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Famine Still Looming in South Sudan A recent U.N.-backed report projects that 2.3 million children in South Sudan under age 5 suffer from acute malnutrition, and over 700,000 of them are in severe condition. Thanks to the generosity of the TPO Community, World Concern’s first...

Christmas Strikes Nigeria had a not-so-silent night as the U.S. launched strikes against ISIS. On Christmas Day, a U.S. Navy warship launched sixteen missiles at two ISIS camps in northwest Nigeria, killing multiple militants. President Trump said the strikes were motivated by ISIS’s killing...

It’s the fourth day of Christmas! While you’re figuring out where you'll put your four calling birds and recovering from a busy Christmas season, let’s dare to do something countercultural: rejoice! After all, this breathtaking statement is no less true today than it was three days ago...

Give Thanks To God Thank God for His Deliverance and Sustaining Power! “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea. “The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s...

“As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord.” Colossians 2:6 The life of faith is represented as receiving — an act which implies the very opposite of anything like merit. It is simply the acceptance of a gift. As the earth drinks in the rain, as the sea receives the streams, as night accepts...

“And ye shall be witnesses unto me.” Acts 1:8 In order to learn how to discharge your duty as a witness for Christ, look at his example. He is always witnessing: by the well of Samaria, or in the Temple of Jerusalem: by the lake of Gennesaret, or on the mountain's brow. He is witnessing night...

Greenland President Trump hasn’t given up hope of turning Greenland into Red-White-and-Blue-land. On Sunday, #47 introduced Louisiana Governor Landry (R) as newly appointed special envoy to the island—a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark—saying he “understands how essential Greenland is to...

On ICE Uncle Sam’s diversity visa lottery is suspended until further notice. Secretary of Homeland Security Noem announced the pause Thursday, saying the “disastrous” program was used by the man accused of killing two Brown University students and an MIT professor. The program issues...

One horrific act of violence followed another in the headlines this week, including Australia facing the deadliest terrorist attack in its history. Gloom at first felt rather dissonant with the building Christmas cheer, but then I looked again at Immanuel’s story as told by Isaiah: “The...

Healthcare Headlines On Friday, nine more pharmaceutical companies joined the White House’s Most-Favored-Nation program, voluntarily lowering prices on Americans and promising to invest in U.S. manufacturing in exchange for avoiding President Trump’s planned pharmaceutical-specific tariffs...

For Unto Us A Child Is Born... Prophecy Fulfilled in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth ______________ The birthplace of Messiah would be the little village of Bethlehem Prophecy: "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come...

Affordable Care Action Healthcare costs are back in the House. On Tuesday, four House Democrats joined 212 Republicans to pass the “Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.” The GOP-proposed package—which does not extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire on December...

Reiner Family Tragedy Hollywood hitmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found dead on Sunday. The couple was reportedly stabbed to death in their Brentwood home Saturday night, after Reiner got in a heated exchange with his 32-year-old son Nick at Conan...

Persons of Interest Providence and Sydney are still reeling from weekend shootings. The manhunt continues for the gunman who killed two students and injured nine others Saturday at Brown University. Police took a person of interest into custody Sunday morning but later released him; the FBI...

Syria Attack Three Americans were killed in Syria Saturday. The killed—two Iowa Army National Guard soldiers and a civilian interpreter, whose names have not been publicly released—were ambushed near Palmyra during a key leader engagement as part of counter-ISIS operations. Three other Iowa...

Shootings Authorities are investigating mass shootings in Australia and the United States. In Sydney, Australia, at least 16 people were killed, and over 40 were injured in a terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. Two suspected gunmen—one who was killed and another in critical condition—were...

As immigration upheaval collides with the Christmas season, Emmanuel's own migration story is coming into focus for me. The Messiah of Israel was born during His people’s exile, then fled to Egypt for His life under threat of a violent government. When His family was able to return and...

Final Cut The Fed cut rates again, but they’re not singing kumbaya. The Central Bank voted on Wednesday to trim its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point, bringing the federal funds target to 3.50-3.75%—the third-straight cut this year. The decision was unusually divided: the vote...

Bills, Bills, Bills Uncle Sam’s boosting his ballistics budget. The House voted 312-112 Wednesday to pass a massive $901B defense spending bill, which includes a 4% pay raise for troops and $800M in weapons aid to Ukraine. Some items left out: expanded IVF coverage for military families...

Getting Hostile Warner Bros. Discovery’s bidding war is getting a reboot. After giving a scathing review of Netflix's $82.7B deal with the Bros., Paramount Skydance went around Warner Bros.’ board Monday and presented a $108.4B hostile takeover bid to shareholders for the whole entertainment...