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Biden appointed Judge points out double standards in the Biden justice department

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, a Biden appointee on the federal District Court in Washington, spent nearly an hour accusing Justice Department attorneys of rank hypocrisy for instructing two other lawyers in the DOJ Tax Division not to comply with the House subpoenas.​
“There’s a person in jail right now because you all brought a criminal lawsuit against him because he did not appear for a House subpoena,” Reyes said, referring to the recent imprisonment of Peter Navarro, a former Trump trade adviser, for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee. “And now you guys are flouting those subpoenas. … And you don’t have to show up?”​
“I think it’s quite rich you guys pursue criminal investigations and put people in jail for not showing up,” but then direct current executive branch employees to take the same approach, the judge added. “You all are making a bunch of arguments that you would never accept from any other litigant.”​
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Partial or Final Apostasy? Applied to addiction

Point 1 and 2 here totally applied to me when I was deceived by drink. I was never satisfied. I poured more and more into my body, but there was no satisfaction and I waited to God. Then during the few in-between sober times I shook and quaked, begging deliverance, but it was yet to be broken: as Proverbs 23 I did seek it yet again! Finally 6 years ago, the Sovereign LORD prevailed, as He always will. If you are His, He will chastise, and draw, and then when you finally surrender, He will run to meet you and bring you back to fellowship

Partial or Final Apostasy?

Ebenezer Erskine (1680-1754)

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.”—John 6:66

Wherein lies the difference between the partial and temporary defections of the godly and these total, final, and irrecoverable apostasies of hypocrites and temporary believers? Unto which I answer

1. The believer, when he is left to backslide or to fall into any sin, howls and groans under it. It lies heavy on him, like a burden too heavy for him to bear. “Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me” (Psa 40:12). They can never enjoy themselves with satisfaction until they be recovered again. An instance of this we have in the Apostle Peter, after he had been left to make that foul step of defection in denying Christ with curses and imprecations. After Christ gave him but a look, he went out and wept bitterly. The same we see in David (Psa 51). After he had been guilty of murder and adultery in the matter of Uriah and Bathsheba, how doth he lament and bewail his folly! And that which principally touches them is not so much the penal, as the moral evil of their defection. They are not so much grieved that they themselves suffer, as that God is dishonored and religion wounded by their means, as we see in David. “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight” (Psa 51:4).

2. They are never at rest or ease until they have the guilt and filth of their sin expiated and washed away by the blood and Spirit of the Lord Jesus. All the world will not quiet their consciences until this be obtained. “O,” says David, after he had made this foul step, “Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin” (Psa 51:2). And again, “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” (51:7). The hypocrite, when he falls, satisfies the clamors of his conscience either by extenuating his sin or by multiplying his duties…But he never runs to Christ to have his conscience sprinkled from dead works.

3. The believer, after he has fallen, doth not satisfy himself with a turning from sin unto God, but he must have some reviving intimations of God’s favor and reconciled countenance. As David, “Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice” (51:8). Though all the world should fawn upon him, yet it will not please him, unless he gets a smile from God Himself.

4. The [believer’s fall] leads him to bewail the corruption and depravation of his nature. He traces the streams to the fountain, sits down there, and weeps over it as the cause of all his defections and backslidings from God, as David did. “Behold I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me” (51:5). [He] looks up to God for a cast of renewing grace, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (51:10). Hypocrites bewail the loss of their reputation more than they do their sin or the deprivation of their nature.

5. When believers fall, they come under fresh engagements through grace to walk more closely with God than ever they have done before. [They] endeavor to be more serviceable to Him in their generation than ever, as David. “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation…Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee” (51:12-13).

6. As burnt bairns (children) dread the fire, they are afraid of falling into the same sins again. For this end, [they] indent (that is, enter an agreement) with God, not in their own, but only in His strength to keep them, as David. “Uphold me with thy free spirit” (51:12). And again elsewhere, “Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not” (Psa 17:5). And, “O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!” (Psa 119:5). Now, from these marks of the partial falls of the godly, ye may easily gather the difference between them and the damnable apostasy and total defection of hypocrites and reprobates.

From “The Backslider Characterised” in The Whole Works of the Late Rev.
Ebenezer Erskine,
Vol. 1
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Why did Elisha allow Naaman to bow before Rimmon?

