This is just a brief outline on how news articles should be submitted to the website.

Links

If you are planning to submit an article, and do not wish to write your own comments on it, write just one or two lines summarizing its content in the top box, with one of the main words in your summary linked to the article itself. Do not post the entire article on the site, as I'm not entirely sure about whether this infringes on copyright or not. I also think the site be given more to the explanation of news events in light of the Scriptures, rather than just what is currently happening in the world. It's the Word of God that is alive and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.

Commentaries

Layout 

If you are planning to write your own comments on the article, write it all in the intro text box (the content of this is displayed on the front page). Do not use the bottom text box. Text in the bottom box is not displayed on the front page, instead a "read more" link will appear at the bottom of the article. Distinguish your comments from quotations from the article. I do this using the word "quote", and putting the quotation in italics. 

Begin with an introduction to the event in question, e.g. what has happened, when it happened, where it happened, why it happened, etc. Follow that with a more detailed quote from the article outlining the main point you want to make. After you have concluded the quotations from your articles, then present your own thoughts, followed by any relevant Scriptures.  

Source

Link main words in your commentary to the article in question. If possible, put the source name for the articles at the bottom of your commentary. This is good practice, for it adds credibility to the commentary, and again there is the issue of copyright.

A right spirit

Try to keep a right spirit in your commentary. News relating to prophetic events isn't always particularly encouraging to read, and a negative attitude in commenting on news items can discourage the reader. To counter a negative article, you can focus on the positive by referring to the Scriptures, how that the Bible teaches all these things must come to pass and that the ultimate goal is the outworking of God's plan for this world.

Sectarianism 

Sadly some of the websites that I visit on the internet have a "cultural spirit" that I believe is contrary to the Scriptures. This site is not about fighting a culture war with liberals or any other religious or political group. It isn't even necessarily about standing up for "religious freedoms" (John 16:7-8). When all has been said and done, culture will perish, but the Word of God will remain (Luke 21:33). The aim of this site is the glory of God, the proclamation of the Gospel, and the encouragement of believers. We do not hate homosexuals, Muslims, Catholics or any other people, we speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). We do not exalt ourselves, our countries or our "denomination" over others, but we exalt the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Gospel

The book of Revelation states that the testimony of Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10). All prophecy throughout the Scriptures centres on the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, and we should keep this in mind when commenting on end time events. Throughout the old testament, the prophets (Noah, Jonah, etc.) all prophesied of judgement that was to come upon the ungodly, but they also preached a message repentance and salvation. The Lord never judges a people without giving them opportunity to repent. If applicable to the article you are commenting on and if you feel led to, explain to the reader their need to have their sins forgiven, the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, and how they can escape the judgement of this world. 

And please do submit commentaries, for many people may find encouragement and help through reading your thoughts.

Chris

Thanks for everyone who has registered on the site. I have made you all authors, so you should now be able to post news and articles. If anyone has any problems, don't hesitate to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

So what's the aim for prophecynews.co.uk? Before I started Prophecy in the news, I had been praying for over a year that the Lord would use me in His work. Like Isaiah my prayer to the Lord was, "Here am I, send me", Isaiah 6:8. I was prepared to go anywhere and do anything, whether it would take me to Africa or Israel on mission work. I just wanted to be used of God. Well I didn't get going to Africa or Israel on mission work. But I did start this website, at first for my own benefit, to keep a daily record of all events taking place related to Biblical prophecy. So many things are happening that are prophesied in the Scriptures, and I wanted to keep track of them all. Sadly many people, including many Christians, do not realize how significant the days that we are living in are. The other aim for the website was to proclaim the Gospel, in the hope that many people would be saved. But instead of that happening, many Christians kept emailing me, telling me how they were greatly encouraged by this website. Not the result I expected at all, but I believe the Lord is using the website to encourage other Christians to go out and do the proclaiming of the Gospel. 

The Lord has blessed the site much over the last few years, and has used it to speak into the lives of many people. As I have said so many times, this is not my doing, this is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in my eyes (Psalm 118:23). Many people from across the world visit the website daily, and my desire is that this will increase greatly, so that the Lord's name would be praised all across the world. The old site served its purpose well, but it was restricted in that it was HTML only. Only I was able to submit news articles to the site, and others were not able to contribute their own thoughts. I didn't want people trying to hack into the site, or others posting abusive comments. But in the three years that Prophecy in the news has been online, I have only had a couple of emails that were antagonistic. So I feel that it will be possible to open the site up, so that many more people will use it and God's name will be praised.

I will still post news articles to the site on a daily basis, but others should contribute too. I have created a few sections. "Newsflashes" is for short comments on a particular event, maybe a link and a paragraph on what is happening, and possibly how it relates to Scripture. "News" is where regular news commentaries will be placed, and this is divided up into the usual prophetic topics. "Articles" is where articles relating to end time prophecy, Christian doctrine or anything else spiritual will be placed, and are generally unrelated to current news events. If a lot of people do contribute, I may need a few moderators who are prepared to review submissions and accept them for publication on the site. And in the event that my trip to Israel in October takes place God willing, it would be great if people would continue to submit news in my absence. 

As I said before, this site exists for God's glory, and it is in that spirit that I hope it will continue.

John 15:5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.