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Servus · 2025-11-23T03:26:11-0600

wing2000 said:
"my little communist mayor"

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This needs a caption that says "Step into my oval parlor", said the spider to the fly.

Chesterton · 2025-11-23T03:18:55-0600

rusmeister said:
Well, there IS a Russian version of the “Orthobros”, and they are those that seek to venerate Stalin and dream of the Russian Empire (or of a “Christianized Soviet Union”), and tend to identify Orthodoxy with “Holy Rus”. For years I stood in our parish consciously aware that I was a walking rebuke to that attitude, that a representative of their Cold War enemy was standing among them and worshiping with them.
That’s all gone with the wind, now, though.

I completely understand patriotism and even a longing for "glory days" of the past, but how Stalin gets venerated among Christians is bizarre to me. Are these bros ignorant of history? Do they know that the people of Belarus and Ukraine often welcomed Nazi soldiers marching in by throwing flowers at their feet, because they initially thought they were being liberated from Stalin? (Until they quickly found out otherwise.)

rjs330 · 2025-11-23T02:30:48-0600

Benaiah468 said:
Islam is now spreading in the US. Not to the same extent as in Europe, but with the same negative consequences. The new mayor of NYC is a socialist, and thus professes a destructive, misanthropic worldview that has long belonged in the ideological/historical waste bin.

What lies ahead for NY has been on display in London for years: Sadiq Khan has been mayor there for nine years. He won not primarily through broad support from native Britons, but through high voter turnout in Muslim-dominated neighbourhoods such as Tower Hamlets and Newham, combined with alliances with left-wing parties.

Khan, who is of British-Pakistani descent, has shaped London's politics to be Islam-friendly: he prioritised the construction of mosques, introduced hate crime laws that criminalise criticism of Islam, and ignored protests against radical preachers. Under Khan, London experienced several terrorist attacks (e.g., London Bridge in 2017); the city became the ‘Islamist capital of Europe,’ as a former MI6 chief put it.

In New York, Zohran Mamdani, who has embraced the ‘Defund the Police’ demand (which Islamist terrorist cells will only welcome), will now govern, while at the same time showing understanding for Palestinian ‘resistance’ against Israel and supporting the BDS boycott movement against the Jewish state. Mamdani also waffled around a clear rejection of the ‘globalisation of the intifada’.

Yup, far too many people in the west are so afraid of being called or feeling like a racist that they are refusing to look at the truth. They are voting against their own interests. Dearborn isnt going to be the only Islamic city in America.

David Lamb · 2025-11-23T01:35:40-0600

Jipsah said:
Then

ok, fair play, the abandonment of phonics was moronic. But many parents (like my wife and myself), simply taught our kids to read ourselves. All our young ‘uns could read a newspaper when they entered first grade. We also read to them and stuffed the house with books. We considered raising them our primary responsibility, and it turned out quite well despite the sad level of public education.

Phonics as a method of teaching reading has not been abandoned here in the UK. I found this on the Government's website:

"The phonics teaching programme validation process

By ensuring high-quality phonics teaching and improving literacy levels, the government wants to:

give all children a solid base on which to build as they progress through school
help them develop the habit of reading both widely and often, for both pleasure and information

In April 2021, we published the revised core criteria for effective systematic synthetic phonics teaching programmes (SSP) and launched a new process to validate those programmes. The process applied to both previously assessed programmes and new applicants.

A number of publishers completed an initial self-assessment based on these criteria, which was then reviewed by independent evaluators. After 3 rounds of evaluation, 45 SSP programmes were validated.

We are not planning an imminent future validation round, but any update will be provided on this page. Although the process has now been completed, the information provided for 2021 to 2022, including the criteria used and the guidance supplied, remains available."

keras · 2025-11-23T01:33:30-0600

Jeremiah 8:10 I will give the Land to new owners:
Zephaniah 3:1-8 Woe to the place of oppression, filthy and defiled, they heed no warning voice and ignore God’s rebukes. They won’t take correction or place their trust in their Creator. Their leaders have no concern for the people and prophet and priest alike profane the Holy Scriptures.
The people who ‘won’t take correction and trust their Creator’, is the Jewish State of Israel.

