(Worthy Insights) – With news of a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Iran, the prospect of returning to synagogues and churches for worship in the Holy Land inspired a Messianic Jewish congregation in Jerusalem to gather again for worship on Sunday night.

Giving heartfelt thanks to God, the Israel Defense Forces, and faithful people who returned to their house of prayer in Jerusalem, leaders praised the congregation’s members during their first in-person worship service in nearly two weeks.

After 12 days of conflict, King of Kings Community Jerusalem (KKCJ), a church in the heart of the Holy City, welcomed back worshippers who heeded restrictions on public gatherings across Israel from the Homefront Command. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A Florida man is crediting God and a cross necklace for helping save his life.

Aiden Perry, 20, was just feet from a .40-caliber pistol June 7, when he was shot in the chest — an incident that could have abruptly ended his life.

But the Lord apparently had other plans. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The Islamic Republic of Iran is a Shi’a Muslim government. While it is not the only Shi’a Muslim majority country, it is the only one with a Shi’a theocratic government based on the Islamic Revolutionary philosophy of its founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

It is also a government that has attempted to spread its political and religious ideology outward – to other Shi’a regions, to Sunni Muslim nations, and to the rest of the world as a means of ensuring the survival of its Islamic revolutionary philosophy.

Most Shi’ites today are Twelver Shi’ites, believing in the return of the Hidden (12th) Imam, who will bring about the institution of a perfect, incorrupt Islamic government. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – This week marks three years since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. While that decision, officially known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, marked an enormous victory for the pro-life movement, recent research shows the number of abortions is rising.

Katie Glenn Daniel of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America said, “The Dobbs decision gave individual states the right to regulate abortion. Half enacted some type of ban, which at first led to fewer abortions. Now, however, they’re on the rise largely because abortion pills are being mailed pretty much anywhere.”

“I think some people might’ve thought that the Dobbs decision was the end of the story, and we wish that were the case,” she continued. “The challenges ahead of us are great, even as we celebrate three years of the Dobbs decision.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Most Christians in the United States have little to no trust in the Democratic Party and would never vote for a Democrat, a new poll suggests, as liberal Christian advocates remain confident that there is a path to win over voters of faith.

The progressive Evangelical advocacy group Vote Common Good released the survey documenting the views of Christian voters on a wide variety of issues, including their views on the two major political parties. The poll surveyed 1,761 Christian voters from May 6-11 and was conducted by Change Research, whose clients often include Democratic politicians. The sample contained a margin of error of +/-3 percentage points.

The full results of the poll, shared with Time Magazine, suggest that 75% of Christian voters have little to no trust in the Democratic Party. Similarly, 62% of Christian voters surveyed insisted that they would never vote for a Democrat, 58% characterized the Democratic Party as hostile to Christianity and 54% believed that Democratic voters were hostile to Christianity. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Mon B, a singer and street preacher in the U.K., is standing firm for her faith after an officer with the British Transport Police attempted to shut her down, telling her sharing the Gospel was “all wrong.”

“God’s plan,” Mon B wrote in an Instagram post, sharing news of her confrontation with law enforcement officials outside King’s Cross, a railway station in London. “God cannot be mocked.”

In a separate post, the street preacher continued, “The GOD I serve is very real and HIS name is JESUS! He cannot be mocked. Don’t stop His servants from doing what He loves. To see souls saved. I pray this is a wake up call to all those who don’t believe and for Christians who have slumbered. CHURCH ARISE!” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The war between Iran and Israel is now in its second week, with no clear signs of an off-ramp—despite the United States bombing several key Iranian nuclear sites and President Donald Trump declaring that “now is the time for peace.” As the war continues, many of Iran’s proxies in the region have been notably quiet, including multiple Iran-backed militias in Iraq that have declared their neutrality. Immediately after the initial Israeli airstrikes, Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr posted a statement on X calling on Iraqis “not to be drawn into this war, as it is not their war, and Iraq does not need more wars.”

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an Iraqi-based militia group originally established by Iran to combat the Islamic State (IS) group, canceled its 11th-anniversary celebrations in solidarity with the Iranian military commanders killed in the Israeli airstrike on Tehran. But the PMF has made no announced intention of taking military action against Israel, or of using its drones in Iraq to target Israel.

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, Ali al-Sistani, who 11 years ago called for the creation of the PMF and for jihad against IS, released a statement calling on the international community “to stop the Israeli aggression against Iran,” but made no call for any military operations against Israel. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Satellite images have captured Iran’s Arak heavy water research reactor with a huge, gaping hole blasted through it after Israel dropped a bomb on the nuclear site — which was built as a key part of the country’s atomic bomb ambitions.

The before and after photos shed light on the damage inflicted on the facility after the Israeli military said it pummeled the nuclear site near Iran’s central city of Arak early Thursday in a targeted attack.

In the aftermath of the blast, one image showed a large crater in the dome of the partially built heavy water research reactor. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Washington prepares military infrastructure for potential Iranian operations as senior administration officials develop contingency plans for direct engagement with Tehran, according to sources familiar with internal discussions. Bloomberg reported that the evolving situation could shift rapidly, with some officials pointing toward possible weekend military action.

Federal agency leadership has begun operational preparations for potential strikes, according to Bloomberg sources who spoke anonymously about confidential planning sessions. The military preparations represent a significant escalation in US posture toward Iran, which has been engaged in active hostilities with Israel for nearly one week. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Israeli forces reportedly set up a fake phone call to top Iranian military leaders June 13 to gather them all in one bunker before proceeding to bomb the location, delivering a massive blow to the Iranian regime in one fell swoop, Israeli sources confirmed to The Jewish Chronicle on Tuesday.

Mossad, Israeli’s intelligence agency, staged a bogus phone call to 20 senior staff members of the Iranian air force, instructing them to convene at a specific bunker for an emergency meeting in Tehran, the Chronicle reported. Just as they met, the Israeli Air Force managed to take out most of the Iranian air force leadership with a precision strike on the bunker, crippling Iran’s capacity to retaliate at a crucial moment.

“We carried out specific activities to help us learn more about them, and then used that information to influence their behavior,” an unnamed Israeli official told Fox News. “We knew this would lead them to meet, but more importantly, we knew how to keep them there.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, notorious for his inflammatory comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany, escalated his rhetoric to shocking new levels Wednesday by declaring that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “surpassed Hitler.”

During an address to the Turkish parliament, President Erdoğan unleashed a tirade against Israel and Netanyahu, stating, “The images from World War II resemble the images constantly emerging from the Gaza Strip. As if attacks on Gaza and the West Bank weren’t sufficient, Israel’s aggression now targets Iran as well.”

“Netanyahu long ago surpassed Hitler in perpetrating genocide, and we hope their destinies won’t be identical. Netanyahu must face an international tribunal before his death,” the Turkish president declared. [ Source (Read More…) ]