2 Kings 5

18 But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning on my arm and I have to bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.”
19“Go in peace,” Elisha said.
Elisha allowed Naaman to bow before the idol Rimmon. On the other hand, Zephaniah 1

5 those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the stars in the sky; those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord but also pledge loyalty to Milcom
How do we reconcile 2 Kings 5:19 and Zephaniah 1:5?

Elisha was gracious and merciful to Naaman, a Gentile. He could have thrown the book at him and quoted the 2nd commandment, Exodus 20:

4“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Was God being unjust by being nice to Naaman and not so nice to the Israelites?

Romans 9:

14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
The more we know of God, the more God expects of us.

How can Naaman's bowing in 2 Kings 5:19 be reconciled with the bowing in Zephaniah 1:5?

In the case of Zephaniah, the Israelites had direct revelations from God through Moses and the prophets. God expected more from them. Naaman was a Gentile. God extended a special grace to him individually, a special case, by allowing him to bow before idols while his heart was with the true God.
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What are the weaknesses of the Post-Wrath Post Tribulation Rapture Position?

I am still studying and depending on the Holy Spirit for my position, whether it is Post-Wrath Post Tribulation or Pre-Wrath after Tribulation position.

Would you kindly state the weaknesses of the Post-Wrath Post Tribulation Rapture position, please?

Thank you so very much!

Emotional Sabine Hossenfelder talks about her experiences in academia.

Sabine's videos have been used to support various opinions on this site, in this video she talks about how academia has treated her.
This inside account holds far more water than the opinionated and ignorant academic bashing which goes on here.

In private industry as opposed to academia my experiences involve having had my reports criticized by lawyers and bean counters (accountants) for being 'too direct' which could lead to law suits and profit loss, while at the same time being subjected to severe pressure to solve problems with minimal financial support from senior management at a director level.

Here is Sabine's story.

Take care of dad or something else?

Hi, if it came down to having to get away from your parents even if they could not survive without you, because they are torturing you (verbally) for your faith and they just won't let you breathe about it, is it more pleasing to God to stay with our parents and endure the torture, or get out?
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Turn or Burn

Turn or Burn [I love this little sermon by C.H. Spurgeon. Hard hitting, straight to the point. I've used portions of it in some of my messages in Bible studies.]

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.—Psalm 7:12

Introduction

If the sinner turn not, God will whet His sword. So then, God has a sword, and He will punish man on account of his iniquity. This evil generation hath labored to take away from God the sword of His justice; they have endeavored to prove to themselves that God will “clear the guilty,” and will by no means punish “iniquity and transgression and sin” (Exo 34:7).

Two hundred years ago, the predominant strain of the pulpit was one of terror—it was like Mount Sinai. It thundered forth the dreadful wrath of God; and from the lips of a Baxter or a Bunyan, you heard most terrible sermons, full to the brim with warnings of judgment to come. Perhaps some of the Puritanic fathers may have gone too far, and have given too great a prominence to the terrors of the Lord in their ministry; but the age in which we live has sought to forget those terrors altogether, and if we dare to tell men that God will punish them for their sins, it is charged upon us that we want to bully them into religion. And if we faithfully and honestly tell our hearers that sin must bring after it certain destruction, it is said that we are attempting to frighten them into goodness.

Now we care not what men mockingly impute to us. We feel it our duty, when men sin, to tell them they shall be punished; and so long as the world will not give up its sin, we feel we must not cease our warnings. But the cry of the age is that God is merciful—that God is love. Ay, who said He was not? But remember, it is equally true: God is just, severely and inflexibly just. He were not God, if He were not just. He could not be merciful if He were not just, for punishment of the wicked is demanded by the highest mercy to the rest of mankind.

Rest assured, however, that He is just, and that the words I am about to read you from God’s Word are true—“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God” (Psa 9:17); “God is angry with the wicked every day” (Psa 7:11); “If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors” (Psa 7:12-13). Forsooth,1 because this age is wicked it is to have no hell; and because it is hypocritical it would have but feigned punishment. This doctrine is so prevalent as to make even the ministers of the gospel flinch from their duty in declaring the day of wrath. How few there are who will solemnly tell us of the judgment to come. They preach of God’s love and mercy as they ought to do and as God has commanded them; but of what avail is it to preach mercy unless they preach also the doom of the wicked? And how shall we hope to effect the purpose of preaching unless we warn men that if they “turn not, he will whet his sword”?

