News From the Frontlines: November 7th, 2026
No matter who is President, Jesus is King: “On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written: King of kings and Lord of lords” (Revelation 19:16). The Lord reigns from on high, and all things are under His feet: angels, demons, wicked men, birds, beasts, creeping things. The seen and the unseen are all His, whether they realize it or not. And in the end, every knee will likewise bow.
Even if the tides of history turn, in our feeble estimation, for the very worst, there remains no need to fear or tremble: “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” (Psalm 46:10). Both light and dark are under His command.
Should the kings of this earth and the nations themselves rage and revile, what is it to Him, the Almighty? “He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision” (Psalm 2:4). Rulers come and go, but the Lord remains forever. He is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore.
And what of the kings of this earth, and the supposed power they wield? What is it to God? “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will” (Proverbs 21:1). They are as clay in the hands of the Master Potter: “Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases” (Psalm 115:3).
In the best of times and in the very worst of times, we would do well to remember what the Lord has said of Himself: “I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God” (Isaiah 45:5). He alone is our Rock, our steadfast hope, our great Savior—salvation belongs only to the Lord, and none other. Come what may, the Lord is God—and God shall stay.
—News From the Frontlines—
Recommended Reading, Listening, & Watching
“When we ask if a Christian can lose their salvation, we act like salvation is a thing in our possession. We ask it almost like, ‘Can a Christian lose their car keys?’ But is salvation like this? Surely salvation is a gift (Rom 3:24), but is it really ours to lose? Salvation is something applied to us. It is something that has happened, and is still happening to us. We are saved (Rom 10:10), are being saved (1 Cor 15:2), and will be saved (1 Pet 1:5). Salvation is not a trinket we keep in our back pocket. Salvation is a gift applied to us by faith.”
Owen Strachan reflects on the devastating outcome of the 2026 Midterms. A word of encouragement: as you read this piece, keep to the frontlines of your mind the truths laid out in the above article—Christ reigns not just in our hearts, but across every inch of His universe. “It is no longer morning in America. It is now nighttime in America. The conservative cause just suffered its worst setback since the Nixon administration. While midterm elections often bode ill for the sitting party, the bad news is historically bad. The Senate is lost. The House is radicalized. All across America, Republicans lost governors’ races. Ted Cruz will soon be the only sitting Republican in Texas, which is now a blue state.” For a longer discussion on the political, cultural, and above all, spiritual state of America, check out this episode of The Jeremy Boreing Show (of which Strachan was, funny enough, a guest).
In this article, a contrast is drawn between those who are lost and run to Roman Catholicism for its purported monopoly on all things historical and authoritative and the Reformed emphasis on a Heavenly Father who runs to the lost sinner Himself.
Randy Alcorn highlights God’s good gift of animals in the Spurgeon household. “Were Charles Spurgeon around today, he might be criticized for focusing so much on animals. It’s evident he didn’t think God—the Creator and Lover of animals who brought joy to him and Susannah through them—would agree with the critics.”
In this essay, Ian Olson considers how preternatural haunts such as ghosts, fairies, UFOs, and Bigfoot do and do not fit into the Christian worldview. “Why should we who affirm the reality of angels, of prophecies, Jesus’s virgin birth and resurrection, and the efficacy of the sacraments, dismiss the possibility of ghosts, cryptids, remote viewing, or precognition? If these things are so closely adjacent to religious phenomena then Christians have every reason to interrogate them and ask where they fit within a Christian account of the world.”
The only L.M. Montgomery book that I’ve read is Emily of New Moon, and I thought it was wonderful—beautifully written, warm, charming, and very funny. For years now, my wife has been on my case to finish the Emily trilogy and, of course, to then read through Anne next. I assure you, as I so often do her, it’s on my list! For now, however, enjoy Tim Challies’ reflection on the series: “I suppose it’s not a ‘manly’ thing to admit, but Anne of Green Gables is one of my favorite novels, and one I read often. I am drawn to the character Lucy Maud Montgomery created—a quirky child who sees the world through a lens that is pained, optimistic, zany, childlike but still mature beyond her years. It’s a pleasure to see reality (and fantasy and the sometimes thin distinction between them) through her eyes. I’m drawn to the way Anne makes the world and the people around her so much better by simply being who she is in her strengths, her weaknesses, and her eccentricities. I appreciate her even more now that I’ve got girls of my own. They remind me of her; she reminds me of them.”
“Eating chips is fine, of course, as an occasional treat. But you cannot pretend that you are not going to eat chips if you decide to buy them and stock them in your cupboard. The same applies to sin.”
—Flashback Friday—
(November 6th, 2026)
“Why do you want to go to Heaven? I assume that, when it comes time for you to die, Heaven is the place you want to go to—only a madman, or worse, would desire the alternative. But why do you want to go there?”
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