Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley’s vehicle found abandoned near Kansas border​

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that it believes two women who vanished over the weekend while traveling to pick up children are "in danger" as it’s now been days since they were last seen.


The vehicle that Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were driving in was found abandoned Saturday in a remote part of the state near the Kansas border. The women were "traveling together to pick up children" but they "never made it to the pickup location," according to the Texas County Sheriff’s Office.

"We believe they are in danger because we have not heard from them in, coming up on three days now," OSBI public information manager Hunter McKee told Fox News Digital. "Where their vehicle was last seen was a very rural area of the state as well. We have not found them yet. We are doing everything we can."

The OBSI earlier described the situation as a "suspicious disappearance case."


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Hi,

So I have been thinking and it seems I have this bad habit, maybe it is pride, maybe it is sin, maybe it is not wanting to depend on God, I need to think more about this.

Just sharing to gain more insights faster, so drop your opinion.

God can always give us strength and wisdom to handle all kinds of suffering I suppose, the thing is we should keep praying to God to give us strength and wisdom.

But it sometimes feels awkard to pray for this as a full grown adult or not ?

Maybe that's why some christian fail morally, who knows ?

Br,

Hi all,

I was trying to cover the various extreme weather phenomenon and sea level rise etc. But then I thought of actual effects on people and ecosystems - and grouping the different climate phenomenon that way.

I had FIRES - Famines, Instability - threat multiplier (war), Refugees, Extinctions, Sea level rise (and city damage).

But if you've seen another good climate impacts memory aid or acronyms, I'd love to consider it for my blog. I'm doing a bit of a rewrite of my summary threats page.

Oh wonderful: Don't you love the internet. Wars are won by secrets. Just go ahead and tell Russia, hey there's American veterans fighting in Ukraine. In fact they're killing Russian soldiers.
If US Vets are going to fight in Ukraine, just go and SHUT UP! Well, now the cats out of the bag, and it's not even the first one. Give an interview so it can be blabbed all over the world. Even talks about tactics. Sheer stupidity!

American sniper in Ukraine says he couldn't care less about expensive weapons like tanks. 'Give me artillery' and ammo, he says.​

American sniper in Ukraine says he couldn't care less about expensive weapons like tanks. 'Give me artillery' and ammo, he says. (There's a cuss word in the article, I'm not posting that part. Goes to show how the West just don't care if they throw horrible profanity out in public media))

An American veteran fighting in Ukraine said soldiers were desperate for artillery and ammunition. He doesn't care about getting more expensive equipment like tanks right now because that isn't what they need most, he added.

Jonathan Poquette told Business Insider that Ukraine's ammunition shortages meant its soldiers had to become much pickier about which targets to hit, even sometimes not engaging groups of advancing Russians that they would have hit earlier in Russia's invasion.
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He said they stopped firing on small groups of advancing Russian soldiers like they would have earlier in the conflict.

"It started getting to the point to where if the group was small enough that was assaulting, then the Ukrainians would evaluate it and be like, 'Well, it's only two or three guys, maybe four. Is that really worth an artillery round or a mortar round?'" he said.

Instead, they would consider whether the infantry could take them on. That strategy puts greater risks on Ukraine's soldiers.

I was really appreciating Fox News' commentary about Tik tok and how dangerous it is to the US

But then I saw an ad on Fox for Tik Tok!

Wow! I don't get that at all. The Chinese are spying on us through that venue, gathering info. We all have to remember that China is our enemy and they are NOT Christian (though some of their everyday people are)

On that, I can agree.

It seems there is some debate as to whether D J Trump raped E Jean Carroll or not.

Facts:

• D J Trump was never found guilty in criminal court of raping or sexually assaulting E Jean Carroll.
  E Jean Carrol did not make her claim of being raped until after the statute of limitations expired and so Trump could not be criminally charged.
• D J Trump was found liable of sexual assault of E Jean Carroll in a NY Court
  NY laws determine that rape must require penetration by male genitallia
• D J Trump failed in court to sue E Jean Carroll for defamation when she publicly claimed he raped her
  The Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan, ruled that the jury verdict showed Carroll's rape allegation was "substantially true" and dismissed the counterclaim
• General definitions of rape are not restricted to penetration by male genitallia, but can include fingers or objects
  Wikipedia Rape: Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.
  

