AND THE THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED THEM, SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, IF ANY MAN WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, AND RECEIVE HIS MARK IN HIS FOREHEAD, OR IN HIS HAND.
*** REVELATION 14:9
Caravan of Honduran Migrants Embark for US After Broad Democrat Wins in Midterms
New York Post
Nov 4, 2026
Dozens of Honduran migrants hit the road Tuesday, forming a caravan bound for the US in hopes of a better life. Fleeing unemployment and insecurity back home, the group is making the dangerous trek north in search of new opportunities.
The Near Future: USA’s Future If the DSA Isn’t Stopped
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The Rubin Report
Oct 27, 2026
Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” shares a DM clip of what America could look like if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders and Hasan Piker are successful in having the Democratic Socialists of America gain control over the Democratic party and what we all could lose.
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people has been given a 200-year sentence.
Paul Mackenzie, who led an apocalyptic Christian church in a forest near the Indian Ocean coast, told his followers to starve themselves to death, along with their children, to reach heaven before the end of the world.
He was convicted of the murders of 190 children and one adult alongside 28 of his followers.
They including guards who enforced his fasting directives and gravediggers who helped conceal the mass graves.
The case stems from the April 2023 discovery of mass graves eventually found to contain 448 bodies in Shakahola Forest, where cult members lived off grid in mud huts.
Mackenzie is also accused of ordering the deaths of 52 people found at a separate location in a village 20 miles away, bringing the suspected death toll to 500.
He has pleaded not guilty in that case.
During the sentencing, Justice Diana Kavedza said that 183 victims died of starvation, defined as a complete lack of food, and the other eight were classified as murder by direct homicide.
She said the killings were ‘cold and calculated’ and dismissed claims by some of the accused that the loss of their own children altered the fact that they had participated in the killings of many other children.
From Stonehenge to Modern Day Witchcraft: The Occult Isn’t a Fad
John 14:6
Nov 2, 2026
00:00 - Introduction: Darkness, the occult throughout history, and spiritual conflict
02:49 - Stonehenge: Ancient sun worship, prediction, and control
05:53 - Man’s historical search for God and the fallen relationship
07:18 - Ancient altars: Babylon, Baalbek, and the pyramids of Egypt
09:24 - The origin of Lucifer: Biblical accounts of pride and rebellion
11:25 - Biblical warnings against divination and occult practices
13:22 - From ancient rituals to modern culture: The resurgence of the occult
15:18 - Contemporary witchcraft in the San Francisco Bay Area
18:11 - Perspectives on youth involvement and deceptive practices
21:02 - The occult marketplace: Astrology, commercialism, and fear
23:08 - Practitioners discuss modern lifestyle, rituals, and appeal to youth
30:24 - Inside an occult order: Ritual elements and beliefs
34:34 - Personal testimony: Darkness, ritual sacrifice, and deception
39:07 - The spiritual reality: Biblical guidance versus occult danger
40:47 - Finding deliverance, healing, and peace through Christ
42:29 - Closing reflection: Stepping toward the light
From Stonehenge to modern suburbia, this account exposes the occult as a real, enduring, and dangerous spiritual force that has survived and flourished in every age through false religions, strange philosophies, divination, witchcraft, demon possession, and satanic influence. It presents humanity’s search for God and meaning as a search that has too often led people away from the Creator and toward counterfeit spiritual powers: ancient peoples built monuments and practiced sun and moon worship, while Babylon, Baalbek, Egypt, and other civilizations turned to idols, human sacrifice, and rituals intended to reach or control the divine. The Bible’s warnings against stargazers, spell-casters, mediums, fortune-tellers, and those who speak with demons are presented not as outdated prohibitions but as a consistent revelation of a continuing spiritual conflict—one that reappeared in Greece and Rome’s planetary worship, in Israel’s rampant demon activity, and again in today’s growing interest in astrology, tarot, Ouija boards, Eastern mysticism, witchcraft, and Satanism. The message insists that these practices are not harmless curiosities or mere commercial fads: they can begin with curiosity or a desire for power, then create fear, superstition, bondage, and increasingly deeper involvement, ultimately opening people to demonic influence. Yet the answer has never been education, materialism, or human ingenuity, but spiritual deliverance through Jesus Christ, who confronted evil spirits, forgave sin, and demonstrated authority over darkness; Paul’s command for a demon to leave a young witch and prophetess illustrates that same authority. The testimony of a young woman involved in an alleged satanic human sacrifice underscores how deeply evil can distort a life, but her later deliverance through Christ shows that no past is beyond His forgiveness and restoring power. The central truth is that the occult offers destruction disguised as enlightenment, while Jesus Christ offers a greater power—one that builds rather than destroys, brings hope where there is despair, and gives lasting freedom, purpose, and peace.
