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On Watch in Washington / The Informer

August 31, 2016 

Several media figures are actively lobbying their peers to challenge Donald Trump more aggressively when interviewing him or his surrogates, or even block Trump's campaign from gaining access to the press in some cases. Trump's campaign has benefited from billions of dollars worth of earned media, and has put him in a position where he doesn't have to run campaign ads as much, and yet still competes. However, more and more media figures are mounting an effort to end Trump's free ride. 

Journalism's first obligation is to tell the truth, in an unbiased and accurate manner. Voters in this heated election need facts to be able to determine which candidate aligns with their beliefs.  We urge you to prayerfully consider your sources of information as you seek God's wisdom in this election.

"Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge, teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?" (Prov. 22:20-21 NIV)
 


CONFRONTATIONS REVEAL NUCLEAR DEAL HAVING LITTLE EFFECT ON IRAN'S BEHAVIOR
A pair of dangerously close encounters between the Iranian and U.S. navies in the Persian Gulf this week have raised fresh questions about Tehran's intentions, a year after Obama administration officials hoped the much-touted nuclear deal would moderate the behavior of the Islamic republic and its military. Iran's military is going to "warn" and "confront" any foreign ships entering its territorial waters, the nation's top defense official said Thursday, after four Iranian fast-attack craft buzzed the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, and the USS Squall, a coastal patrol ship, fired three warning shots a day later to deter boats under the command of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at the northern end of the heavily trafficked waterway. 

Confidence in our government to provide safety and protect citizens from foreign threats is at an all-time low.  Words are meaningless unless firm boundaries are established and threats are disarmed.  Pray that our administration's resolve to protect lives and territory would carry authority, and challenges to that resolve would be diffused quickly.

"But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you." (Ps 5:11 NIV)
 
 
A Chicago restaurant abruptly closed this week, with ownership blaming the "rapidly changing labor market" and a 27 percent increase in base minimum wage costs over the last two years as culprits for the collapse.

Cantina 1910, a farm-to-table Mexican restaurant located in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood, opened in September 2015.

Former Cantina 1910 employees said they were shocked to find out late Sunday evening of the closing, DNAinfo reported.

Clear conflict exists between business owners seeking to stay competitive and employees seeking adequate compensation. We don't have the answer, but we know we can seek the Lord because He is our provider and counselor.  Pray that a balance would be reached so both business owners and employees would prosper.

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isa.55:9 NIV)

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Co-authored by two of the nation's leading scholars on mental health and sexuality, the 143-page report discusses over 200 peer-reviewed studies in the biological, psychological, and social sciences, painstakingly documenting what scientific research shows and does not show about sexuality and gender.
 
At the very heart of this issue is the struggle with identity - within each person and how the world tries to offer solutions.  Our identity is found in Christ, and His promises to us are clear as sons and daughters of the King. Pray for an understanding of the wonderful way God created us and knew us even before we were born, and that those who are struggling could seek Him first.

"So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Gen. 1:27)
 

 
The man who controls the language controls the conversation, as George Orwell rightly observed. The word that the left is trying, with a certain success, to appropriate now is "genocide." Genocide is what Hitler set out to do, to exterminate Europe's Jews (and who knows where his evil ambition would have gone from there).

The manifesto of the Black Lives Matter movement, with the connivance of intellectually slovenly academics, applies "genocide" to Israeli self-defense in Gaza. There's neither logic nor data to prove it.

The rising tide of anti-Semitism is not a new concept, but needs much prayer coverage as division and violence are increasing in this country and elsewhere. The Lord wants, as scripture says "... all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth", and as we pray for the peace of Jerusalem let us also pray for peace in our own cities.

"For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession." (Deut. 7:6)


 

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