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Well, my guest today writes this. There's no doubt about it. We live in a dangerous world.

But instead of motivating Christians in the West to action, today's headlines appear to be paralyzing us.

We were never called to live in fear. Even though the times we're living in are frightening,

we are right on course with the very plan of God for this world. Things are not falling apart. They're falling into place. Can I get an amen? Our friends, Tom and Joanne Doyle, join me today to offer us a faith perspective from the Middle East. Some of the things we'll be talking about today are who is Islamic jihad and why did Israel go after them? What happened to Israel with over a thousand rockets launched at them?

What happened to the Palestinians in Gaza?

How about some good news from the Middle East?

What's going on in Ukraine?

And any updates on Afghanistan since it's the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Afghanistan?

Is there anything good happening in that country?

So those are some of the questions we'll answer.

Topics will address in just a moment. A quick announcement. If you don't receive our weekly email devotional, we would love to get it to you. It's free. You can sign up on our website, Myfaithradio.com. It's a prayer devo. Some thoughts on prayer, a simple prayer. You get it once a week in your inbox on Monday morning after the show.

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Also want you to know, thanks to the Doyles and their generosity, we've got a handful of copies of their book that they co-authored together.

I think this book won some awards.

It's just stunning.

Women Who Risk, Secret Agents for Jesus in the Muslim world. All of their books read like fast action-packed novels because the stories are so heroic and amazing of Muslims who come to Christ and then they stick around so that their friends and families can know Jesus, but they're risking their lives in the process. Boy, these guys are storytellers and they are are on the front lines, so they see what's going on. And I can't think of anybody better to give us an update from the Middle East than my friends, Tom and Joanne Doyle. So let me tell you about them, and we'll get him on the show. Tom Doyle is president and founder of Unsharted Ministries, an accomplished author, popular international speaker, pastor, and ministered the

unreached. He's a veteran tour guide in Israel and the Middle East. His book Standing in the

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