God Reports

By Charles Gardner — President Trump with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (YouTube screenshot) While complicated negotiations with Iran over a ceasefire deal with the US are still clearly in progress, it’s difficult to know quite how to interpret it all. Except that it looks a lot like President Trump is throwing Israel under the bus.

By Rusty Wright — (This article first appeared on WashingtonExaminer.com) George Washington is lauded as a war hero, founding father, inspiring exemplar. But before that, he was a vain, temperamental, inexperienced, headstrong young man whose blunders cost lives. What can we learn from young Washington? Of course, America’s first president adorns United States currency. The nation’s capital and a state bear his name.

By Joseph Papik — 6ix9ine – whose shock gangsta rap mixed with anime themes took the internet by storm in the late 2010s – says he wound up praying with Puff Diddy in prison. “Diddy seen me get on my knees three times a day to pray to the Lord Jesus Christ,” says the artist whose real name is Daniel Hernandez. “Can I pray with you?” Diddy approached him. “We both got on our knees and prayed to the Lord. And we said, ‘Um, Lord, we love you. We don’t get on our knees to ask you for anything.

By Charles Gardner — Rev. Aaron Eime A call for Christians to return to the Jewish roots of their faith is being given a fresh impetus. The Church’s Ministry among Jewish people (CMJ), one of the Church of England’s oldest missionary societies co-founded by William Wilberforce in 1809, has announced a new focus on Restoring the Roots. This has come in response to what CMJ UK director Rev Aaron Eime calls a resurgence of an ancient heresy distancing the faith from its Hebraic foundations.

By Mark Ellis — John Shaffer John Shaffer grew up in a nominal Christian home, which featured steady church attendance on most Sundays and simple prayers before meals. “We all believed in God, but we really weren’t walking with Him in a meaningful way,” he told God Reports. “It was more of a ritual,” he says. As a teenager, he began to question his faith, thinking that if he had grown up in Japan, he might be a Buddhist, or if raised in India, a Hindu.

By Caleb Campos – He’s short, with a noticeable stoop, with diminutive hands and missing fingers. But mobility impairment doesn’t stop Erickson Mugo from driving – or from preaching. “I pray earnestly to God that throughout my ministry, I will always be a bridge to others toward blessings,” says the coordinator for the Anglican Diocese of Mount Kenya South – Differently Abled Department.

By Charles Gardner — Lord Roy Hattersley (wikimedia) I note with sadness that Lord Roy Hattersley has died, aged 93. Twenty years ago, I had the immense privilege of sharing my personal faith journey with him. I recognised him from the days back in the late 1970s when I covered Parliament as a South African correspondent, and he was often at the despatch box delivering a statement on Rhodesia, as it was known at the time.

By Howard Cooper — Mauricio Ruffy interviewed by Josh Rogan after his fight (screenshot YouTube) In a powerful display of faith amid fierce competition, several UFC fighters used their post-fight moments on the South Lawn of the White House to boldly declare their faith in Jesus Christ following the landmark UFC Freedom 250 event on June 14, 2026.

By Charles Gardner — Season 50 Sheffield (photo:Charles Gardner) If you ever doubted whether football and faith were a match made in heaven, the 50th anniversary celebration of Christians in Sport would surely have convinced you. What began as a vision shared by just a few intrepid sportsmen back in 1976 has since morphed into a global ministry touching 150 countries.

Fernando Pessoa On June 13, 1888, Portugal’s most celebrated poet,Fernando Pessoa, was born in Lisbon. Though Pessoa was never a Christian in the orthodox sense, his poetry continually explored spiritual longing, transcendence, and the mystery of existence. His famous line,“God wants, man dreams, the work is born,”reflects a vision of humanity reaching toward something greater than itself.