As an unashamedly pro-life Christian who believes “life begins at conception,” New York Times journalist David French has announced that, “I’m going to vote for Kamala Harris in 2024 and — ironically enough — I’m doing it in part to try to save conservatism.” With all respect to Mr. French, with whom I’ve dialogued privately about this, I find his position both indefensible and bizarre.

For my part, I am no starry-eyed, adorer of former President Trump, for whom I voted twice.

In June 2022, I expressed my preference for another GOP candidate rather than Trump.

And on January 6, 2021, as the Capitol riot was taking place, I stated that Trump was morally responsible for the mayhem, not because he intended for it to happen but because of his irresponsible rhetoric in the previous months.

In fact, Trump supporters who read my columns on a regular basis know that, to their dismay and even disgust, whenever I speak well of Trump’s accomplishments, I offer a series of caveats and disclaimers.

Continued below.

May sound unpopular or outlandish but I wonder if that's happened to anyone

The bold assessment of Trump’s fealty to Putin comes in McMaster’s book At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, published by HarperCollins and arriving on 27 August. The Guardian obtained a copy.

“After over a year in this job, I cannot understand Putin’s hold on Trump,” McMaster recalls saying in the memoir covering the turbulent 457 days the now retired general served as national security adviser from February 2017 until he was effectively fired by tweet in April 2018.

While other western leaders were beginning to formulate a strong response to the assassination attempt [on Sergei Skripal, a Russian former intelligence officer, and his daughter], McMaster says, Trump sat in the White House fawning over a New York Post article with the headline: “Putin heaps praise on Trump, pans US politics”. Trump, according to the book, wrote an appreciative note on the article with a black Sharpie and asked McMaster “to get the clipping to Putin”.

“On Putin and Russia, I had been swimming upstream with the president from the beginning,” writes McMaster, whose successor as national security adviser, John Bolton, also ended up falling out with the president and went on to become one of numerous former administration officials to condemn Trump’s re-election effort.

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redleghunter said:

Everything you need to know about Trump's new national security adviser HR McMaster

Everything you need to know about Trump's new national security adviser

Good man. Hero of Battle of 73 Easting. Genius of Tal Afar. Welcome back to the DC sewer.

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MSN.com/en-us/politics kamala-harris-not-leading-a-single-battleground-state-in-new-pol -- MSN

"Vice President Kamala Harris is not leading in a single battleground state, according to a new poll.

"The survey, conducted by Navigator Research between July 31 and August 8, showed the Democratic presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump are tied in Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin, while Harris is behind in Arizona and Pennsylvania."

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It is "interesting" because normally even in years where Republicans win the election - rather than Democrats -- the Democrats are ahead in August.

This may just be an "interesting detail" when it is all said and done. But still I notice it.

Even so - I would expect the Democrats to get a significant bump in the polling by the end of their convention. That is the way the pattern goes. But the battleground states will be interesting to watch all the same.

Yesterday I stepped out briefly to take garbage to the dumpster. I’m pretty sure I locked the door behind me, especially since I find the retired couple across the hall to be very concerning.

As I mentioned here before, they act like they are all cheery and friendly, but it seems fake. Some nights I have had insomnia and looked out the window. and have seen them walking around
at 2 AM even in sub zero weather - always in the same direction towards the same building. Honestly, I am guessing that is the meet up time and place for them and some others.

Also, based on sometimes hearing the sounds of a door closing, though quietly, and quiet footsteps down the stairs, I have noticed they seem to be on
a 2 AM trek schedule, which seems witchy to me to tell you the truth.

Anyway, I came back to find that my door was slightly ajar. Not only that but some items were missing. Oddly, one of them was a dental appliance. My purse had been sitting out on the table so I have asked to be given a new credit card.

I am having someone come in to change my door’s lock also. I wonder if anyone knows much about what they call smart locks. These locks have buttons that you push instead of a key. I have asked for one to be installed, but don’t know much about them.

Please pray for me to be protected, along with all that belongs to me from those people across the hall
and any others like them.

Numerous protesters were arrested after clashing with police Tuesday near the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, according to media reports.

Most of the arrests occurred toward the end of the night after protesters had tense confrontations with police officers throughout the demonstration, The Associated Press reported. The newswire also noted law enforcement officers pinned the remaining pro-Palestinian protesters in a plaza and prevented them from leaving.