  Rape in the United States - Wikipedia

  en.wikipedia.org
  Rape in the United States is defined by the United States Department of Justice as "Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
• Guilt is determined in a criminal trial and has a very high bar of proof
• Liability is determined in a civil trial and requires a lower bar than criminal guilt

Reference links

I had an old account I don’t remember, but have returned. I’ll just start with stating where I have been spiritually, since this is a form about Christianity. Basically, I feel like I’ve been growing in my faith a lot more recently than I had for a while. I am active in my church, volunteer and children’s ministry every week with kindergarten and sometimes with disabled kids. I attend to life groups for women, one is large and for general ones and the other is small, and for single ones. I started using this audio Bible app an ago couple years ago and it has gotten me into the word a lot more. I am not trying to brag, I really don’t feel like I’m have anything to brag about in that all the glory goes to God since it’s him working through this.

Quick answer: impossible even if theory is correct.
Quick reason; it's impossible to gather all possible
data- so disproof could lurk somewhere.

Purpose- to, hopefully, avoid some of the diversions
resulting from the endless creationist objections
to " unproven theories".

Ideally there will be a debate, but Joe Biden continues to duck a debate. The remarks start in about an hour and I hope to hear what Trump has to say.

Jesus was physically going up to the skies till above clouds and that was the last time they saw Him.

We know today that, there is no heaven beyond the clouds/firmament, but a vast space, first our solar system, then the rest of our galaxy etc.

So, what was happening? Where was He going?

19 I wanted to be sure about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and was exceedingly terrible: it had iron teeth, bronze claws, it devoured and crushed and trampled the rest with its feet,
23 He said this: “The fourth beast - there will be a fourth kingdom on earth, it will be different from all kingdoms; he will devour the whole earth, tread it down, and crush it.
(New world order)
24 And ten horns - ten kings will arise from that kingdom.
(Ten equally powerful countries will want to form a one world government)
After them another will arise, he will be different from the previous ones and he will depose the three kings.
(Globalists/antichrist, will destroy three kings out of ten .. weakening and destroying USA, Russia and China)
25 He will speak against the Most High and destroy the saints of the Most High.
(Denying the Bible and Jesus Christ, banning Christianity)
He will seek to change the times and the law. The saints shall be delivered into his hand until time and times and half a time,
(Creation of one new super tolerant religion....persecuting Christians and those who will not want the "mark of the beast", duration of NWO for "42 months")
26 but the judgment will sit and the rulership will be taken away from him, and he will be completely destroyed and destroyed.
(The destruction of the NWO, a global storm after which the small remnant of humanity will start over)

Does prayer work? By "work" I mean "produce the desired (asked for) results".
How do you know?

Jesus prophesied the destruction of the temple and signs of the end times in Matthew 24:

26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

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Vultures will gather at an exposed dead body.

37 "For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away,

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they drowned and died

so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.

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Barnes explained:

One shall be taken - The word "taken" may mean either to be taken away from the danger - that is, rescued, as Lot was Luke 17:28-29, or to be taken away "by death." Probably the latter is the meaning.

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Gills agreed:

one shall be taken by the Romans, and either put to death, or carried captive; and the other shall escape their hands, through the singular providence of God.

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They were taken by death.

Parallel account in Luke 17:

34 I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. 35 There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.” 37 And they said to him, “Where, Lord?”

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The disciples wanted to know more.

He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”

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The bad people will be taken by death.

Parallel account in Mark 13:

21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.

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Be on your guard so that you will not be taken by the vultures.

On the last day, Jesus will be coming on the clouds of heaven (Matt 24:30). The bad people will be taken to eternal death. Live believers will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord (1 Thess 4:17). Then, they will descend back to the earth for the wedding banquet. The 'left-behind' people are believers who first go up to meet the Lord and then come back down with the Lord. They are the welcoming party.

