Culture
My View of the World 2026
In the first blog of each new year, I like to share a personal perspective on what is happening in the world. I do this as one who reads, watches, prays, and senses a call to share what I “see.”
I want all of us to be modern-day sons of Issachar who “understand the times with a knowledge of what God’s people should do” (1 Chronicles 12:32).
Informed perspective gives us both the wisdom to act and peace to live by.
Here is my view of the world 2026. I welcome your comments.
The Quiet Conquest: Islam’s Advance and the Collapse of a Sleeping Church
I’ve written much over the past few months on the disengaged Church in America.
“Darkness” is growing in the United States because many 21st century pastors/churches are afraid to speak about sin and be salt and light in the culture. They fear people more than God.
When the “light” dims, “darkness” fills the void.
Virgil Walker has written a powerful piece about the sleeping Church–and Islam’s quiet conquest of the West–if we do not wake up.
New York Elects Muslim/Communist Mayor–and It’s Meaning for America
Despite being a prophetic person, I’ve whiffed on a few futuristic predictions in my life. But in 1989, in Leadership for the 21st Century, I accurately predicted the fall of the Iron Curtain (three years before it happened) and what religions would most likely rise to resist God’s work in the 21st century.
On November 4, 2025, New York voters elected Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year old communist and Muslim , to lead the our nation’s biggest city and financial capital of the world.
Mandami is a hybrid Muslim/Marxist. I had an inkling of that unusual “partnership” forty years ago.
Here’s what it means for America.