Evangelical Leaders Respond to Trump's Action in Venezuela

Several Evangelical leaders across the country have responded to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States has captured dictator Nicolás Maduro during a military strike in Caracas and will run Venezuela until a new transition plan is in place. Offering public praise, leaders, including the Rev. Franklin Graham and Ambassador Mike Huckabee, linked the operation to justice, spiritual deliverance, and national security.

Here's what they had to say.

Be informed, not misled.

Seattle Socialist Mayor Claims "This is your city, you belong here." Really?

KOMO News reported Friday, "Katie Wilson was inaugurated as Seattle's new mayor on Friday during a public ceremony at Seattle City Hall's first-floor lobby."

They continued, "The event marked the beginning of a new chapter for the city as Wilson took the oath of office and delivered her inaugural address."

The new socialist, community organizer promised, "This is your city, you belong here."

What will Seattle become? To those who have lived in Seattle, raised their children in Seattle, and built lifelong relationships in Seattle, will it really be "your city"?

Will the non-socialist, non-progressive population of the city actually "belong?" 

84% of those polled have "deep concerns" according to KOMO News.

Be informed, not misled.

On Christmas Day

All of us at Faith and Freedom want to wish you a Merry Christmas. 

We will not be publishing this Faith and Freedom Daily article tomorrow or next week.

The daily live radio program, Straight Talk with Gary Randall, will be airing reruns this coming week.  We will be back live on Monday, January 5.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, my personal favorite poet, wrote the poem "Christmas Bells" on Christmas Day, 1864.

John Baptiste Calkin would later use the words of the poem to write the song we know as, "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day."

The story behind the poem is a compelling one.

It is a story of personal loss and restoration on Christmas Day.

Be informed and mindful.

On Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, 1952, President Harry S. Truman said of Christmas, "Year after year, it brings peace and tranquility to troubled hearts in a troubled world. And tonight the world seems hushed, as we turn to the old, old story of how 'God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life'."

Indeed, a hushed silence settles upon the world each year on the eve of the Holy Day of Christmas. More than 2 billion Christians embrace it. Most people are at least aware of it.

After the frenzy that's gone on before this night, as evening comes, a Christmas Eve hush starts to descend---an air of stillness grows around us.

It was at this hushed moment that the most sung Christmas carol of all time was written.

And it was in the hushed moments of Christmas Eve that a World War ceased for a few hours.

Be informed.

O Little Town Of Bethlehem, Open For Christmas 2025

Al Jazeera, a Muslim-owned news organization with a strong bias, says "Palestinians hope the first Christmas tree lighting ceremony in three years will encourage tourists to return to the city, which has been undergoing a severe economic crisis."

It says "Between Israel’s genocidal war on people in Gaza and near-daily Israeli assaults on Bethlehem and other cities across the occupied West Bank, Palestinians have endured great suffering over the past two years. They have had little to celebrate, and for the past years, all public Christmas celebrations have been cancelled."

But now, they say, there's a "glimmer of hope."

Upon what do they base their hope?

Be informed, not misled.