I fear that in too many places the doctrine of future punishment is rejected and laughed at as a fancy and a chimera2; but the day will come when it shall be known to be a reality. Ahab scoffed at Micaiah when he said he should never come home alive (1Ki 22:17-28). The men of Noah’s generation laughed at the foolish old man (as they thought him), who bid them take heed, for the world should be drowned; but when they were climbing to the tree-tops, and the floods were following them, did they then say that the prophecy was untrue? And when the arrow was sticking in the heart of Ahab and he said, “Take me from the battle, for I must die” (see 1Ki 22:34); did he then think that Micaiah spoke an untruth?

And so it is now. Ye tell us we speak lies when we warn you of judgment to come; but in that day when your mischief shall fall on yourselves and when destruction shall overwhelm you, will you say we were liars then? Will ye then turn round and scoff, and say we spake not the truth? Rather, my hearers, the highest meed3 of honor will then be given to him who was the most faithful in warning men concerning the wrath of God. I have often trembled at the thought that here I am standing before you, and constantly engaged in the work of the ministry; and what if, when I die I should be found unfaithful to your souls, how doleful will be our meeting in the
world of spirits! It would be a dreadful thing if you were able to say to me in the world to come, “Sir, you flattered us; you did not tell us of the solemnities of eternity; you did not rightly dwell upon the awful wrath of God; you spoke to us feebly and faintly; you were somewhat afraid of us; you knew we could not bear to hear of eternal torment, and therefore you kept it back and never mentioned it!” Why, methinks you would look me in the face and curse me throughout eternity, if that should be my conduct.

But by God’s help it never shall be. Come fair or foul, when I die I shall, God helping me, be able to say, “I am clear of the blood of all men” (see Act 20:26). So far as I know God’s truth I will endeavor to speak it; and though on my head opprobrium and scandal be poured to a ten-fold greater extent than ever, I’ll hail it and welcome it, if I may but be faithful to this unstable generation, faithful to God, and faithful to my own conscience. Let me, then, endeavor—and by God’s help I will do it as solemnly and as tenderly as I can—to address such of you as have not yet repented, most affectionately reminding you of your future doom, if you should die impenitent. “If he turn not, he will whet his sword.”

Full Text: Chapel Library

As coal companies point fingers, Wyoming County residents say they’re being poisoned by a contaminated creek

PINEVILLE — As they drive a truck hauling bottled water along the twists and turns of Route 16, Richard Altizer and James Christian point out the sights along Indian Creek.

There’s where slimy film continues to stick to foul-smelling water. There’s where people’s pets and livestock have died. And there’s the place where they gutted a deer to find its veins, heart and liver were neon yellow.

“These people are being poisoned,” Altizer said.

As the coal industry has inevitably declined, courts have allowed bankrupt coal companies to evade restoring the lands they’ve damaged. Groups that promote clean water have also warned that state officials were failing to plan ahead by conserving funds for abandoned mine cleanups.

Discussion of Matthew 5:28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Hi,

Let's discuss the bible verse, trying to understand, Jesus said:
Matthew 5:28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

What did Jesus meant ? Why is this a sin ?

Looking at a woman in lust means, so I have heard, fantasing about the woman, having sex with her etc. It is no sin to admire the beauty of a woman.
lust= sexual fantasies, fantasying about sex, naked bodies etc.

If you are not married and you look at a woman in lust, how is this adultery ? It could be fornication ? Fornication is a sin.

Thing is if you have not practised clean thoughts when not married, it is surely gonna be a problem when married I suppose, so it is better not to lust.
When married it is no sin to lust after your wife only ?
Thing is we should learn to lust after your married wife only ? then it is no sin ?

There are advantages of having a clean mind, a mind that is not lusting (thinking sexual thought other than your wife).