The Most Important Prep You’ll Ever Make Isn’t in Your Pantry
The Ready Life
Nov 6, 2026
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Water stored, generator out back, wood stacked, full pantry, and still a knot in your stomach that says you're not ready? You're probably right, at least not on your own. In this video, Nick shares the most important prep you'll ever make, and you won't find it on a shelf. It starts with Martin Luther, one of the bravest men who ever lived, who fell apart the morning before his trial at Worms. By that night he stood like a rock in front of the emperor. What happened in between is something you can do every single morning.
From the fear-selling of 1517 to today's doomsday countdown clocks, fear has always been a great salesman. Through Scripture, history, Elijah, Corrie ten Boom, and Psalm 46, you'll see how to prepare for hard times without being driven by fear. Do your part, and leave the rest in God's hands.
• Why fear is a terrible reason to prepare, and what to build your preparedness on instead
• How Martin Luther found a "borrowed backbone" at his weakest moment
• The simple morning habit that's the most important prep for what's coming
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he met the country’s president, addressed dignitaries, and celebrated vespers at the city’s cathedral.
Pope Leo XIV greets the crowds along the street as he makes his way to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Nov. 6, 2026, in Montevideo, Uruguay, on the first day of his apostolic journey to South America. | Credit: Vatican Media
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Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay on Nov. 6, kicking off an 11-day trip to South America that will take him from the continent’s Southern Cone to the highlands of the Andes and Amazon rainforest.
It is Leo’s first visit to the continent since his election as pope in May 2025, and one filled with personal significance for him. After stops in Uruguay and Argentina, the trip will culminate in Peru, where the man then known as Robert Prevost spent about 20 years as a missionary and a bishop.
The pope’s packed schedule includes many of the usual elements of an international papal visit, including open-air Masses, meetings with the local hierarchy, prayer vigils with youth, and visits to Church-affiliated charitable institutions.
Less than a month after losing part of a lung, Pope Leo XIV set out this morning on one of the longest and most ambitious trips of his pontificate. Over the course of 11 days and 12 flights, Leo will travel from South America’s Southern Cone to the high Andes and the Amazon Rainforest. Much of the Catholic world will be focused on how its 71-year-old leader, just a few weeks removed from cancer surgery, bears the physical challenge that the trip presents. But perhaps the most important challenge he will face is political.
Catholic social teaching does not line up with the ideological commitments of either the left or the right. Yet the global rise of right-wing populism has determined many of the political battles that Leo will confront as pope, particularly over the next week and a half. The center-left recently scored a victory in Brazil, but most countries in Latin America are governed by right-wing or center-right leaders, many of them populist. These include two stops on the pope’s itinerary: Argentina and his adopted home of Peru, where he served as a missionary and bishop for about two decades.
Leo’s trip is an early test of how he’ll address the Church’s disagreements with the right-wing populist leaders ascendant not only in Latin America but also in Europe, the historic heartland of the Catholic Church. The emphasis he puts on either conciliation or confrontation could indicate how he’ll handle a geopolitical challenge that will shape his pontificate.
Crime might be the issue that best explains the rise of the South American right. Latin America and the Caribbean together have the world’s highest homicide rate, nearly four times the global average. About half of the population of this region feels unsafe walking alone at night, compared with about a quarter of people globally, according to a Gallup.
Did the papacy really claim titles and authority that belong only to God?
