the response of John the Baptist, who was six months along in his mother’s womb, when he heard the announcement from Mary that she would also be giving birth to a child. He must have kicked, for his mother, Elizabeth, said to Mary, “For indeed as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy” (Luke 1:44).

Science has, indeed, confirmed that after 11 weeks in the womb, the baby has brainwaves and can kick. He or she also squints, swallows and sucks their thumb. They are sensitive to heat, light, noise, and all body systems are working.

After 20 weeks in the womb, babies are capable of experiencing pain, and that capability for pain increases with each passing day. Babies in the womb experience excruciating pain during an abortion. They will seek to avoid the abortionist tools and will emit a silent scream as their tiny bodies are ripped apart.

According to Brookings, 95% per cent of abortions are done for convenience and to end unwanted pregnancies. Such a contempt for life in the womb should not be part of a civilized society and will eventually lead to other forms of legalized murder. I cannot vote for a party that has such a contemptuous view toward life.

In Summary

On Nov. 5, I will vote. I will not be voting according to party or personality. I will be voting according to principles and policies expressed by the candidates and their party platforms. As it now stands, my faith will not allow me to vote for a Democrat.

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Dr. Eddie Hyatt has over 50 years of ministerial experience and is the author of over 20  books. This article is derived from his books “1726: The Year that Defined America” and “Pilgrims and Patriots (Second Edition)” and a book he published in 2016 titled “5 Reasons I Changed My Mind About Donald Trump.” This article expresses his personal views and is not given to represent any organization with which he is associated.

Frank Anthony Pavone is a former Catholic priest and anti-abortion activist who was defrocked by the Vatican in 2022 for placing an aborted fetus on an altar. Pavone said that abortion was the “single-most issue” in the 2004 George W. Bush and John Kerry presidential election. Few have matched his relentless 50-year battle to save unborn babies.

Pavone was asked last week about his reaction to a high-profile pro-life leader’s announcement of withholding her support from Donald J. Trump in the fall election. He said though that position is “politically blind,” the moral position is that “no abortion can be justified.” He has defined the Democrat Party as God-hating and America-hating.

Does it make any sense under such circumstances for America’s prominent pro-life leaders to urge constituents to sit this election out? Leaders who do so, argues Pavone, are absolutely “clueless about how politics works.” The Nov. 5 presidential election is not about Trump and his stance on abortion but between Trump and the most radically pro-abortion presidential ticket in American history.

American Christendom pastors and spiritual leaders should likely be encouraging Christians to double down on their prayer lives regarding the election, along with asking God for mercy for the 65 million babies’ merciless deaths in the American holocaust. Trump, seemingly, is but the bulwark against an increasingly hostile and caustic culture threatening to take the nation down into the abyss of corruption and degeneration.

Pavone says the pro-life movement needs Trump to do just one thing: “Get elected.” Then he asks:

Has President Trump ever said that his appointment of hundreds of pro-life judges between 2017 and 2021 was a political blunder? Has he said reinstating the Mexico City Policy [thereby banning American taxpayer money from funding abortion] was a mistake?

Was depriving Planned Parenthood access to $63M per year from Title X programs by Trump not enough? Has he ever said that it was a mistake to have the Office of Conscience and Religious Rights—that he established under HHS to protect doctors and nurses from being forced to participate in abortion—a mistake? Or to get the United States into the Geneva Consensus, an alliance of pro-life countries? He hasn’t gone back on any of that, and he’ll do that all again.”

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Present-day evangelical and pro-life Catholic leaders advising Christians to stay home on Election Day have the hiss of the adversary’s agenda. I repeat my caution of 2022:

Evangelicals ought to think through what’s coming soon to their surroundings and prospects. Specifically, with the U.S. Supreme Court looking as if it may overturn Roe vs. Wade in the Dobbs vs. Jackson case, tremendous pressure will now be applied to state legislators and courts. The battle over snuffing out the lives of children in utero will move from the judiciary to the legislative branch of government, hence to a place where grassroots, precinct-level organizing determines success or failure.

Christians will have to take their civics game to a whole new level. Somebody’s values are going to reign supreme in the public square. If evangelical and pro-life Catholic Christians stay home from the voting booth, those “who speak perverse things” elect their candidates to public office. They then create and pass legislation involving profane precepts and moral obfuscation, bringing about anarchy as its “natural consequence and fitting punishment” to a spiritually apathetic nation.

Peachy Keenan is the pseudonym of a writer and mother living deep behind enemy lines. She identifies as a husbosexual, which means she is only attracted to people who identify as her husband! She is the author of “Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War” and tweeted to Lila Rose last week:

Lila, there are other pressing issues that this election will determine. Kamala Harris will usher in the end of representative democracy and its replacement by elite communist rule. A President Kamala will continue foreign waters and start new ones, endangering all our lives. She…

— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) August 26, 2024

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Let’s get this clear: Over the last 50 years, a cozy cottage industry has been created for pro-life organizations. Some rake in $10 to 15 million annually, focusing solely on glitzy galas and omnipresent fundraising requests. This shields their ineptitude at grassroots precinct organizing, which is the essential component for sustainable freedom.

Timidity is not the pro-life movement’s problem; it’s know-how—expertise and knowledge.

A.W. Pink noted last century the decline in England’s Christian seminaries and gospel work: “One of the principal Bible training schools in England closed down some years ago, and the fact that one of the leading Institutes in this country is constantly sending out urgent appeals for financial help is conclusive evidence that it is now being run in the energy of the flesh.”

Conservatives and pro-life organizations inside the Beltway might take note.

American Founder Samuel Adams (1722-1803) advises these pusillanimous, lily-livered souls, fearful of the rough and tumble of the public square, to do the following:

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands that feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

Sitting out this election is tantamount to empowering pro-abortion radicals and those who hate God to elect their representatives, who then draft and pass profane legislation, and, by that, codify into law their godless values; hence it amounts to out-and-out foolhardiness.

Nevertheless, Gideons and Rahabs are entering the public square of America.

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David Lane is the founder of the American Renewal Project.