Let's say you see a beautifull woman and you lust at her, thinking sexual thoughts, fantasing sexual thoughts.
If you and she are both not married, you are fornicating ?
if you don't know her, you didn't really have consent from her to think sexual thoughts about her, have you ?
Even if you have consent from her to think sexual thoughts about her, for example the pornstars, only fans, give consent to lust after them, guess it is still a sin, it is fornication ?
Even if there is no deed, even if she doesnt know, lusting at a woman is sin, well God made the rules, we obey or we not obey, we dont have to understand the rule ?
Maybe we cant see what is happening in the unseen world when we lust, this is a theory no one can prove, heard it from somewhere, they say if we sin in our thoughts by lusting, the demons are attracted to the sinfull thoughts, so they come to roam in your vicinity or something ?

DEI in the Intelligence Community Prompts National Security Concerns

Indeed, who knows how many terrorists have crossed our border due to the Biden administration border policies. The intelligence community should not be wasting resources and taxpayer money to become woke--they are endangering our country. In my opinion we need a complete revamping of intelligence agency leadership. Cross-dressing should not be a matter of intelligence community communications

What’s Behind Today’s Attacks on Marriage?

Today’s explosive attacks on marriage are driven by a sinister plot.

By the time you read this article, I will have returned from whisking my lovely bride away to a secret location in celebration of our twentieth wedding anniversary. And while I must preface the coming statement with the obligatory “It’s not perfect,” by God’s grace, we have a wonderful marriage, and I can wholeheartedly say my wife is my greatest earthly blessing! Regrettably, many people miss the wonderful purpose and profound joy of marriage because they’ve been influenced by a number of lies about this biblical institution.

Without question the biblical concept of marriage—one man for one woman for life—is under severe assault today. Under the influence of the “father of lies” (John 8:44), Western culture is redefining and dismissing this foundational institution. The enemy’s tactics have been calculated and catastrophically effective.

Why have his attacks been so devastating? The answer is complex, but a major factor in Satan’s recent success is his attack on foundations. You see, for a culture to abandon the ingrained, traditional, biblical definition of marriage, it first must question the source of that definition. This is the devil’s strategy, and it’s not a new scheme. His ploy is as old as Genesis 3: “Did God really say?”

The strategy is simple: Use subtle questions and seemingly harmless ideas to get people to doubt, and ultimately reject, the authority of God’s Word. Undermine biblical teachings by undermining the Bible itself.

Continued below.
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Im 34, new to church, and never pursued or been attracted to a church girl...until now:

So I will try to keep this brief but will answer any questions that need clarifying

Ive been saved since 2020 or so. i only recently started going to church (God brought me to a nearby church because i have recently been going through things)

I have not dated at all since ive been saved, but in starting going to church, i met a very sweet girl. she works at the church and we've had some brief and pleasant convos about the lord and she was very welcoming and sweet

so every time i go, she always seems to find me (i usually go alone), she remembers my name. on resurrection day, she found me again sitting alone, asked me what book I was reading (it was romans) and was cracking a couple silly jokes

question a) does this read as interest on her part? my father and my friends say its a good possibility but i have no clue if shes just being a sister in christ, or if shes interested. ive never been involved with a girl that was saved, i dont know how they show interest or flirt, etc. i might be reading too many signals but my dad said "well....do you see her approaching anyone else alone and asking what theyre reading?". i am bad at reading interest from women and in the past, in my pre-God life, can really never been able to tell if a girl is interested romantically or as just friends until she really makes it explicit

question b) I want to get to know this girl better. we've only had a few brief exchanges over the passed couple weeks (she works at the church so she only has a brief chat before going back to work). i dont know her personality, sense of humor, her interest or anything, and would be interested in knowing more about her. but again, ive never really associated with a girl that was saved or had any relationship with Christ. i dont know how to approach her in a manner that is appropriate. i am new at the church, i dont want her to think im approaching her for (only) sex or anything (because she doesnt know me either). i want to approach her with intent of getting to know about her for the potential of dating, but i also want to be respectful of her, her relationship to God and my own relationship to God as well. she works at the church, she obviously has a close relationship with the Lord and is devoted, i am interested in her, but i dont want to give the impression that its for sex and/or to drag her away her from God

advice? as i said, i have not really dated since being saved. this is a new kind of girl, i know im overthinking probably, but i dont know how to navigate with a godly woman i guess. do they expect more conservative/aggressive men? being traditional and formal? its all new to me. i of course have leaned on God to guide me and to trust he will give me the correct mindset to put me in the right place (regardless of the girl or whatever). but does anyone have any advice or guidance?

