(Worthy Insights) – As CBN News has been reporting, widespread revival is sweeping U.S. college campuses, with thousands of students attending events, engaging in worship, and getting baptized. That has included campuses across Texas, but now several more universities in the Lone Star State are also seeing powerful moves of God.

Evangelist Jay Lowder, founder of Jay Lowder Harvest Ministries, recently headlined a campus-wide event at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, where hundreds of students made decisions for Christ.

“I’ve been in full-time evangelism for over 20 years,” Lowder told CBN News. “College students sometimes can be a difficult group to reach because they’re transitionary and a lot of times not living in their normal hometown, but we literally had, I’m not evangelist-exaggerating, we had a packed house every night, standing room only, and we saw over 500 students make different commitments to Christ.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A storm erupted on social media overnight into Thursday following remarks made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference, which were perceived by many as disrespectful toward the figure of Jesus.

The commotion began after Netanyahu was asked a question by Guy Azriel, the diplomatic correspondent of i24NEWS Hebrew Channel, when he included a reference in his answer that sparked harsh criticism for offending the feelings of Christians around the world.

Netanyahu published a clarification of his remarks this morning: “More fake news about my attitude toward Christians, who are protected and flourishing in Israel. Let me clarify: I did not defame Jesus Christ at my press conference this evening. On the contrary, I quoted the great American historian Will Durant.”

“Durant, an ardent admirer of Jesus, determined that morality in itself is not sufficient to ensure survival. A civilization that is morally superior may still fall into the hands of a cruel enemy if it does not possess the strength to defend itself. ‘No offense was intended,’ Netanyahu stated.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Amid the thunder of Israeli strikes and Hezbollah rockets, Lebanon’s ancient Christian communities cling to fragile neutrality—yet whispers grow that this war could shatter Hezbollah’s grip forever, handing Maronites, Greek Orthodox, Armenians, and other Christian sects a historic chance at revival.

Whether that hope leads anywhere remains unclear. The fighting could stay largely confined to southern Lebanon, widen into a broader regional conflict, or end in an arrangement that reduces the violence without resolving the deeper question of who controls decisions over war and peace in the country.

For Reda Sawaya, a Lebanese journalist and member of the Maronite community, the war reflects not just military escalation but the collapse of hopes that the state might begin reasserting itself after the election of a new president and the formation of a government.

“I do not claim to speak on behalf of Christians or Maronites, nor to represent their views in general. However, based on my observation, the prevailing sentiment is a national one that transcends sectarian lines, coupled with deep concern about the country’s future amid the major transformations taking place in the region,” Sawaya told The Media Line. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A senior political source from the Middle East tells Israel Hayom that the US wants the military campaign against Iran to end, and has given Israel just one week to conclude it. The source also assessed that the regime in Tehran is unlikely to be replaced, because such a change would require either a ground invasion by troops or the renewal of large-scale protests inside Iran, something the source does not believe will happen in the near future.

According to the senior source, there is a major gap between how the war is viewed in the US and how it is seen in Israel. In Washington, the source said, officials are worried about the impact on oil prices, whereas Israel sees the war as an achievement and is celebrating it.

The source also addressed the issue of Lebanon and Hezbollah, saying that despite Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s previous secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, the organization is still standing, as is Hamas. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Israel and the US have prepared a plan aimed at creating the conditions to accelerate the fall of Iran’s ayatollah regime after the war ends, according to a source familiar with the details who spoke with Israel Hayom.

The plan includes public components designed to provide real-time assistance to the oppressed Iranian people in replacing the country’s leadership. Naturally, the source declined to reveal the tactical aspects of the plan in order not to expose details to the other side.

According to the planning, however, the main force expected to bring about a change of government in Iran is the Iranian people themselves, not American or Israeli forces. In addition, both countries hope that any alternative leadership will emerge from the central elements of Iranian society rather than from the many minority groups living in the country, such as the Kurds or the Azeris. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Franklin Graham preached the gospel to 90,000 people in Lima, Peru, over the weekend, and thousands made commitments to give their lives to Jesus Christ as a result.

