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THE SUN BEATS DOWN on the South Lawn of the White House. A UFC cage stands ready for the 250th celebration. Fighters will step into the octagon while the nation marks its birthday and the President his eightieth. Critics cry “circus!” On social media the knives are out. MAGA voices, once ironclad, now crack under the weight of waiting. “Where are the arrests?” “No accountability.” “Trump’s messaging is off.” “He’s playing golf while the deep state laughs.” The comments pile up like drift...

I SIT HERE IN THE QUIET HOURS, reflecting on the profound mystery unfolding before us in this pivotal season. On the National Mall, in just days, a nation will humble itself at the foot of an ancient altar—the Washington Monument. A gathering unlike any in our lifetime will unfold: the Rededicate 250, a solemn and joyous proclamation of this nation as one Nation under God. In preparation, President Trump read 2 Chronicles 7:14 aloud from the oval office: “If my people, who are called by my...

THE MYSTERIES CALL From the dawn of Scripture, the Lord has invited His people to delight in what He both conceals and reveals. Deuteronomy 29:29 declares: “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” Proverbs 25:2 adds that: “It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.” These verses do not place hidden wisdom on the level of...