I think the DNC will need to strategize and find a way to play the tightrope game with how they try to partially appease both camps with regards to the Israel/Palestine conflict. Right now, that conflict has created something of a "no-win" situation for Democrats on this particular issue where if they drift too far toward either direction, they run the risk of alienating some voters.

Up until now, they've been able to somewhat side-step it by keeping the focus on how bad Trump is, and avoiding the subject and appealing to abstract concepts of "joy".

But pro-Palestinian protestors showing up and making trouble at the Israeli consulate and marching down by the DNC convention in Chicago probably wasn't in the script for how they were hoping the night would go.


Ultimately, I think they'll have to rip it off like a band-aid and pick a side and stick with it because conveying a non-decisive "wishy washy" position on such a hot button issue for too long, this close to election time, isn't going to work in their favor.

...the "Israel is a great ally and we stand with Israel" when speaking to one audience, and then a "the travesties in Gaza are unacceptable" when speaking somewhere else, isn't gonna fly forever.

A common cartoon meme is an individual arriving at the Pearly Gates, where Peter at the gate determines if they are allowed to enter. If they are allowed to enter, they are "saved," if not then they are "lost." It is a one-at-a-time, individual, consideration.

But often in the Bible, the discussion of salvation is based on GROUPS or nations. Israel, as a nation, was to be saved or lost. When the Babylonians attacked, the entire nation was conquered and even good people were swept up in the destruction.

In the New Testament, there emphasis on the individual relationship with God, and how we are personally saved or lost.

But still, in the book of Revelation, there is again discussion of nations and wars, and warnings to God's people:

Rev 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “’Come out of her, my people,’ so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

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Questions:

• Does "salvation" mean different things in different contexts?
• Did God change the way He works with mankind -- previously corporately, and now individually?
• Does it make any sense for just 1 person to be saved? Without family, community, friends etc, would that 1 person be happy?

I think that God's goal is to save mankind, as a species -- a unique member of the family of God. He also saves individual persons as part of this process. Like cells that comprise our body, we individuals compositely make up mankind. And God is working to save both.

What do you think?

KT

Since we Christians asked God to forgive us for our sins in The Lord's Prayer then pray that Jesus Christ sends forth The Holy Spirit to help us forgive other people's sins against us.

A person can lay legitimate claim to the title of conservative and not cast a ballot for Donald Trump this November. A person cannot lay legitimate claim to that title and cast a ballot for Kamala Harris.​

I'm over here with 4 kids in a small starter home that we've long outgrown, cutting coupons month to month as we try to survive the inflation that the politicians have unleashed upon us all.

But this insanely rich woman is here to lecture me about taking more than I need.

“The question is … is the risk of a Harris-Walz presidency worth us staying in? And that’s the question we have to ask ourselves right now,” she said.

It's hard for lifelong Democrats to support a Republican, but such a radical ticket as Kamala/Walz is not representative of most Democrats.

And I'm afraid. If you could help me by praying for me.
My life is a joke and a mess. And I made it into an even bigger mess recently. I feel spiritually destroyed. I think God supernaturally connected me to another person that I was supposed to be happy with. But I ruined it by having evil thoughts about this person.

Bummer for me.

That looks to be shaping up.

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Watch the video....if you don't and you comment, you'll embarrass yourself.

The video details an organized Colombian criminal network that got through the southern border by pleading for asylum. They victimized many people....robbed many people blind....and they were helped by the federal government. Literally.

In fact, this administration has done such a horrible job....that whenever these criminals were caught, they wanted to be deported so they could simply enter....plea asylum....and continue robbing US citizens.

Your taxes paid for their airplane tickets.

Before anyone says "Republicans refused to sign the border bill blah blah blah"....the border bill did nothing to prevent criminals like these. They simply would have entered under a different name and plead for asylum.

They think US citizens are stupid....and they're taking advantage. It's hard to disagree if you continue to vote for this. Harris wants to abolish ICE, and that would make deporting them even harder....and in sanctuary cities, these criminals are there to stay.

Please notice that one criminal entered without being caught....which happens all the time under this administration. Then consider the record numbers of terrorists crossing the border. The FBI believes that a major terrorist attack is basically inevitable at this point. No one is keeping track of these people.....and they're not facing any real consequences. It's ridiculous to expect anything different under Harris. Biden finally just denied asylum to multiple nations....something he could have done back in 2021....but it's an election year move to drop numbers of entries. I wouldn't expect it to continue under Harris. She's basically a far left progressive and doesn't really believe in border control.

