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The Truth About Common Grace

The rain falls on the just and the unjust, but this divine kindness isn't reserved for just the heaven-bound. How is it that the world is not immediately consumed by the Lord's righteous anger? The Allied Report breaks down why this one truth holds an essential key to understanding the character of God, the preservation of creation, & the heart of the Great Commission.

In Focus: The Iranian Revolution

BY MRNN • 19 MARCH 2026

History is a graveyard of vanished empires, yet one ancient thread refuses to dissolve. As many attempt to spearhead a wave of antipathy towards the nation of Israel, is the world finally able to move past this land? Why does this geographically minute nation remain an immovable object, outliving even the very titans that once conquered it? MRNN dives into the unique forces anchoring this ancient people as an improbable axis on the world stage.

Israel: History’s Impossible Exception

Iranian City Street (Wix Media Public Images)

The Vacuum After the Ayatollah

With the fall of the Ayatollah, the Persian Gulf faces its most volatile power shift in decades. MRNN explores the dismantling of a regime, the myth of the 'instant democracy,' and the sobering reality that in the vacuum of Iran, the future will be defined not by military strikes, but by the internal character of the Islamic Republic where true resolution lies far beyond the reach of Western military policy or political upheaval.

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A band leads the 2023 TMAI Conference in song (Photo by Ben Ditzel)

The Theology of Why We Sing

Do we sing because we enjoy it? Do we sing whatever sounds good? Whatever sounds new? Old? Is music just the prequel to a sermon in church? The Worship through Song Project explores Scriptural mandates for teaching, family discipleship, & personal devotion through the use of doctrinally rich and Christ-exalting music.