The Faithful Watchman

In 2025, American students from kindergarten through law school are dumber than they’ve ever been, and we needn’t look beyond the nation’s abysmal math and English literacy NAEP scores to prove it. Now, more than 200 California bar exam takers have had their failing scores adjusted to “pass,” indicating that the newest crop of California lawyers are dumber than they’ve ever been, too. What’s more, under simultaneous consideration by the state bar is a rule allowing students who registered for — but withdrew from — taking the bar exam altogether, to practice law under the supervision of “qualified” attorneys, bar exam be hanged.

Read more at: dailywire.com

(Warning: The following contains sensitive material, reader discretion is advised.)

Several women on Tuesday testified in the Knesset about sexual abuse they suffered as minors as part of religious ritual ceremonies.

The testimonies came during a joint meeting of the Knesset’s Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality, chaired by MK Pnina Tameno-Shete (National Unity), and the Special Committee on Young Israelis, chaired by MK Naama Lazimi (The Democrats).

Read more at: jpost.com

The tragic yet powerful stories of 70 North Korean Christians who have disappeared with little or no trace from North Korea’s brutal, torturous prisons are now told in a new report, “Remembering the Disappeared: A Testimony Report on North Korea’s Political Prisoners.”

Read more at: harbingersdaily.com

While the world’s eyes are locked onto the conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East, Christians everywhere continue to face violent persecution.

Read more at: theblaze.com

The vast majority of mainline Protestant pastors here in America don’t believe the Bible.

 

And that’s not hyperbole—according to recent data from the National Survey of Religious Leaders, only 25% of such pastors “say they’re certain that Adam and Eve were real people” (by comparison, the study notes “80% of Evangelical pastors and 89% of black Protestant clergy affirm this belief with certainty”). Only 1 in 4 believe in a literal Adam and Eve! That’s certainly a contrast to the Bible’s view on the first couple (Matthew 19:4-5, Romans 5:12, 1 Corin. 15:21-22, 2 Corin. 11:3).

Read more at: harbingersdaily.com

The British House of Commons narrowly approved an “assisted dying” bill on Friday, as critics warned the legislation contains weakened safeguards that could endanger vulnerable patients.

Catholic priest John Howard, who led people in prayer outside parliament, called the bill’s passage “a dark day for our country.”

Read more at: dailywire.com

CBS’s Stephen Colbert praised actress Cynthia Erivo for playing the lead role of Jesus in the upcoming Hollywood Bowl production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and called the casting “long overdue.”

“One of my favorite musicals of all time is Jesus Christ Superstar. And I’m so excited that, in August, you’re going to be playing Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl,” Colbert told Erivo during an interview on The Late Show last week.

Read more at: breitbart.com

Iran struck Tel Aviv multiple times on Friday night in its three missile barrages, which resulted in damage to buildings and one confirmed death along with dozens of injuries.

Iran’s attack on the densely populated Israeli city comes after a senior security official told Israel’s Channel 12 that it would target Iran’s leaders and state infrastructure such as oil refineries if population centers were struck. So far, Israel’s attacks on Iran have primarily targeted nuclear and weapons sites, as well as locations with top military generals or nuclear scientists present.

Read more at: dailywire.com

As President Trump attempted to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran, it became clearer and clearer that the deal was not possible. Trump was never going to sign a JCPOA 2.0. deal.

Some people on the Right were complaining that President Trump wasn’t acting like Barack Obama. But it was never a MAGA position to be Barack Obama. Donald Trump said for ten years that the JCPOA was the worst deal in American history. He was never going back to it.

As new details emerge as the levels of coordination and talking between the United States and Israel over this current wave of attacks, it is clear that President Trump was actually playing 4D chess with all of this.

Read more at: dailywire.com

The name Israel used for its military operation targeting Iran may have extraordinary meaning for the people of Iran, who have suffered under the tyrannical, despotic Islamic regime for 46 years.

The Israelis named the mission “Operation Rising Lion,” derived from Numbers 23:24, in which the prophet Balaam — who was hired by King Balak of Moab to curse Israel, but was directed by God to bless Israel instead — declaimed of the Jewish people, “Behold! The people will arise like a lion cub and raise itself like a lion.”

Read more at: dailywire.com