You’re Here for a Reason: Lessons from Esther
God has placed you exactly where you are, at exactly this moment, with the gifts and opportunities you need to faithfully serve Him—for such a time as this.
Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
God has placed you exactly where you are, at exactly this moment, with the gifts and opportunities you need to faithfully serve Him—for such a time as this.
I can’t really say I was surprised. Rather, it was one of those, “what will they think of next” moments. Recently, the news came that “Road Rage” is not really anyone’s fault. Instead, like most of the character flaws we don’t want to take the responsibility for, it’s now become a medical problem, something beyond our control.
Before and during World War II, the Nazi Party did not gain and maintain power through military force alone. It worked patiently to shape the way ordinary Germans thought, spoke, worshipped, learned, and related to one another.
A culture comfortable with white lies and half-truths challenges Christians to pursue the harder calling of speaking truth with both honesty and love.
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The culmination of the Left’s gender bending, death cult brainwashing was evident in last week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk, whose only “crime” was speaking freely about his Faith, Family and Country, and his only weapon, a microphone.
The headlines can feel relentless. Conflict in the Middle East seems unending. We live in a post-9/11 world where threats feel constant, truth is debated, and morality often seems negotiable. Wars rage, leaders posture, and it doesn’t take much scrolling through the news to wonder if everything is coming apart. Perhaps that is why this …
In this message, Pastor Jentezen Franklin continues the series on The Power of Short Prayers, and shares how concise yet sincere prayers can open doors to remarkable change in your life. Using Matthew 6, Habakkuk 3, biblical examples like the thief on the cross, and stories of urgency in prayer, he emphasizes that God responds to passionate, purposeful cries with healing, family restoration, salvation, and breakthrough in every area.
History is full of mysteries—but mystery is not evidence. From ancient aliens to Atlantis, from the Watchers of Enoch to the archaeological puzzles of the pyramids, competing theories attempt to explain humanity’s distant past. Some are grounded in evidence, others in speculation. This article compares the major worldviews, examines where they overlap and where they diverge, and asks the most important question of all: Are we following the evidence, or simply the story we want to believe?
Moral dithering leads to more moral dithering. Evil, however, doesn’t dither. It stridently marches forward. The horrifically sadistic actions by animalistic, islamofascist Hamas demons managed to uncover the dark underbelly of the “tolerant” left around the world.
America at 250
America is the oldest, continuous modern Republic on Earth.
And Uber Super Power America has imperial power and responsibilities without imperial ambitions.
Above all, America is absolutely unique.
Some of us are blessed with memories of godly fathers who protected us, guided us, sacrificed for us, and loved us.
Some of us carry pain—because our fathers were absent, distant, harsh, or broken.
Every generation claims it has finally uncovered the “real” Jesus. Strip away two thousand years of Christian teaching, mix in a little philosophy, sprinkle in some secret knowledge, and suddenly Christ becomes something entirely different. The tragedy is that the oldest counterfeit never disappears—it simply changes its vocabulary. The apostles warned that false gospels would come. They weren’t predicting the distant future; they were describing their own day. Two thousand years later, the same deception persists. The names have changed, but the message remains the same: replace the Savior with a teacher, repentance with self-discovery, and grace with the promise that the answer has been inside you all along. Counterfeits don’t succeed because they’re obviously false—they succeed because they look just enough like the truth to deceive those who never compare them to Scripture.
Before we got married, my wife and I had to take a mandatory church marriage class. The Baptist church would not marry anyone without this rigorous class because the church ran the real risk that unschooled young couples were engaging in premarital relations, which could lead to dancing.
The Republican Party was birthed by Abolitionists who refused to compromise on slavery. They left the Northern Whigs who always compromised. Today, career politician Establishment Republicans always compromise or collaborate cheerfully. Their votes and budgets make a lie of their campaigns as “Republicans” and “Conservatives”. Career politicians made those labels utterly meaningless. Conversely, the Democrats …
Strange weather we’ve been having lately. When I say “lately,” I could go back decades, but I’ll stick to just the past five years or so. Do you recall the winter storm that hit the central and southern US, including Texas and northern Mexico in February of 2021? It was called “Winter Storm Uri,” and at least 240 people died because of it. A strong Arctic air mass plunged deep into the southern US. More than 9 million people lost power while facing record-breaking cold, snow and ice.
As America marks 250 years of history, Christians can celebrate God’s blessings and our nation’s remarkable achievements while honestly confessing our failures and seeking renewed faithfulness to Christ.
The Wall Street Journal Expose published July 31, 2025, titled “The Combat Cocktail: How America Overmedicates Veterans” echoes a microcosm of the complete malpractice and coercion to comply with blatant abuses of pharmacotherapy guidelines and to “cause no harm” by VA Psychiatrists told by Veterans and Active Duty Status Armed Forces personnel. FSM began a petition on Memorial Day Weekend prior to the WSJ article. Fallen Soldiers Ministries Petition: https://fallensoldiersministries.com/petition
How does someone equipped with God-given wisdom and unparalleled wealth end up wasting their legacy? In this revealing session of Dr. John Barnett’s Proverbs masterclass, we uncover the exact root of King Solomon’s downfall. The ruin of his life didn’t happen overnight; it began with a single, massive failure to prioritize God’s Word over earthly …
Every civilization seems to invent a cosmic scorecard. The ancient Egyptians had the 42 Assessors of Ma’at. Modern culture has social media, political tribes, and endless virtue signaling. The question never changes: Have you done enough?
Christianity’s answer is radically different. It doesn’t tell us to try harder, climb higher, or balance the scales. It tells us the scales can never be balanced by human effort alone. Grace—God’s unearned favor—is the answer to a problem humanity has wrestled with for thousands of years. The Gospel is not the story of people reaching up to God, but of God reaching down to people. That’s why Christians call it good news.