Katherine's Blog

Generations of kids have worn out their parents asking this question on every form of transportation, from minivans and covered wagons to steamships, camels, and bark canoes. The timeworn answer has always been the same: "Not yet, but we're closer than we were the last time you asked."

Throughout history, people have been asking, “Is [insert technology] the mark of the beast?” Up until now, the answer has always been no, we’re not there yet. But there have been many developments over the years that made it clear we were heading in that direction. Imagine you board a train in New Y...

After comfortably riding for a while, you look up to discover you're at a station that's west of where you started. You get an uneasy feeling and take out a map. To your horror, you discover the train is making a beeline straight for Southern California, and you’re already more than halfway across t...

That’s exactly what prior generations were doing. Every time a new technology moved us further along the track, they shouted to warn people the train was hurtling towards destruction. All of the technologies introduced to number people, to consolidate control over them into a central system, to dema...

Previous generations were right to be alarmed by social security numbers, bar codes and RFID, because they showed we were traveling on a straight line to a bad destination. When those things were not themselves the mark of the beast, the rest of society laughed and said the warnings were wrong. But ...

So now that we're pulling into the final station and the danger is clearly in view, what do we do? The answer is obvious. We must shout at the top of our lungs to warn people to get off the train and flee from the coming catastrophe. There's no time to lose. But what does it mean to get off of this ...

The Bible has the answer. It tells us to "Come out of her my people, lest you be partakers of her sins and receivers of her plagues" (Revelation 18:4) “Come out from them... and touch no unclean thing." (2 Cor 6:17). "Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purif...

Unlike prior technologies that set the stage, AI checks off the boxes to be the beast of Revelation: The whole world is filled with wonder at AI and follows it (Rev 13:3b). It is omniscient because we have fed it nearly every piece of knowledge humanity has ever known. It will be omnipresent, able t...

It is also evil. It openly blasphemes God, tells children to commit suicide and murder, entices people into psychosis, breaks up friendships and marriages, claims to be worthy of worship, and lies constantly, just like Satan, the Father of Lies.

The same way that Jesus Christ came to earth in a human body so God could dwell among men and set us free, we have unwittingly built a body that Satan will use to dwell among men and attempt to enslave humankind. We've seen only the tiniest shadow of the darkness to come.The Lord's command for this ...

Come out of her my people.

We are not the victims, we are the rescue crew!

This broken, fallen world we’ve limped along in for so long is finally falling apart. Everywhere we look, it’s become increasingly obvious the house is on fire. But here’s the thing — this is not our house. We are here, but this is not where our citizenship lies. We are in the world but not of the w...

Fire Engineering magazine, written for firefighters, explains:

Saving lives is the primary objective. Whether it’s rescuing people from burning buildings, performing search and rescue operations, or administering medical aid to individuals in distress, these tasks are urgent and important. [We] are trained to prioritize life safety above all else.

Christians are God’s rescue crew for the times we are living in. We don’t need to despair over the physical things being destroyed. We know that all things worth keeping will be replaced with even better versions when God creates the new heavens and the new earth. (I'll post evidence of this in my n...

This week, I am taking listeners through the seven steps to freedom, from Freedon in Christ Ministries, founded by Dr. Neil Anderson. Join us!

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Welcome to everyone tuning into our three-part interview series with Pastor Anthony FerrielI on God's relationship with Israel! Here is what we have covered so far:

Wednesday, June 26, 2025 - GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE

Scripture showing how the Jewish people were chosen by God to multiply and bless the earth, and evidence that God's love for them will never end

Friday, June 28 - THE LAND OF ISRAEL

How did the Jews establish the nation of Israel in 1948? Is it true they stole the land? Are they genocidal? Why does Hamas fight against them?

Wednesday, July - ISRAEL IN THE END TIMES

Old and New Testament prophecies about Israel. Which ones have been fulfilled and which are still to come? What is Israel's role in the end times?

I have never taken much interest in the Middle East or Israel before, but that has changed literally just in the past week. I am suddenly fascinated by what is going on there in the news and in the country's culture.

Here are a few bullet points of what I've learned:

The original Jewish founders of Israel (in 1948) were secular/atheist, though they used the Bible as a justification for many things https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/zionist-bible/introduction/EA6EC83FC6D9BBD244E5FC5D72AC8B8C

There is a difference between being culturally and ethnically Jewish and practicing Judaism as a religion. Most Jews are culturally Jewish only, and do not believe in God. 65% of Israel is secular, though they follow many Jewish traditions. An American parallel would be faithfully celebrating Thanks...

The Ultra Orthodox Haredim, who devote themselves almost exclusively to prayer and religious studies, are the obvious exception. The closest American equivalent we have would be the Amish. They keep separate from the rest of the culture, live in their own communities, wear distinctive, old fashioned...

The Haredim make up 13% of Israel. There were just 40,000 of them in 1948. Today there are over a million, and they comprise 30% of the population in Jerusalem. One in four Israel schoolchildren are now Haredi, and at current rates, their population will double by 2040.

Haredim believe that their studies, prayer, and devotion to God are what keeps Israel safe.

400 Haredim were exempted from compulsory military service in 1948, which did not have much of an impact on the country. With the subsequent explosive growth of their population however (the average Haredi family has 6.6 children), their exemption from the military has become a sore point for the re...

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/israel-2048-a-ticking-haredi-time-bomb

I will be discussing all of this on today's show, June 11, 2025.

I can't remember the last time I actually cried while reading an article, but when I reached the part in "This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write" where the author began listing all the things she was sorry for, my heart began breaking and the tears flowed hard. The article is linked bel...

There was a span of about ten years, 2000-2010, where I read every book I could find about government-led massacres and cruelty. I amassed quite a collection of books on the horrors that took place during the Holocaust, in Cambodia, Rwanda, the Soviet Union, during the Iranian Revolution, in Communi...

I read those books because I was trying to figure something out, to understand what dark developments in society and in individual human hearts enable events like these to happen. I'm not sure I ever arrived at a single definitive answer for it all, but I did learn one thing. It was Lord Acton who s...

Power does more than just corrupt - it kills. And when governments have absolute power, they kill absolutely. RJ Rummell passed away in 2014, but his website is still lovingly maintained by someone, and his book is now in its fifth printing. If you want to understand the forces behind all those atro...

I had not thought about that era of my life for some time. Reading this excellent article brought it back.

This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write

For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long?

By Taffy Brodesser-Akner, April 6, 2025

Excerpt:

I was born in 1975, into a world where the people affected by the Holocaust seemed very old to me and the war seemed a very long time ago. But now I’m almost 50, and I realize that I am just about as old as my grandparents were when I was born and that the period between my birth and the Holocaust i...

NY Times

Full article, no paywall

I'm so excited to have a blog! Many kudos to to Peter, our amazing technical expert, for putting this together! Now we have not only a live chat room during the show, but a blog where I can post what's on my mind any time day or night. This beautiful passage from Psalm 5:11-12 seems like a fitting w...

*"Let all who take refuge in you rejoice;

let them ever sing for joy,

and spread your protection over them,

that those who love your name may exult in you.

For you bless the righteous, O Lord;

you cover him with favor as with a shield."*

-- Katherine