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REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE…. DON’T LOOK BACK!
As a Christian, When we “look back” and linger too long, longing to return to what we have left, we become worthless and ineffective in the present, and we place our future in grave danger. It spiritually cripples us, it paralyzes us in continuing God’s Work in our lives, and can even derail our relationships with God and others. (Summary of Internet source on “Don’t look back”)
Charisma News – Aug. 15, 2026 -- In Islam, there is no separation between mosque and state. The goal is to use the state to make everyone submit to Islam. If you want to see what this looks like, just check out almost any country in the Middle East that has a Muslim majority. They don’t believe in freedom of speech or freedom of religion. Do you want to know how many churches there are in Saudi Arabia? The answer is zero, because churches are banned in Saudi Arabia. Now this same ideology is spreading in America, and that should deeply alarm all of us. Today, Islam is the fastest growing religion in America.
It used to be witchcraft, but now Islam has taken the top spot.
There are now more than 2,700 mosques in the United States.
In 1970, there were about 100.
But it isn’t just mosques that are going up everywhere.
Enormous Islamic “mini-cities” are being constructed in states such as California and Texas.
And rapidly growing Islamic populations are taking over entire sections of the states of Minnesota and Michigan.
What we have been witnessing all over Europe is now happening here. The following are 8 examples that demonstrate that the Islamization of America is steadily progressing…
#1 Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has a really good chance of winning in November, and he has publicly stated that he has a sacred “obligation” to obey Islamic law in every area of his life until he dies…
Muslim Democrat Michigan Senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed has previously declared his sacred “obligation” to follow Islamic law in every aspect of his life until he dies and stands before Allah. He has claimed he does not want to subvert the Constitution and mandate Islamic law but that is part of his religion. Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is having his words, vows, and religion come back to haunt him. According to The Washington Free Beacon, years ago he declared his sacred “obligation” to follow Islamic law in every aspect of his life until he dies and stands before Allah. This comes from remarks he made to the New York Times back in 2009, when he was younger and buying his first home. #2 In the supposedly “deep red” state of Mississippi, a hijab-wearing Muslim woman has been sworn in as a municipal judge… Assma Ali has made history. The daughter of Yemeni immigrants to the United States, Ali is now municipal judge for the City of Benoit, a small town in southwest Bolivar County in the Mississippi Delta. Ali was sworn in as municipal judge on Aug. 5. She has spent nearly a decade serving as an attorney in Mississippi after graduating with her law degree from Mississippi Christian University (formerly Mississippi College) in 2017 and interned in both Rankin and Madison counties while attending law school. #3 I know that this is hard to believe, but a bill in the state of Massachusetts would “identify and recommend qualified American Muslims for appointive positions at all levels of government”. Needless to say, this is very unconstitutional… #4 What in the world has happened to the state of Texas? At DFW Airport, they are going to be putting in Islamic foot-washing stations… The Dallas Airport is now installing dedicated Islamic “Wudu” foot washing stations inside Bathrooms……Continue reading at 8 Examples That Demonstrate That The Islamization Of America Is Steadily Progressing - Charisma Magazine Online
THE ANCIENT GODS ARE RETURNING TO AMERICA
Charisma News – Aug. 15, 2026 -- Jonathan Cahn says America is not simply experiencing a political crisis, a cultural shift or a period of moral confusion. He believes the nation is witnessing the return of ancient spiritual forces once driven out by the spread of the gospel.
In a wide-ranging conversation with author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, Cahn unpacked the central premise of his bestselling book, “The Return of the Gods,” arguing that the pagan deities worshiped throughout the ancient world were not merely products of mythology.
“There is a reality behind it,” Cahn said. “There is a demonic reality.”
D’Souza noted that modern academia often presents Greek and Roman gods as harmless myths or personifications of nature. Yet ancient civilizations did not treat these beings as fictional characters. They worshiped them, sacrificed to sthem and, in many cases, gave themselves over to violent, sexual and frenzied rituals.
