Global Economy Report — September 2026

Executive assessment The global fiscal picture deteriorated during August, particularly in sovereign bond markets. The central problem is increasingly the interaction of four forces: enormous government refinancing needs, persistent inflation, higher long-term interest rates, and political difficulty reducing deficits. The IMF still projects 3.0% global growth for 2026 and 3.4% for 2027, but raised its …

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Beware of False Prophets

Soon after I retired, I began looking at my faith differently. I had attended three churches and came away from those experiences disappointed. Two were Baptist churches, including one connected to the church family I had grown up around, and the third described itself as Spirit-filled. Those experiences did not destroy my faith, but they …

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Slavery by Another Name

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Slavery by Another Name: The Forced Labor System That Survived Emancipation: The video. Slaveholders Had Previously Been Accepted Most Americans are taught that slavery ended with the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. Douglas A. Blackmon’s Slavery by Another Name challenges that familiar …

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Eastern Messiah Signs Watch

Reporting Period: August 29–September 4, 2026 Eastern Messiah Signs Watch is published weekly every Friday and tracks worldwide earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 and above, major natural disasters, severe weather, flooding, tropical cyclones, significant humanitarian impacts, and anti-Black hate crimes and racially motivated violence in the United States using official government, law-enforcement, civil-rights, and disaster-monitoring sources.. …

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Founding of the SBC-1845

Below is a summary of the proceedings surrounding the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), established in 1845 amid a sectional conflict in which slavery was a central and decisive issue. The immediate dispute concerned whether slaveholders could be appointed and supported as Baptist missionaries, but the controversy reflected the broader commitment of many …

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SBC Abuse Crisis Remains

Johnny Hunt’s Lawsuit Ends, but the Southern Baptist Abuse Crisis Remains A federal judge has dismissed the final claim in former Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt’s defamation lawsuit. Although the litigation has ended, the deeper crisis surrounding sexual abuse, institutional protection, and accountability within the Southern Baptist Convention remains unresolved. This post summarizes and …

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Search the Epstein Files:

Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender. The DOJ has released millions of pages of Epstein-related records, and I encourage everyone to search them rather than simply accepting what politicians or the media tell them. Watch the instruction Video in a new window: How to Search the Epstein Files Search the DOJ Epstein Library Donald …

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The Day Elohim Freed Me from Tobacco Addiction

Free At Last In 1993, I moved from Seattle, Washington, to Portland, Oregon, for a new job. By then, I was a heavy smoker. I had been addicted to cigarettes since my military years, beginning around 1976. The addiction had started to bother me—especially the amount of money I was spending on cigarettes. I tried …

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MTOI

ABOUT RABBI STEVE BERKSON Born and raised in New York City of the tribe of Judah, Rabbi Berkson is well grounded in Torah and brings a Hebraic understanding to his teachings. He went to Hebrew school as a child and was Bar Mitzvah at age 13. Rabbi Berkson was also classically trained as a trumpet …

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The Wide Spectrum of Judaism

Diaspora, Belief, Culture, and Finding Your Place The spectrum of Judaism is much wider and more complex than many people realize. Judaism is not simply one religion with one theology and one universally accepted interpretation of Scripture. It has developed over thousands of years among different communities, languages, cultures, governments, and historical circumstances. The Jewish …

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