A Message from Dr. David Griffis
These are very dark days in America, dear reader, and indeed this infection of evil is spreading throughout the globe. As a Christian and student of God’s Holy Word, I have been awakened to speak to you, for I hear in my spirit, the distant thunder of tribulation, deception, and evil increasing.
I am appalled at much of the silence in the world of denominational Christendom, about all that is taking place. I understand and weep at the deliberate soft stepping in this hour by religious leadership, afraid to offend, fearing how their needed words might affect their own future, but if ever an hour needed the voice of God’s true prophets it is now.
Believe me when I speak now, I speak broken and humbly, for I feel unworthy to carry His message…but God will not let truth be silent.
This whole thing, exploding in America , is a spiritual warfare issue. Remember how the Prophet Daniel was told by the Angel Gabriel, that his answer to prayer was delayed by a demonic power known as the “Prince of Persia” (Daniel10:13) and Michael the Archangel had to come and defeat this demon before Daniel’s answer from God came.
And the Apostle Paul’s Ephesians declaration in Ephesians 6 warns us of “principalities and powers”, which are satanic rulers who have taken influence over areas of earth that have given themselves to evil.
What is going on, in not only Minneapolis, but in large cities throughout America, and indeed many cities of the world, is a satanically inspired spiritual warfare, with hatred spewing like molten volcanic lava, with fear rolling like a deep earthquake caused tsunami, and violence erupting, as demonic forces from the deepest pits of hell, where demon spirits writhe and rule, filling hearts opening to receive such dominion.
But we Christians should sing the song dear reader, to the entire world in the midst of all this chaos, the song that has the answer….the answer is true, and O, so needed….
“What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
O, Precious is the flow,
That makes me white as snow.
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!”
We sing the song extolling the power of Jesus’s blood, and His redemptive power. God has a work in progress, that the enemies control of the news media does not want you to hear.
There is a satanic attempt to stop the last day spread of the Gospel out of the United States, as a “New Christian Conservatism” is developing in this country that could be the impetus for the final Joel 2:28 fulfillment. Charlie Kirk was in the forefront of this movement, when an assassin, with a transgender lover, goaded by hell itself, put a bullet through Charlie’s neck.
But God’s work is never dependent on just one person, and though Charlie’s life was taken, God’s work through many different channels, but especially in local churches anointed by God, with anointed shepherds leading them, remains. The last day harvest is coming in, I see it everywhere I go.
The devil is doing everything in his power to try and stop this move of God among our young people. So “principalities and powers” create the chaos in major cities like Minneapolis, and lure young people seeking for answers into the fray of hatred.
Violence and mayhem, do not come from The Good Shepherd. Hatred of authority does not come from God. Something evil is amiss when “law and order” is hated as an enemy. If lawmen do wrong, their own judgement will come. All, and I mean all, must live with their deeds.
So what must happen?
God will, as the Prophet declared, “pour His Spirit out upon all flesh”, while at the same time there is, as Saint Paul warns us, “a great falling away”.(II Thessalonians 2:3)
What Christians must do to combat this onslaught of calculated evil…
Voice the truth and flee the posture of silence embraced by so many “Leading Christians”. But declare the word of the Lord only as the Spirit leads you, for God alone knows the time of His speaking
Find your “Closet of Intercession”. That closet is of utmost importance .
Seek guidance from the Word of God, for this is vital to spiritual survival, and for some strange reason I have been led in my awakening from the wee hours of the morning to commend to you for your reading and meditation, the books of Proverbs, Habakkuk, John, Ephesians, both First and Second Timothy, and the Book of Jude, and any others God may lay upon your heart.
Find people of like precious faith and form bonds of prayer and sharing of testimonies. We must be united as Christians.
Look not to “Christian flamboyant, celebrity personalities” as your source….they are falling one by one…Nor should you trust in the carnality that is found in “professional denominational political leaders” in these dangerous times.