The Lord has judged and punished them before, their land laid waste and the towns deserted and He thought: surely now they will fear Me and will accept instruction, but they continue on in their evil deeds and they show no shame for it.
Judah has been punished and exiled before; by Babylon and by Rome. But as Ezekiel 21:14 tells us, there will be a third time.

Therefore: look out for Me, for the Day when I will stand up to witness against you, on the Day that I execute justice upon the nations, for I will pour out My fierce anger and the whole earth will be enveloped by the fire of My wrath.
This will be the great and terrible Day of the Lord’s vengeance and fiery wrath against the nations. Prophesied in the Bible over 100 times. Habakkuk 3:12 2 Peter 3:7, Revelation 6:12-17, +

Zephaniah 3:11-13 On that Day, Jerusalem, I shall wipe away your shame for all the transgressions committed in you, for I shall remove all your proud and arrogant citizens, only the humble and peaceful people will remain and those who never practise evil or speak lies, they will settle in the Land and nothing will disturb them.

This is the great Second Exodus of all of God’s people into all of the holy Land. Every faithful Christian: a vast multitude from every tribe, race, nation and language. Isaiah 66:18-21, Ezekiel 34:11-31, Romans 9:24=26, Revelation 7:9 and the amazing stories in Psalms 107.

Zephaniah 3:9-10 They will all know a pure language, so everyone will know the true Name of the Lord and will praise Him with one accord. My worshippers, all the righteous people will come from afar to worship the Lord and bring offerings to Him. People from every race, nation and language, all the born again Christian people, will travel there to live, in the new nation of Beulah, Isaiah 62:1-5, while the rest of the world is ruled by a One World Government. Daniel 7:23, Revelation 17:12

Zephaniah 3:14-17 Daughter of Jerusalem; sing for joy! For the Lord has taken away your punishments and has cast out your enemies. Now the Lord is with you and you need never again fear disaster.
On the Day of the Lord’s wrath; This is the message for My people: Fear not, stand firm in your faith, your God will keep you safe and will rejoice over you.
Ref: REB, CJB, KJV. Some verses condensed and paraphrased.

This chapter of Zephaniah encapsulates the soon to happen end times story.
It tells how Jerusalem, the holy Land is desecrated by its ungodly inhabitants and will rejoice when they are gone.

How those enemies of the Lord, the evil neighbors, Jeremiah 12:14, and all who reject the Salvation of Jesus, will be uprooted and gone, then the holy Land resettled by the Lord’s faithful believers. Ezekiel 34:11-31 tells it plainly.

Jeremiah 7:30-34 & 8:1-13 The people of Judah have done wrong, they worship idols and have no regard for their Creator....Therefore, the time is coming when I shall fill the valley of Topeth with their corpses.......All the survivors of this wicked race, from wherever I have banished them, would rather die than live. Isaiah 22:14
...Judah is incurable in their waywardness......I listen, but I hear not one word of remorse ....My people do not know the Judgements of the Lord. How can you say: We are wise and we have the Law of God, when your scribes and priests have falsified it? The wise are shamed and where is wisdom in them?
Therefore I will give their wives to others and give their land to new owners, for all of their prophets and priests are frauds....on My Day of reckoning, they will fall with a great crash. I shall surely consume them says the Lord and there will be no grapes on the vine, [Israel] and no figs on the fig tree. [Judah]

We Christians are told by Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5, that we should know God’s plans for what will happen in the near future. Zephaniah 3 gives it to us, confirmed by the sequence of Revelation chapters 6-7.

What is presented in these scriptures, is God’s Promises to His faithful people, His blessings of peace and prosperity, of joy and happiness, of security and long life, as all who love Him and keep the Commandments; will live in His Land.
It is the prophetic parallel of ancient Israel, where Jesus led the people through the desert and how most of them refused to accept the Promise. 1 Corinthians 10:6-13
Ezekiel 20:34-38 tells how, once again, some of His people will revolt and rebel and they will not be allowed to enter the Land of Israel.