The historic “Esperanza Lima” outreach was held in the country’s National Stadium, which the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) reports was “packed from wall to wall” for two nights straight on Saturday and Sunday.

The hunger for God was so strong that thousands of people who couldn’t get inside still lined the streets outside to hear Rev. Graham share the hope-filled message of the Gospel. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Iranian Shiites have a saying, “Sag Sunni.” It means Sunni Muslims are dogs. The Iranians don’t mean it as a compliment.

The framing of the recent military action in the Middle East so far has been the U.S. and Israel against Iran. Yet President Trump pointed out during a White House appearance with the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on Tuesday that Iran has also attacked other countries nearby: “They’ve hit Qatar. They’ve hit U.A.E. They’ve hit Saudi Arabia. They’ve hit Oman,” Trump said. Iran also used missiles and drones to attack Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait, according to a statement by those governments and the U.S. Reports on social media yesterday showed what appeared to be an Iranian drone strike near a U.S. consulate in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

What’s up with that? It goes beyond just Iranian incompetence in reaching Israeli targets or Iranian attempts to hit American military bases and diplomatic installations in the Arab countries. It—like much of what happens in the Middle East—has something to do with the split between Sunni Islam—the dominant variety and the religion of most of the regional royalty—and Shiite Islam—the religion of Iran’s ruling clerics and of its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah. Iran is a Shiite country with some Sunni minorities. The Sunni-Shiite split is frequently a stronger explanatory dynamic in the Middle East than settler-colonialism or U.S. imperialism or oil or whatever other favored explanation the press or academia are pushing. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The United States is intensifying efforts to build an opposition within Iran. According to intelligence sources talking with CNN, the American initiative is not limited to ethnic groups such as the Kurds and the Baloch. It is also focused on garnering support from within Iran’s regular army, public figures, local leadership and even relatively moderate senior officials within the regime.

President Donald Trump himself hinted at the effort in an interview with Politico on Tuesday. Asked whether it was too late to consider working with figures in a new Iranian government, Trump replied: “No, it’s not too late. Forty-nine were killed, don’t forget, so it’s pretty deep, right? New ones are emerging. A lot of people want the job. Some of them will be very good.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Chinese state-run propaganda outlets are promoting U.S. protests against the Trump Administration’s strikes against the Iranian regime, with the protests being organized by a Chinese Communist Party-linked financial network in the United States.

Immediately after the start of this weekend’s U.S. military-led operation striking Iranian leadership and military sites, street protests opposing the conflict with Iran were quickly organized in New York City and nationwide by the the leftist “Act Now to Stop War and End Racism” (ANSWER) Coalition, the Marxist revolutionary group known as the People’s Forum, the far-left anti-war group Code Pink, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL). [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Widespread interest in aliens, extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena, and flying objects – even among many Bible-believing Christians – has reached the White House, where, overnight, President Donald Trump pledged full disclosure of government intelligence on these matters.

“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant departments and agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing government files related to alien and extraterrestrial, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important matters. God Bless America!” Trump posted overnight.

Interest in these matters has grown significantly in recent months. From a documentary film to congressional hearings, a Hollywood science-fiction movie and a national news magazine cover story, the narrative about extraterrestrial life reached new heights with the president’s announcement. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – An extraordinary move of the Holy Spirit that broke out at Florida’s Southeastern University (SEU) a week ago is continuing. Some people have been comparing to the Asbury Awakening from 2023.

It began during a three-day conference that started last Monday and was scheduled to end Wednesday evening. When speaker Jennie Allen called students to repentance, Campus Pastor Jonathan Rivera told CBN’s Billy Hallowell that things unexpectedly began to change.

