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NATO: In Search of a Mission

'WorldWatch' by David C. Grabbe

Having failed to keep the Russians out and the Germans down, NATO is struggling to remain relevant in a changing world.

Down But Not Out!

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Russia seems like a nation—an empire—in deep decline. But is it? We would be wise to keep an eye on the Russian bear!

Socialism's Inherent Contradiction

'WorldWatch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Socialist policies promise to feed the hungry, heal the sick, and provide for the poor, but these good things are not what socialism ultimately delivers.

Who Is America's Greatest Enemy?

'WorldWatch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The United States stands weakened by worldwide conditions, but its foreign enemies cannot match its power. Its real foe lies much closer.

Jumping Into the Shallow Pond (Part Two)

'Ready Answer' by Charles Whitaker

Communism presents itself as high-minded in its redistribution of wealth, producing prosperity for all. However, reality belies collectivist theory.

Evil Is Real (Part One)

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Liberalism rarely considers actual outcomes—that is, it often promotes a course of action without studying how such actions has worked out in the past.

Peace and Safety?

'Prophecy Watch' by Earl L. Henn

With the end of the Cold War, are we entering a time of peace? Hardly. Human nature remains the same, so war is never far off!

The Final Frontier?

'WorldWatch' by Joseph B. Baity

The space race began less than seventy years ago, and now humanity stands on the brink of space-based weaponry and its potential for disaster on Earth.

Is Redistribution of Wealth Biblical?

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The Bible shows that economic disparity is a given. Scripture teaches that we should voluntarily help the poor rather than be coerced by the government.

The Present and Future Crisis (Part Two)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The United States' enormous debt, coupled with its escalating trade deficit, is inevitably leading to what economist call economic Armageddon.

Handwriting on the Wall (2020): Critical Race Theory

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The Russian, or Bolshevik, Revolution grew out of the writings of Karl Marx, Engels, and Lenin, intellectuals in universities and salons who hated capitalism and, more than that, hated capitalists and wanted them dead. Like other revolutions, it began in the minds of intellectuals who taught students, and the students then put those ideas into practice by rioting and rebelling. The intellectuals instilled Messianic hopes in their protégés, promising revenge on the people's oppressors and utopia under a new regime they intended to lead. The results were appalling. Demographer Rudolph Rummel estimated that the Soviet Union's twentieth-century socialism killed about 61 million people, compared with 78 million in Communist China and about 200 million worldwide. By contrast, the French Revolution killed about 40,000, and the American Revolutionary War about 4,435. The American Revolution was far more benign because it arose from Enlightenment philosophy, deep knowledge of classical systems, and a mostly Christian morality, while Russia's revolutionary soil was rooted in hatred of capitalism and of God. Solzhenitsyn observed that hatred of God is the principal driving force within the philosophy of Marx and Lenin, more fundamental than their political and economic claims. Today's Antifa and Black Lives Matter are fruit of the same Marxist lineage that produced the Soviet Union, so true Christians should oppose communism and socialism as fundamentally anti-God.

The Four Horsemen (Part Four): The Black Horse

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

On the heels of the red horse of conflict gallops the black horse and its rider, commonly interpreted as famine. It also includes scarcity resulting from oppression.