But rather, listen to the humble voice of the true shepherds of God’s flock, the “apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers” that Ephesians 4:11 refers to, who will lead you not toward themselves, but toward Christ. For God has placed them here for His purposes. And remember, no true messenger from God, will ever say anything that contradicts God’s Holy Word.
I have finished now and have delivered what He has given me dear reader…please take heed.
ENTER 2026…
37 Years after Communism…
The Fall of the Berlin Wall was on the evening of November 9, 1989
37 years in 60 seconds at the red-light…
I’m driving slowly in the dark and raining streets of my home town passing through clouds of car smoke. The gypsy ghetto in the outskirts of town is covered with the fog of fires made out of old tires burning in the yards. And the loud music adds that grotesque and gothic nuance to the whole picture with poorly clothed children dancing around the burnings.
The first red light stops me at the entrance to the “more civilized” part of the city. The bright counter right next to it slowly moves through the long 60 seconds while tiredly walking people pass through the intersection to go home and escape the cold rain. The street ahead of me is already covered with dirt and thickening layer of sleet.
This is how I remember Bulgaria of my youth and it seems like nothing has changed in the past 30 years.
The newly elected government just announced its coalition cabinet – next to a dozen like it that had failed in the past two decades. The gas price is holding firmly at $6/gal. and the price of electricity just increased by 10%, while the harsh winter is already knocking at the doors of poor Bulgarian households. A major bank is in collapse threatening to take down the national banking system and create a new crisis much like in Greece. These are the same factors that caused Bulgaria’s major inflation in 1993 and then hyperinflation in 1996-97.
What’s next? Another winter and again a hard one!
Ex-secret police agents are in all three of the coalition parties forming the current government. The ultra nationalistic party called “ATTACK” and the Muslim ethnic minorities party DPS are out for now, but awaiting their move as opposition in the future parliament. At the same time, the new-old prime minister (now in his second term) is already calling for yet another early parliamentarian election in the summer. This is only months after the previous elections in October, 2014 and two years after the ones before them on May 2013.
Every Bulgarian government in the past 30 years has focused on two rather mechanical goals: cardinal socio-economical reforms and battle against communism. The latter is simply unachievable without deep reformative change within the Bulgarian post-communist mentality. The purpose of any reform should be to do exactly that. Instead, what is always changing is the outwardness of the country. The change is only mechanical, but never organic within the country’s heart.
Bulgaria’s mechanical reforms in the past quarter of a century have proven to be only conditional, but never improving the conditions of living. The wellbeing of the individual and the pursuit of happiness, thou much spoken about, are never reached for they never start with the desire to change within the person. For this reason, millions of Bulgarians and their children today work abroad, pursuing another life for another generation.
The stop light in front of me turns green bidding the question where to go next. Every Bulgarian today must make a choice! Or we’ll be still here at the red light in another 37 years from now…
ENTER 2026…
Yotova Becomes Bulgaria’s First Female President
The Constitutional Court of Bulgaria has formally accepted President Rumen Radev’s resignation, paving the way for Vice President Iliana Yotova to assume the presidency. Pavlina Panova, president of the Constitutional Court, served as rapporteur on the case. With the court’s unanimous decision, effective January 23, 2026, Yotova becomes Bulgaria’s first female head of state. Twelve constitutional judges participated in the session, which confirmed that Radev’s resignation was made voluntarily and without external pressure. As this is not an impeachment case, no additional hearings or investigations were required.
Following the court ruling, Radev’s presidential powers are officially transferred to Yotova. She will not need to retake the oath before the National Assembly, having already sworn in as vice president in 2021. Later today, at 4 p.m., Radev will leave the presidential building through the ceremonial entrance, accompanied by Yotova, marking the conclusion of his nine-year tenure. Social media initiatives have already begun commemorating his departure. Expectations are high that Radev will soon announce his own political project ahead of the upcoming early elections.
