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At least on of Trump's Advisors Understand How Crazy The Tariff Policy Is

Three days ago, Musk proposed ZERO tariffs between the US and the EU (a trade free zone).

Musk has called out Novarro (the author of Trump's tariff policy) for the craziness of the tariffs, especially those on trade deficit.
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The billionaires know how crazy this is. Maybe Trump will listen to one of them. He aleady has stepped back many times.
A couple of day ago, he said that there would be no negotiations. This morning said that there would be no delay. We'll see.
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Of course, prices will go up even if the tariffs are only on autos, aluminum, steel and China. And that is a long, long way back from where Trump is.

For example, reducing EU tariffs to zero would help, but would just be a drop in the bucket of increases.

Even if folks got what they "want", an elimination of the taxes on individual countries except China, the above listed tariffs plus the 10% accrosse the board tariffs would still likely to cause a recession; prices would certainly go up considerably.
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I HAVE A SERIOUS TRADE DEFICIT WITH MY GROCERY STORE
I buy lots from my grocery store, and the store buys nothing from me. THEY ARE RIPPING ME OFF!
The US buys lots from Vietnam and Vietnam buys little from us. VIETNAM IS RIPPING US OFF!

I have an MBA in Finance. I have studied some of these issues some over the past 60 years. This is worst policy I've ever seen.

Trump has always supported tariffs, but this idea is new. It really doesn't matter where Trump got this particular idea. However, it is all based on crackpot named Navarro who published books and articles on the trade deficit relying on the studies of the non-existent economist Vera, invented by Novarro.

I INVITE folks to direct us to books and articles by economists who support the idea of tariffs based on trade deficits.

CNN’s Latest Stunt Backfires: ‘A Democrat And Biden Donor’


Same old, same old.
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Sevens by Brandon Lake Live video

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@Hazelelponi @friend of @Joseph G @mourningdove~

[Verse 1]
Wake up, wake up, the time has come
Don't rest, don't wait, it has begun
Ready the weapon of praise
Blood moon, blood red, blood down His robe
Blood of the Lamb has overcome

[Chorus]
Ready the weapon of praise
I see the Heavens
I'm seeing sevens in the sky
Time of the beast is growing nigh
We're gonna make it out alive
I see the Heavens
Lеgions of angels in the night
Wipe off thе slumber off your eyes
We're gonna make it out alive
Ready the weapon of praise
Ready the weapon of praise
Ready the weapon of praise

[Verse 2]
That serpent's scared, he's seen the grave
No rest in peace, just fire and flames
Who rolled the stone, who holds the throne
Trumpets will sound, the world will know



[Chorus]
Ready the weapon of praise
I see the Heavens
I'm seeing sevens in the sky
Time of the beast is growing nigh
We're gonna make it out alive
'Cause I see the Heavens
Legions of angels in the night
Wipe off the slumber off your eyes
We're gonna make it out alive
Ready the weapon of praise, ready the weapon of praise
Ready the weapon of praise

[Bridge]
Seven heads, seven scrolls
Seven seals, seven bows
Seven stars, seven times seventy
I'm seeing sevens in the sky
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven signs
Heaven rule, Heaven reign
Heaven soon, Heaven stay
Heaven fall, Heaven come heal it all
I'm seeing Heaven in the sky
We're gonna make it out alive
Rally the angels, ready for war
He's riding a stallion, make way for the Lord
His word is a weapon, His tongue is a sword
The God of the whisper is the God of the roar

Knuckleheaded Trump tariff adjustment formula exposed.

Δτᵢ = (x ᵢ - m ᵢ)/ ε.ψ.mᵢ.

Δτᵢ is the tariff adjustment for trade between America and country i.
xᵢ are the exports from America to country i.
mᵢ are the imports from country i to America.
ε is the demand elasticity which is the market response when import demand is decreased due to tariffs. Typically costs will increase by a certain percentage of the tariff.
Ψ is the supply elasticity which is the market response when export demand is increased due to the effect of tariffs on imports. Costs can increase due to capacity and supply issues.

