Pray that Bangladesh's New government sees Christians in favorable light, & appoints them to senior positions like the Old Testament Joseph & Daniel:

They say it is the sin against the Holy Ghost, could someone explain this to me - Thank you.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

It is terrible what they are doing in Israel to Bibi Netanyahu. He is a War Hero, and a Prime Minister who did a fabulous job working with the United States to bring Great Success in getting rid of the dangerous Nuclear threat in Iran. Importantly, he is right now in the process of negotiating a Deal with Hamas, which will include getting the Hostages back. How is it possible that the Prime Minister of Israel can be forced to sit in a Courtroom all day long, over NOTHING (Cigars, Bugs Bunny Doll, etc.). It is a POLITICAL WITCH HUNT, very similar to the Witch Hunt that I was forced to endure. This travesty of “Justice” will interfere with both Iran and Hamas negotiations. In other words, it is INSANITY doing what the out-of-control prosecutors are doing to Bibi Netanyahu. The United States of America spends Billions of Dollar a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel. We are not going to stand for this. We just had a Great Victory with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu at the helm — And this greatly tarnishes our Victory. LET BIBI GO, HE’S GOT A BIG JOB TO DO!

(Orthodoxy) Salvation of the soul. The meaning of life.​

Wake up man from the vanity of this world, you are in danger!
It is so determined by God that man is born, and after a certain time dies. "ye that know not what shall happen tomorrow: for what is your life? a vapour appearing for a little while, and then vanishing away." (Bible: Epistle of James chapter 4:14 verse). Immersed in the mundane hustle and bustle of the world (in any form), not every person thinks about what will be on the other side of life. The truth is that a man, having once died, passes into another spiritual world and spiritually continues to live, leaving this temporary earthly world with nothing to gain except his conscience - good or bad deeds. It is from his deeds that his subsequent fate is decided, where he will stay forever, with God in the Kingdom of Heaven or without Him in hell, according to his sins. The works of righteousness and sin form the soul of man throughout his life. This is what the soul takes with it to the Last Judgement of God, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgement," (Bible: Hebrews 9:27). For everything, how a man lives his life will be answered to God. Therefore, a person should first of all think about saving himself, only after that he will be able to help his relatives and friends in the matter of salvation, "Save yourself and thousands will be saved around you", so said Saint Seraphim of Sarov. Being immersed in the vanity of this world, a person forgets the spiritual side of life, completely carelessly thinking about salvation and the meaning of life on Earth, not thinking about the main, the ultimate goal of existence, to which man is destined by the Creator. Ignorance of spiritual laws does not exempt one from responsibility. "Do not be deceived: God is not scolded. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap: he that soweth to his flesh from the flesh shall reap corruption, but he that soweth to the spirit from the spirit shall reap eternal life." Galatians 6:7-8. "What good is it to a man if he gains the whole world, but harms his own soul? or what ransom will a man give for his soul, Matthew 16:26" Man does not live on earth to make himself comfortable, but to pass the spiritual examination of self-improvement in goodness, love, virtues and to live forever in bliss with the Lord. "The smelter is for silver, and the crucible for gold, but the Lord tests the hearts." (Proverbs 17:3).
Holy Scripture Bible, reveals to us the history of the entire universe, its Genesis, how evil penetrated into man. evil gave birth to sin, behind every sin is a spirit of evil demon. Light angels who went to the side of the slanderer and man-killer Devil, became fallen malicious devils and demons, each sin and sinful addiction patronised by his demon, behind the demons is the prince of this world Devil, man-killer and torturer, aka Satan, the root of all evil, aka the former light angel, Lucifer, overthrown into the underworld by God for pride and desire to become like the Almighty. Satan slyly seduced the first people created by God, Adam and Eve, perturbed the universe and sinful evil was born on the Earth, which began to torment all mankind. "For our wrestling is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spirits of evil under heaven." (Ephesians 6:12). It was sin that separated man from the Creator. Thus, the devil has gained power over sinners. According to spiritual laws, in order to destroy the kingdom of darkness and the power of separation of man from the Creator, God the Father gave His beloved Son Jesus Christ to be tortured and crucified on the cross, His divine innocent blood was shed to redeem from the power of sin for each person personally: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Gospel of John 3:16" For according to spiritual laws the sinner belongs to the devil and the righteous to God, according to the free will of man with whom he shall abide. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23). "As witnesses before you I call heaven and earth today: life and death have I offered you, blessing and curse. Choose life, that you and your offspring may live," (Deuteronomy 30:19). God loves the sinner but does not love the sin. "Love is from God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love has not known God, because God is love" (1 John 4:7-8). The Lord Jesus Christ has created a "ship of salvation" for all those who accept His saving sacrifice, this ship is the true One Holy Soborna Apostolic Orthodox Church "and I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matthew 16:18), in which are all the instruments of salvation, these instruments are the sacraments of the Church, which are described below.
For more than 2000 years the Orthodox Church has undergone schisms, heresies sent by the devil to confuse people with different false religions and wrong understanding of God and His honour, but all in vain, the gates of hell cannot overcome it. The Church has reached us in its true form, for the Lord, through the holy fathers, has protected and preserved it and will preserve it until the end of the age.



