(Worthy Insights) – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking more influence in the Middle East by increasing his presence in Syria. Experts believe Erdogan will continue his desire for control as part of a much broader vision, and that could be a major issue for Israel.

The concern is that the Turkish president may have aspirations that are even greater than Iran’s.

“If we are talking about the influence in Syria, (Erdogan) already took the place of Russia and Iran but I think, given the Ottoman glorious past, I think his ambitions are far more bigger then Iran’s,” said Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, Middle East Expert at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies as well as at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – FCC chair Brendan Carr on Wednesday, April 16, accused Comcast-owned news outlets, including MSNBC, of distorting coverage in a high-profile immigration case. Carr said the outlets misled the public about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant in the country illegally who was wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

“Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public — implying that Abrego Garcia was merely a law-abiding U.S. citizen, just a regular ‘Maryland man,’” Carr wrote on X. “When the truth comes out, they ignore it.”

Carr said Comcast — like all media companies that operate licensed news divisions — is required under federal law to serve the public interest.

“News distortion doesn’t cut it,” he added. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A dog that vanished during the October 7 Hamas attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz was found and brought back to Israel by an IDF soldier — a moment of light in a long and painful chapter for one grieving family.

Billy, a King Charles Spaniel now three and a half years old, was reunited Tuesday with her owner, Rachel Danzig, after being discovered in Rafah by a soldier from the Golani Brigade.

The soldier, known only as “A.,” was approached by the dog after she heard Hebrew being spoken. Recognizing she was domesticated, he brought her back to Israel and posted her photo online. A microchip scan confirmed she had come from Nir Oz. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – As America navigates a rapidly changing spiritual landscape, one truth remains constant: the person of Jesus of Nazareth has an ageless attraction, even for those wary of religion itself.

In a striking shift amid declining trust in organized religion, a new Barna Group study signals a surge in Americans’ commitment to Jesus, with younger generations leading the charge. The research, part of the State of the Church 2025 initiative, finds 66% of U.S. adults affirm a personal commitment to Jesus that remains vital, a 12-point leap from 2021’s record low of 54%.

“This is the clearest trend we’ve seen in more than a decade pointing to spiritual renewal,” said David Kinnaman, CEO of Barna, noting the data equates to roughly 30 million more Jesus followers since 2021. “Undeniably, there is renewed interest in Jesus.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – When two Muslim nurses from a Sydney-area hospital were suspended and then charged for boasting in a TikTok video about killing Jewish patients, it brought Australia’s growing epidemic of Jew hatred to the world’s attention.

In the video, a hijab-wearing female tells an Israeli she’s chatting with, “You will die the most disgusting death,” then says of Jewish patients at her hospital, “I won’t treat them, I’ll kill them.” A male Muslim nurse then tells the Israeli, “You have no idea how many Israeli dogs came to this hospital, and I sent them to hell.”

Australia’s top Jewish leader told us this is only one of the latest incidents in what he described as an explosion of antisemitism Down Under. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – For decades, pro-life pregnancy centers have faced attacks from abortion providers and their political allies including federal, state, and local governments.

Recently, several pro-life lawmakers on Capitol Hill have set out to change that by introducing legislation designed to keep these centers and their employees safe.

In addition to protection, the “Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2025” would prohibit government discrimination and retaliation against care centers that refuse to point to abortion as an option. Pro-life lawmakers maintain the measure is needed now more than ever. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, on Monday morning dismissed claims that an illegal immigrant who lived in Maryland was deported to El Salvador by mistake.

Miller appeared on Fox News and said that reporting and accusations against the Trump administration around the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia have been seriously flawed. Despite reports that Abrego Garcia should not have been deported to his home nation of El Salvador, Abrego Garcia was, in fact, correctly sent there, Miller said.

“He was not mistakenly sent to El Salvador. He is an illegal alien from El Salvador,” Miller told Fox News host Bill Hemmer. “In 2019, he was ordered deported. He [has] a final removal order from the United States. These are things that no one disputes. Where is he from? El Salvador. Where is he a resident and citizen of? El Salvador. Is he here illegally? Yes. Does he have a deportation order? Yes.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A new animated film about the life of Jesus stunned the box office when it hit theaters over the weekend.