Fugitive (on child sexual abuse image charges) former US city councillor enlists with Russia for war in Ukraine

A former city councillor and member of the Massachusetts national guard who is wanted in the US on child sexual abuse image charges has fled the country and joined the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.

Wilmer Puello-Mota, 28, former city councillor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, went missing on 7 January, two days before he was scheduled to appear in court in Rhode Island in possession of child sexual abuse images and obstruction of justice charges.

Pro-war bloggers close to the Russian military and state media on Thursday made no mention of Puello-Mota’s fugitive status in the US, instead spinning his defection as a PR coup for Moscow.

“Will served in the US armed forces, but after realising what was really happening in Ukraine, he joined the war as a volunteer a few months ago. Together with the Russian guys, he liberated Avdeevka shoulder to shoulder,” the prominent pro-war blogger Yuri Kotenok wrote on telegram.

Another Russian report said: “[Puello-Mota] is staunchly convinced of the need to support Russia and admires the tenacity and heroism of our soldiers.”

Israeli doctor says detained Palestinians are undergoing ‘routine’ amputations for handcuff injuries

A doctor at a field hospital for detained Palestinians at Israel’s Sde Teiman army base has described “deplorable conditions” and “routine” amputations due to handcuff injuries, according to an exclusive report from the newspaper Haaretz.

In a letter to Israel’s attorney general and defense and health ministers, obtained by Haaretz, the doctor said the conditions at Sde Teiman field hospital compromise inmates’ health and violate medical ethics.

“Just this week, two prisoners had their legs amputated due to handcuff injuries, which unfortunately is a routine event,” the doctor said in the letter, according to the Haaretz report on Thursday. He wrote that inappropriate care at the detention facility has led to “complications and sometimes even in the patient’s death,” adding that “this makes all of us – the medical teams and you, those in charge of us in the health and defense ministries, complicit in the violation of Israeli law.”

In a written statement to CNN responding to the claims, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson said: “The IDF operates according to the law and within the framework of the law when it comes to the treatment of detainees. ... The handcuffing of the detainees is carried out in accordance with the procedures, their health condition and the level of danger posed by them, in order to ensure the safety of the forces and the medical staff.”

CNN spoke to a source who has a medical background and previously visited the Sde Teiman field hospital. They confirmed seeing detainees held in constant restraints.

The medical source, who spoke to CNN on Thursday on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said all the Gazan detainees they saw at the field hospital had all four limbs shackled, which the source said increases the risk of blood clotting and other health concerns.

Trump's first health report in years relies on an osteopathic physician who is a member of his golf club

Former president has declined to release details about his own condition beyond a short letter from his physician, contrasting with Biden’s detailed report

This assessment, however, stood in stark contrast to the relatively detailed reports released by the White House during his term. Instead of specifics like blood pressure and medications, the letter had just three paragraphs without specific numbers proclaiming that Trump was in “excellent health” and had “exceptional” cognitive ability. It did not disclose Trump’s weight.

And after relying on a longtime personal doctor and then two White House physicians who had attested to his well-being in office, Trump turned to an unknown on the national stage to provide this report: Bruce A. Aronwald, a 64-year-old osteopathic physician from New Jersey — and a longtime member of Trump’s Bedminster golf club.

Biden has released a six-page letter that details his blood tests, conditions and medications, which the White House said gives voters a clearer picture of health. “Joe Biden is proud to have been transparent with his health records as Vice President, as a presidential candidate, and as President,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. “He believes all leaders owe that level of honesty to the American people.”

Lefse

Has anyone here made lefse? Are there any tricks? I tried once and got so frustrated because it was too sticky. I also found out my griddle isn’t an actual lefse griddle (although it is round), so I had to guess at the temperature. It was hard to make it thin enough without ripping it with the turning stick, too. My grandmother passed away before I was old enough to learn to cook lefse. My mom wouldn’t ever make it herself because the one time she tried, the Norwegian half of the family said it didn’t taste right (she had a hard time with my dad’s family).

Why is there suffering if God is real?

Hello all,

I can't help but to question the existence of God particularly because of suffering in the world. e.g. I read the news regarding 5yo being raped and killed to say the least amongst all the other pain experienced by myself or others in the world.