What do I do to save myself?
"The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord." Proverbs 1:7. Believe and realise that there is a God! "I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in Me, though he die, yet shall he live." Gospel of John 11:25, to rethink your whole life, to understand what sin is, to realise your weakness and sinfulness, for this is where all the problems of life, including disease, come from... "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies" Gospel of Matthew 15:19, in order to be cleansed from sin and to commit no more, a decisive change of thought, life and hatred of sin - repentance - is necessary. "A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a broken and humble heart Thou wilt not despise, O God. Psalms 50:19", "Therefore, stand girding up your loins with the truth and putting on the armour of righteousness," Ephesians 6:14 It is important to start churches, try to go regularly to the Orthodox church for services every week and be a partner in the holy sacraments, in time you will begin to understand what happens in the temple at church services. You can always approach the priest and ask questions. You can find literature for churching as "The basics of Orthodoxy", and for a better understanding and research in the sin itself "Help to the penitent", absolutely free to find on the Internet or buy in the temple, if there are close acquaintances believers, you can ask to help to become on the path of formation. Start communicating with God, addressing Him with prayer, with your own words from your heart. Also buy an Orthodox prayer book, which will help in this communication, it is a prayer charter of a Christian, like a military soldier, which should try to fulfil, which includes different prayers, including morning prayer and evening prayer, you can discuss it with a spiritual father, who will tell you how to make the right spiritual prayer food for the soul for each day to be able to. If time is short and it is difficult, there is a prayer rule of Seraphim of Sarov for laymen. Know the prayers "Our Father" by heart, the "Creed"..... "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy room, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father, who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Matthew 6:6" It is very important to understand that a Christian's faith must be matched by good righteous works with keeping the commandments "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead. Epistle of James 2:26." Formal prayer is not godly. Prayer is a spiritual labour. God does not help the lazy. "...Unclean demons are in the habit of abiding with those and disturbing those more, who relax themselves with laziness and do not care about prayer..." Rev. Nilus of Sinai. "...Do not listen to the devil when he whispers to you: give to me now, and to God you will give tomorrow. No, no, but spend all the hours of your life in a way that is favourable to God, keeping in mind that after this hour you will not be given another, and that for every minute of this hour you will have to give the most detailed account. Remember that there is no price for the time you have in your hands, and that if you waste it, the hour will come when you will seek it and not find it. Consider lost the day in which, although you did good deeds, you did not overcome your worst inclinations and desires."- Venerable Nicodemus the Saint.

And simultaneous nuclear war amongst the rest of the nations of the earth?

All are invited to watch this short vid and chime in! God bless.

So last year things happened to me that really messed me up both spiritually. It's a long story but I believe it had to do with demonic oppression. I began to have blasphemous intrusive thoughts and even though I have tried to resist it, it's like those blasphemous thoughts have become a part of me. Now I feel I cannot undo the damage the demons did to my soul and I feel like a ruined soul, like what's use of trying. I have asked the Lord for healing but I don't get it, I cannot discern his voice anymore, it's like I am so mentally unwell. I just want the pain to end. I have had my dreams crushed over and over again. I'm also afraid over the state of my soul and that God will send me to Hell because sometimes I feel like I am going there but then again maybe that's my insanity talking. I attend confession almost every week. My life has been one big nightmare, only a few glimpses of consolation and light, and I do not understand why this is. I don't understand myself anymore. I don't understand why God won't heal me through the Eucharist and Confession, because even though I attend the sacraments and pray the Rosary regularly there is no change or healing. I feel like I cannot feel the Holy Spirit anymore and no matter what prayer I do, it just doesn't do anything for me. Currently I feel so dark in my soul and my body is not well either. I don't understand why God would let me go through all of this nightmare (because there was some demonic stuff last year) just for nothing. I'm still sick, depressed, schizophrenic and spiritually unsound. I'm not strong enough to go to Heaven, it would take several miracles with my soul and health for me to get there but God refuses to grant those miracles. My prayers are not working. I need a breakthrough that has been due for 5+ years now. I'm considering switching denominations because I want to encounter the Holy Spirit (like in the pentecostal movement) and I do not get anything from the Catholic Mass, I want healing and deliverance and breakthrough. But my Catholic guilt keeps me away from those denominations like there is this fanatic subconscious voice that tells me "The Catholic Church is the only true church and if you go to another one you are committing a mortal sin and you will go to Hell". What should I do?