The formula is unsound as the most obvious is countries which have a trade deficit with the US are subject to tariffs which conveniently turns out to being 10%.
The other absurdity is the Grand Assembly of Imbeciles commonly called the White House has set ε = 4 and ψ = 1/4 (why?) across the board meaning ε.ψ =1 and the formula reduces to Δτᵢ = (x ᵢ - m ᵢ)/mᵢ.
As some economists and mathematicians have pointed out, the White House seems to think sticking a couple of unnecessary Greek characters into the formula gives it a much more sophisticated and complex appearance.

The selection of ε = 4 and ψ = 1/4 is at the very least debatable, some economists have stated to give it an appearance of realism is to have ε = 4 and ψ = 1 which will reduce the imposed tariffs on countries by a factor of 4.
The White House is now engaging in a finger pointing exercise as no one is taking responsibility for the derivation of the formula.

Here is a video on this nonsense formula.

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Why bother asking my opinion?

It can go either direction, but I'm going to assign genders here, just to make it easier to write.

Husband already has his mind made up he's going to do something. The exact something isn't important. Shaving off his mustache, changing jobs, selling the car, grilling steaks out in the back yard, any action at all, he already knows that's what he's going to do. Whatever his wife has to say on the subject is not going to change his decision in the slightest. It's a done deal. Case closed. Not negotiable.

So why would he bother approaching his wife and asking her opinion about it? "Would you mind if I...." "How would you feel about it if I..."

Seems to me if his mind is already made up, but he wants her to know he's doing it, he should simply inform her that he's doing it. Let's not pretend to care about what she thinks, by asking what she thinks. Just tell her what you're going to do.

"Do you mind if I do XYZ? Oh, you do mind? You don't like it? Well, tough cookies, I'm doing XYZ anyway."
"Then why did you even ask me what I thought about it?"
"Because I care about your opinion."

The words and actions are not meshing here. How can you care about something on one hand, and completely disregard it on the other? Can anybody please help me make it make sense? I'm facing accusations of having a "my way or the highway" attitude, just because I'm upset that my (asked for) opinion didn't make a shred of difference in the decision making. I'm not saying he shouldn't do whatever he wants to do, if that's what he wants to do. I'm not trying to control him. I'm simply trying to say from now on, don't ask me my opinion, unless my opinion is going to actually carry some kind of weight. He doesn't seem to understand. He keeps trying to tell me my opinion does matter, even while he's totally shoving it aside and ignoring it.

Summing up, if you've already decided, then don't ask me. Tell me. Do you agree or disagree?

And just out of curiosity, flip the genders, and would you still agree or disagree?

AND SOME BELIEVE WE WLL GO THREW THE GREAT TRIBULATION ?

And some believe in a POST TRIBULATION and sone are a MID-TREB .

And in 1 thess 1:10 says , AND // KAI -- is a CONJUCATION

# 2 TO WAIT FOR // ANAENO , is im the Greek Present Tense , ACTIVE VOICE

# 3 HIS // AUTOS - PERSONEL POSSESSIVE PRONOUN , in the Greek GENITIVE CASE -in the SINGULAR

# 4 SON // HUIOS , in the ACCUSATIVE CASE in the SIGNULAR

# 5 FROM // EK , in the ACCUSATIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 6 HEAVEN // OURANOS , in the GENITIVE CASE , in the PLURAL

# 7 WHOM // HOS in a RELATIVE PRONOUN , ACCUSATIVE CASE in the SLINGULAR

# 8 HE RAISED // EGEIRO , in the Greek AORIST TENSE , ACTIVE VOICE , in the INDICATIVE MOOD , meaning you better believe it , in the SIGULAR

# 9 FROM // EK , is an AORIST TENSE , in the INDICATIVE MOOD , in the SINGULAR

# 10 THE DEAD // NEKROS , in the GENITIVE CASE

# 11 JESUS // in the ACCUSATIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 12 WHICH // HO , DFINITE ARTICLE , in the ACCUSATIVE CASE , in the SIGNULAR

