Upcoming Secret Pastor’s Conference
As I announced earlier this year, this fall, I will be a key-note speaker at a secret international pastors and leaders conference in a part of the world that is in great need of encouragement and equipping specifically to rise to meet the great challenge of Islam. I want to extend a very big thank […]
NightTalker Radio Show 7/8/14
I had the opportunity to speak with Michael David McGuire recently on his NightTalker show. We spoke of ISIS, Bible prophecy, and what is going on in the Middle East. I thought it was a really good interview. Click here to listen.
The Last Shofar!
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of having coffee with Don Zoller, the co-author, along with Joseph Lenard, of The Last Shofar!, a book which seeks to address the doctrine of the pre-wrath rapture of the Church as it coincides with the Fall Feast of the Lord. I know that many of my […]
What the Caliphate means for the World
Two weeks ago, our illustrious President Obama stood in the White House and made the following statement: “[T]he truth of the matter is that for all the challenges we face, all the problems that we have, if you had to be – if you had to choose any moment to be born in human history, […]
Dictator Erdogan, Survivor of Protests, to Seek Presidency in Turkey
Last summer I had the chance to see Turkish PM Erdogan live at a massive Islamist rally of as many as a million people. After waiting out under the hot sun for hours, I was humored to see that he had the same fine taste in clothing as myself. Dictators may be nuts, but they […]
N.T. Wright’s Perversion of Biblical Hope
In a previous article, I touched on N.T. Wright’s perspective concerning the return of Jesus. To make my point, I compared Wright’s perspective concerning many of the most prominent passages that speak of the return of Jesus to the Islamic perspective concerning the return of Jesus. In the case of Islamic apocalyptic narrative, Jesus returns […]
ISIS declares new ‘Islamic caliphate’
This is huge. Fighters in Syria and Iraq have announced the establishment of a “caliphate”, referring to the system of rule that ended nearly 100 years ago with the fall of the Ottoman empire. In an audio recording distributed online on Sunday, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) declared its chief Abu […]
The Caliphate Rises
The jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) continue to consolidate their grip on Sunni Iraq. They control most major cities, they took over the border crossings with Jordan this week, and now they’re re-opening banks and government offices and establishing political control. Welcome to the new Middle East caliphate, a […]
N.T. Wright and Eschatology
NT WrightI’d like to take a take a brief pause from working on the book that I am presently working on (When a Jew Rules the World: What the Bible Really Says about Israel in the Plan of God, due out in March of 2015) to say a few brief things about a matter that […]
Why Turkey has been supporting ISIS
Long story short: Because it has been the perfect proxy against their biggest enemies, Iran, Assad and the Kurds, including the Turkish Kurd group, the PKK. For all of its veneer of being a moderate secular nation, behind it all, Erdogan is an Islamist with some long term goals. For the long version, read Daniel […]
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Recruiting Video
Dear fellow Christians, I would like you all to click here to watch the latest ISIS recruitment video, and tell me what modern Christian movement or expression matches the zeal and commitment of this Satanic movement? Its going to take something far greater than what we are doing right now. Its going to take a […]
Obama Advisor Mohamed Elibiary’s One Way Conversation
So having joined twitter, ( @Joel7Richardson ) I found Obama Advisor Mohamed Elibiary, who has repeatedly stated that a Caliphate was inevitable and that the US should support it——just like the EU. Any who disagreed with him of course, he labeled “right-wingers.” As if liberals are so in favor of a Caliphate, with its wonderful […]
The Hour of ISIS Power: How Did It Come To This?
Dr. Timothy Furnish has written what is in my opinion, unarguably the best and most comprehensive overview of the present unfolding situation in Iraq and Syria. Read his latest blogpost at Mahdiwatch.org
Is the Vision of Daniel 8 Being Fulfilled Right Now in Iraq and Iran?
If you are a student of Bible prophecy, than I want you to get your Bible out and open it to Daniel chapter 8. Now, if you consult nearly any commentary on the Book of Daniel, you’ll find they nearly all interpret this prophecy as fulfilled in history. The prophecy begins with a ram butting […]
Rachel Maddow skewers Glenn Beck for his crazy Caliphate fantasies.
