Russia

Many wonder if Russia will have any part to play in the last days? The answer is a resounding “yes.” We find the answer in Ezekiel 38-39.

On Monday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that he would recognize Donetsk and Luhansk – two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine – as independent and then ordered troops into those areas. World leaders are viewing these moves as the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.

With war looming in Ukraine, please join me in praying fervently for God to change human hearts bent on war and destruction. Ask him to protect the persecuted from their persecutors (cf. Psalm 35). Ask him to redeem the suffering of the innocent (1 Peter 5:10; Romans 8:18).

Clearly, what happens in Ukraine will not stay in Ukraine. Even if this were not the case, it would be imperative that Christians pray fervently for peace.

The U.S. State Department is urging American citizens in Belarus to leave the country immediately amid the possibility of a Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned that there is a “very distinct” possibility that Russia could attack Ukraine at “any time now.”

The U.S. State Department has added Russia to its list of nations it considers among the world's most egregious violators of religious freedom.

Joseph Blount, the CEO of Colonial Pipeline, appeared before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday to address the hacking of their pipeline in May.

States along the East Coast are experiencing widespread fuel shortages after a Russian ransomware group launched a cyberattack on a major pipeline last week.

More than 2,000 years after Christ’s birth in Bethlehem, the Star of Bethlehem is still a powerful symbol of love, light, and hope – especially in the darkest times when hate seems so strong and it’s difficult to see anything hopeful at all.