Church Issues

• Bible sales up due to Covid-19: Christian publishers are reporting increased sales of Bibles during the coronavirus pandemic compared with the same period last year. Read more here.

World Scene

• 75 years since Bergen-Belsen liberated: This week marks a milestone anniversary since British forces liberated the infamous German concentration camp where 50,000, mostly Jews, lost their lives. Read more here.
  
• Polish pro-life bill comes to Parliament: A citizen’s bill seeking to outlaw the abortion of disabled babies has reached the Polish Parliament – but any further progress is expected to be stalled. Read more here.
  
• Trump freezes WHO funding: Blaming the World Health Organisation for trafficking in misinformation about coronavirus, the US President announced a review of US funding of the organisation. Read more here. Also this week, Britain has pledged an extra £65 million in funding for the WHO. Read more here.
  
• ‘Contact tracing’ apps in-development: Google and Apple are joining forces to develop ways of tracking people infected with Covid-19 using their phones. Read more here. The UK Government has announced plans to develop a similar app. Read more here.
  
• Samaritan’s Purse field hospital under attack: A temporary hospital in New York run by Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse is coming under fire from LGBTQ+ activists because the charity holds to a biblical concept of marriage. Read more here.

Israel & Middle East

• Israel fails to form unity government: Unity talks between Netanyahu’s Likud and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party have fallen through. If the Israeli Knesset cannot form a government within 21 days, the nation will go to the polls for the fourth consecutive time. Read more here.
  
• Israeli economy to gradually reopen: The Israeli Government has announced an 80-billion-shekel plan to restart the nation’s economy, although normal flights will not resume until September. Read more here and here.

Recommended Sources

At Prophecy Today UK we are aware that the world is moving very quickly and it is difficult to keep up with all the latest developments – especially when the material circulated by our mainstream media is increasingly far from reality and definitely not devoted to a biblical perspective!Though we are not a news service, we want to help keep you informed by passing on updates and reports as we are led. This will be a selective, not an exhaustive, round-up, which we hope will be helpful for your prayers. Click here to browse our News archive.We recommend the following news services for regular updates from a Christian perspective: