The Faithful Watchman

After years of cultural dominance, what’s finally slowing the momentum of the Pride movement?

Recent reporting from outlets like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times shows that major corporations are quietly backing away from the signature events of Pride Month. The movement once championed by boardrooms is now being met with increasing caution — even silence.

I’ve often questioned the wisdom of labeling a movement “Pride,” especially in light of the biblical warning: “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18).

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Iranian-backed groups and pro-Hamas Islamists celebrated the horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staff at a D.C. Jewish museum on Wednesday, hailing it as “a moment of courage” and a “heroic attack” against “the Zionist entity.”

Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, were exiting an event for young Jewish professionals, where they were shot at close range by 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, who is now in custody.

The suspected attacker is reportedly not Muslim, but carried out the attack in support of Hamas, reportedly yelling “Free, free Palestine,” while shooting at the couple.

Read more at: dailywire.com

Musician Sufjan Stevens, who often includes queer content in his music, told Vulture that the Holy Bible is “very gay” and religion is “sexual.”

In the interview, Vulture’s Craig Jenkins noted that “Most people who lurk the texts don’t luxuriate in the closeness of Jonathan and David.”

In reply, Stevens insisted that the Bible was “very gay.”

Read more at: breitbart.com

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has rescinded a massive fine against Grand Canyon University (GCU), the biggest Christian university in the nation, that was applied under former President Joe Biden’s (D) administration in 2023.

The $37.7 million fine, the largest ever proposed against a university, was revoked on Friday, the Daily Caller reported on Monday.

The state of Washington has declared war on the Catholic Church, and it could cost Americans their free exercise of religion — all under the guise of “helping children.”

Washington State Senate Bill 5375, passed earlier this month in that state’s ongoing crusade against what it claims is “abuse,” would force Catholic priests who hear admissions of abuse within the context of the sacrament of confession to break the seal of the sacrament and report those admissions to the state, even though all other recognized privileges — like those between doctor and patient and lawyer and client — are preserved.

Read more at: theblaze.com

It seems that nearly everywhere you turn, people are talking about peace.  Though it continues to prove elusive, discussions of it spiked during the recent appointment of Robert Francis Prevost to the position of pope, under the papal name Pope Leo XIV.  In fact, Euro News referred to it as a “pontificate of peace”.  As world leaders congratulated the newly appointed pope, the usual empty platitudes rolled in, some of which I have outlined below:

• French President Emmanuel Macron called the pope’s election a “historic moment” and hoped “this new pontificate be one of peace and hope.”

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Two months ago, the United States Senate Banking Committee introduced what may prove to be a historic—and ominous—piece of legislation: the GENIUS Act. Framed as a long-overdue measure to establish a legal framework for stablecoins, this bill was in fact far more significant. It would have marked America’s first real step toward a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). For those watching global financial trends through a biblical lens, this is no small development.

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“May you live in interesting times.” This backhanded blessing is claimed to be derived from a Chinese curse. In reality, the expression is of English origin. “Interesting times” is a euphemism for times of trouble, making the blessing into a veiled warning of misfortune.

Whether warning or blessing, we certainly live in interesting times.

Many ministries that focus on Bible prophecy are emphasizing the rising darkness and pointing to developments that will come to fruition during the Tribulation—after the Church has been raptured. Other evangelical ministries ignore any warning in their effort to emphasize only the grace and mercy of God—leaving those who reject Jesus’ offer of salvation oblivious that His wrath abides on them (John 3:36).

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As Catholics around the world eagerly awaited white smoke from the Sistine Chapel, a pastor in rural Pennsylvania watched a very different kind of white smoke pouring from a humble chapel at his church.

At 9:02 p.m. May 6, a 32-year-old man named Kyle Kuczynski allegedly detonated a stick of dynamite on the altar of the chapel at St. Teresa of Calcutta Church — so named because Mother Teresa once visited it — in Mahanoy City. Surveillance footage turned over to law enforcement revealed that Kuczynski had been casing the chapel, entering at least three other times earlier in the week.

Read more at: theblaze.com

Muslims are buying and transforming American churches into mosques — and Americans are angry about it!

But is their anger being directed at the right source?

Recently, a year-old video clip of a Muslim cleric went viral on X. In it, Muhammad Musri, president of American Islam and chairman of the board of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, delivers a sermon saying that, due to its “unimpressive dogma” of “someone” being crucified for them, Christianity is dying out in America, preparing the way for Islam:

Read more at: stream.org