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Hallmark of Baptism

12:14 09.04.2026

Hallmark of Baptism

According to St. Peter, baptism is a promise of a good conscience to God [1 Peter 3:21]. In baptism we give a vow to live the rest of our lives in clear conscience, based upon the entire scope of Lord’s commandments. The hallmark of baptism is moral purity. St. Paul …

Russian Intelligence: EU leadership going crazy, seeking to acquire nukes

12:13 09.04.2026

Russian Intelligence: EU leadership going crazy, seeking to acquire nukes

The EU authorities have begun secretly exploring ways to establish their own nuclear weapons production capabilities, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said. TASS has compiled the main points from the statement. EU drive for nuclear weapons "The leaders of the EU and several of its leading member states have revealed …

Europe now treats Christian views as “criminal”!

12:12 09.04.2026

Europe now treats Christian views as “criminal”!

The merciless persecution of Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen has been a catastrophe for free speech, writes Lorcán Price, an Irish barrister and legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom International. In what has become known as the ‘Bible trial’, Christian politician Päivi Räsänen was criminally convicted last week of ‘hate speech’ …

View from USA: Don't be fooled – This war is not only US versus Iran, it's Israel against America

12:10 09.04.2026

View from USA: Don't be fooled – This war is not only US versus Iran, it's Israel against America

While most Americans oppose this war, the overwhelming majority of Israelis support it. At its core, this is an Israeli war – not an 'Israeli-American' one. I would like to make what might initially appear as a counterintuitive suggestion. What the world is witnessing today is not an “Israeli-US” war …

NYT: Trump finds his offramp with Iran, but the causes of war remain unresolved

12:08 09.04.2026

NYT: Trump finds his offramp with Iran, but the causes of war remain unresolved

President Trump’s short-term intimidation may have worked, but the fundamental divides with Iran are as sharp as they were in February, ‘The New York Times’ stresses. At 8:06 a.m. on Tuesday, President Trump delivered an apocalyptic threat to Iran, declaring that unless his demand to open the Strait of Hormuz …

A British warship fled the battlefield after being hit by Iranian weapons

12:07 09.04.2026

A British warship fled the battlefield after being hit by Iranian weapons

The only Royal Navy warship deployed in the conflict with Iran has ported due to maintenance issues, the Daily Mail can reveal. In the latest saga involving HMS Dragon, the Type 45 destroyer that was sent to the warzone weeks after the fighting began is having to pull out. The …

Baptism as a Dividing Wall

11:37 08.04.2026

Baptism as a Dividing Wall

St. Paul says that the Jews who crossed the Red Sea were baptized in it [ICor. 10:2]; this baptism served as a dividing line between them and the land of Egypt. St. Peter adds to this: “In a similar way. even baptism doth also now save us” [1 Peter 3:21]. …

Avoiding the next War – Gulf populations have begun to question the value of hosting U.S. bases

11:34 08.04.2026

Avoiding the next War – Gulf populations have begun to question the value of hosting U.S. bases

Israel and the United States may have launched the war on Iran. But it is the Gulf Arab states that have borne the brunt of Tehran’s response. Since February 28, the Islamic Republic has rained down missiles and drones on Gulf hotels and airports. It has hit their oil and …

POLITICO: EU foreign policy shambles triggers calls for radical overhaul of diplomacy

11:33 08.04.2026

POLITICO: EU foreign policy shambles triggers calls for radical overhaul of diplomacy

Europe’s mounting foreign policy failures, from struggling to fund Ukraine to its fragmented response to the Iran war, are fueling calls for a root-and-branch overhaul of how the bloc conducts diplomacy. The EU’s inability to take unified decisions — such as unblocking a €90 billion loan for Kyiv, imposing sanctions …

‘The Guardian’: Trump’s chaotic war on Iran

11:31 08.04.2026

‘The Guardian’: Trump’s chaotic war on Iran

Five weeks. We are now five weeks in and entering the sixth week of the war on Iran. What was supposed to be a “precise, overwhelming military campaign” to eliminate “an imminent nuclear threat” and urge the Iranian people to “take over” their government is now anything but precise or …

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