This is happening in America. Not Russia. Not the United Kingdom. Not Communist China. Happening in America. Today.

Just imagine what is to come in the next year, the next 3 years, 7 years, if the LORD tarries and does not come to gather His faithful and obedient disciples?

Imagine what is going to happen nonetheless. Because the Holy Bible tells us so, and if over the age of 40 and having been paying attention while animated in this life form aware of the decay, decline, disarray, disorder, degradation of everything leading to the coming destruction.

I know, perhaps you’re thinking, “This guy is nothing but bleak, pessimistic, and negative. It’s depressing to come here and read this stuff. I want happy, happy, happy!”

Time for critical thinking. OBJECTIVITY. Does anyone have objectivity? Think critically? Rational, reasonable, logical in accordance with the Scriptures? THAT’S the key — in accordance with God’s Word.

This means that we’re aware while here. Being objective light sources in all the darkness.

If walking that path daily, depression, despair, as the world knows it, ought never touch us. We should; we would never get caught in the world’s definition of being negative if we see and acknowledge reality, which most can’t do. As we witness the entropy, the dissolving of every foundation as it is being replaced with lies, and every abomination of man under the sun.

This blindness and illusion that if our person gets elected, all will be well needs the miracle of vision being restored, and the delusions replaced with critical thinking founded in the Holy Bible.

Don’t allow The Enemy, the Evil One, that Old Dragon the devil, Lucifier, who appears as an angel of light, as do his ministers — have any inroads, any impact, any taking up residence within us with regard to adopting the world’s values and views, and definitions.

That takes daily awareness and diligence. That takes taking everything to the LORD in prayer. That takes daily time, as much as possible, in God’s Word. In faith.

Faithful.

Obedient.

Patient.

Perservering.

Knowing that no matter what may happen here, the eternal heavenly reward awaits, and all that ever occurred here will be forever forgotten in heaven.

Meanwhile…

Evil is active as in the days of Noah. Lawlessness reigns. Violence. Isaiah 5:20 and Romans 1 are the [dis]order of the day!

With Ezekiel 38 on the horizon.

Then, eventually…Revelation 19

Just be prepared for it — because it’s only going to get worse. Eviler. Darker. More violent and destructive cursing God, blaming God all the more, serving Satan, and every lie.

RELATED: Father Calls Calvary Chapel A ‘Cult’ In Attempt To Stop Mother From Taking Their Child To Church – Harbinger’s Daily

Read on…

When Court Says Your Child Can’t Go To Church: The Ava Bickford Case

November 19, 2025

By PNW Staff

Reprinted from Prophecy News Watch

Few stories in recent years have so starkly revealed the rising hostility toward biblical Christianity in American institutions. What is happening to 12-year-old Ava Bickford in Maine is not simply a custody dispute–it is a direct challenge to parental rights, religious liberty, and the right of Christian families to raise their children in the faith. And it is unfolding in a place many believers would never expect: a courtroom.

To understand the weight of this case, we must first understand the setting. Calvary Chapel–the church at the center of the controversy–is not an extremist fringe group. It is a well-known, Bible-teaching movement birthed out of the Jesus Movement of the 1960s, founded by Pastor Chuck Smith, and committed to verse-by-verse teaching of Scripture, evangelism, and simple worship.

Millions of Christians have been blessed by Calvary Chapel fellowships across the nation. It is exactly the kind of church many believing parents long for: grounded, Christ-centered, and firmly committed to the authority of God’s Word.

And yet, in this case, a Maine judge labeled it dangerous.

A Custody Order Unlike Anything Seen Before

In December 2024, a Maine district court issued one of the most extreme anti-Christian custody orders ever documented. Emily Bickford, Ava’s mother, was barred from:

Taking her daughter to any church unless the father approved

Allowing her daughter to attend Christmas, Easter, weddings, funerals, or church events

Allowing Ava to associate with her church friends

Allowing Ava to attend a Christian youth group

Reading the Bible with her

Letting her read any religious literature

Exposing her to “religious philosophy” of any kind

The order even forbids Ava from having contact with any religious organization–including ministries like the Salvation Army, crisis pregnancy centers, shelters, or food banks.

And the reason? According to the judge, Emily is “a fit parent except for the fact that she is a Christian.”

This level of hostility is shocking, even for those of us who regularly cover increasing legal pressure on believers. The judge–reportedly a former ACLU president–refused to capitalize the word “God” in official documents and chastised Emily for allowing the pastor to pray for Ava. Then, the father brought in a former California sociology professor–described as Marxist in worldview–to testify that Calvary Chapel, and any Bible-believing church, is a “cult” harmful to children.

This expert testimony, the judge claimed, justified ripping a Christian child away from her church, her friends, her youth group, and even her Bible.

Where Is the Harm?

According to Liberty Counsel, the group defending Emily, the court’s justification for restricting all religious practice was shockingly thin. The only “concerns” documented were:

A past panic attack

A moment of anxiety

Notes left around the house

A workbook comment that a demon drawing was scary

As Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver told the court: “That cannot amount to immediate and substantial harm.”

No abuse.
No neglect.
No threat to the child’s wellbeing.

Only the judge’s claim that Christianity itself could be harmful.

And so Ava–who wanted to be baptized, who wanted to attend Sunday school, and who asked to be in church–was silenced.

A Christian Child Cut Off From Her Faith

For nearly a year, Ava has been unable to attend church or see her church friends. Emily says her daughter often asks to return. She misses her youth group. She longs for worship. The pain has been “devastatingly heart-wrenching” for both mother and daughter.

If the lower court’s ruling stands, Ava’s spiritual life could be severed at its roots during some of the most formative years of her life.

Jesus’ words ring loudly here:
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble…” (Matt. 18:6).

Why This Case Matters for Every Christian Parent

This case is not just about one family in Maine. It is a preview of the legal arguments already taking shape nationwide:

That biblical Christianity is dangerous

That Bible-believing churches are “cults”

That courts may decide whether children are allowed to practice their faith

That parental rights end where secular discomfort begins

If the state can tell a believing mother she cannot pray with her daughter, read her Scripture, or take her to church, then the First Amendment has become meaningless.

The question now before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court is monumental:
Does the state have the power to erase a child’s faith because one parent objects?

Emily Bickford believes the answer should be obvious. “It affects not only our family,” she said, “but the families of all Christian children.”

A ruling is expected in the coming weeks.

For the sake of religious liberty, Christian families, and the next generation of believers–every one of us should be watching. And praying.

RELATED:

Father Calls Calvary Chapel A ‘Cult’ In Attempt To Stop Mother From Taking Their Child To Church – Harbinger’s Daily