By Philip C Johnson, April 5, 2026 This Easter Sunday falls on the exact date many scholars believe Christ rose from the dead — April 5, AD 33. Here’s why that matters, what the prophets said, and what endures beyond all the calendars. Today is Easter. That sentence is simple enough. But this year, something … Continue reading EASTER SUNDAY · APRIL 5, 2026: The Day the Calendar Remembered
By Philip C. Johnson | April 3, 2026 I’ve spent the last month in Hiroshima, Japan, with U.S. students studying global conflict from a Christian perspective. Standing at history’s most famous Ground Zero while another unfolds in real time sharpens the mind. Now back home—briefly—it’s worth asking the oldest question in warfare about the U.S.-Israeli … Continue reading “Navy Gone, Air Force in Ruins”: Trump’s Iran Strike—Game-Changer or Temporary Pau
By Philip C. JohnsonMarch 4, 2026 As U.S. and Israeli forces pound Iranian targets in Operation Epic Fury – now entering its fifth day with over 1,000 IDF sorties, B-1 bomber runs on Tehran’s command centers, and the confirmed killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – the battlefield isn’t just physical. For Iran’s ruling … Continue reading Is Trump the Dajjal? Iran’s Radical Shiite Clerics Say Yes
By Philip C. JohnsonFebruary 28, 2026 Why This War Has Been Brewing Decades of pure, concentrated rage: Iran’s 1979 Revolution, its nuclear obsessions, and a constellation of terror proxies (Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas) pointed like daggers at Israel and the “Great Satan” America. Israel has always viewed a nuclear Iran as literal doomsday. Washington flip-flopped between … Continue reading US, Israel, and Iran at War
By Philip C. Johnson January 28, 2026 – Little Elm, Texas In the span of a week in Israel, I sat down with two profoundly different voices shaping the nation’s future: retired Major General Amos Yadlin, a legendary figure in Israeli defense, and Gershon Baskin, a lifelong peace activist with unofficial backchannels to Hamas. Their … Continue reading My Personal Insights Regarding my Interviews with Yadlin and Baskin in Israel
By Philip C. Johnson January 21, 2026 - Tel Aviv In the third week of January 2026—amid mounting signs of internal strain within Iran’s regime and the formal launch of Phase 2 of the Israel–Gaza ceasefire on January 14—I traveled to Israel to speak directly with those who have shaped, and continue to shape, the … Continue reading Insights from Amos Yadlin: Navigating Israel’s Security Crossroads in January 2026
By Philip C. Johnson January 18, 2026 For the past month, I’ve been in Krakow, Poland, immersed in the somber task of teaching groups of students about the Holocaust—its unimaginable horrors and the direct links to the rising anti-Semitism and anti-Western sentiment that are growing more and more in our world today. Standing amid the … Continue reading Echoes of Never Again: Leaving Krakow’s Lessons for Israel’s Frontline Amid Iran’s Massacre and Looming Retaliation
By Philip C. Johnson January 10, 2026 As of today, Iran is staring down its most explosive internal crisis since the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom uprising. Nationwide anti-regime protests kicked off on December 28, 2025, fueled by brutal inflation (over 42%), food prices rocketing up 72%, and the rial's catastrophic collapse (now trading … Continue reading Iran’s Regime on the Ropes—Is There a Connection with Recent U.S. Actions in Venezuela?
By Philip C. Johnson, July 7, 2025 This morning, July 7, 2025, Tucker Carlson aired a controversial interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on his YouTube channel, igniting debate over platforming a leader from a nation hostile to the United States. Pezeshkian portrayed Iran as a peace-seeking nation unfairly targeted by the West, and Carlson’s … Continue reading Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: A Platform for Propaganda?
Philip C. Johnson - June 23, 2025 As of June 23, 2025, the Middle East is still a tinderbox, despite President Trump’s evening announcement of a “complete ceasefire” between Israel and Iran. Ceasefires in this part of the world are like cheap New Year’s resolutions; often broken by breakfast. With Iran’s nuclear program bruised, 400kg … Continue reading Do We Have a Ceasefire? Or Will Other Nations Hand Iran a Nuke?
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