Just had to do at least one little “I told you so.” Also the New York Times in 2005 mocking Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld for their crazy warnings of a Caliphate. White House Letter: Watchword of the day – Beware the caliphate
Rouhani: Iran to combat terrorism in Iraq
And there it is: TEHRAN – Predominantly Shiite Muslim Iran will combat terrorism by Sunni extremists in neighboring Iraq, President Hassan Rouhani warned Thursday. Rouhani did not say exactly what Iran intended to do to help stop an offensive by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) that is pushing toward Baghdad […]
Foreign ISIS Fighter in Iraq: We Will Conquer Jerusalem, Rome, and Spain
‘Mass beheadings’ in Iraq as al-Qaeda forces seize Mosul and Tikrit
Over ten years ago, I saw this coming as clear as day. Story from the UK Telegraph. Unfortunately, it has only begun. Pray for the tens of thousands of those fleeing with their families, many with no where to go.
ISIS captures Mosul, Iraq’s Second-Largest City
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has captured Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq. Mosul by the way is essentially the Nineveh of biblical times. I was very strongly considering going there last summer. Needless to say, the ramifications of this are huge. While it is clear that the US and Iraq […]
Inside the far-Right stronghold where Hungarian Jews fear for the future
In Hungary, the Jew-hating, anti-Israel Jobbik party is gaining significant power. The link between Jobbik and Iran is particularly revealing and equally terrifying. How soon Europe has forgotten its past. European Jew-hatred, largely rooted in Christian supercessionist ideology, persecuted and chased so many of the Jews out of Europe. Not content however, the spirit of […]
Iran’s Plan to Destabilize Egypt
I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him nor was there anyone to rescue from his power, but he did as he pleased and magnified himself. Daniel 8:4 We know that Daniel 8:4 took place in history, but is it possible that Daniel 8:4 (and forward) […]
Terrorist Groups Rise 58% Since 2010
One of the principal narratives of the 2012 Obama re-election campaign — as in al Qaeda has been “decimated” and put on a “on the path to defeat” — has itself been decimated. According to a study released yesterday by the RAND Corporation, there has been a 58 percent increase in the number of jihadist […]
End Times Refocused: Las Vegas
Jordanian Columnist: Muslims Need A Spiritual Leader Like The Pope To Unite Them
In an article he published on the occasion of Pope Fracis’s visit to Jordan on May 24-25, 2014, and in light of the respect commanded by the Pope across the Christian world, Jordanian columnist Hussein Al-Ruwashdeh wondered why the Muslims did not have a similar spiritual source of authority, and why they did not have […]
A new Turkish aggression against Syria: Ankara suspends pumping Euphrates’ water
I actually wasn’t aware that Turkey had control of the Euphrates via a dam. The Turkish government recently cut off the flow of the Euphrates River, threatening primarily Syria but also Iraq with a major water crisis. Al-Akhbar found out that the water level in Lake Assad has dropped by about six meters, leaving millions […]
What are Iranians like?
In my own experience, I have found that so many of the Christians that I run into have a picture in their minds of most Iranians as America-and-Israel-hating, radical Islamists. This picture could not be further from the truth however. Although the present ruling regime is no doubt staunchly Islamist, anti-Israel, and anti-American, the percentage […]
Christian Cultural Engagement
Few will argue that Christians must be about cultural engagement. But in doing so, we must always remember what true Christian cultural engagement actually looks like. For John the Baptist, cultural engagement looked like this. For Jesus, true cultural engagement meant public humiliation, scourging and crucifixion. We’ve all seen the Passion. (Do we really expect […]
Dr. Michael Brown (Classic Premillennialist) to Debate Don Preston (Preterist)
Don Preston is an experienced debater, but its hard to debate an indefensible position. Preston announces the debate here. [twitter-follow username=”@Joel7Richardson” scheme=”dark”]
International survey reveals 1 in 4 are anti-Semitic
This is shocking. Those who claim to follow Jesus must make this among their most premiere causes to confront and challenge. Otherwise, I would argue that they are not really even following Jesus. Anti-Semitism remains prevalent around the world with one in four adults surveyed in a new international study expressing anti-Jewish sentiment, according to […]
Face to Face with Jesus: A Former Muslim’s Extraordinary Journey to Heaven and Encounter with the God of Love
I want to highly encourage everyone in the strongest of terms to pick up several copies of a new book by former Muslim, Samaa Habib. I know Samaa personally, and have been so encouraged not only by her story and testimony, but also by her tremendous zeal, joy and overall walk with the Lord. Every […]