“It makes much more sense to understand these gods as spirits with genuine power,” D’Souza said.
Cahn pointed to biblical passages describing pagan gods as spiritual entities and connected them to the demonic powers referenced in the New Testament.
According to Cahn, Christianity’s spread throughout the Western world acted as a massive spiritual restraint, displacing paganism and transforming civilization.But that restraint, he warned, has been weakening.
“If a nation or civilization or culture that has known God … should empty itself of God, the house will not stay empty,” Cahn said. “What was cast out of it will come back into it, except it will come back worse.”
Cahn linked this warning to Jesus’ teaching about an unclean spirit returning to an empty house with seven other spirits more wicked than itself. While the passage applies to individuals, Cahn believes it also reveals what can happen to entire generations and cultures.
America, he said, began systematically removing God from public life decades ago—taking prayer from schools, biblical values from government and Christian morality from entertainment and the public square.
“We thought, ‘It’ll just be secular,’” Cahn said. “But what the warning of Jesus is—it will not stay secular or neutral.”
Cahn identified three ancient principalities he believes have resurfaced in modern forms: Baal, Molech and Ishtar.
Baal, he said, represents apostasy, materialism, sensuality and the worship of created things. Molech represents death and the destruction of innocent life, which Cahn connected to abortion and society’s diminishing regard for the sanctity of life. Ishtar, he argued, represents sexual immorality, pornography, gender confusion and rebellion against biblical marriage.
D’Souza observed that the modern sexual revolution has become more than a rejection of Christian ethics; it has become a weapon used against Christianity itself.
“The storm of sexuality itself becomes a weapon against God,” D’Souza said.
Yet Cahn’s message was not one of hopelessness. The same gospel that once drove pagan darkness from the ancient world still carries power today.“If the dark gets darker, we’ve got to get brighter,” Cahn said. “We have to go stronger in love. Spread the gospel. Be like the apostles.”
“If the dark gets darker, we’ve got to get brighter,” Cahn said. “We have to go stronger in love. Spread the gospel. Be like the apostles.”
America’s future, Cahn concluded, will not ultimately be secured by politics alone. “The only way you can make America great again is that America returns to the God who made America great in the first place,” he said.
5 TYPES OF UFO ENCOUNTERS: FORMER GREEN BERET WARNS CHRISTIANS ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT
Charisma News – Aug. 15m 2026 -- UFOs are no longer relegated to grainy photographs, conspiracy conventions and science fiction. The phenomenon has entered mainstream culture, government hearings and some of the largest podcasts in the world.
But former Green Beret Paul Bock says Christians are missing the bigger story. Bock, author of the new book “The Disclosure Agenda: A Green Beret’s Warning to the Church About UFOs, Aliens, and Their Emerging Religion,” recently joined Dinesh D’Souza to explain the five kinds of UFO encounters — and why the final category crosses directly into dangerous spiritual territory. 1. Close Encounters of the First Kind: Seeing Something The first kind is the encounter most people associate with UFOs: witnessing an unidentified object or phenomenon in the sky. “First kind consists of visual sightings of an unidentified flying object,” Bock said. There is no contact and no physical evidence required. Someone simply witnesses something they cannot identify. It is observation from a distance — the beginning of the progression. 2. Close Encounters of the Second Kind: Physical Evidence The second kind moves beyond simply seeing something. The phenomenon allegedly leaves evidence behind. Bock described these encounters as involving “some physical traces present like impressions on the ground or scorched vegetation.” Now the experience is no longer confined to what someone says they saw. Something has interacted with the physical environment, leaving a mark. 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Seeing the Entities This is where the phenomenon takes a darker and more personal turn. The third kind involves witnessing what Bock described as “the occupants or pilots” of an extraterrestrial craft. The encounter is no longer merely about mysterious technology flying overhead. Human beings are seeing the intelligence operating behind it.4. Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Taken Aboard The fourth kind goes even further. “A human being is brought on board an ET craft,” Bock explained. These are the encounters commonly associated with alien abduction accounts. The intelligence is no longer simply observed. Direct interaction has taken place between the human being, the phenomenon and the entities associated with it. 5. Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Inviting Contact This is where Bock’s warning to the church becomes impossible to ignore. The fifth kind reverses the entire relationship. Instead of the phenomenon approaching humanity, human beings deliberately attempt to contact it.