# 13 DELIVERED // RYOMAI , in the Greek PRESENT TENSE , MIDDLE VOICE , PASSIVE VOICE , and a PARTICIPLE

# 14 US // HEMAS , PERSONAL PROSSESSIVE PRONOUN , in a ACCUSATIVE CASE , in a PLURAL

# 15 FROM // APO , is a PREPOSITION

# 16 THE // a DEFINITE ARTICLE in the GENTIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 17 WRATH // ORGE , in the GENITIVE CASE , IN THE SIGNULAR

# 18 TO COME // ERCHOMAI , in the PRESENT TENSE and in the MIDDLE or PASSIVE VOICE , a PARTICIPLE , GENITIVE CASE , in the SIGNULAR

#19 But the APOSTLE Paul says different as Paul is PRE-TRI !!

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The Bayes' Theorem approach really isn't that helpful?

Prof Michael Heiser said:

The Bayes' Theorem approach really isn't that helpful because you have to presume certain things and plug certain assumptions.
The Bayes Theorem is useful if you use it properly. You are not supposed to just plug in a subjectively arbitrary number based on your presumption.

You can more or less manipulate them to find: lo and behold, the person who wrote this post that Jesus doesn't exist, doesn't exist either, according to Bayes' Theorem.
That's because they failed to assign the weights correctly.

Once I have assigned weights to propositions, how can anyone tell I didn't do it arbitrarily or whimsically?

Fortunately, there is a mathematically sound answer to this question. The goodness of my subjective beliefs can be measured objectively through the process of wagering based on my weights. My personal beliefs should remain coherent, even if they are subjective. Formally, a set of beliefs and preferences is referred to as coherent if it cannot lead to a Dutch book; that is, my weighting scheme does not guarantee that I lose money in the long run due to my betting habits. If your beliefs permit this outcome, then you are incoherent. You are effectively committing to a losing money scheme due to your habit of being too subjective in your assessment. I apply my coherent weighting scheme to bet against individuals whose bets are not coherent.

You want to train yourself to be a reasonable and coherent bettor. In general, you can use Bayes' rule to make any life decision in the most optimal way. In practice, the more accurately you estimate the three input probabilities in the Bayes Formula, the better your decision will be. This is the essence of actuarial science.
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'Most brutal ever seen': 8 charged in int'l child porn ring selling over 1M videos, photos of violent sexual assaults

Florida authorities arrested eight suspects who are now facing charges in connection with an international child pornography ring that sold photos and videos of children, including babies, who were victims of human trafficking and other sexual abuse.

Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the charges in a Monday press release and briefing against the eight individuals who participated in distributing or selling child sex abuse material (CSAM). Seven of the suspects are Florida residents, and another was a New Jersey resident, while the main distributor who transferred CSAM to buyers, Mehmet Berk Bozuyuk, lives in Turkey.

“Every image of child abuse leaves a lasting scar on an innocent life, and we will aggressively prosecute these heinous crimes,” Uthmeier stated.

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Parents opposed to transing kids are as bad as the KKK: Colo. lawmaker

A Colorado state lawmaker is likening parental rights groups opposed to a bill that, if passed and signed into law, could lead to removing children from their parents' custody if they oppose trans medicalization. The lawmaker said such parents were akin to the KKK.

Colorado Republican state Rep. Jarvis Caldwell shared audio from an April 1 Colorado House of Representatives Judiciary Committee meeting where lawmakers were debating House Bill 25-1312. The bill has wide-ranging implications and is designed to give wide deference to several aspects of LGBT ideology, specifically by directing courts to take a parent’s willingness to embrace their child’s chosen gender identity into consideration when determining custody agreements.

“We heard from multiple witnesses that this bill has been worked on for over a year,” said Caldwell, who raised concerns that even he had just found out about the bill a day earlier.

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Zero percent tariffs across the board all countries

In light of this:

Vietnam: In a letter Saturday, Vietnam’s Communist Party offered to remove all tariffs on U.S. goods in hopes of lowering the 46% tax Trump imposed. From this thread.

