Trumpet Daily

In 2014, the Trumpet staff put together a series of articles depicting what the world would look like without America. Over two years later, we have some vivid examples that show how disastrous America’s lack of leadership has been for the world. One area that strikingly proves this point is in Syria, where the United States said it would intervene but never did. On today’s show, Stephen Flurry takes a look at Syria and explains how it reveals what life is like in a post-American world.

This week the New York Times ran an article titled “A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories.” The author runs through Russia’s tactic of formulating stories and disseminating lies in order to hide the truth and push its agenda. The New York Times was alarmed by what Russia was doing. However, a few months ago, it published a story about how the Obama administration manufactured a false narrative to force the Iran nuclear deal down America’s throat. In the Obama administration’s case, that tactic is viewed as acceptable and even innovative! Propaganda is becoming the norm in Western journalism. Where is this dangerous trend leading? Listen to today’s Trumpet Daily Radio Show to find out.

Fatherlessness is one of the greatest crises facing the United States today. It is responsible for a host of problems from criminal behavior to poverty. Fatherlessness is weakening the nation. On today’s show, we examine the reverse of this trend—how strong fathers, who play the central role in their families, are the key to developing a strong nation.

In 2009, hundreds of thousands of Iranians protested against their nation’s government over a rigged presidential election. It was a golden opportunity for the newly elected President Barack Obama to denounce the anti-American leadership in Iran and promote a regime change. However, President Obama didn’t just ignore the crisis in Iran, he trusted the government of Iran to handle it and told members of his administration to stop backing leaders of the protests. Why didn’t the president intervene in Iran, like he did years later in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya? Find out on today’s Trumpet Daily Radio Show.

This week, the United States State Department issued a travel advisory for Americans traveling to Iran, warning that Americans could potentially become hostages. Why would a radical Islamist regime like Iran take American hostages? The U.S., after all, doesn’t pay ransom for hostages. Or does it? This and much more on today’s show.

America’s enemies are looking beyond their differences and uniting in an effort to humiliate and diminish the United States. Russia, China and Iran, countries that have not gotten along historically, are beginning to work closer together. Bret Stephens wrote about these budding alliances in an article titled “The New Dictators’ Club.” On today’s show, Stephen Flurry discusses how this is leading to a time period in Bible prophecy known as the “times of the gentiles.”

Also on today’s show, the critical role fathers play in the home and how it can strengthen a nation.

After Sept. 11, 2001, Western leaders told people to go about their daily lives or else “the terrorists would win.” Fifteen years later, the advice is that we must now learn to live with terrorism. Nations like France and Germany are responding to the threat of potentially large attacks by canceling large events and encouraging citizens to stockpile food. George Friedman recently wrote, “[T]he whole point of terrorism is to take the population to the point where fear is the only rational response.” The terrorists have continued to push, and now they are clearly winning. Listen to Stephen Flurry discuss more on this topic on today’s show.

Since the beginning of this year, the Obama administration has said that the transfer of $400 million to Iran and the return of United States prisoners in Iran on the same day were unrelated issues. President Barack Obama and his staff stressed that the U.S. does not pay ransom. He even said the idea that it was a ransom was “the manufacturing of outrage” by those opposed to the administration. This week, however, the U.S. State Department admitted the two actions were related and that it was—though still refusing to call it as such—a ransom. On today’s show, Stephen Flurry digs into the latest on this event and also continues the discussion from the previous show on how to develop as a cultured individual.

God created the beauty that we see around this world. And He created the five senses through which He wants us to receive enjoyment and pleasure to the fullest, but only in accordance with His law. How should we use our senses to become a truly cultured individual the way God wants us to be? Find out on today’s Trumpet Daily Radio Show.

Massive forest fires are devastating areas of the United States, while other areas are experiencing record flooding. What is the cause of this disastrous weather? Some blame it on weather patterns, others on climate change. But the Bible forecast thousands of years in advance that nations would experience natural disasters as a result of another, more important factor. “[A]nd I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered,” the Prophet Amos wrote (Amos 4:7). On today’s program, Stephen Flurry explains why these destructive natural disasters are occurring with more frequency.