News and Prophecy Staff

According to religious historian Dr. Carl R. Trueman, “Our age will go down in history as one marked by the most barbaric moral delinquency of adults, whose role should be to protect vulnerable children, not inculcate and then indulge their destructive delusions” (The Catholic World Report, April 20, 2022). During an interview, Dr.

Violent clashes have erupted in Jerusalem related to the Temple Mount. While religious tension in Jerusalem is not unusual during Jewish Holy Days, this year Passover, Easter, and Ramadan all coincided (AP, April 17, 2022).

In its latest assessment of China’s military capabilities, the U.S. Department of Defense estimated China’s nuclear weapons stockpile will triple by 2030 (The Atlantic, February 16, 2022).

New research on brain activity indicates that just prior to death the brain appears to go into a state very similar to dreaming (Atlanta Journal Constitution, February 25, 2022). Researchers were measuring the brainwave activity of an 87-year-old epileptic patient who suddenly died during an EEG scan.

Two weeks ago in Israel, a key member of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s Yamina party resigned from his coalition government (The Guardian, April 6, 2022). The departure of Idit Silman leaves the party without a majority. With one more departure, the coalition will topple, pushing new elections. Ms.