I have read about the Adam and Eve answers but I don't quite understand - why would God create that tree just to test Adam and Eve but punishing us when we're totally unrelated? I have also heard answers about free will, why create hatred just so we can feel loved? Why not just fill us with a copious amount of love with free will of who we interact with so that we feel loved by each other everyday (just our choice on who we want to interact with but regardless, still loving one another) whether on Earth or in Heaven. What's the point of all these "tests" and "temporary time" on Earth?

Feels like God is treating us like an experiment in someway.

Saw a massive UFO at dawn

3:45 am. I got awakened by the hot and humid temperatures at our apartment when the AC started malfunctioning so I went out the balcony to reset the A/C's breaker. I usually wait a few minutes before switching the breaker back on to make sure the A/C's digital system made a hard reset.

While waiting, I looked up from our balcony to see the stars and saw something unusual. The stars are mildly shimmering as if looking at the stars from under the water.

So I scratched my eyes and shook my head thinking it could be me and I looked up again and saw the same shimmer all over the sky on top of our apartment building. The shimmer was too mild to appear on photo so I didn't bothered to get my phone.

I turned the breaker back on and got back inside but looked one more time at the night sky and saw a giant rod-shaped UFO flying away at hypersonic speed.

The UFO glowed in the night sky as white, sparkling perfectly straight object speeding towards the horizon. As the UFO disappeared in the horizon and behind the clouds, it's white glow turned yellow and then red like the setting sun.

If the UFO's changing color is consistent with atmospheric refraction then the UFO is already outside the atmosphere, in space. It flew over an area with busy air traffic over a mountain range with persistent clouds. I always see planes approaching for landing in that area. Before these planes make the final turn to line up for landing, they're still far away and appear as no more than a tiny dot.

Since the UFO flew behind these persistent clouds over the mountain range where planes line up for landing, the UFO is at least as far away as these approaching planes. Yet, it's not a dot. It's a large glowing rod in the sky well over 10x longer than any of those huge airliners. And if the UFO is much farther away in space, it would be at least several miles in length.

Most ironically, there were no planes flying in that area at that time.

My theory due to the appearance of a very massive UFO speeding at hypersonic speed towards the horizon, towards the Sun, is that the shimmer I saw just above our apartment is a smaller UFO using some kind of stealth technology that also rendered it optically invisible, yet not perfect, thus causing a slight shimmer that was visible.

The nearby UFO caused our A/C to malfunction (Not purposely). For some reason, the smaller UFO flew back to the huge mothership what is in space and it was the mothership that I saw flying away.

I scanned for UFO reports in our area and found none. It's probably not surprising nobody else saw it because of the time. Everybody's probably sleeping and the UFO is incredibly fast. I only saw it for couple of seconds. I tried to get my phone for picture but it was gone before I even turned around to get my phone.

Our A/C had malfunctioned in the same fashion for several times now in a period of 4 years. Unknown reason. I'd hate to think every time our A/C is acting up we're getting unwanted visitors. Indeed really strange things have happened in our apartment of paranormal nature usually at night. I'm even having strange dreams in our apartment as well about a "door" that doesn't really exist in a physical sense.
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  • Poll
Which Political Candidates Do Best With Ephesians 4:29 in Talking the Talk and Following Through With Service To Others?

Which US Candidate(s) Do Best in Talking The Talk, Ephesians 4:29 and Matthew 5:37 ?

  • Joe Biden

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • Donald Trump

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Nikki Haley

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Robert Kennedy Jr.

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • Ron DeSantis

    Votes: 2 28.6%
  • Mike Pence

    Votes: 5 71.4%
  • Chris Christie

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other write in - comment in thread, which will add to polling choices if much discussion of another

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Ryan Binkley

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mike Johnson (of Louisiana)

    Votes: 2 28.6%

No one is perfect except Jesus with Ephesians 4:29 - 'Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen'. For those in politics, it is even more challenging to practice this verse, especially to a wider audience and even more so to the entire very diverse American public. As far as politicians in speaking and following through on their actions, Matthew 5:37 also should mention - 'But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.' Also a politician who sincerely talks with and prays to the God of a number of faiths regularly serving Him. And so that is talking the talk. But then in walking the walk, there are many examples of Jesus and each of us, whether professing to be a Believer or still seeking and not yet there what we do in our day to day actions in our service to others including our communites. And that is difficult for a political servant of the people, especially working with people with varied backgrounds, including those in power such as other members of Congress to get beneficial legislation passed.