Trump et all if they had their desire, would like to remove all tariffs from all trading partners and in this case with Vietnam, Vietnam is asking for zero tariffs as well.
The hourly manufacturer rate of pay in Vietnam is $6.95. The hourly manufacturer rate of pay in the US is $ 28.92. That's a 76% difference. So not only a huge labor cost savings, with the Trump TCJA (Tax Cuts Jobs Act) the US shifted toward a territorial tax system. That allows multinational corporations to avoid US taxes on most foreign earnings. So you, as a manufacturer if you moved overseas you will 1) face no tariffs 2) Save 76% in labor costs and 3) don't have to pay US taxes on your revenue. 4) Regulatory laws are mitigated.

So if you were a American manufacturer, why would you not move your operations to Vietnam?
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I.R.S. Audits Are at a Record Low. Trump’s Cuts Could Make Them Even Rarer.

The Internal Revenue Service’s audit rate has been lower this decade than in most taxpayers’ lifetimes, a New York Times analysis shows, and if the Trump administration follows through with plans to cut the agency’s work force, audits will almost certainly become even rarer.
The most recent I.R.S. data shows the audit rate of individual taxpayers has decreased by about two-thirds since 2010. --NYTIMES
In light of this, in little over a year after Biden's focus to crack down on high income tax delinquents and cheats:

IRS tops $1 billion in past-due taxes collected from millionaires; compliance efforts continue involving high-wealth groups, corporations, partnerships


WASHINGTON — As part of continuing compliance efforts under the Inflation Reduction Act, the Internal Revenue Service today announced the agency has surpassed the $1 billion mark in collections from high-wealth taxpayers with past-due taxes.
As part of larger efforts taking place, the IRS has stepped up activity specifically on 1,600 individuals whose incomes were more than $1 million per year and who each owed the IRS more than $250,000 in recognized tax debt. Since last fall, this IRS compliance effort has generated more than $1 billion in collections from this group, with work continuing in this area.

Remember when Obama focused on closing tax loop holes in the Bahamas or Cayman Islands?


Republicans poo poo'ed that too.
IRS funding is something the GOP has been cutting since 2010. Is not part revenue, or lack thereof part of the debt problem?
Why would anyone jettison the idea of going after those of high income who are cheating the system? Or is that a rhetorical question?
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Muslim man stabs wife, mother of 6, to death for going to church, accepting Christ as her Savior

NAIROBI, Kenya — A mother of six children was stabbed to death by her Muslim husband in Uganda after she attended her first church service, sources said.

Nasiimu Mirembe, whose children range in age from 3 to 18, had put her faith in Christ on March 21 after hearing the Gospel from a friend in eastern Uganda’s Busembatya town council. She was 41.

She and her friend were on their way to a church service on March 23 when a Muslim neighbor, Awudu Mbulalina, greeted them 218 yards (200 meters) from the worship site and continued on, said the friend, whose name is being withheld for security reasons.

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Supreme Court backs Trump in controversial deportations case

Supreme Court backs Trump in controversial deportations case


Promises made. Promises kept

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major victory to President Trump on Monday, allowing the administration to continue deporting what it says are Venezuelan gang members. The vote was 5-to-4, with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the three liberals in dissent.

Justice Dept. says it will pull back on litigating cryptocurrency fraud


In a memo sent to the Justice Department on Monday night, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department will no longer participate in regulation in the digital asset space and will instead focus on crimes that people commit with cryptocurrency, such as dealing narcotics and human trafficking.

In 2000 Bill Clinton And Congress Allowed Communist China To Enter World Trade, What A Mistake That Was

In 2000 Bill Clinton signed the law below regarding Communist China, it was the greatest American sell out in its history supported by Democrats and Republicans alike $$$ Here we are 25 years later

Wikipedia: United States–China Relations Act of 2000


Prior to passage of the bill, China was subject to an annual review by Congress of China's trade status with the United States. Since 1980, the president has had to issue annual waivers to trade with China. The act removed the review, eased some trade barriers, and facilitated China's entry into the WTO. China became a member of WTO on December 11, 2001, and its permanent normal trade relations status with the US was made permanent on December 27, 2001.

