Last night I have a dream of so many planes crashing. They were doing very awkward flight attitudes and one got inverted shortly before they crashed while some are disintegrating in mid-air raining lethal falling debris.

Hurricane-force winds and gusts were happening at the same time.

It was quite scary because the planes are crashing near me and some of the large debris were sliding on the ground at high speed only missing me by few feet. I was trying to dodge both falling and sliding debris running back and forth. It almost felt like a video game.

For those of you not up on your pop culture references, King Kong is a giant monkey. However, this jacket’s absurd straw man that only two generations separate me from a different species has led me to another question:

According to the scientific theory of evolution, how many generations of humans would you have to go backwards through before we all turned into apes? How many generations are required to turn one species into another?

Shalom

This Saturday and Sunday, and on April 12th, we will have an outreach here in Salzburg, Austria.

We ask for your support in prayer that the Lord will open people's hearts, lead them to repentance through the Holy Spirit, and open the gospel to them in Jesus' name (Zechariah 4:6).

And I ask for prayer that the Lord will grant me many opportunities to share the gospel and testify for the Lord Jesus in all wisdom and clarity (Col. 4:2-6), in Jesus' name. Amen.

Thank you for your prayers!!!
May the Lord bless you abundantly (Luke 6:38) and may He bless Israel in Jesus' name. Amen!

Sole Deo Gloria

PS And I pray that the Lord will send out harvesters into His harvest (Matthew 9:38).

Boston judge holds ICE agent in contempt after man detained mid-trial​

Wilson Martell-Lebron was facing two felony charges from 2020 related to filing a false application for a driver’s license. After some COVID-related delays, his jury trial began last Thursday, according to court records. Court records note that Martell-Lebron was present, with a Spanish interpreter, on Thursday, but did not appear on Friday.

The Boston Globe first reported that Martell-Lebron was detained by ICE agents late Thursday afternoon. Plainclothes ICE agents placed Martell-Lebron in an unmarked van and drove away, according to a video shared by Martell-Lebron’s defense attorneys with multiple news organizations.

Judge Mark Summerville held ICE agent Brian Sullivan in contempt Monday for allegedly obstructing justice, the Globe reported. ICE Agent Sullivan, Steven Wells, and any other agent involved in the arrest were ordered Friday to appear for an evidentiary hearing, and a bench warrant was issued for Sullivan.

State Police Trooper David Dumont testified Friday, and, according to the Globe, told the judge that “it was more or less understood” that ICE was sending someone to “grab the defendant.” [Per Massachusetts law, the troopers didn't help or hinder the immigration action.]

[Judge puts a halt to the proceedings against Martell-Lebron.]

After dismissing the jurors, Summerville also permanently dismissed the Suffolk County District Attorney’s case against Martell-Lebron due to prosecutorial misconduct.

Nothing makes me happy anymore. Things I used to find fun are just like mindless activities; I can't bring myself to enjoy them. I also hardly have the ability to take showers. With me struggling to find love or a job, life feels so hopeless. I'm saved, but I'm afraid I'll die alone without having accomplished what I could. I just want some joy, but I can't find it.

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) just broke Strom Thurmand's record for the longest Senate speech. Strom Thurmand's speech was an attempt to filibuster civil rights legislation.

Booker's been going for over 24 hours. He's starting to sound like he's tired.

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In a disturbing incident, Catholic priests and laity were assaulted by a group of Hindutva extremists in Jabalpur on Monday.

Jabalpur: Hindu extremists attack Christians on Jubilee pilgrimage​

The faithful, a group of 50 tribal people, a priest and two nuns were visiting some parishes in the diocese.

CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND LAITY ATTACKED IN JABALPUR​

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“We applaud the Trump administration for stepping up to end the free trade disaster that has devastated working class communities for decades. Ending the race to the bottom in the auto industry starts with fixing our broken trade deals, and the Trump administration has made history with today’s actions,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “But ending the race to the bottom also means securing union rights for autoworkers everywhere with a strong National Labor Relations Board, a decent retirement with Social Security benefits protected, healthcare for all workers including through Medicare and Medicaid, and dignity on and off the job. The UAW and the working class in general couldn’t care less about party politics; working people expect leaders to work together to deliver results. The UAW has been clear: we will work with any politician, regardless of party, who is willing to reverse decades of working-class people going backwards in the most profitable times in our nation’s history.

Given the rhetoric from leaders on the left expect more of the same.

“The Judicial Relief Clarification Act clarifies the scope of judicial power and resolves illegitimate judicial infringement upon the executive branch. It’s a commonsense bill that’s needed to provide long-term constitutional clarity and curb district courts’ growing tendency to overstep by issuing sweeping, nationwide orders.”

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Exactly what is needed.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support abortion legality in all or most cases; partisans remain deeply divided.

• More than six in ten Americans (63%) say abortion should be legal in most or all cases; in contrast, 34% of Americans say abortion should be illegal in most or all cases.

