10 May 2026

Why We Fight

Remember the old World War 2 films entitled “Why We Fight”? It was war footage explaining to the people back home what we were in Europe or the Pacific for—the purpose of all that blood and treasure. (Hard to believe the war erupted because a failed painter was a blamer and thought the Jews had thwarted his personal ambitions.)

For the last 30 years, I have advocated for Israel one way or another. Writing columns, speaking, publishing, networking. I will be very frank with you: I wonder how much actual good was done, especially by pro-Israel groups fronted by Christians. Some of them exist only to perpetuate their own salaries and 401(k) plans. That’s my opinion.

Remember the first pro-Israel book I worked on as a young book editor in 1994: Can Israel Survive in a Hostile World?, by David Lewis. David, of blessed memory, was my mentor and great friend. I went to Israel for the first time with David. Among other things, we interviewed Ariel Sharon at the military complex in Tel Aviv. Sharon only agreed to meet with us because of the reputation of David.

That book was just the latest in a strong of best-sellers from David. I mean, we sold many hundreds of thousands of his books, usually focusing on prophecy, always focusing on the beloved Jewish people. I am still stunned by the reaction to that book.

In the introduction to one of his books, David wrote that an author is usually supposed to express why he or she is writing a book. Of that one, David wrote:

“Because I had to.”

He was a fierce, if also gentle, warrior.

He had a way with words and a dashing charm that is rare. Anyway, our sales manager came off the road after crisscrossing the country presenting our books to chain buyers in the Christian market. Notice the emphasis: chain buyers.

“Jim, I couldn’t give that book away.”

Why, I asked.

“Because it has ‘Israel’ in the title,” he explained.

I was dumbfounded. Recall, this was 30 years ago! Not now, when I wouldn’t be surprised.

Here was an iconic author for us, steeped in pro-Israel work all his life (David listened to the May 1948 broadcast of the announcement of the state of Israel). And his books were now finding it hard to find shelf space in the *cough Christian market. It was at this time that the wonderful Dave Hunt was experiencing the same things.

(By the way, it would curl your hair if I told you some of the unbiblical statements made to us by some buyers for LifeWay and Family Christian Stores. It took some time, but it was no surprise at all to me that their brick-and-mortar stores blew away like chaff in the wind. With the Southern Baptists (I am one) stocking books by the anti-Semite Jimmy Carter, Jen Hatmaker, and any other hot-selling false teachers in the country, it was a matter of time.

In any event, my point is that the anti-Israel rhetoric you hear in the American Church today didn’t blossom yesterday. That crop was planted many, many decades ago. So that now—again, picking on the SBC—you have Reformed types infiltrating and turning the denomination away from pro-Israel sentiments. I honestly never believed I would live to see that. Even the Assemblies of God is slipping in this regard, and as I’ve written many times (beginning in 2013), the Palestinian Narrative forces smartly tried to infiltrate the Calvary Chapel Association. That’s a fact.

I’ve noticed a rash of Jew-haters on social media now, especially (ironically after 10/7), with many of them being the Reformed Boys. Eric Holmerg posted this on April 30:

IRAN EXPLAINED

“American Christian Zionism was used to justify the colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestine. This was an act of war against the Middle East.

“In 1953, the United States and the United Kingdom orchestrated a coup against Iran’s democratically elected leader, Mohammad Mosaddegh, after he moved to nationalize Iran’s oil. In his place, they restored Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi—a ruler who would govern as a Western-backed autocrat.”

The thing I want you to notice from this quote is that “It’s all Israel’s fault” (the view of someone that posts like this).

Holmberg I think has drifted to this position, so that now he posts a lot of anti-Israel stuff.

I am convinced that those hardened into this position are not going to be swayed.

One of us is going to be absolutely shocked in the next life.

Point being, Holmberg didn’t wake up a couple months ago and start slamming Israel and the Jews. It is a long, slow product that got us here.

I write about this kind of thing quite a lot. The reality is, I speak some about current issues, although I know very little, honestly. For example, I have no idea what is in President Trump’s daily intelligence briefings. Sometimes what is on the surface is not what reality is based on. What I can provide you though, that hopefully is valuable, is a Big Picture look at how we got here. We already know where we’re going.

I write about this because so many people ask me why Jew-haters exist, or how the Church got into this predicament. I will follow up on this next week.

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9 May 2026

Are We Witnessing the Collapse of the LGBTQ+ Movement? 
The LGBTQ+ movement, like all ideological movements of its kind, relies on new converts to survive and grow. But data increasingly shows that LGBTQ+ identification is in freefall among young people – perhaps indicating that we are witnessing its collapse in real time. The first rumblings of a cultural shift came earlier this year. A February Gallup poll found that just nine percent of Americans identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender in 2025 – a slight but significant drop from 9.3 percent in 2024.

BREAKING: Court Invalidates Democrats’ 10-1 Congressional Map in Virginia 
“We hold that the legislative process employed to advance this proposal violated Article XII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia. This constitutional violation incurably taints the resulting referendum vote and nullifies its legal efficacy.” Democrats … committed multiple clear violations of the Virginia Constitution in ramming the amendment through the legislature, as Republicans argued in court.