Feel free to add any thoughts or try to justify this mess the Democrats have created. I'm curious how many people still believe in the old lie about "fixing the nations people are leaving". These people left just to rob US citizens and take advantage of the idiots we elected.

I grew up in the Presbyterian church, but now I belong to the Assembly of God church. The debate between Armenians and Calvinists has always intrigued me. In my humble opinion, the debate is not centered on theology, but only the world view of the debater. The cornerstone of Calvinism is that libertarian free will is impossible for man. The cornerstone of Armenians that libertarian free will is a gift of God to man.

One quick aside. The saddest period of Einstein's life were his last 30 years when he tried to disprove his own theory. He said, "God does not play dice." Not only do we have libertarian free will, but the universe has a form of it as well. He wrote the laws of quantum mechanics to give our universe the physical equivalent of libertarian free will. Consider a block of uranium sitting on a lab bench. Quantum mechanics tells us that we know how many nuclei will decay per hour, but not which ones. This is in effect, the physical equivalent of libertarian free will.

Calvinists believe that in our time line, God is only an observer, he made every choice during His creation process. Armenians on the other hand, tend to believe that He is constantly editing His plan to change events in his creation at our request. One way or the other, our prayers are not a waste of time, they are cast in concrete. This debate is not about an interpretation of God's perfect will and scripture, it is a debate about human world view.

In conclusion, the next time you debate a Calvinist, include world view as well as interpretation of biblical doctrine and God's perfect will.

Regards,
Gene

The Department of Homeland Security has lost track of 32,000 illegal immigrant children who failed to show up for their deportation hearings and rarely bothers to look for them, the department’s inspector general said Tuesday.

Nearly 300,000 other children still haven’t been given immigration court summonses, the inspector general said. That works out to two-thirds of the children U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has failed to serve.

They are what the government calls unaccompanied children, who show up at the border without parents and who are placed with sponsors in the U.S. while they wait to find out whether they can stay. The government often lets them fall through the cracks.


Human trafficking?

No worries, Border Czar Harris is on the job.

Hi all, this is my first post!

I grew up in a Presbyterian church but I attend an Assembly of God church now. So this topic has always fascinated me. I recently boiled my thoughts down to two short questions. When someone denies that we posses Libertarian Free Will, ask them this.

"So you mean that every soldier who ever threw his body on a hand grenade to save his brothers in arms didn't possess Libertarian Free Will? He just had a suicide complex and never knew it?"

If they demand a biblical reference, offer them Romans 5:6-8

6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Since Christ was a man in all ways, these verses apply to a man as well as to Christ.

Regards,
Gene

Anyone notice that the colors of the Palestinian flag that immigrants keep waving are also the colors of the four horsemen? I don't think this is a coincidence.

Ezekiel 36 said God would restore Israel in their own land and turn the curses onto the surrounding nations. In 1948, the nation of Israel was formed with its capital west of Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv. After the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Israel sought peace deals with the Palestinians, even giving back land. The Islamic Revolution of 1978-1979 led to violations of peace negotiations and continued war. This Islamic Revolution planted proxies in Gaza and Lebanon. Israel responded by sanctioning those territories. These austere conditions, paired with the looming normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia provoked Hamas to attack civilians as part of the Al Aqsa Flood last October 7th. Israel responded by desolating the entire Gaza Strip. Thus the four horsemen are Israel's restoration and conquering of his enemies.

Thoughts?

Hello. My name is Jeremiah, but my friends call me Jimmy. I'm from North Carolina, but I've been a gypsy for a good part of my life. I'm currently in Arkansas trying to help out with my grandfather. I'm trying to make a more conscious effort for fellowship and spiritual growth. I'm a solitary kind of guy so have turned to the Internet.

It's nice to meet all of you.

Daniel 6:22 KJV
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

My writings:
Daniel was unwavering steadfast in prayer 3 times a day( Daniel 6:10 KJV) " This demonstrated God's power and faithfulness to those who trust in God." Which was miraculous Daniel 6:14 KJV, being evident My interpetation "(token )" Psalm 112:3 KJV Not to be in state of hunger, depression, poverty" no scars which is today.

Evidence related scriptures: Daniel:3,4,5, 8,12,13,17 KJV

Daniel 6:2, 3 which was Daniel excellency of spirit also shown in Daniel 1:17 ,10,11,14 which is Daniel deliverance,16,20,21,22 which is a plus ➕️ added to you and positive difference, 23 Which is result evident My interpetation : "(token ) Psalm 112:3 KJV "Not to be in state of hunger, depression, poverty"
,27,28 KJV.