Plato's argument for the preexistence of the soul

Wiki:

Pre-existence, preexistence, beforelife, or premortal existence, is the belief that each individual human soul existed before mortal conception, and at some point before birth enters or is placed into the body.
Plato believed in the pre-existence of the soul, which tied in with his innatism. He thought that we are born with knowledge from a previous life that is subdued at birth and must be relearned.
A concept of pre-existence was advanced by Origen, a second and third-century church father.[9] Origen believed that each human soul was created by God[10] at some time prior to conception. He wrote that already "one of [his] predecessors" had interpreted the Scripture to teach pre-existence, which seems to be a reference to the Jewish philosopher Philo.[11]
Wiki:

Plato's theory of the soul, which was inspired variously by the teachings of Socrates, considered the psyche to be the essence of a person, being that which decides how people behave. Plato considered this essence to be an incorporeal, eternal occupant of a person's being. Plato said that even after death, the soul exists and is able to think. He believed that as bodies die, the soul is continually reborn (metempsychosis) in subsequent bodies. Plato divided the soul into three parts: the logistikon (reason), the thymoeides (spirit, which houses anger, as well as other spirited emotions), and the epithymetikon (appetite or desire, which houses the desire for physical pleasures).[2][3]
The soul contained the person's volitional faculty.

According to Plato, before a soul was born into a body for the very first time, it possessed knowledge of ultimate truths. It had direct access to the realm of the Forms—the eternal, unchanging essences of reality, such as Beauty, Justice, Equality, and Goodness. This idea was central to Plato's epistemology and metaphysics, particularly in his theory of anamnesis (recollection). He believed that learning in this life was not about acquiring new knowledge but rather recollecting what the soul already knew in its preexistent state.

In the dialogue Meno, Plato used the example of a slave boy who, through Socratic questioning, demonstrated knowledge of geometric principles he had not been explicitly taught. Plato interpreted this as evidence that the soul already possesses innate knowledge from its preexistent state. This evidence is weak in proving the preexistence of the soul. I don't buy it.

The following was Plato's logic:

P1: The boy's soul preexisted with knowledge of geometry.
P2: Learning was the recollection of knowledge in the preexisting soul.
G: The boy demonstrates knowledge of geometry.

∴ P3: The boy's soul preexisted.

P1∧P2∧G→P3

The problem with this line of argument is that both P1 and P2 assumed the preexistence of the soul, the very proposition, P3, that he was trying to prove. He hid what he tried to prove in the atomic propositions P1 and P2. Plato wasn't arguing clearly in terms of modern first-order logic.

World English Bible, Ge 2:

7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground,
body

and breathed
spirit

into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
When the breath of God entered Adam's body, his soul was formed for the first time. He, then, spent the rest of his life developing his soul.

Has anyone watched Amazon's "House of David" ?

The final episode released last Thursday so my wife and I finished watching it. I thought it was wonderful.

Despite the fact that they sourced some things from the Talmud as well as the Christian bible, overall I think it was rather accurate and the production values were excellent. I was really impressed.

Personally I think this was a much better endeavor than The Chosen because of its depiction of David as this uncompromising and courageous man of faith who was kept to the margins by his family until God raised him up.

The series covers David's story from the beginning up through his slaying of Goliath (side note: there's a flashback sequence in one of the middle episodes that depicts the fall of the angelic host and the emergence of giants (Nephilim) in Genesis 6:4. I thought the show runners depiction of the fallen angels and the origins of the Nephilim was pretty cool.

Anyway, if you're a subscriber to Amazon Prime Video you can view it that way, I'm not sure if it's scheduled to be released anywhere else. It's also scheduled for a season two, which will cover another span of time following the Battle of Elah.

This show was really well casted, the actor portraying David was an Egyptian man I've never heard of but he was spectacular. Saul is portrayed by Ali Suliman (perhaps best known for playing the villain in season one of Amazon's Jack Ryan series). Samuel is played by Stephen Lang, and he might've been one of the most compelling characters in the whole series. You just feel his righteousness and also God's anger through Samuel when Saul disobeys. Ayelet Zurer plays Ahinoam, Saul's wife, and Ethan Kai plays Jonathan.

