SkyWatchTV CEO and author Joe Horn says America is in the midst of a “Luciferian assault,” a global effort to corrupt, confuse, and destroy the innocence of children through technology, pornography and spiritual deception.
“The reason that I called it a Luciferian assault,” Horn said in an interview with Charisma Media, “is because this is everything from big money, big tech, big AI, the attempt to normalize this stuff to purposefully indoctrinate them.”
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Horn described a growing system that works to “intercept a child before he’s familiar with his calling,” dismantling the family structure and replacing it with artificial intelligence, addictive entertainment and digital isolation. “Lucifer takes pleasure in the suffering of children because of their innocence,” he said. “It is his ultimate treasure. It is his most coveted win.”
The Foster Care Crisis
Horn highlighted the foster care system as one of the most vulnerable fronts in this war. “There’s 420,000 children in the foster care system right now,” he said. “Ninety percent of these kids are statistically guaranteed to experience at least two to five types of abuse.”
He said that eight to 12 children go missing every day from foster programs across the nation, often without any record or investigation. “No chain of custody. Nobody’s looking for these kids,” Horn warned, calling it a “system beyond a system” that allows abuse and disappearance to go unchecked.
While acknowledging that the foster care system itself is not the enemy, he said it is “exploited by predators” because of underfunding and lack of oversight. “People have made an expertise out of exploiting those blind spots,” Horn said.
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Pornography and the Church’s Silence
Horn also pointed to pornography as one of the chief engines driving this spiritual decay, describing it as “an industry that fuels the demand” for exploitation. “This is why mass murderers and people that have enacted assaults would admit on death row that porn was one of the fastest ways that they progressed in their mental deterioration,” he said.
Even more alarming, Horn noted that the church has become complicit through silence and hidden sin. Citing Barna Research, he said, “Fifty-seven percent of our senior pastors and 64% of our youth pastors admit to at least currently or sometime in their past struggling with pornography.”
He warned, “With every click, with every view, you’re indulging in an industry that is responsible for the demand that is on the rise for paid-for interactions with children.”
The Church’s Calling
Horn said the modern church has replaced compassion and outreach with spectacle. “We’ve made it about fog machines and rock concerts,” he said. “But what is the gospel? If you look at the most fundamental, day-one responsibility of the church, it’s taking care of the orphans and the widows.”
Quoting Scripture, Horn reminded believers that Jesus calls His followers to care for “the least of these.” He added, “Where is the church with this massive crisis? We are entertaining ourselves to death.”
Real Hope and Restoration
Horn’s message is not without hope. His family’s Whispering Ponies Ranch, a ministry underwritten by SkyWatchTV, provides rehabilitation for abused and trafficked children. “You cannot divorce the supernatural,” he said. “True rehabilitation comes only through Jesus Christ.”
He encouraged viewers to take action through prayer, ministry and support for organizations defending the vulnerable. “Father God, I’m ready to give you my yes,” he wrote in Innocence Shattered. “Maybe I can’t build a ranch, but I can start a prayer group at my church. Prayer changes things.”
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Horn’s challenge is simple yet profound: recognize the battle, reject apathy and return to the mission of protecting the innocent. “We battle not against flesh and blood,” he said, “but against powers and principalities. And it’s time the church starts acting like it.”
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
