Strait Talk

The blockade on the Strait of Hormuz has entered day three.

The U.S. Navy began blocking Iranian ports Monday after weekend peace talks in Pakistan stalled, with VP JD Vance saying Iran refused to abandon its nuclear ambitions. The blockade specifically targets vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports—ships transiting the strait to non-Iranian ports remain free to pass. 

Iran called the move piracy, warning that no Gulf ports would be safe if Iranian ships were threatened. Oil prices surged nearly 8% Monday, topping $100/barrel. 

U.S. allies are pulling back. Britain’s PM Keir Starmer said the U.K. won’t be “dragged in” to the war and announced, alongside France, a multinational conference aiming to reopen the strait. Pakistan, which brokered the current ceasefire, is pushing to resume talks before it expires next week.

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CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
Governments have different things on their agenda than God’s kingdom does. As global powers maneuver to have their way, God’s agenda is clear and unchanging. 

“What does the LORD your God ask of you except to fear the LORD your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul? Keep the LORD’s commands and statutes I am giving you today, for your own good.”
Deuteronomy 10:12–13 (CSB) (read full passage)