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For centuries, Protestant Reformers identified the papal office with the prophetic warnings of Daniel 7 and 2 Thessalonians 2. But were their accusations justified? In this video, we examine the biblical definition of blasphemy and uncover remarkable statements preserved in historical Catholic documents, including original sources from our own Heritage & Hope collection. From the title "Lord God the Pope" to declarations of divine authority, we explore the historical evidence behind one of the Reformation's most controversial claims and ask a question every Christian should consider: Who truly holds authority over Christ's church?
For decades, women’s ordination has been a thorn in the flesh of Seventh-day Adventist administration. It has consumed study commissions, committee hours and enormous emotional energy.
Importantly, it has exposed deeper questions: How should we interpret Scripture? What belongs to unchanging biblical principle, and what reflects culture? How can a worldwide church remain united when sincere believers reach different conclusions?
The debate is often presented as though one side honors Scripture while the other has surrendered to modern culture. That is unfair. Faithful Adventists on both sides love the Bible and the church. One side fears disobedience to God’s order; the other fears resistance to God’s Spirit.
God asks each side to hear the spiritual concern beneath the other’s conclusion. The biblical case against women’s ordinationThose opposing women’s ordination generally begin with creation. Adam was formed before Eve, and Paul refers to this order when restricting women from teaching or exercising authority over men (1 Timothy 2:11–15). The qualifications for elders describe an overseer as “the husband of one wife” who manages his household well (1 Timothy 3:1–7; Titus 1:5–9). Paul also addresses male headship and women’s silence in certain congregational settings (1 Corinthians 11:2–16; 14:34–35). Jesus treated women with extraordinary dignity, welcomed them as disciples and entrusted the first resurrection announcement to them. Nevertheless, He chose twelve men as apostles. Opponents consider this deliberate and see male pastoral leadership as part of the apostolic pattern.
The Catholic Church says that Christ entrusted particular responsibility to Peter: “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18). Combined with its doctrines of apostolic succession and sacramental priesthood, Catholicism sees an all-male priesthood as continuing Christ’s choice of male apostles.
1. NATO is drafting plans to answer a Russian attack on alliance territory with conventional strikes deep inside Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported.
2. Targets would span bases, supply depots, infrastructure and defense plants, 93 miles to thousands of miles behind the front.
3. Twelve allies pledged $50 billion to long-range strike systems at July’s Ankara summit, but most European missiles remain years away.
NATO is developing defense plans that would respond to a Russian attack on alliance territory by striking military bases, supply networks and industrial plants deep inside Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported November 3.
The approach marks a shift from decades of planning built around halting an advance at the border. Alliance strategists now hold that stopping a Russian offensive means reaching the forces, factories and logistics that sustain it, a lesson drawn from nearly five years of fighting in Ukraine.
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed arrives to speak to supporters on Nov. 1, 2026 in Southfield, Michigan. El-Sayed, is running against GOP candidate Mike Rogers for the open U.S. Senate seat. (Salwan Georges/Getty Images)
"El-Sayed battles claims of family links to Muslim Brotherhood” was the first-page top headline of the print edition of The Washington Times on Oct. 19, 2026.
The article has some good facts, but one portion could be interpreted as being misleading: it is not accurate to report about the Muslim Brotherhood simply that, "The U.S. has not designated it as a terrorist organization, although Hamas emerged from the movement's Palestinian branch and is designated by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization."
An accurate report would have acknowledged that on Nov. 24, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order, "Designation of Certain Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists."
Section 1 of that executive order reads: "The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, has developed into a transnational network with chapters across the Middle East and beyond.
"Relevant here, its chapters in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt engage in or facilitate and support violence and destabilization campaigns that harm their own regions, United States citizens, and United States interests.
The Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood was added to the U.S. Treasury Department's sanctions list on March 9, 2026.
The Muslim Brotherhood's motto since the 1920s, as explained in my 2014 article, is this: "Allah is our objective; the Koran is our law, the Prophet is our leader; Jihad is our way; and dying in the way of Allah is the highest of our aspirations."
A month ago, The Federalist announced the formation of a new "Alliance for Islamic Remigration," the core values of which are the antithesis of the Muslim Brotherhood motto.