Scotus upheld the Tennessee ban on affirmative care for kids. This is a great ruling to protect the kids from ruining their lives. Its been proven that neither kids or parents understand the ramifications of such folly. They don't give informed consent.

Now we just need a federal ban. But for now I'm happy to let the states deal with this. In some states they actually care more about kids welfare than they do about ideology.

"God does not call us to worship Him for His sake, but to worship Him for our sakes."

If God were proud in the human sense, He would not expend so much effort patiently serving US.

To respond to Him in gratitude by actually desiring to know Him, is the opening He longs for to establish an intimate, personal relationship with us. It is only then when we discover Who He really is, and who He designed us to be.

And wouldn't you know? As we allow Him to mold us into the image of His Son, we actually begin to realize all of the core things we long for - peace with ourselves and others, *genuine* faithful sacrificial love, purpose, dignity, confidence in our identity that cannot be shaken by anyone else, hope for this life and certainty about the next.

There is a joy so profound to be had... in hearing His voice through His Word, through His Spirit to our spirit, through His creation, and through others who likewise hear His voice.

No pleasure on earth can match that. And the beauty of it is - this joy of the Spirit lasts through all trials and decay beyond death, and survives into a new eternal reality so wonderful it is beyond our imaginations!

There is a major obstacle in His way to leading us there, however. While we are precious to Him, because of our sins we are separate from Him.

"All we like sheep have gone astray." "There is no one righteous, no not one." "The wages of sin is death."

And due to this inherited sin nature we, like automatons, gravitate towards worshipping anything or anyone other than God. That is called idolatry, which Gospel veteran Cliff Knechtle elaborates upon so well in the accompanying short video.

It is our inherent pride that desires self-autonomy, and seeks out to fill our minds with the words of anyone who reinforces that quest - who indeed worship themselves as well.

God has made it clear Who alone is worthy of such adoration - the only One Who lived a sinless life, suffered far beyond what we can imagine, spoke Words of Life, and had the courage to - like His Father - humble Himself to offer the ultimate act of service in taking the punishment we deserve upon Himself.

We are each called by our Creator, every day of our short time here, to stop and gaze intently at His Son, and embrace His gift of Love. How many will tragically continue to turn away in indifference to Christ's agony suffered at our hands - preferring to cling to all of our idols that we will ultimately lose anyway, including ourselves - as we are not the source of life and love ourselves.

If we choose not to decide, unfortunately, we still have made our choice, and will endure the horrifying consequences of choosing self over Him.

God bless us all who do, and shall, repent and trust Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, and obey Him. To Him alone belong all glory, honor and praise!

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"What exactly did I evolve from? What exactly am I evolving into? Who am I???"

The linked article is an opinion piece. That said, what I want to direct attention to is professors requiring work to be turned in handwritten and completed in class. That's to combat the use of AI to compete work. I don't know if this is why the state of Georgia now intends to stress cursive in grades 3, 4, and 5. Note: Back in the old says, we learned cursive in the 2nd Grade.

The part about professors reminded me of a college chemistry professor did what he could to combat the then new and expensive programmable calculators from TI. Since memory then was volatile, you stored the programs on magnetic cards, which you then ran through the calculator each time you turned it on. Should also note we had exactly one student in class who had one, a gift from an older brother.

Anyway, here's the article The article also has a link to the Georgia story:

Cursive is making a comeback

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appeared on Father James Martin's podcast "The Spiritual Life" on June 24, 2025. | Screenshot/YouTube/The Jesuit Review

Father James Martin, a liberal Roman Catholic Jesuit, described former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's homosexual parenting as "beautiful" and likened it to the relationships within the Trinity during a podcast earlier this week.

During a wide-ranging, hour-long discussion that touched on Buttigieg's upbringing and faith, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, told Martin that embracing homosexuality brought him closer to God.

"As a friend of mine put it when he was going through this process, there's two things I'm really sure about: one is that God loves me, and another is that I'm gay," said Buttigieg, who is Episcopalian.

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Are you okay with America becoming a Communist and or Socialist country? Yes or No? And why?

'K.I.L.L. him': Group of 5th-grade girls plotted to murder boy who 'cheated' by luring him into bathroom and planting fake suicide note

The shocking plan to stab their fellow student to death was concocted during lunch and recess in October 2024, according to police.

The killing would have taken place at the Legacy Traditional School's West Surprise campus in Surprise — a large city in Maricopa County and part of the broader Phoenix metro area. The girls in question ranged from 10 to 11 years old, according to the Surprise Police Department.