I gotta say, it's been a while since I've seen a biblical story that was both largely faithful to the text (unlike Exodus or Noah) and also really well produced and acted.

Here's a look at the trailer:

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This Grace in Which We Stand

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” (Romans 5:1-5 NASB’95)

To truly understand what this is saying it is good if we can break it down somewhat by words which are critical to us having true understanding of the message being spoken. For example, what is faith? In a biblical sense, in relationship to our faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God, and which is gifted to us by God, it means for us to be persuaded of God. And God persuades us as to his holiness and righteousness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die to sin and to now walk in obedience to his commands.

And to be justified by such faith means that we now meet with God’s judicial approval because, by biblical faith in Jesus, which is not of human flesh, but of God, and is gifted to us by God, we are now being conformed by God to a proper standard of what is upright, honest, faithful, morally pure, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. For such faith as this will result in us being crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God.

And we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ because our faith in Jesus is by God’s design and not according to our human flesh. For Jesus said that if anyone would come after him, he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if we deny self, and we put sin to death daily, by the Spirit, and we are walking in obedience to our Lord, then we have the hope of eternal life with God.

And what is this grace in which we stand, as true followers of Jesus Christ? It was the grace of God which sent Jesus Christ to die on that cross and to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will die to sin and obey our Lord’s commands, in practice. And God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce (say “NO!” to) ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives, in the power of God, by his Spirit, while we wait for our Lord’s return.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2]

But this is NOT what is primarily being taught as the gospel of our salvation here in America in 2025. Slowly, over the course of many years, the true gospel, as taught in the Scriptures, has been being destroyed one step at a time, slowly diluting and altering the truth of the gospel message to make it more attractive and less offensive to human flesh and to the ungodly. And one piece at a time the majority seem to have adopted this altered gospel message which does not call for death to sin and obedience to our Lord.

And because of this, many people are believing the lies of Satan instead of the truth of God, convinced that their sins are forgiven, and that they are on their way to heaven, but regardless of how they live, and despite the fact that they are still living in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands. For they have been indoctrinated to accept the lies as the truth, and to reject the truth, as though the truth is the lie, for they are listening to human flesh, not to God.

So, if you are someone who is teaching the gospel message that Jesus taught, and that his New Testament apostles taught, in its fulness, in the proper biblical context, and not out of context, and so you are teaching that, by faith in Jesus, we must die with him to sin and now walk with him in obedience to his commands, in practice, as empowered by God, or we will not have salvation from sin and eternal life with God guaranteed, then you will face some persecution from certain others professing faith in Jesus.

And this is not speaking of any of us having to live in absolute sinless perfection, as many would have you believe. God divides his true followers from those who are not his followers by profession of faith in Jesus Christ, by our deeds. For it is by our deeds that all of us are going to be judged by God at the end of time. If dying with Christ to sin and walking in obedience to his commands are what we practice, we have eternal life with God. But if sin is what we practice, and not obedience, then we will die in our sins, instead.

And if we are among the few in number who are walking the narrow road, which is hard, which leads to life, and which few are traveling, and so we are not on the broad road, which is easy, which leads to death, which the majority are traveling, and if we who are on this narrow road are leading others to also be on this narrow road, we are going to be persecuted, rejected, cast aside as unwanted, rebuked, scorned, and abused. But tribulation is for our good, to mature us in our walks of obedience to God.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

All Through the Night

Based off Various Scriptures

Blessed are you when you’re persecuted
Because of your faith in Jesus Christ.
Blessed are you when people insult you,
And falsely say what leads folks to doubt.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is
Great in the heavens. You’re not alone.

When you are persecuted in one place,
Flee to another. God will be there.
You will be hated by all the nations
Because you testify of God’s grace.
Many will seize you and persecute you,
And put to death the foll’wers of Christ.

Yet do not fear what humans may do to you,
For I’m with you all through the night.
I tell you, love your enemies with my love,
And forgive as I forgave you.
Pray for those who do evil against you.
Rest in my love and grace from above.