In his Sept. 30, 2026, article, Joshua Monnington reported that, "Several conservative groups are launching a coalition to safeguard America’s ‘constitutional order’ from the rising tide of Islam and its left-wing political allies."
The Archdiocese of New York and plaintiffs representing nearly 1,300 survivors of sex abuse from priests and lay personnel have finalized a deal. Under terms of the deal, the archdiocese for the first time must maintain a public data base of clergy who have been credibly accused of sex abuse.
Archbishop Ronald Hicks was only installed as the head of the New York Archdiocese in February, but had to complete the final negotiations in the $804.25 million deal to settle claims of clergy sexual abuse. ( Photo: Archdiocese of New York)
After more than a decade of litigation, the Archdiocese of New York and lawyers representing nearly 1,300 survivors of clergy sex abuse have finalized an $804.25 million settlement.
“Under the completed settlement, survivors have the option to receive an expedited settlement payment or proceed through an individualized allocation process that evaluates and scores their claims based on the abuse and harm they endured,” said the law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates, which represented plaintiffs in the class action that included 1,298 victims.
The law firm said that under terms of the deal, for the first time the Archdiocese will be required to publish the identities of every credibly accused offender, and that the data base must be updated and monitored in the future.
“Disclosure of the priest offender files that have been kept secret and under seal” [are] to be disclosed publicly in a database at the conclusion of the litigation,” said the law firm in a statement on its web site.
Archbishop Ronald Hicks sent an email announcing the settlement to parishioners on Nov. 5. “Under the terms of the settlement, the Archdiocese and other participating entities will provide a total pool of $804.25 million for victim survivors, with a first payment of approximately $619.25 million, and a second payment, due next year, for the balance.”
The deal means the Archdiocese avoids bankruptcy. The global settlement meant that all parties had to agree to the settlement before it became effective.
“The Archdiocese has been raising the money needed to fund the settlement,” Hicks said. “This money will come from various sources. The sale of the former archdiocesan chancery and the move into smaller, more affordable office space and the sale of the ground lease under the Palace Hotel raised a significant percentage of that figure, as has staff cutbacks and downsizing,” said Hicks.
The 20-story diocesan headquarters on First Ave. was sold to a residential developer early last year for $103 million. The land beneath the Lotte New York Palace Hotel was sold in October to the hotel owner for $490 million.
At least 10 candidates with Seventh-day Adventist connections won or were reported elected to congressional, state, and local offices across the United States on November 3, 2026, including five graduates of Oakwood University, the church’s historically Black university in Huntsville, Alabama.
The candidates include Democrats and Republicans elected to Congress, state legislatures, city government, and the judiciary. Some are Adventist church members or leaders, while others attended Adventist schools.
Among the winners was U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz, a Seventh-day Adventist and Democrat from California, who won reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives in District 25. Ruiz, a physician who has served in Congress since 2013, secured another two-year term representing communities in Southern California.
In Oklahoma, Herschel L. Brown, an emergency medicine physician and leader at Voice of Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oklahoma City, won the state House District 99 race. Brown, a Democrat, received approximately 86% of the vote.
Two Democrats identified as Seventh-day Adventists also secured seats in Florida. Daphne Campbell, a registered nurse who previously served in both chambers of the Florida Legislature, won the House District 108 election with approximately 81% of the vote.
Felicia Robinson, an educator and former Miami Gardens city official, secured another term representing House District 104 after running unopposed. Robinson, first elected to the Florida House in 2020, is also listed as Seventh-day Adventist in legislative biographies.
In Hawaii, Republican Diamond Garcia, who attended the Adventist-operated Hawaiian Mission Academy and previously served as an Adventist missionary, was reported reelected to the state House in District 42 following a close race.
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Religious accommodations are a right, not a favor
by Laura Slavis, opinion contributor - 11/03/26 7:30 AM ET
Mariam Zuhaib, Associated Press
The Supreme Court is pictured, Oct. 5, 2026, in Washington.
Every morning, like so many other Americans, I kiss my son and husband goodbye and leave for work. But unlike many Americans, that ordinary routine depends on accommodations.
