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All over the Western world, especially since the horrific October 7 attack, we have seen universities pushing radical Islamist and pro-Hamas hate speech. Radicals have set up tent cities and occupied classrooms as they shout ugly anti-Israel chants.

I speak, of course, of WA Senator Fatima Payman and her newly announced Australia’s Voice party. Will Jews feel welcome in what must be seen as mainly a Muslim Party? What will the new political party’s position be on LGBTI issues and the like?

Rock stars, just like everyone else, have to deal with rejection, pain and suffering, and they need the one true answer to these problems. The overwhelming acceptance we have in Christ is something that compensates for all such rejection.

Take away the history of a people or a culture or a nation, and you effectively take away the people, the culture, and the nation. We are today what has gone before in our past. Being unmoored from our own past makes us quite vulnerable.

A new book by Melania Trump is due to come out in a few days. Among other things, the former First Lady discusses her pro-abortion position. Melania and others like her are standing on the wrong side of history. We can pray that their eyes are opened.

At a recent World Economic Forum meeting, John Kerry made it quite clear that things like freedom of speech and the US First Amendment stand in the way of the global elites implementing their radical changes.

While Vance was the clear victor in this debate, the question arises as to how much of an impact it will have in next month’s election.

These things should sadden us greatly, and they should send us straight to our knees, praying not just for the latest situation, but indeed, praying for ourselves. The month of October is devoted to the issue of sexual integrity.

The pressure to cave into the standards of the surrounding culture is always with us. But we must dare to be Daniels.

The Christian Gospel covers all of life and is able to address all our needs, questions and concerns as human beings. It touches every aspect of life, and there is no part of this world which the Christian Gospel does not speak to.

Christians can have just as much trouble as non-Christians in getting their priorities right. We tend to ignore what is most important for Christ and the Kingdom and instead concentrate on what is of importance for ourselves. But this never ends well.

Whenever there are discussions about how Israel might deal with the reality of being surrounded on all sides by those who seek its complete destruction, much mental and moral confusion arises. The most recent episode involved an incredible cyber-attack that took place in Lebanon.

A major point of a digital ID is not to identify yourself, but to track and trace your every move. As always, it is about control; it is about Big Brother keeping an eye on you and making sure that we all stay in line and remain subservient to the all-powerful State.

As with bits of most government legislation, the Misinformation Bill is worded in such a way as to sound quite innocuous and safe – even helpful and necessary. But that is so often not the case, and the opposite outcome is what we must fear.

One of the most shameful and alarming events of modern history took place from 2020-2022. Under the guise of saving us from the COVID-19 virus, much of the world went through one of the most shocking periods of statist control and violation of basic human rights.

God did sometimes ask His people to do some rather odd things as recorded in the Bible. It is possible He might ask us to do some strange things as well. But generally speaking, we have the whole of Scripture to give us directions and guidelines as to both proper speech and proper action.

All true people of God, from the ancient Jews, to contemporary Christians, have understood the reality that pain and suffering can serve a vitally useful spiritual purpose. Strange as that might sound, the testimony of millions of believers testifies to this truth.

We now have had two assassination attempts on former President Donald J. Trump in two months. Thankfully, both attempts have not succeeded, but how many more such attempts will occur?

The Western church today is now in its own Babylonian captivity. We are now strangers in a strange land. How, then, are we to respond to all this? There are at least seven main responses from the story of Daniel that we should bear in mind as we ponder our situation today.

Our hearts are not as they should be. Our souls are not as they should be. Our spiritual condition is in a real bad way. We are all in need of radical spiritual surgery, or we are all goners. There are many biblical texts that speak to this.