Bock described it as “proactive human-initiated communication with extraterrestrial beings.” He points specifically to prominent UFO researcher Steven Greer and his CE-5 protocol, which teaches people methods intended to initiate contact with nonhuman intelligence. Bock sees something very different beneath the futuristic language. “As you study this method and other methods within the space, they’re all very occultic,” he said. According to Bock, these techniques mirror spiritual practices that Scripture explicitly forbids. The packaging has changed. Instead of séances, spirits and ancient gods, modern seekers hear about consciousness, extraterrestrials and nonhuman intelligence. But Bock’s warning is chillingly simple: “You poke your head into a world that is very real that we are forbidden from doing,” he said. “Things will answer you back.” That is the heart of “The Disclosure Agenda.” Bock is not asking the church to laugh at UFOs or obsess over flying saucers. He is warning us to recognize the spiritual worldview being constructed around them. Because the most important question may not be what is flying through our skies. It may be what humanity is being encouraged to invite in.
SPOTTING FALSE TEACHERS2 Peter 2:1-3
People have an expectation that those who talk about God must also be serving Him and His people’s best interests. I wish that were always true. But sadly, the many warnings about deceivers entering the church are as relevant today as when the New Testament writers penned them.
In case you think I’m overstating the problem, let me point you to the words of Jesus: “See to it that no one misleads you” (Matt. 24:4). He warned that many would falsely claim God had sent them. Christ was not talking only about the early church. His caution was also directed at the generations to come—particularly those living during the present earth’s last days.
The apostle Peter gives a helpful test with which to evaluate teachers and preachers of God’s Word:
· A deceiver attempts to manipulate and exploit his hearers. He uses half-truths, exciting promises, and flowery language to draw in followers. We’re to be on guard especially against the erroneous doctrine that denies the truth of the entire Bible. · Many false teachers will have morality problems. · Most will also be greedy and materialistic. If we observe these habits in the life of a leader, we must reject his or her teaching.
How can you see past a false teacher’s camouflage, cunning, and/or charisma? Filling your mind with Scripture will enable you to compare someone’s words and actions with God’s truth. Follow the psalmist’s advice and treasure God’s Word in your heart so you won’t sin against Him (Psalm 119:11).
In Touch Ministry
Muslim Democrat Michigan Senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed has previously declared his sacred “obligation” to follow Islamic law in every aspect of his life until he dies and stands before Allah. He has claimed he does not want to subvert the Constitution and mandate Islamic law but that is part of his religion. Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is having his words, vows, and religion come back to haunt him. According to The Washington Free Beacon, years ago he declared his sacred “obligation” to follow Islamic law in every aspect of his life until he dies and stands before Allah. This comes from remarks he made to the New York Times back in 2009, when he was younger and buying his first home. #2 In the supposedly “deep red” state of Mississippi, a hijab-wearing Muslim woman has been sworn in as a municipal judge… Assma Ali has made history. The daughter of Yemeni immigrants to the United States, Ali is now municipal judge for the City of Benoit, a small town in southwest Bolivar County in the Mississippi Delta. Ali was sworn in as municipal judge on Aug. 5. She has spent nearly a decade serving as an attorney in Mississippi after graduating with her law degree from Mississippi Christian University (formerly Mississippi College) in 2017 and interned in both Rankin and Madison counties while attending law school. #3 I know that this is hard to believe, but a bill in the state of Massachusetts would “identify and recommend qualified American Muslims for appointive positions at all levels of government”. Needless to say, this is very unconstitutional… #4 What in the world has happened to the state of Texas? At DFW Airport, they are going to be putting in Islamic foot-washing stations… The Dallas Airport is now installing dedicated Islamic “Wudu” foot washing stations inside Bathrooms……Continue reading at 8 Examples That Demonstrate That The Islamization Of America Is Steadily Progressing - Charisma Magazine Online
THE ANCIENT GODS ARE RETURNING TO AMERICA
Charisma News – Aug. 15, 2026 -- Jonathan Cahn says America is not simply experiencing a political crisis, a cultural shift or a period of moral confusion. He believes the nation is witnessing the return of ancient spiritual forces once driven out by the spread of the gospel.