Angel Studios’ newest release “King of Kings” landed in the No. 2 spot and earned more than $19 million after launching on 3,200 screens.

The animated film is based on a Charles Dickens tale, where the author tells his son, Walter, about a kind and humble king who gave his life for mankind. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The movement to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) is alive and well under new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. From food dyes to baby formula, he and his team are moving at breakneck speed to address America’s chronic disease epidemic.

In February, RFK, Jr. was sworn in as the new Secretary of HHS.

“For 20 years, I’ve gotten up every morning on my knees and prayed that God would put me in a position where I could end the childhood chronic disease epidemic in this country,” Kennedy said following his swearing in. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Another signal fire of revival was ignited on an American college campus last night, this time at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

The UniteUS movement shared the truth of God’s saving grace with thousands of college students at SMU. “Last night was special. There’s nothing like lifting up the name of Jesus with thousands of college students,” the ministry wrote on Instagram.

By the end of the evening, hundreds reportedly said yes to Jesus. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Fifty hours of continuous prayer, worship, and gospel proclamation within nations where 3.3 billion people live in a spiritual desert is about to rise simultaneously from seven locations across the 10/40 Window.

Predominantly Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu nations, the 10/40 Window is filled with souls who are thirsty for the living water – Jesus. They’re people who are desperate and eager to hear the good news of God’s love and salvation.

Titled “50 Hours,” this non-stop prayer meeting within the 10/40 Window will commence April 10-12 with people exalting God and welcoming His presence into dark and dry spiritual regions. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Two new bombshell reports this week pointed to a cover-up by the Biden-era Pentagon related to the search for COVID-19’s origins. New information is spilling out years after the fact and pointing to Wuhan and its coronavirus lab as the origin of the pandemic all along.

First, a newly-released Department of Defense (DoD) report, made public only in recent days by the Trump-led Pentagon, showed that the Defense Department never formally investigated the possibility that U.S. service members may have been infected with COVID-19 during the World Military Games in Wuhan in the fall of 2019.

In addition, a newly-released analysis by a unit of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), made public through the Freedom of Information Act only this week, showed that the DIA’s National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) believed early on in the pandemic that a Wuhan lab leak was plausible despite efforts by allies of Dr. Anthony Fauci to dismiss the possibility. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A researcher who specializes in assessing Christianity in America said he recently “woke up” to the positive changes happening surrounding faith in America when he observed shocking spikes in Bible sales.

“I guess I woke up … when … the press reached out to me about the Wall Street Journal article that was published last October about a spike in Bible sales,” Dr. John Plake, chief program officer at the American Bible Society, recently told CBN News.

Plake said he often takes great strides to compare what’s happening anecdotally in his own church experience with the real numbers and statistics on the ground to ensure he’s rightly understanding real patterns versus what he’s “personally experiencing.” [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Scientists are getting closer to proving a Turkish find discovered in the 1990s is the Biblical Noah’s ark, with soil samples consistent with the presence of rotting wood, the UK newspaper The Sun reported on Sunday.

Dr. Memet Salih Bayraktutan, a Turkish geologist, collected 22 samples from inside and just outside the possible structure at the Durupinar site last year.

An analysis at Ataturk University showed that the soil from inside had a lower pH, more potassium and a higher percentage of organic matter than the outside. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Planned Parenthood has been kicked out of future events at the Kentucky Science Center (KSC) after handing out sexually graphic coloring books to elementary school children at a recent museum event.

The incident took place during the science center’s Health and Wellness Days, which involved field trips with 8- to 13-year-old public school students from multiple schools.

Local news outlets revealed that the adult coloring book featured graphic content like male and female genitalia and a sexualized word game called Sex Libs, similar to the unrelated game known as Mad Libs. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A powerful solar storm has delivered a dramatic blow to Jupiter’s magnetosphere, revealing that even the largest planet in our solar system isn’t immune to the Sun’s ferocity. As detailed in a new study published on April 3, 2025, in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers recorded a surge of heat in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, rising to a staggering 500°C, after a stream of solar wind crushed the gas giant’s magnetic shield. The findings not only challenge assumptions about the resilience of gas giants but also offer a model for how similar events might affect Earth’s atmosphere and technology.