New UFO files show three dots of light seen from the moon
American lunar explorers saw “very bright dots” in the darkness of space – including three in a triangular formation, according to previously classified documents that the US government has chosen to make public. Astronauts on the Apollo 17 lunar mission in 1972 saw three bright spots in the sky, forming an elongated triangle. They photographed it from the lunar surface, and the image had been classified by the US Department of Defense until now.

Trump announces three-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, starting on May 9. Aside from a pause in the fighting, the two warring sides will also engage in a prisoner swap, with 1,000 prisoners from each country.

Scientists Discover Massive Lithium Deposits Beneath the Eastern U.S. That Would End a Decades-Long Foreign Dependency
A sweeping federal assessment has uncovered lithium reserves stretching from the Carolinas to Maine, putting the U.S. closer to breaking its dependence on foreign suppliers than at any point in decades. .. the journal Natural Resources Research puts the figure at roughly 2.3 million metric tons of economically recoverable lithium oxide, enough, at last year’s import rate, to cover 328 years of U.S. supply.

Trump blockade squeezing Iran so hard regime may be dumping oil into Gulf, experts say
Satellite images show a 45-square-kilometer slick near Kharg Island as Iran’s export system buckles under U.S. pressure Satellite imagery revealed a massive suspected oil slick spreading near Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export terminal, in what experts say could be evidence that Tehran’s oil infrastructure is buckling under mounting U.S. pressure. The slick, seen in Copernicus Sentinel satellite images between Wednesday and Friday, covered roughly 45 square kilometers west of the island, according to analysts cited by Reuters. The incident is emerging as a potential sign that Trump’s maritime pressure campaign is achieving one of its central objectives: overwhelming Iran’s export system to the point where Tehran can no longer move or store crude fast enough to sustain normal production.

‘Sporadic Clashes’ Ongoing In Strait Of Hormuz After US Attacks, Disables Two Iran Vessels Trying To Breach Blockade
Iran’s Fars reports late morning (US time): Sporadic clashes between Iranian Armed Forces and US vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Amid the fog of war, nothing in the way of details initially emerged.
The Wall Street Journal has details (based on CENTCOM press release) after two Iranian-flagged tankers came under US attack for attempting to breach the US blockade: U.S. military forces carried out airstrikes on Friday, hitting and disabling two empty Iranian-flagged oil tankers attempting to circumvent the American naval blockade against Iranian ports, according to U.S. Central Command The vessels struck were very large crude carriers attempting to return to an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman, the M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, according to a statement from Centcom.

Israeli court extends detention of Gaza flotilla activists brought to Israel for questioning 
An Israeli court extended the detention of two foreign activists who were arrested as part of the interception of the most recent Global Sumud Flotilla over the weekend. While most of the activists were released on the Greek island of Crete, after the vessels were seized and confiscated by Israel, the two foreign activists were brought to Israel for questioning by Israeli authorities. On Tuesday, the Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court extended the detention of Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national of Palestinian origin, and Thiago Avila, a Brazilian activist, allowing authorities to continue questioning them until Sunday.

Christian Prayer: The Secret Weapon to Defeat the Islamic Republic of Iran
With ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the source of which is the Islamic Republic of Iran, one Iranian-born Christian voice is calling Christians worldwide to wield what she describes as the greatest weapon to defeat the Islamic Republic: prayer. Marziyeh Amirizadeh, a survivor of the Islamic Republic’s persecution, has launched a 47-day Global Prayer for Iran initiative. It aims to overcome the spiritual darkness that has shrouded her homeland since the 1979 revolution. Her story and this effort blend personal testimony, biblical parallels, and urgent intercession for regime change and national revival in Iran.

UAE donates $100 million to Board of Peace for Gaza police force
The United Arab Emirates is committing $100 million to the Board of Peace to help establish and train a new Palestinian police force in the Gaza Strip, according to a US official and a Middle Eastern diplomat who spoke to The Times of Israel. The Gaza police force would be responsible for confiscating weapons held by Hamas.

WATCH: IDF strikes missile launcher hidden inside a Lebanese home
IDF footage shows strikes on an exposed Hezbollah rocket launcher and on a second launcher concealed inside a civilian home, used to fire at Israeli troops.

US hits Iranian ports after naval attack on destroyers, Trump: Ceasefire still on
A senior US official told Fox News on Thursday that the US military struck Iran’s Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas. The official stressed, however, that the attacks do not signal a renewed war. Later, a senior US official told Fox News that the US military also struck Iran’s Bandar Kargan naval checkpoint in Minab. Meanwhile, the Iranian Tasnim news agency reported that the Iranian Navy attacked three US destroyers near the Strait of Hormuz with missiles and drones.