The video is short in case you don’t want to read the article. Given the seriousness of the crime how should they be punished in your opinion?

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Some methods have been around a very long time. What have you used? Was it helpful. Do you still use it?

They still make new vinyl records.

What if they had a new movie on VHS ?

We are living in the Trump era’: White House Report Card

He’s only been back in the White House for 159 days, but this week will be a hard one for President Donald Trump to top in his remaining 1,302 days.

1. SCOTUS win on Activist Judges
2. Stock Market at record high
3. Israel-Iran Cease Fire
4. Unprecedented Rwanda/Congo Peace
5. Gas Prices at a four year low.
6. NATO 5% Agreement

Consider also the Pakistan/India cease fire orchestrated earlier this year.

Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel? This is an important question for our time.

Let me answer the question from the outset: No. Christians are not under a biblical command to support Israel. However, they are under a biblical command to not be arrogant towards Israel. Whatever one thinks of Israel, Christians are absolutely under the biblical command to love Jews, just as they commanded to love people of any race. Christians are called to love their neighbor and their enemies (cf. Matt 5:43-48).

But why is this even a question? What is behind all of this?

For those paying attention, there’s a growing number of Americans taking an anti-Israel stance, and with this comes an all-out assault against any thinking that inclines one to believe that Christians have a biblical obligation to support Israel. “The Church is Israel,” they’ll retort! The message is, “God’s chosen people are Christians. Love the Church! Not the State that rejects Christ and was responsible for His very crucifixion!”

Coupled with this is a strong stance against Dispensationalism that teaches that Israel remains “God’s chosen people.” It follows a literal approach to the text — when God told Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse” (Genesis 12:3); meaning if Christians bless Israel, they’ll be blessed, and if Christians don’t, they’ll be cursed. No one wants that, right?

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SCOTUS Limits Federal Judges’ Ability to Block Executive Actions Nationwide​

In Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Texas law that requires pornography sites to use age-verification in order to prohibit distribution to children (and all minors). The porn companies claimed that this violates the free speech rights of adults by forcing them to verify their age before accessing online pornography. The 6-3 opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas rules that the law does not violate the free speech rights of adults. His reasoning, in short, is that we require adults to verify their age when they buy alcohol, cigarettes, and pornography at brick and mortar stores, so why can't we require adults to verify their age when they access online pornography? As long as there is a compelling interest to prohibit minors, there is a legitimate reason to require age verification.

This is a wonderful and very important ruling from SCOTUS. It not only protects children from pornography, but it also provides legislators with the ability to protect minors from other forms of dangerous online content. Kudos to Thomas and the five justices with good sense.

The Texas law can satisfy intermediate scrutiny, Thomas said, because “it advances important governmental interests unrelated to the suppression of free speech and does not burden substantially more speech than necessary to further those interests.” The state’s interest in protecting children from sexual materials is, he said, “important, even ‘compelling.’” And the law uses “plainly legitimate” methods to achieve those goals, he wrote: States have used age-verification requirements like this one to enforce age restrictions “while at the same time allowing adults full access to the content in question after the modest burden of providing proof of age.”

Court allows Texas’ law on age-verification for pornography sites

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Last week, a guy (US citizen) rear ended a Border Patrol vehicle while it was engaged in an operation. He was released at the scene.

This week, Border Patrol sends an entire tactical unit to his house to arrest him, using explosives to breech his front door, when he wasn’t even home. But his girlfriend and two little kids were. He was at work.

ETA: There are a bunch of videos on tiktok of the aftermath of the accident. This was the best angle I saw:

I know body damage can be expensive, but that hardly looks like an alleged “ramming” that would “total” a vehicle. It looks like the result of the agents’ brake-checking that Hernandez’ family claims happened.

One of the most famous verses known by Christians, agnostics, and even atheists is John 3:16.

““For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

If universalism is true and all will be saved “after an age” then why did God sent His Son to die for the sins of those who believe? Why would the Bible spend so much ink teaching us that faith is necessary for salvation?

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
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WASHINGTON/PARIS/KINSHASA, June 27 (Reuters) - Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo signed a U.S.-brokered peace agreement on Friday, raising hopes for an end to fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more this year.

Apparently circumcision started with Abraham and is part of Abrahamic religions like Judaism and Islam.

It also can be a part of Christianity such as part of my Australian Lutheran heritage.

I guess it can be an inappropriate topic even though apparently the creator of the universe commanded it.

Then Paul was saying that it is no longer necessary - perhaps so that more gentiles would want to convert to Christianity.

I sometimes get curious and want to ask people I know whether they are circumcised but usually I don't ask them - sometimes I have but then I had forgotten what their answer was and don't end up asking them again.

So anyway it is part of the Bible and I was curious about what Christians think about it.