[gender split F/M 66/61]

Americans ages 65 and older have gradually increased their support [for legal abortion], from 47% in 2010 to 63% in 2024.

• Only four major religious groups lack majority support for abortion legality in all or most cases. These groups include Hispanic Protestants (44%), Latter-day Saints (29%), white evangelical Protestants (28%), and Jehovah’s Witnesses (22%).
• Just 8% of Americans say abortion should be illegal in all cases.
• Most Democrats have consistently favored abortion rights, but support has increased in recent years, from 71% in 2010 to 85% in 2024. In contrast, 39% of Republicans support abortion legality, but their support has increased by 4 percentage points since 2010 (35%). Just 13% of Republicans say abortion should be illegal in all cases, down almost 10 percentage points from 22% in 2010.

Religious Affiliation:


PRRI has its own scoring for Christian Nationalism based on answers on certain questions. Results by state:

Take a public stand against the tariffs, heck no, "be ‘vewy, vewy quiet’."

It just keeps reaching further levels of insanity.

A British nursery's decision to suspend a toddler for "abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity" has triggered widespread backlash, prompting political statements and online debate about disciplinary policies in early childhood education.

The unnamed child, aged 3 or 4, was suspended from a state nursery during the 2022–23 academic year, according to data from the United Kingdom's Department for Education (DfE) obtained by The Telegraph.

I know some contended that the Trump Administration would surely undo things if it were found to be illegal or in error, and others that sending 'TdA' to El Salvador was an invincible PR coup for the president.

Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison​

The Trump administration conceded in a court filing Monday that it mistakenly deported a Maryland father to El Salvador “because of an administrative error” and argued it could not return him because he’s now in Salvadoran custody.

The filing stems from a lawsuit over the removal of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who in 2019 was granted protected status by an immigration judge, prohibiting the federal government from sending him to El Salvador.

The filing, first reported by The Atlantic, appears to mark the first time the administration has admitted an error related to its recent deportation flights to El Salvador, which are now at the center of a fraught legal battle.

“On March 15, although ICE was aware of his protection from removal to El Salvador, Abrego Garcia was removed to El Salvador because of an administrative error,” the Trump administration filing states.

*Opinion piece*

Musk says millions of noncitizens were given social security numbers under Biden

Democrats are facing their worst nightmare: Elon Musk, one of the smartest people on the planet, is revealing their dirty tricks. No wonder they are out to destroy him and his companies.

Musk spoke recently at a town hall in Wisconsin, supporting a Republican candidate for that state’s Supreme Court who could be critical in determining whether the GOP continues to narrowly control the House of Representatives. The currently liberal court is likely to redraw the swing state’s districts to favor Democrats, costing GOP seats.

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and this

Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk

Arrested for “enacting peace”

Police have raided a Quaker meeting house and arrested six women attending a gathering of the protest group Youth Demand.

More than 20 uniformed police, some equipped with Tasers, forced their way into the Westminster meeting house at 7.15pm on Thursday, according to a statement by the Quakers.

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Any reaction from the freedom of speech in Europe loving US Vice President?

A toddler in the United Kingdom was reportedly suspended from a nursery school for allegedly exhibiting transphobia.

Data from the country's Department of Education show that the student, who was 3 or 4 years old, was among 94 students who were suspended or expelled from similar primary schools for "abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity" during the 2022-2023 academic year, according to The Telegraph.

Of the 94 suspended pupils that year, 10 were aged 7 or younger and one was 4 or younger, though the government data did not provide details of the children's identities. The data also reportedly show that the number of students suspended or expelled from all state primary schools for homophobic or transphobic behavior increased from 164 in 2021-22 to 178 in 2022-23.

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"The Lord confides in those who fear Him" from Psalm 25.

100% Truth, folks.

Fear: Respect, follow, seek ever to obey - *listen* for His voice.

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Consider a few things about King David (the author of Psalm 25), if you will.

Most leaders of countries expend great effort in maintaining a polished image of self-sufficency and confidence in their righteousness - and employ an army of handlers to spit-shine that outward appearance and keep it as pristine as possible - heaping praise upon their hero's every word and deed.

And the leader laps it all up - ever seeking to glorify themselves and hide or deny their glaring imperfections.

Ah... the human condition. The curse of the sin nature we all inherit.

And then there's David, the shepherd boy become King. So many of his beautiful Psalms (songs) are recorded in Scripture - and realize that David handed these over to his chief musicians to perform publicly before all of his subjects - and lead them in worship of Israel's God.

The lyrics reveal a man who grieved over and openly confessed his great sins, experienced periods of profound depression when he couldn't perceive the nearness of his God, and strove mightily with fear and anxiety because of his numerous enemies. A man of war and yet at times the fraility of a child.

But notice also, the profound awe and respect He had towards God. He understood that God is a God of justice - but received by faith - was also his very Redeemer.