See also Great tribulation, then rapture

Does anybody know how the early Catholic Church (say 500AD and earlier) compares with the modern Catholic Church and with the Protestant reformation?

For example the prayers to the saints, papal infallibility, infant baptism, purgatory, priests forgiving sins, Mary being sinless etc-were these part of the early church?

Were the reformers actually returning the church to how it originated or would the modern church be unrecognisable to the early church?

I have an unusual dilemma. I am a Christian, and I am also an avid pool player. I am wanting to have a custom cue made for myself and found a very talented custom cue maker. His work would be perfect for the designs I am wanting to have created on my cue. The dilemma I am faced with is in the name of his custom cue brand.
His company is call "North Demon Custom Cues"
As a Christian, I am uneasy about the name "demon" being in the bame of his brand. And i am wondering if owning and playing with the cue is going against God? Am I putting to much into the brand name, or should I look elsewhere to another cue maker?
His work is unique, and I don't know that I can find someone else to make me what I am wanting done.

Hey - for years we have made the stand that un married folks stay in separate rooms in our house.

I assume this might be considered extreme and 'forcing morality' on others.

Your thoughts ???

And in our day and age this is exactly what is happening in the majority of the gatherings of what are called “churches” here in America. They are turning the church, the body of Christ, the house of God into places of business to be marketed to the people of the world. And if Jesus were still on this earth, and if he could be physically in every location where this is happening, he would be in these gatherings with a whip driving out all of those who are turning his house, his body, into a place of business.

For the church is not a building called “church,” and the physical building is NOT the “house of God.” It is just a building. And the church is not a church denomination, and it is not a business incorporated under the state being marketed to the people of the world. And it is not a social club nor a civic center. And it is not something that you go to. But this is what human beings have turned it into, and this is what is generally now being accepted as “the church.” So the whole biblical concept of “church” is getting lost.

For what is the church? We who believe in Jesus Christ with God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, who have been crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God and to his righteousness – we are the church, the body of Christ, born of God and not of man. And the purpose of our gatherings is so that we can encourage one another in our walks of faith and obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ.

And it is so that we can be equipped in service for our Lord within the body of Christ and in order to take the true message of the gospel to the people of the world. For we are not to be inviting the people of the world to these institutions of human origin that are businesses of men, but we are to be going out where the people are and we are to be inviting them to surrender their hearts and lives to Jesus Christ in death to sin and in living to God and to his righteousness so that they are now part of his body, his church.

[Matt 5:13-16; Matt 28:18-20; Jn 4:31-38; Jn 13:13-17; Jn 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18; Acts 26:18; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 10:14-15; Rom 12:1-8; Rom 15:14; 1 Co 12:1-31; 1 Co 14:1-5; Eph 4:1-16; Eph 5:11-27; Php 2:1-8; Col 3:16; Heb 3:13; Heb 10:23-25; 1 Pet 2:9,21; 1 Jn 2:6]

For, we are not to conform the gatherings of “the church” to the likeness of humankind in order to attract the world to our gatherings. But this is what so many are doing. They are appealing to the felt needs and the likes of the flesh in order to draw in large crowds of people of the world into their gatherings so that they are winning the people of the world to these “places of business” but not usually to genuine walks of faith and obedience to the Lord in holy living. For they dilute the gospel to make it more appealing.

And so many of them have this idea that “sowing seed” is doing stuff that will attract the world to their gatherings, but that is not sowing the spiritual seed of the gospel of our salvation, but it is sowing seeds of worldliness in order to attract the world to their gatherings. So they have all these fun activities and great performances and light and fluffy sermons that they have in order to attract the world, and they buy chairs and discard their pews (at great expense) to attract the world to their gatherings, etc.

But this is not “sowing seeds” of righteousness and of repentance and of obedience to the Lord and surrender of our wills to his will for our lives. But this is all about attracting the world to the gatherings of these businesses called “churches” so that they can fill up their chairs with the people of the world and entertain them with their music and with their performances and with their fun activities and their modern sermons, so many of which are intended to tickle itching ears and to dilute the truth so as not to offend.

