The convergence of multiple global crises in 2025 presents a sobering picture of an Almighty God who is preparing the world for end-time events.

The convergence of multiple global crises in 2025 presents the sobering picture of an Almighty God who is preparing the world for end-time events.

Russia may be preparing to resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time since 1990. Senior Russian officials, including lawmakers and military leaders, have visited the Novaya Zemlya test site—a Cold War-era facility where the Soviet Union conducted more than 130 nuclear tests. Novaya Zemlya was the site of the Tsar Bomba detonation in 1961—the most powerful nuclear explosion ever recorded.

In The Lord of the Rings, British author J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional hobbits are depicted as living wholesome but complacent lives, oblivious to the world around them. One hobbit, Frodo Baggins, is suddenly caught up in very perilous times, facing great challenges alongside several of his friends. Actor Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings, later said that complacency is “never a good place to be working from.” It is easy to be complacent when we are comfortable and safe. Are you complacent?

According to a recent study, more than half of today’s teenagers regularly communicate with generative artificial intelligence companions (Common Sense Media, 2025), fueled by the appeal of constant companionship and even mental-health support. Yet experts caution that these digital confidants can foster unhealthy dependency, deepen loneliness, and offer unpredictable or harmful responses. To the unsuspecting or unaware, A.I. can take on many human-like traits.