These songs are prolific with praise and adoration - and provide joyful revelations of God's own heart - of grace, mercy, compassion and love for His Creation.

For you and me.

Such an imperfect man - yet bestowed with the eternal honor of warming up the throne for the Man/God who would follow in his lineage - the King of Kings and Lord of Lords - Jesus Christ.

Holy Scripture refers to David as a "man after God's own heart." I figure that it is because he learned through experience what was perhaps the most important command to keep to ensure consistent intimacy with the Living God:

Psalm 51:6 KJV

"Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom."

Why was David so transparent before God and man? Because he genuinely wanted to share with everyone great and small how to have that same intimacy with God. It's all about receiving His love, and purposefully passing it on.

Don't let your heart be hardened
Don't let your love grow cold
May it always stay so childlike
May it never grow too old
Don't let your heart be hardened
May you always know the Cure
Keep it broken
Before Jesus
Keep it thankful, meek and pure.

- Petra

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Psalm 25 NIV

Of David

"1 In you, Lord my God,
I put my trust.

2 I trust in you;
do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.
3 No one who hopes in you
will ever be put to shame,
but shame will come on those
who are treacherous without cause.

4 Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, Lord, are good.

8 Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful
toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
11 For the sake of your name, Lord,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?
He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,
and their descendants will inherit the land.
14 The Lord confides in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known to them.
15 My eyes are ever on the Lord,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
17 Relieve the troubles of my heart
and free me from my anguish.
18 Look on my affliction and my distress
and take away all my sins.
19 See how numerous are my enemies
and how fiercely they hate me!

20 Guard my life and rescue me;
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in you.
21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,
because my hope, Lord, is in you.

22 Deliver Israel, O God,
from all their troubles!"

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Throughout my life I always unfortunately walk just along the very line at where Christianity begins and no further.

This could be because of fundamental concepts that I struggle with. One concerns unrealistic expectations: the idea that you are always sinning even when the bar is practically impossible like perhaps having to not find a hilarious joke funny as it is inappropriate: let’s say it touches on being offensive/dehuminising to some or sick/morbid. Or for instance expecting your average married guy not to touch himself or even experience sexual attractiveness towards a passing beautiful woman.

So I kindly need more help with the above - something I can’t seem to ever get over conceptionally: these unrealistic expectations on people.

Also, as the thread title points to, another massive subject is the meekness aspect to Christianity. I often feel like there are plenty of people out there that pose us potential harm. Sometimes this harm can be small but regular (like the increased likeliness of being taken advantage of in the workplace) and sometimes this potential harm is huge, like having openness and a non-judgmental approach towards otherwise ominous-seeming individuals and ending up being robbed or raped, etc.

Isn’t there something about Christianity that makes one more vulnerable, more likely to be a sucker, more compromising to the point where even whole Christian nations can be put in harms way?

Your thoughts are most welcome.

I previously asked members here if they think that God has *reasonable expectations for us: like say he might expect a chronic alcoholic to have the conviction to walk a different route home so as to avoid the temptation of his local bar, but wouldn’t expect the same alcoholic to resist a shot of Vodka suddenly being waved under his nose at some celebratory event where he was unaware there would be alcohol.

I guess I’m talking about the compulsions that we humans have and what can realistically be expected. If we take humour, can it seriously be expected that people shouldn’t find inappropriate jokes funny? Is that something that we even have control over? Also, isn’t at least a lot of humour funny *because it is transcending/touching appropriateness in a surprising or abstract way? Also, isn’t there an involuntary element to the act of laughing anyway - bit like a hiccup?

Hi all,

As a Nebraskan, there was an article from the (secular) media about how Archbishop Lucas of Omaha is retiring and is being replaced.

Most of the comments were "child predators!" "let the children be safe!" "human trafficking."

I blocked them all because I cannot STAND reading all this hate-filled bigoted comments against the faithful.

When will it ever end?

How long, O Lord.

ugh

Automotive designer, engineer, and the owner of Putsch Auto Media, Casey Putsch recently appeared on Tucker Carlson's podcast. In this episode of The Tucker Carlson Show, Putsch gave his insights on his 2012 innovation, the Omega Car.

Casey Putsch claimed that this highly efficient diesel vehicle is capable of achieving "over 100 miles per gallon" while accelerating from "0 to 60 in under 5 sec."

Casey Putsch also opened up about the setbacks he faced despite successfully building the Omega car.

"When I successfully built the car, I realized I dont have a voice. I asked myself, if the world does not know of its presence, and nobody hears about it, then what am I gonna do with this thing," Casey Putsch said.
Tucker Carlson further went on to compare Casey's feelings to those of Nikola Tesla, suggesting that, like Tesla, Casey's work was not commercialized and lacked media influence.

"You felt like Nikola Tesla", Carlson remarked.
Casey Putsch casually replied, saying:

"Perhaps I don't, but he certainly had an interesting character."
"Cars have not gotten any better since the 1990s" - Casey Putsch's Take On The U.S. Automotive Industry