Daniel 1:3 KJV
'And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes; '

Daniel 1:4 KJV
'children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. '


Daniel 1:5 KJV
'And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. '


Daniel 1:8 KJV
'But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. '

Daniel‬ ‭1:12‬ ‭NKJV‬
12 “Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.


Daniel 1:13 KJV
'Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. '


Daniel 1:17 KJV
'As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. '

Daniel 6:22 KJV
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Daniel 6:2-3,10 11,14,16,20,21,22,23,27,28 KJV

Daniel 6:2-3 KJV
2 "And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage."

3Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

10" Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime." 11Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 14
"Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.16 "Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee." 20 "And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?" 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 23"Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.."27" He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions." 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Believing in God, and having unwavering faith , steadfast in prayer can help someone, people in position of power, office, laws, governments, to accept God, (Christianity) listen to God , even be healed and saved ‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭KJV‬ ‭

i pray for those having unwavering faith , not steadfast or in prayer God will help them, people in position of power, office, laws, governments, to accept God, (Christianity) listen to God , even be healed and saved.

Ephesians‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭KJV‬
[8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

I believe God as the Father and made in his image Genesis 1:27 KJV his son, to be blessed which is a plus ➕️ My interpetation evident "(token ) Not to be in state of hunger, depression, poverty" and to have what I say and want "(Psalm 112:3 KJV) of his New Convenant I am a Christian that practices reading my Holy Bible and praying bringing God glory and God's deliverance. which is a plus ➕️ added to me to receive blessings and being a positive difference Philippians 4:6-8 NKJV 1 John 3:2 KJV my faith believing confirmed in me holy the identity Christian that allows me to be shown to have no challenges in relations in life .

Genesis 1:27 KJV: 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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Psalms 112:3 KJV Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever."
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Philippians‬ ‭4:6‭-‬8‬ ‭NKJV‬ 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

1 John 3:2 KJV
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."

Ways you can have unwavering faith, steadfast having strength and God's protection (Psalms 121:1-8 KJV) (Daniel 12:1-4 KJV, ), God protects you fighting and defending for you and his anger is on adversity. Are to allow God attributes (Galatians 5:22 KJV )to come within you receiving them mind, body, soul and spirit.

Psalms 121:1 KJV
"(A Song of degrees.) I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help." 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul." 8"The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore."

Daniel 12:1-4 KJV
"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book."
"2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Galatians 5:22 KJV
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"

• Treat others as you want to be treated confirming yourself in the image of God that God exist You and your thoughts becoming existence/like God Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11‬ ‭NKJV‬, Genesis 1:27 KJV becoming his son, daughter, or children.

‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11‬ ‭NKJV‬
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.


• Love ❤️ and trust the Lord

• Practice humility to God and in God.

• Surround yourself and be in surroundings with goldy influences of (Christian- practices , a place , institution.)

Published and spoken Word by Reginald Taylor Jr

I heard that Bible Study is a good way to know God and hopefully through this I'll be able to develop emotional love for God and understand Him more. I'm currently doing a breakdown of the chapters I've read today (Luke 12 and 13) and I don't exactly know how to study the Bible. I'm currently going verse by verse in a Google Doc breaking said what was said and what it means (sorry im bad at explaining things) i just wanna know if this is the right way to go about things

Skiatook HS pulls assignment on Christianity after Osage family protests​

Olivia Gray says she doesn’t want Oklahoma public schools to force Christianity on her daughter, who is a sophomore at SHS

Skiatook High School sophomore, Nettie Gray, received an assignment this week that left her and her family confused and upset. On Thursday evening, her mother Olivia Gray posted about the assignment on Facebook and hundreds of comments began to roll in.

The post read, “This is one of Nettie’s assignments for World History class. It’s being called a research paper. …” and included a photo of the assignment, which contained a series of ten questions about “how the world started” and urged students to write a research paper on the topic. Among the questions were “What does it mean to be a Christian?” “Is God real” and “Is satan [sic] real?”

According to the Oklahoma State Department of Education website, the teacher who assigned the paper was Erich Richter, a football coach at SHS who has his emergency certification in English that expired on June 30, 2024.

Prior to teaching, Richter ran for Tulsa County sheriff but was disqualified due to embezzling funds from Taco Bueno, according to The Frontier.

¡No bueno! Could it really be that bad? Yes. Yes, it could.

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