In today’s situation, we have many who have accepted the Gospel, but who have chosen their own beliefs about what God intends to do for His people and during this forthcoming test, 1 Peter 4:12, they may fail to stand firm in their trust that the Lord will protect them. This won’t lose their salvation, but it will be a serious disadvantage, 1 Corinthians 3:13-15

The great chapter of Isaiah 35:1-10, is one of the many prophesies that describe the Lord’s faithful Christian people entering the holy Land, says: ...no one unclean will go there....The Lord’s people, set free: will enter Zion with shouts of triumph.

Psalms 107 and Isaiah 66:18b-21, describe how the Lord will help His people to travel to the holy Land.

keras · 2025-11-23T00:59:44-0600

Godless peoples live in the Holy Land:

Psalms 79:1-7 The heathen have invaded Your domain, Lord – they have defiled Your Holy Place and ruined Your Land. Your servants have been killed and evicted from Jerusalem. Now we suffer the taunts of our neighbours and the threats of those around us.
Lord: You are roused to a fury, Your indignation blazes like a fire. Pour out Your wrath onto the nations that do not acknowledge You, those peoples that deny Your existence, for they have taken over the heritage of Jacob.

Psalms 79:8-13 Do not remember against Your people the guilt of past generations, rather let Your compassion come swiftly to meet us, for now we are brought so low. Help us, God our saviour for the honour of Your Name. For Your Name’s sake rescue us and wipe out our sins. Why should the nations ask: Where is their God?

May we see Your vengeance for their treatment of Your servants.
Let the supplications of Your people from around the world, reach Your presence and in Your great might save those who are dead in the spirit. Ezekiel 37:13-14
Turn back sevenfold onto their own heads the contempt the godless nations pour upon You. Then, we; Your people: the flock whom You shepherd, will give You thanks forever and praise You to all generations.
Ref: REB. Some verses abridged

‘The heathen have invaded Your domain’- Most of the current inhabitants of the Holy Land, that is: the area from the Nile to the Euphrates, are atheistic, apostate or false religion worshippers. Isaiah 20:30-32, Psalms 52:1-5

‘neighbours have taken over the heritage of Jacob’-
Neighbours: the enemies of God and the rejecters of Jesus, living in or adjacent to the State of Israel. Jeremiah 12:14, Ezekiel 21:13-14
Jacob: the Overcomer for God, now every faithful Christian. Galatians 3:26-29, Ephesians 3:6 and in each of the Seven Churches of Revelation.

‘Your indignation blazes like fire’ - The multi prophesied punishment by fire that the Lord will bring upon the world, especially devastating to the Middle East. Ezekiel 30:2-5, Amos 1:3-15, Zephaniah 1:1-18, 2 Peter 3:7

‘onto their own heads’- The weapons prepared by the nations who attack will ‘recoil upon themselves’. Psalms 7:12-15, Obadiah 1:15, Joel 3:4

‘Your people, the flock whom You shepherd’, Faithful, born again Christian people from every race nation and language, protected, saved and then living in their heritage: the holy Land. Ezekiel 34:11-16, Isaiah 35:1-10, Romans 8:16-18, Romans 9:24-26

Psalms 79 is another example of How the Lord will act when an Islamic confederation commences their attack on the State of Israel, as Prophesied in Psalms 83. It will be the literal fulfilment of the many prophecies of a terrible punishment by fire upon the nations, an explosion of the suns surface, instigated by the Lord, but He is not seen at this time, so it can be thought of as a natural disaster by the secular peoples.
It will be the sudden and shocking Lord’s Day of vengeance and wrath, that will virtually depopulate all the area given to Abraham, nearly four millennia ago. Zephaniah 1:14-18

This will allow the gathering and settling of the true, faithful Israelites – natural and grafted in, to live in the Holy Land. The rest of the world will form a One World Government, as nations will cede their sovereignty because of this disaster.
About 10 years later, after all that is prophesied in Revelation to happen before the Return has taken place, then the Lord Jesus will Return for His Millennium reign.