My ability to practice law was contingent on the bar exam being presented to me in a format a blind applicant could use. Without accommodations, I would not have my job as an appellate lawyer. I would not have clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court and might not even be raising a family.
The accommodations that have allowed me to fully pursue my education and to participate in civic life have made all the difference.
The Supreme Court is now facing a similar issue in a case that will be argued this morning, St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy. The case, brought by my law firm, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, is about whether Colorado may legally exclude Catholic preschools from a tuition assistance program worth around $6,300 per year for children in pre-K.
Despite undergoing an operation on Oct 13 to remove a cancerous tumour, doctors have given him the all-clear to travel. PHOTO: AFP
Published Nov 06, 2026, 11:25 AM Updated Nov 06, 2026, 11:25 AM
VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV heads to South America on Nov 6 for an emotionally charged reunion with the continent that helped shape his priesthood, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery.
The 71-year-old head of the Catholic Church will in 12 days visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in one of the most intense papal foreign trips in decades, meeting political leaders, prisoners, the poor, as well as old friends.
Leo said on Nov 4 that he was looking forward to returning to those countries “so dear to me”.
The head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics said he hoped the trip would “strengthen faith, renew hope, (and) rekindle the fire of charity” in the countries, which share challenges from rising inequality and violence, to demographic falls and the decline of Catholicism.
Despite undergoing an operation on Oct 13 to remove a cancerous tumour, doctors have given him the all-clear to travel, and the Vatican said no special medical measures were necessary beyond the standard care on papal trips.
Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III speaks to the crowd during the We the People TX interfaith service, “A Night of Moral Resistance,” in Dallas, on Sept. 9, 2026. Photo: AP Photo/Gabriela Passos
Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement.
“Why do you wanna have a pep rally when people are hurting?”
That was the question Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III posed at a September food drive in South Dallas, where volunteers were collecting groceries for struggling families. Across town, Republicans were holding a midterm convention. Haynes, a longtime Baptist pastor and Democratic congressional nominee, was introducing James Talarico, the party’s candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas.
A month later, speaking at a Dallas megachurch, Talarico offered his own interpretation of Christian duty.
“I try to love my neighbor through public policy,” the Presbyterian seminarian told the congregation. “I’m trying to make my neighbor’s life easier, better, less stressful.”
Both men are making a deceptively simple argument in some of the staunchly staunch red-as-hell, Republican territory in America, one that might transcend the conventional wisdom about national campaigns and the millions poured into competing campaign war chests: When far-right policy translates into actual pain, at what point does intervening become a spiritual obligation?
Amid the big-ticket ad buys, fundraising appeals, and armies of political consultants, Talarico and Haynes are tapping into a political tradition that has long sustained communities across the South: showing up.
At Haynes’s Friendship-West Baptist Church, the ministry extends to legal services, immigration advocacy, counseling, economic justice, and food policy. It is an example of how churches often form the connective tissue of communities suffering under economic and political strain.
Nithya Raman thanks voters after winning race to become LA’s next mayor
Nithya Raman will become Los Angeles’ 44th mayor after beating incumbent Karen Bass in a hard-fought battle to lead America’s second-largest city.
The 45-year-old City Council member, who’s expected to take office next month, secured victory in the November 3 election by tapping into voters’ frustrations over Bass’ tenure.
Chris discusses the results of the 2026 Midterm Election cycle, where the Trump administration was rebuked by voters and Republicans were ousted from power. We discuss the results and what the Bible warns us about placing trust in men rather than God. Also discussed is Reformation Day -- which was originally October 31, 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door and set in motion events that changed the world. For the first time in history, President Trump and the White House acknowledged Reformation Day by an official declaration. We further discuss warnings from British commentators (Douglas Murray, David Starkey) about the conditions in the United Kingdom and how these elements are beginning to show themselves here in the United States. Is America headed for another dark age? Is it time for another Reformation?
LIVE: French students, workers and pensioners protest in Paris
Reuters
Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to march through French cities and public workers to strike on November 5, in a fresh test for President Emmanuel Macron, after weeks of unrest that have rattled his government and dominated the agenda five months ahead of a presidential election