An Original Work / December 7, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


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An Original Work / April 8, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Really could do with some prayer for comfort, etc. Thank you.

I am in desperate need of prayer. I was abused as a child and have been mourning and crushed and broken in spirit and heart for so long.
Please pray that God gives me the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God within me.
Please pray that God heals me, comforts me, binds me up, delivers me and saves me, so that I will be comforted. Also that God restores me, perfects me and makes me strong, firm and steadfast, so that it will be just as it was in the good times again. And that God gives me beauty for ashes, happiness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair, so that everlasting happiness will be mine.
Also, that God would give me godliness with contentment, so I will always have a deep, personal, close and intimate relationship with Jesus and the angels, just like I used to.
And that God transforms me by a renewing of my mind, gets rid of all anger, rage, bitterness, malice, vengeance, fear, anxiety, worries and troubles, and helps me to think of whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy.
That God renews my strength and gives me plenty of energy, also peace, rest and rest for my soul. and that God would deliver me from all my troubles, including medication and its side effects, and all other troubles I am experiencing and having.
Also that God gives me the gift of discernment of spirits and the gift of prophecy and the gift of faith.
Also I have had lower back pain for a few years and for the past 8 months or so it has gotten really bad, please pray that God heals me.
Please pray that God does all this to the fullest, both now and continuing forevermore. Thank you Heavenly Father. Agreeing on and asking in Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.
Thank you.

Archaeologists uncover hundreds of bodies under soccer field in eerie find: 'Truly a battlefield'

Archaeologists recently made a colossal discovery: They found an ancient Roman mass grave, dating back to the first-century A.D., underneath a soccer field in Vienna.

The necropolis was found by construction crews working in the Vienna neighborhood of Simmering last October. The discovery was unknown to the world until the Vienna Museum announced it on Apr. 2.

The 129 bodies, which were likely a mix of Roman soldiers and Germanic tribesmen, were found in total. Dislocated bones were also found at the site, meaning that as many as 150 victims' remains were found, The Associated Press reported.

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Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged a first ever $1 trillion defense budget proposal on Monday, a record sum for the military.

Hegseth went further in an X post on Monday evening, saying Trump “is rebuilding our military — and FAST.”

“COMING SOON: the first TRILLION dollar @DeptofDefense budget,” Hegseth posted from his personal account. “(PS: we intend to spend every taxpayer dollar wisely — on lethality and readiness).”
The number would be a significant increase from the $892 billion funding Congress allocated for national defense programs this year, which includes the Pentagon, nuclear weapons development and security programs at other agencies. It also comes as the armed services seeks to cut 8 percent of their individual budgets and reinvest the money in modernization efforts.



We should stop spending money on defense of other coutries, alliances, etc but yea, we sitill need more money for defense......

Video Games

Bit of a silly question. Basically I enjoy playing video games granted I play them a whole lot less now but I have times where I play more than usual and might get back into them. One game though I do miss playing but feel like I shouldn't due to the themes even if they would still be considered a kid's game. This game is called Fire Pro Wrestling World. It was really fun and honestly I think one of the reasons I have been interested in playing it so much lately is because I was really into wrestling but stopped watching it since becoming a christian but do miss it. compared to other wrestling games it's probably a lot more tame. I think some of the reasons why I've been hesitant is due to the fact its violence (granted cartoon violence), and it might be something that would feed my boastfulness, pride, and exultation from creating characters. Probably embarrassing I know but still its just been on my mind lately and something I've been debating with. The only thing I can think of in the bible as to why it would be okay is the story of Jacob wrestling God and the thought that if God could wrestle a person and still be holy and perfect than maybe playing that wrestling game is okay lol. Idk if I'm wrong and if i am someone please correct me. Then the argument against it would be the things mentioned it could feed into and the verse talking about doing nothing for selfish ambition Philippians 2:3-4 but idk if that would apply because this would just be something in my leisure time. What do you all think like I said I know it's silly but I'm sure we have something silly we have dealt with before or will but I wanted to hear some insight. Thanks.

Edit - If a mod is reading this can you move it to the video games section of this site? Thanks

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