DragonFox91 · 2025-11-23T00:28:33-0600

"Be holy for I am holy"

That is never popular

GodDoesListen55 · 2025-11-22T23:00:07-0600

BUMP!

Quincey.

essentialsaltes · 2025-11-22T22:33:29-0600

Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson unjustified

The internal committee ruled that the university didn't follow proper procedures and didn't prove there was good cause to fire Melissa McCoul, who was a senior lecturer in the English department with over a decade of teaching experience.

[The professor's lawyer believes it will have go to litigation, as the school may not listen to its own committee.]

RileyG · 2025-11-22T22:07:10-0600

Glory to God! Awesome!

RileyG · 2025-11-22T21:59:57-0600

Arcangl86 said:
Technically, the UK doesn't have a state religion, but England does. The Church of England is established in England, but only in England. The Church in Wales, Church of Scotland (presbyterian not Anglican), Scottish Episcopal Church and Church of Ireland are not established churches.

Also this can be the case of something being normal but being done in violation of the law and only now did somebody care enough to sue.

Thanks for the info!

rebornfree · 2025-11-22T21:19:40-0600

Franklin Graham is right and praise God for Jesus!

Dan Perez · 2025-11-22T21:15:12-0600

Hentenza said:
Actually it refers to the blood of Christ who provided the ultimate blood sacrifice for the redemption of our sins.

“And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant in My blood.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭22‬:‭20‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

Luke 22:20 And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant in My blood. | New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020) | Download The Bible App Now

And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant in My blood.

bible.com

And in. MTT 26;29. BUT I will NOT / ME is a DISJUNCATIVE PARTICLE NEGATIVE. AND THAT. MEANS He will not ever

drink the fruit of the VINE WITH YOU IN MY FATHERS KINGDOM. and WAS SPEAKING TO JEWS and not too

the BODY OF CHRIST !!

And check Heb 9:18 and read SLOWLY. !!
dan p

David Hunter · 2025-11-22T20:41:57-0600

Are you asking but not receiving? On today's Devotional Saturday we'll go over what Jesus says about asking, seeking and knocking and what does it really mean!
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Paul4JC · 2025-11-22T20:35:46-0600

God bless you @ LoricaLady!

concretecamper · 2025-11-22T20:34:07-0600

Tom D · 2025-11-22T20:33:02-0600

Upon seeing Fred, the old man called out, "Young man, could you lend me a hand with this burden?" Fred hesitated, feeling the press of time on his shoulders. But seeing the old man's struggle, he decided to help. He nodded and approached the man. "Of course, sir," he replied, taking hold of the bag.

Together, they entered the old house. Fred saw that the house looked as if nobody had been living there for a long time.

The old man led Fred and Enzo through a hall and up a winding staircase. "We need to take this to the top floor," he explained. The house was four stories high, and the climb was arduous. The weight of the bag pressed heavily on Fred's shoulders.

As they ascended, Fred couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. The old man's eyes seemed to glint with a strange light, and his movements were almost too fluid, too graceful for someone of his apparent age. Fred wondered whether the old man was truly who he appeared to be.

Finally, they reached the top floor. The old man opened a door, revealing a room filled with strange, bubbling concoctions and mysterious equipment. Fred set the bag down with a sigh of relief, his muscles aching from the effort.

"Thank you, young man," the old man said. "Would you care to stay for lunch? I've prepared a meal that I'm sure you'll find delightful."

Fred hesitated. He was due for an appointment and knew he shouldn't be late. "I'm sorry, but I really must be going," he replied.

But the old man insisted, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Please, I insist. It would be a shame for you to leave without tasting my cooking." He gestured to a table laden with food.

Fred was tempted and hesitated. The food smelled wonderful, and his stomach growled in response. But then, his father's teachings rose up in his mind, reminding him of the importance of punctuality. He realized that he should not be late for his appointment.

"I'm sorry, but I must go," Fred said firmly, stepping back from the table. The old man's expression darkened, and for a moment, Fred thought he saw a flicker of anger in his eyes.