“What she did was she asked students to confess sin publicly and as loud as possible. At first, we were kind of like, we don’t know how this is going to look or where it’s going to go, and students literally leaned in completely and started shouting as loud as they could, confessing sin, burdens, issues, all kinds of stuff. And after that happened, something shifted in the room, something undeniable happened that we all felt,” Rivera said. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Franklin Graham preached the Gospel this weekend at the world’s southernmost city, and hundreds of souls placed their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior.

The “Esperanza Ushuaia” outreach was held at the José “Cochocho” Vargas Stadium in Ushuaia, Argentina. That location is known as the “city at the end of the world” because it’s about 650 miles from the tip of Antarctica.

The city is known to have the highest suicide rate in Argentina, so the primary theme of the event was hope, which is what “esperanza” means in English. The American evangelist began his appeal by asking the thousands in attendance, “Are you running out of hope?” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The ongoing spiritual awakening that has been unfolding at college campuses across the U.S. reached the University of Central Florida on Tuesday night, leading to hundreds of new salvations and baptisms.

Tonya Prewett, the founder and visionary of the UniteUS campus outreach ministry, reports 1,600 students made decisions to “go all in with Jesus… revival is not slowing down!'”

She posted on Instagram, “Over 5,000 students gathered at the University of Central Florida to lift the name of Jesus. Hundreds of students were baptized and many who identified as Atheist now identify as Christian. What a night! What a God!” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Nearly 2,000 young people either gave their lives to Jesus or made renewed commitments of faith at a large-scale evangelistic crusade in London last week, confirming what recent data already suggested: revival is here, and the UK Church must decide how to respond.

More than 7,000 people gathered at ExCeL London for the event led by Atlanta-based 2819 Church and Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell. The gathering drew a predominantly young adult audience and produced one of the most significant public faith responses seen in London in recent years.

The 2819 crusade was the centerpiece of a week-long mobilization conducted by the church that included street evangelism across London, community outreach, and a pastors’ intensive where Mitchell spent time with approximately 60 UK pastors. The focus was equipping local churches to steward what’s already happening rather than creating dependency on external events. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The exodus from the Golden State continues. The movement gained publicity when Hollywood celebrities, such as Candace Cameron Bure, Andy MacDowell, and Ali Lauter, started fleeing the hustle and bustle of Hollywood for a quieter life. Last year, the president of In-N-Out Burger also made headlines by exiting the state. Now, California’s top 1% of wealthiest people are leaving the state for a different reason – a looming wealth tax that threatens to hit them hard.

Larry Page, Google co-founder and the world’s second-richest person, has reportedly left California due to his concerns about a proposed tax law that aims to impose a one-time five percent tax on the assets of California residents worth more than a billion.

According to the Detroit News, Page and his co-founder Sergey Brin quickly transferred the entities they control to other states in late December. And they are not the only ones. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – More than 7,000 college students and others recently gathered in Phoenix, Arizona, for Urbana 25 – Intervarsity’s 27th student missions conference. By the end of the five-day gathering, 800 people made decisions to follow Jesus, and many others solidified their commitment to spreading the Gospel throughout the ends of the earth.

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA kicked off the event in late December, and attendees were challenged to think outside the box when sharing the Gospel.

“How do we live into the imagination God has given us to take the gospel into the world?” Executive Director Mark Matlock asked the audience on the first night of the conference. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A Southern Baptist church in Washington, D.C., says it has seen a 2,000% growth in attendance over the last seven years, a trend that the congregation’s leaders attribute mostly to Generation Z and millennials gradually returning to religious life after the COVID-19 lockdowns and, more recently, the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk.

After a period of stagnant growth in its first few years, the King’s Church now has nearly 600 members, according to Ben Palka, one of the church’s three pastors who also helped establish the church in the nation’s capital in 2018.

“We just had a lot of grit, a lot of God’s grace the first couple of years to endure the storm,” Palka said. “And then during COVID, we decided to stay open, and the Lord really blessed that time. We grew. It felt like every month we doubled.” [ Source (Read More…) ]