The event under investigation dates back to 2017, when a dense burst of solar wind hit Jupiter, causing a rapid compression of its magnetosphere—the massive magnetic bubble that normally shields the planet from charged particles. This marked the first time scientists have captured and analyzed such an atmospheric response on any outer planet.

By combining data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, the Keck Observatory, and solar wind modeling, researchers were able to link the magnetospheric compression to a planet-wide heat anomaly. The storm created a superheated hotspot that extended across half of Jupiter’s circumference, elevating temperatures in the upper atmosphere from the usual 350°C to well over 500°C–a difference of 150 degrees. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Romulus and Remus are doing what puppies do: chasing, tussling, nipping, nuzzling. But there’s something very un-puppylike about the snowy white 6-month olds—their size, for starters. At their young age they already measure nearly 4 ft. long, tip the scales at 80 lb., and could grow to 6 ft. and 150 lb. Then there’s their behavior: the angelic exuberance puppies exhibit in the presence of humans—trotting up for hugs, belly rubs, kisses—is completely absent. They keep their distance, retreating if a person approaches. Even one of the handlers who raised them from birth can get only so close before Romulus and Remus flinch and retreat. This isn’t domestic canine behavior, this is wild lupine behavior: the pups are wolves. Not only that, they’re dire wolves—which means they have cause to be lonely.

The dire wolf once roamed an American range that extended as far south as Venezuela and as far north as Canada, but not a single one has been seen in over 10,000 years, when the species went extinct. Plenty of dire wolf remains have been discovered across the Americas, however, and that presented an opportunity for a company named Colossal Biosciences.

Relying on deft genetic engineering and ancient, preserved DNA, Colossal scientists deciphered the dire wolf genome, rewrote the genetic code of the common gray wolf to match it, and, using domestic dogs as surrogate mothers, brought Romulus, Remus, and their sister, 2-month-old Khaleesi, into the world during three separate births last fall and this winter—effectively for the first time de-extincting a line of beasts whose live gene pool long ago vanished. TIME met the males (Khaleesi was not present due to her young age) at a fenced field in a U.S. wildlife facility on March 24, on the condition that their location remain a secret to protect the animals from prying eyes. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, has unveiled for the first time direct evidence of Iran’s support for Hamas’ plan to destroy Israel.

During a visit to the intelligence unit on Sunday, Katz presented transcripts of conversations obtained from the tunnels of senior Hamas leaders in Gaza, showing a clear connection between Iran and key Hamas figures Yahya Sinwar and Muhammad Deif.

The intercepted documents reveal that Sinwar and Deif demanded $500 million from the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The funds were requested to further Hamas’ campaign against Israel and its struggle against the United States. Despite Iran’s difficult economic situation, the head of the Palestinian branch of the Revolutionary Guards, Izadi, agreed to the request, emphasizing that Iran would continue to provide financial support to Hamas because the fight against Israel and the US is Tehran’s top priority. [ Source:i24 News (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Israeli clinical psychologist expert Dr. Ofer Grosbard believes that Israel is increasingly engaging in psychological warfare aimed at making Hamas members fear Gaza’s general population.

“You don’t need to mobilize divisions, and you don’t need to lose human lives – you need to understand the enemy,” Grosbard said in an interview with the Israeli news outlet Maariv.

“To this end, psychological warfare must be used,” he argued, lamenting that Israel has traditionally been slow on this war front due to a lack of understanding of the enemy mentality. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – There’s no doubt that a spiritual movement is taking place across college campuses. In almost every region of the country, young people are having their lives impacted by the love of Jesus Christ. This week, thousands of students at Baylor University gathered for 72 hours of continuous prayer to ask God for revival on their campus in Waco, Texas.

Since 2019, students have gathered for FM72, or Fountain Mall 72, under a white tent for three days to pursue “the heart of God.” [ Source (Read More…) ]