In a wide-ranging conversation with author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, Cahn unpacked the central premise of his bestselling book, “The Return of the Gods,” arguing that the pagan deities worshiped throughout the ancient world were not merely products of mythology.
“There is a reality behind it,” Cahn said. “There is a demonic reality.”
D’Souza noted that modern academia often presents Greek and Roman gods as harmless myths or personifications of nature. Yet ancient civilizations did not treat these beings as fictional characters. They worshiped them, sacrificed to sthem and, in many cases, gave themselves over to violent, sexual and frenzied rituals.
“It makes much more sense to understand these gods as spirits with genuine power,” D’Souza said.
Cahn pointed to biblical passages describing pagan gods as spiritual entities and connected them to the demonic powers referenced in the New Testament.
According to Cahn, Christianity’s spread throughout the Western world acted as a massive spiritual restraint, displacing paganism and transforming civilization.But that restraint, he warned, has been weakening.
“If a nation or civilization or culture that has known God … should empty itself of God, the house will not stay empty,” Cahn said. “What was cast out of it will come back into it, except it will come back worse.”
Cahn linked this warning to Jesus’ teaching about an unclean spirit returning to an empty house with seven other spirits more wicked than itself. While the passage applies to individuals, Cahn believes it also reveals what can happen to entire generations and cultures.
America, he said, began systematically removing God from public life decades ago—taking prayer from schools, biblical values from government and Christian morality from entertainment and the public square.
“We thought, ‘It’ll just be secular,’” Cahn said. “But what the warning of Jesus is—it will not stay secular or neutral.”
Cahn identified three ancient principalities he believes have resurfaced in modern forms: Baal, Molech and Ishtar.
Baal, he said, represents apostasy, materialism, sensuality and the worship of created things. Molech represents death and the destruction of innocent life, which Cahn connected to abortion and society’s diminishing regard for the sanctity of life. Ishtar, he argued, represents sexual immorality, pornography, gender confusion and rebellion against biblical marriage.
D’Souza observed that the modern sexual revolution has become more than a rejection of Christian ethics; it has become a weapon used against Christianity itself.
“The storm of sexuality itself becomes a weapon against God,” D’Souza said.
Yet Cahn’s message was not one of hopelessness. The same gospel that once drove pagan darkness from the ancient world still carries power today.“If the dark gets darker, we’ve got to get brighter,” Cahn said. “We have to go stronger in love. Spread the gospel. Be like the apostles.”
“If the dark gets darker, we’ve got to get brighter,” Cahn said. “We have to go stronger in love. Spread the gospel. Be like the apostles.”
America’s future, Cahn concluded, will not ultimately be secured by politics alone. “The only way you can make America great again is that America returns to the God who made America great in the first place,” he said.
5 TYPES OF UFO ENCOUNTERS: FORMER GREEN BERET WARNS CHRISTIANS ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT
Charisma News – Aug. 15m 2026 -- UFOs are no longer relegated to grainy photographs, conspiracy conventions and science fiction. The phenomenon has entered mainstream culture, government hearings and some of the largest podcasts in the world.