As Fred turned to leave, the old man's demeanour changed abruptly. With a swift motion, he pulled out a hidden bag of soporific powder and threw its contents at Fred. He stumbled backward, narrowly avoiding the powder. The old man's face twisted into a malicious grin.

Fred's heart pounded in his chest as he scrambled to find an escape. Just then, Enzo, sensing the danger, leaped at Ruggero, barking fiercely. The sudden attack caught Ruggero off guard, and he stumbled, giving Fred a precious moment to run.

Fred ran down the winding staircase. He could hear the old man chasing behind him.

Reaching the ground floor, Fred spotted an open window and made a split-second decision. He leaped through it, landing on the grass outside. Ignoring the pain, he scrambled to his feet and ran, with Enzo close on his heels.

Fred didn't stop running until he was far from the house. Then Fred resumed his journey.

The road ahead was blocked by a fallen tree, and a sign indicated that the path was closed to pedestrians. Fred sighed, realizing they would need to find yet another way. Consulting his map, he decided to take a longer route via a hill road that meandered up and around the forest.

The hill road was steep and rocky. Fred and Enzo trudged onward, their pace slowing as the sun climbed higher in the sky. Both Fred and Enzo became very tired and hungry.
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Suddenly, a food hawker appeared, carrying two plates filled with wonderfully fragrant food. It seemed as though he was offering it to them. Driven by instinct, Enzo leapt forward without hesitation and began eating from one of the plates. Animals act on instinct, but humans are different—they can make conscious choices based on reason and emotion.

Unlike Enzo, Fred hesitated. His father’s teachings echoed in his mind, urging caution. He faced a dilemma where reason and emotion battled for control. Torn between his hunger and his father’s lessons, he struggled to decide. In a moment of prudence, he chose not to eat. The food, as it turned out, was soporific, and the hawker was none other than Ruggero in disguise. To Fred’s horror, Enzo collapsed and lay motionless. Only now did Fred realize—it had all been part of Ruggero’s sinister plot.

RileyG · 2025-11-22T20:11:56-0600

keras · 2025-11-22T20:03:04-0600

In today’s situation, we have many who have accepted the Gospel, but who have chosen their own beliefs about what God intends to do for His people and during this forthcoming test, 1 Peter 4:12, they may fail to stand firm in their trust that the Lord will protect them. This won’t lose their salvation, but it will be a serious disadvantage, 1 Corinthians 3:13-15

The great chapter of Isaiah 35:1-10, is one of the many prophesies that describe the Lord’s faithful Christian people entering the holy Land, says: ...no one unclean will go there....The Lord’s people, set free: will enter Zion with shouts of triumph.

Psalms 107 describes how the Lord will help His people to travel to the holy Land. Isaiah 66:18b-21

Trophonius · 2025-11-22T20:00:07-0600

Get a job after high school would have been a good idea. I could have got a well-paid job at the time.

Hentenza · 2025-11-22T19:48:30-0600

Paulwat said:
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Love to get reassurance like this about the fact hell isn't real, but heaven is.

Both are real.

BelieveItOarKnot · 2025-11-22T19:27:18-0600

Dan Perez said:
And just asking , ARE we. under the Law. ??

The very real evil present within everyone is definitely both under the law and condemned by the law, rightfully so.

Mark 7:21-23 is a reality for all of us Dan. Anyone who doesn't believe that is just lying to themselves.

Dan Perez said:
Are we UNDER. the NEW COVENANT. ??

The tempter or his own in NO PERSON is under the New Covenant.

You're theology is trying to fit a square peg in a round hole by only seeing one party in the equations when that's simply not the case. We're all tempted internally by the tempter

Dan Perez said:
Are we UNDER GRACE ??

People are. Devils are not.

Dan Perez said:
And a verse that says THE people of Israel and ALL. Mankind have ALWAYS been God.'s children. ??

Matt. 23:9, Acts 17:28-29, Deut. 14:1, Psalm 82:6, Romans 11:26-32 among many likewise

Fervent · 2025-11-22T19:25:10-0600

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