The intent of this thread is to help us in voting in November general election to find those candidates who are best in doing Ephesians 4:29, Matthew 5:37, and following through on their actions to help our country going forward. As know from past elections, we have all seen TV ads of candidates, news clips, or postal mailings of mud slinging their opponents and that is a quite a focus of their campaign. Think of candidates who more publicly speak of what they will do positively for our country. Looking forward to comments about candidates who even very unlikely will be elected, but you are voting your God given conscience, each of us thinking what is best for our loved One or ones, knowing in the final election outcome that Romans 13:1 applies -'Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.' No one knows except God what will happen in the country in the next months prior to November, James 4:13-16. Others have mentioned the movie The Longest Yard from 2005 which I have watched recently, where we may end up with an election where no candidate gets a majority of the electoral or even the popular vote for President, and events from that movie may play out in this election season.

To help keep this thread focused, besides bringing up positive candidate actions for our country:

- Only those *in* or running for federal office, President, Vice President, House of Representatives, or Senate. Separate similar threads could be started for regions less than the entire US or regions around the world, but those people may not be well known across the US or around the globe.

- Candidates must be a US Citizen and/or must otherwise qualify for the federal position they are running for.

- Candidate can be actively running their campaign or have suspended it (suspend does not always mean terminate, which campaign could be resurrected)

- Candidate must be breathing and alive today on this earth. Even those who are older and even long out of politics, but had a good impact in the past, are OK to bring up. No fictitious characters from the movies, TV, entertainment theme parks, etc.

- For those are who starting in their political career or aspiring to run for Congress or President or VP, only bring up those who are already served or serving in federal office *or* who is or currently or in the past a state governor. For federal government service, It can be even be a Congressional staffer or someone who is serving or has served in a federal government agency position.

- For those candidates well less known, it will be helpful and beneficial to us to include URL/website news or video links, whether mainstream i.e. Fox, CNN or faith based, Christian Post, TBN. Refrain from bringing up unsubstantiated individual posts from other social media sources such as Reddit, TikTok, FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube (unless part of a sermon to a congregation), etc. who are external to Christian Forums.

Christian Researcher Debunks 'Urban Myth' About 50% US Divorce Rate: 71% Are Still Married!

For years, an urban legend has survived because it has been accepted as fact by many people – the myth that half of all marriages end in divorce.

So if you're getting married for the first time, the odds are even, right? 50/50? No. Nope. Nada. It's what would be called "disinformation" by some today. And the myth about a 50 percent divorce rate in the church is an even bigger lie.

One Christian author and social researcher Shaunti Feldhahn says the true divorce rate is much lower and always has been.

She has extensively researched the public perception of the 50% myth about divorce, trying to find its original source. And to her pleasant surprise, she couldn't find any.

She confessed to KLOVE that she had believed the myth too.

"When I started looking at the Census Bureau tables and CDC tables, and the Bureau of Vital Statistics – that's when I was like – 'wait a minute this does not match the narrative at all,'" Feldhahn explained.

She didn't just spend one afternoon in the local library looking into the subject. Her quest took her the next eight years, according to KLOVE.

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How to keep the faith despite the suffering in your life and others

Hi,

Suffering, no one likes to suffer, I am referrig to suffering that is not our fault, if it os your own fault (for example u commit a crime and go to jail, spending all ur money on drugs etc), well u have urself to blame. We have many examples of innocent suffering in the bible like Job, Paul etc. We have examples in our own life and observing others. Thing is, I have studied suffering, know all the answers like for example free will, sin of Adam and Eve, Satan and demons, God's thoughts and ways are not ours etc. But thing is, still not really satisfied and in peace with the answers. Suffering aint fun at all. Somehow trying to find a way to be really at peace when there is suffering. I am kinda disagreeing with God on the suffering stuff, it seems I am trying to not loose respect for God, trying not to think that God is not good, kinda having to force myself somehow, disappointed in God sometimes.
How can we handle suffering like a pro, how to crack this code ?

Br,

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