Trump releases previously classified UFO files
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday released dozens of previously classified files on alleged UFO sightings and alien life to provide what they called “unprecedented transparency” to the American people. The disclosure of the long-sought documents and photos of “unidentified anomalous phenomena” will be followed by future releases as more materials are declassified, the US Defense Department said in a statement. Trump was the latest US president to release reports on UFOs that date back to the 1940s and were first disclosed in the late 1970s. Experts said the batch of around 160 files released on Friday contained new videos of known sightings but gave no conclusive evidence of extraterrestrial life. The files include a 1947 report on “flying discs,” a photo of “unidentified phenomena” taken from the moon’s surface during the Apollo 12 lunar mission in 1969, and a transcript of the Apollo 17 crew describing unidentified objects seen from the moon in 1972.

Rubio Questions Allies’ Support on Iran Following Italy Talks
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday and afterwards questioned why allies including Italy were not backing Washington’s efforts to confront Iran and re-open the Strait of Hormuz. “I don’t understand why anybody would not be supportive,” Rubio told reporters, adding that countries needed “something more than just strongly worded statements” if they opposed Iran‘s actions.

Don’t Mess With Texas: Islamists In The Lone Star State Are Overplaying Their Hand
The Islamist advance in America may have just suffered a major setback. We’ve been telling you about the situation in Texas, where we recently saw 48 new mosques built in the span of just 24 months. Folks, this is no coincidence. As Texas goes, so goes the nation. That’s exactly why radical Islamists have established a foothold in the Lone Star State and announced plans to build sprawling Muslim-only communities. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has warned about Islamic Sharia courts operating in the Dallas area. Texas, by the way, seems to be waking up. In March, a statewide proposal to ban Sharia law passed, with 95 percent of voters saying “no” to Islamic law in Texas.

Finnish Parliamentarian Convicted Of ‘Insulting’ A Group For 20-Year-Old Church Booklet to Appeal To European Court
A longstanding Finnish parliamentarian criminally convicted in March for “insulting” a group by her country’s Supreme Court has announced that she will appeal her case to the European Court of Human Rights, in the final legal juncture for this critical case for free speech in Europe.

NWS confirms two long-track EF3 tornadoes in Mississippi outbreak
NWS Jackson confirmed five tornadoes from the May 6-7 severe weather event in southern Mississippi, including two long-track EF3 tornadoes that injured 13 people. MEMA reported 17 storm-related injuries statewide, while preliminary assessments showed nearly 500 homes damaged or inaccessible and 50 apartment units affected.

Four States Are Now Monitoring Potential Hantavirus Cases
Four states are monitoring Americans who returned from a cruise ship where three passengers died during an outbreak of hantavirus. Virginia, Georgia, California, and Arizona all reported that residents of those states were on the MV Hondius and have returned home, but are not showing symptoms of the illness, according to Newsweek.

Trump administration begins to release new UFO files to the public
The Trump Administration has become the first administration to release a series of never-before-seen images and videos of unidentified flying objects (UFOS), delivering on another promise Trump made to the American people.

The UK government’s plans for 15-minute cities forge ahead – starting in Bristol
The UK government is yet again obeying the UN’s directions by making moves to house “individuals” in “human settlements.” As one of 7 “new towns,” construction is underway near Bristol that will ultimately have 25,000 homes. The problem is not the building of new homes; it is that they are being designed as 15-minute cities.

The EU Is Pushing “Driver-Monitoring Cameras” – Here’s Why…
From July of this year, every vehicle that is registered in the European Union will be required to have driver-monitoring cameras in place. That’s not every new car that is manufactured, but every car that is registered.

UK Nurseries Urged to Report ‘Racist’ Toddlers to Police In £1.3M Scheme
This is totally insane! Childcare workers across Wales are being trained to spot and report “racist incidents” by toddlers – yes, toddlers — under fresh guidance endorsed by government ministers and also bankrolled with taxpayer cash.

More questions than answers; national regulators should be keeping WHO’s Hantavirus narrative in check 
An April 2021 Pfizer report to the FDA described adverse events reported post-covid vaccine. Adverse events of special interest compiled from “experts” & US & UK regulators were listed not only as a possible covid vaccine effect, but vaccines in general. Pfizer’s list includes “Hantavirus pulmonary infection” as one of the adverse events of special interest post-covid vaccination.

‘MAID In Canada’ Courtesy of ‘Dark Carnage’ Carney
Millions of sorrowful Canadians are now trapped in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Communist Canada. A bold but true statement. Those longing to escape a Canada that is in obvious decline – those who can afford it – will pay the federal Liberal government’s half-million-dollar Exit Tax upon departure.

Trump calls US strikes on Iran a ‘love tap’ after destroyers targeted in Hormuz Strait
President Trump said Thursday that U.S. retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets were “just a love tap” and confirmed a ceasefire is in effect. He said, “the ceasefire is going” before adding, “It’s in effect.” American forces “responded with self-defense strikes” on Iranian targets after 3 Navy destroyers came under missile and drone fire from Iranian forces, but weren’t struck.

Iran says US Gulf strikes violated ceasefire after Trump called retaliation a ‘love tap.’
The comments came after U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said American forces carried out “self-defense strikes” against Iranian military targets after Iranian missiles, drones and small boats targeted three Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has insisted the ceasefire remains in effect despite the exchange.