But former Green Beret Paul Bock says Christians are missing the bigger story. Bock, author of the new book “The Disclosure Agenda: A Green Beret’s Warning to the Church About UFOs, Aliens, and Their Emerging Religion,” recently joined Dinesh D’Souza to explain the five kinds of UFO encounters — and why the final category crosses directly into dangerous spiritual territory. 1. Close Encounters of the First Kind: Seeing Something The first kind is the encounter most people associate with UFOs: witnessing an unidentified object or phenomenon in the sky. “First kind consists of visual sightings of an unidentified flying object,” Bock said. There is no contact and no physical evidence required. Someone simply witnesses something they cannot identify. It is observation from a distance — the beginning of the progression. 2. Close Encounters of the Second Kind: Physical Evidence The second kind moves beyond simply seeing something. The phenomenon allegedly leaves evidence behind. Bock described these encounters as involving “some physical traces present like impressions on the ground or scorched vegetation.” Now the experience is no longer confined to what someone says they saw. Something has interacted with the physical environment, leaving a mark. 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Seeing the Entities This is where the phenomenon takes a darker and more personal turn. The third kind involves witnessing what Bock described as “the occupants or pilots” of an extraterrestrial craft. The encounter is no longer merely about mysterious technology flying overhead. Human beings are seeing the intelligence operating behind it.4. Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Taken Aboard The fourth kind goes even further. “A human being is brought on board an ET craft,” Bock explained. These are the encounters commonly associated with alien abduction accounts. The intelligence is no longer simply observed. Direct interaction has taken place between the human being, the phenomenon and the entities associated with it. 5. Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Inviting Contact This is where Bock’s warning to the church becomes impossible to ignore. The fifth kind reverses the entire relationship. Instead of the phenomenon approaching humanity, human beings deliberately attempt to contact it.
Bock described it as “proactive human-initiated communication with extraterrestrial beings.” He points specifically to prominent UFO researcher Steven Greer and his CE-5 protocol, which teaches people methods intended to initiate contact with nonhuman intelligence. Bock sees something very different beneath the futuristic language. “As you study this method and other methods within the space, they’re all very occultic,” he said. According to Bock, these techniques mirror spiritual practices that Scripture explicitly forbids. The packaging has changed. Instead of séances, spirits and ancient gods, modern seekers hear about consciousness, extraterrestrials and nonhuman intelligence. But Bock’s warning is chillingly simple: “You poke your head into a world that is very real that we are forbidden from doing,” he said. “Things will answer you back.” That is the heart of “The Disclosure Agenda.” Bock is not asking the church to laugh at UFOs or obsess over flying saucers. He is warning us to recognize the spiritual worldview being constructed around them. Because the most important question may not be what is flying through our skies. It may be what humanity is being encouraged to invite in.
SPOTTING FALSE TEACHERS2 Peter 2:1-3
People have an expectation that those who talk about God must also be serving Him and His people’s best interests. I wish that were always true. But sadly, the many warnings about deceivers entering the church are as relevant today as when the New Testament writers penned them.
In case you think I’m overstating the problem, let me point you to the words of Jesus: “See to it that no one misleads you” (Matt. 24:4). He warned that many would falsely claim God had sent them. Christ was not talking only about the early church. His caution was also directed at the generations to come—particularly those living during the present earth’s last days.
The apostle Peter gives a helpful test with which to evaluate teachers and preachers of God’s Word:
· A deceiver attempts to manipulate and exploit his hearers. He uses half-truths, exciting promises, and flowery language to draw in followers. We’re to be on guard especially against the erroneous doctrine that denies the truth of the entire Bible. · Many false teachers will have morality problems. · Most will also be greedy and materialistic. If we observe these habits in the life of a leader, we must reject his or her teaching.
How can you see past a false teacher’s camouflage, cunning, and/or charisma? Filling your mind with Scripture will enable you to compare someone’s words and actions with God’s truth. Follow the psalmist’s advice and treasure God’s Word in your heart so you won’t sin against Him (Psalm 119:11).
In Touch Ministry
In Luke 9:62 Jesus stated, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God”.