The Pilgrim Underground

I was asked to comment about Josh Buice and the scandal surrounding him. G3 Ministries is one of the big names in New Calvinism - even thoug...

I caught a few minutes of the Family Life Network's (FLN) news segment the other day and I was struck by how fuzzy the line gets between...

https://cne.news/article/4508-rene-breuel-bringing-the-gospel-and-pizza-to-post-catholic-italy I all but immediately shut down when I see ...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-walmart-eat-tariffs-instead-raising-prices-2025-05-17/ Trump wants Wal-Mart to 'eat' t...

While reading coverage of the Romanian election (with the second round slated to take place on 18 May), I was absolutely floored reading thi...

https://www.creators.com/read/judge-napolitano/04/25/taking-easter-seriously-78f98 Napolitano would have us take Easter seriously and then p...

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-assad-hts-china-future/ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3291393/s...

It's been more than a month since the Signal Group Chat scandal broke. This Politico piece from the end of March is dated but still rele...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MqvIddYMMEk This video 'short' appeared on the NPR website promoting a podcast. The clip is only ab...

I happened to catch some Newsmax on a recent night and couldn't help but grin listening to the commentators drone on about the surveilla...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/erik-prince-trump-immigration-enforcement I suppose this article got little attention in C...

https://theworld.org/segments/2025/03/28/study-high-levels-of-uranium-and-lead-found-in-bones-of-iraqis-linked-to-conflict As expected PRI...

https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/21/vijay-prashad-brics-industrial-development/ I found Prashad's comments which suggested a compari...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/richard-secord-retired-air-force-155848925.html For those of us who remember the Iran-Contra Scandal and follow...

https://theaquilareport.com/is-america-part-of-christendom/ There seems to be virtually an endless stream of articles like this - trying t...

I was in a coffee shop and noticed a copy of the Sunday edition (13 April 2025) of the New York Times. While perusing it, I came across a la...

https://julieroys.com/aaron-renn-might-be-right-christians-face-negative-world-but-is-it-new/ After months of hearing on the radio and fro...

https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates Given Berger's penchant and drive for Domini...

https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/07/medhurst-detained-by-austrian-police-accused-of-being-hamas-member-uk-investigation-against-him-extend...

Listening to American Family Radio (AFR) in March, I caught a story about Ramadan fast-breaking being held at Windsor Castle. As expected th...

https://archive.is/EQ0TJ I heard one Chinese analyst speak truthfully - the end-game of these tariffs is war. Hopefully a 'deal' c...

https://religionnews.com/2025/03/10/defunded-evangelical-aid-groups-are-reaping-what-the-religious-right-sowed/ I'm sure many readers ...

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/in-manila-u-s-defense-secretary-commits-to-protecting-philippines Marcos has committed his coun...

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5341420/syrias-transitional-leader-is-a-former-jihadist-can-he-help-stabilize-the-region This intervie...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derna_dam_collapses https://www.declassifieduk.org/why-the-media-arent-telling-the-whole-story-of-libyas-floo...

https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Do-the-Chinese-really-want-Siberia-62318.html https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3654427-does-china-...

I was recently spending some time with an older man from a nearby town that I've known for many years. I've mentioned him before in ...

https://www.trex-arms.com/ I was looking at the website of one of Scott Brown's upcoming conferences on Christian Entrepreneurship. It...

The battle continues over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The courts in some cases resist the attempts to shut it down - in...

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cnn-reporter-clarissa-wards-on-air-liberation-of-syrian-prisoner-exposed-as-fraud/ This story broke in...

The other day I was working within range of the American Family Radio (AFR) signal and I caught some of Todd Herman's show. He suggested...

https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-melonis-italy-judges-viktor-orban-hungary-albania-rome-court-russia-war-ukraine/ Meloni's poli...

https://www.saintstephenslutheranchurch.org/single-post/2019/08/14/where-does-religion-come-from Virtually every time I turn on NPR there...

https://www.patriotacademy.com/the-patriot-experience/ I am sorry to report that I have found this filth being promoted on Christian websit...

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5307022/jesus-wept-author-chronicles-the-debates-roiling-the-catholic-church I'm afraid this episo...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/09/takeshi-ebisawa-yakuza-leader-nuclear-materials-myanmar This story is fascinating on several...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/19/graham-military-action-iran-nuclear-program-00199181 This story has almost been lost in the flurry...

https://calthomas.com/2025/02/whom-to-blame-for-the-crisis/ Unfortunately I must report that Cal Thomas is still producing commentaries an...

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/donald-trump-and-the-new-world-order-the-end-of-the-west-a-b71fa1bd-6147-47a4-8738-5c17eff44a55 ...

https://www.christianpost.com/voices/daniel-penny-vigilante-racist-jesus-good-samaritan.html In the flurry of recent news this story has a...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/christian-nationalists-are-swooning-over-jd-vances-remarks-on-fox-news/ Contemporary Dominioni...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/trump-pete-hegseth-extremism Hegseth first appeared on my radar under the first Trump admi...

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g-s1-48112/john-bolton-greenland-national-security I've been touching on this lately - but here's a...

https://americanreformer.org/2024/12/what-is-happening-in-germany/ This article typifies the misunderstanding on the part of the American ...

We all knew that Trump was going to tear NATO apart. After less than a month in office the process has already begun in earnest. I watched c...

https://web.archive.org/web/20180615140225/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/right-wing-celebrities-play-fast-and-loose-with-...

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/wikileaks-reveals-us-spent-4726m-to-promote-covert-censorship-media-control-through-ngo/3476741 This lin...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/10/white-victimhood-to-g20-whats-behind-trumps-attacks-on-south-africa The Trump administration has ...

I recently heard one of the weekly Scripture-twisters on Christian radio attempt to defend Trump's immigration policies by appealing to ...

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israel-still-cant-find-any-7-october-rape-victims-prosecutor-admits As Ali Abunimah of t...

https ://www.christianpost.com/voices/make-america-godly-again-the-maga-america-needs-now.html Somehow we are to believe that godliness is...

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/10/jimmy_carter_indonesia_east_timor_genocide  The American support for Indonesia's...

https://www.politico.eu/article/could-romania-break-eu-and-nato-elections-russia-influence-moldova-georgia-calin-georgescu/ https://evange...

https://religionnews.com/2024/11/14/elise-stefanik-jews-united-nations/ I recommend this article because even though it's far more pro-...

We will return at a later date to Franklin Graham's Balaam-inspired blasphemies and the Trump administration's plan to weaponize the...

https://consortiumnews.com/2025/01/15/patrick-lawrence-the-predictable-capitulation-of-tulsi-gabbard/ Gabbard was one of those interesting...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/27/bolivias-evo-morales-vehicle-gunfire-political-tension-rises This story of attempted assassi...

https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-authorities-seek-expanded-powers-to-regulate-religious-affairs This new set of laws is in keeping with e...

The news broke today regarding a Gaza ceasefire. Let us pray that it holds true. I reflected for a moment when someone pointed out how the f...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/7/indonesia-joins-brics-group-of-emerging-economies Even as the US seeks to expand its Eastern footp...