Rumen Radev, a Major General in the Air Force and former Commander of the Air Force, was first elected president in November 2016. He took office on January 22, 2017, alongside Iliana Yotova as vice president. The pair were re-elected in November 2021 for a second term. Notably, Radev is the first president in Bulgaria’s democratic history to resign before completing a term, leaving Yotova to finish their second term alone.
Peace Council: only Bulgaria & Hungary from EU
The US president is currently announcing the ‘Peace Council.’ This involves the creation of a new international body called the ‘Board/Peace Council’ (in public discourse it has become known as the ‘Peace Council’ or ‘Board of Peace’), which is presented as a tool for peacemaking—initially focusing on Gaza—but will gradually expand as a ‘crisis management’ forum for other conflicts as well.
What the ‘Peace Council’ is – and why it raises suspicion
According to Reuters, Trump has sent invitations to around 60 countries, aiming for a body that ‘starts with Gaza’ and ‘expands’ to other fronts, while the same report mentions that permanent participation is expected for those who pay $1 billion and that Trump will be chairman for life.
The existence of a ‘ticket’ for a permanent seat (and at an amount that functions as a power filter rather than an equal contribution) is the first major source of European distrust: it turns the body into a closed club, favoring the ‘willing’ and the financially powerful, rather than a process of legitimacy through international treaties.
The second source of distrust is the political structure: in a Reuters report about Italy, it is mentioned that Rome considers participation in an organization ‘led solely by the U.S. president’ to be in conflict with the Italian constitutional principle requiring equal participation in international organizations. Italy’s argument encapsulates European concern: the ‘Council’ does not resemble a multilateral institution but rather a mechanism of American hegemony, where access, duration, and renewal of tenure (according to what has leaked about the draft charter) are directly linked to the central will of the U.S. president.
The third problem is institutional overlap. In a television excerpt/transcript from CNN (Situation Room), the ‘peace council’ already appears as a point of tension between Trump and Macron, with Trump escalating rhetoric and using trade threats in a domain that would ‘normally’ belong to diplomacy and collective security. This combination of ‘hard power’ (tariffs) with ‘peacemaking architecture’ (board) is the main warning sign for Brussels: it turns peacemaking into a tool of coercion.
Greece absent, as is the rest of the EU, except Hungary and Bulgaria
In Greek reporting, Athens appears aligned with general European reluctance. This is a strategic choice: due to geography and sovereignty issues, Greece has historically invested in strict adherence to International Law and the UN institutional framework.
This logic also underpins the statement by government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis regarding Greenland—that ‘we cannot play with issues of International Law.’
At the same time, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ultimately misses Davos because his flight to Zurich was canceled due to severe weather, resulting in a cut program since he had to immediately travel to Brussels for the EU emergency summit.
Bulgaria’s President Steps Down to Run in Upcoming Elections
In a landmark address to the nation, President Rumen Radev announced that he will resign from his post before the Constitutional Court in order to participate in the upcoming elections.
Further reading: Who Is Iliyana Yotova: Bulgaria’s First Female President
For weeks, speculation has swirled about the president’s potential resignation and plans to lead a political project in the elections. Last month, Radev told the press that he would reveal a political initiative when society least expected it.
Further reading: Bulgaria After the President’s Resignation: What Comes Next Politically and Institutionally?
Collapse of the Western Theological Corpus: Conquistadorial Colonial Theology Toward the Global South is Over
Bridges to people and culture do not work any longer because they never touch the water of troubled cross-cultural issues. For the same reason, contextual theology does not work any more – once faced with the deep cross-cultural crises of faith and conviction, it sinks with no hope.
We have long observed the collapse of the “Western Theological Corpus,” as Andrew Walls calls the structural problem in missions today. Main reason for its collapse is the failure to give answers to the theological questions emerging from the Global South. As a result, the colonial approach of doing missions, resonating in imperialistic cross-cultural ministry and ethnic conquest for assimilation of cultures, all have failed both the indigenous people and the mission sending agencies. Prayer has hence turned into a protest and prophecy for a new reality, where the encounter of missions is no less than the very cross-roads where we encounter God and others together.
