Speaking from the pulpit of the parish church, he said; "Recently I was at a conference up in Charleston -- maybe some of you have heard about it -- and a brother got up and began to speak, and it sounded as if he might be speaking a word of truth to the congregation. But the more I listened, there was no love in his message, there was no compassion, no grace.

According to Barna and Pew, 50% of Trump's evangelical followers attend church only once or twice a year, hardly a recipe for commitment.

Image is replacing the written word. Tik Tok has millions of followers. Facebook, Meta, WhatsApp, X formerly Twitter, dominates social media. We are a nation of voyeurs. Bible reading is down, ignorance of Scripture is up, Biblical literacy has reached a crisis point.

"Palestine is a land that was seized by a racist, anti-human and colonial Zionist project that was founded on a false promise (the Balfour Declaration), on recognition of a usurping entity and on imposing a fait accompli by force.

"Palestine symbolizes the resistance that shall continue until liberation is accomplished, until the return is fulfilled and until a fully sovereign state is established with Jerusalem as its capital.

At least 21,500 Gazans have been killed, and almost 56,000 injured, while a staggering 1.9 million people -- more than 80% of the population -- have been displaced.