So, what do the Scriptures teach should be our response to all of this? We are not to be unequally yoked together with the ungodly. And the ungodly are all who are still walking in sin and not in righteousness and not in obedience to our Lord, even if they profess faith in Jesus Christ. We are not to partner with nor be in fellowship with the ungodly. So we are to come out from their midst and be separate from them, and God will be a father to us and we will be his sons and daughters (see 2 Corinthians 6:14-18).

And we are not to partner with gatherings called “churches” if these gatherings are being led by the marketing schemes of the ungodly and not by Jesus Christ, and not by his teachings and his gospel message. For if our goal is to make “the church” attractive to the world so that they will enjoy being among us, then we have it all backwards. And if we are trying to win people to our gatherings and not to biblical repentance and to walks of obedience to Jesus Christ in holy living, then we have it all backwards.


And we are not to worship “the beast,” i.e. the world’s system. We are to be God’s holy people who are taking the message of the cross to the people of the world and who are calling them to leave their lives of sin behind them to follow Jesus Christ in obedience to his commands in holy living. So we are to come out from the midst of those who are following after man and not the ways of God and of Christ and of his Spirit. We are to come out from among them so that we do not take part in their sins and in their punishment.

See: [Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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Hi, everybody! My name's Magdalena, and I'm from the Romanian region of Transylvania. I'm an Eastern Orthodox Christian, married and 18. I'm a housewife. I hope to learn some things from here and maybe make some new friends. Nice to meet you all!!!

"It does not appear that these cases will be filed anytime soon, as they do not seem to be in the DA's office. So if the DA is indicating they are not ready to proceed, we are going to release these individuals on their own recognizances," the judge ruled.

Pray for our nation.

Now i'm not saying that there is any cheating going on because there is no proof of it , but sometimes you do have to wonder.
For example here in OZ when we vote , we are given the usual ballot paper or papers to fill out with the candidates of our choice.
We are then supplied by them with a lead pencil to fill out our ballot , we are not allowed to use a blue or black ink pen.

Well......um.....you know , like a lead pencil tick or x in the choice box could be rubbed out. Of course they tell us they wouldn't do that , stop being paranoid and trust your gov , yeah right!

Anyway , any sus goings on with voting in your country ?

'The value of Donald Trump’s stake in Truth Social fell by more than $1bn on Monday after the social media company revealed it lost $58.2m last year and an auditor disclosed “substantial doubt” over its ability to continue operating.

While over $4m in sales marks significant growth from $1.47m in 2022, the previous year, it underlines the small scale of Trump Media’s operation – and the depth of its losses.

Net losses at Trump Media came to $58.2m in 2023.'

A high of $61.00 is now $48.66. Stay tuned...

Isaiah 65:17-19 says, “For, behold, I create [Heb. bârâ'] new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying."

The Hebrew word bârâ' means to create, shape, form or fashion. In Scripture it refers to what God does to the heaven and earth, and to man, when He comes. The word describes new conditions and circumstances and transformations.

According to the book of Revelation when does the new heavens and new earth appears – before or after the millennial period? Does this match up with anywhere in Revelation or anywhere in the New Testament?

Of course!

Revelation 21:1-5: “And I saw a new [Gr. kainos] heaven and a new [Gr. kainos] earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away [Gr. parerchomai]; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven … God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new [Gr. kainos].”

It is not hard to see the likeness and correlation between Isaiah 65:17-19 and Revelation 21:1-5. They depict to the exact same arrangement that arrives at the exact same time. This is the same eternal age. In the biblical new heaven and new earth everything is made new and perfect and the past corruption and sin, death are gone forever.

Please note: it does not say He makes ‘all new things’. To create a new arrangement does not require the complete destruction / replacement of what we now have. It requires the creation of a new perfect glorified environment that is purged of all the bondage of corruption (the result of the Fall). So, this does not negate the renewal/regeneration of this current decaying earth.

This is also pictured in God's redemptive work with us. Interestingly, the same Greek words are used to describe both acts of regeneration. 2 Corinthians 5:17 confirms: “if any man be in Christ, he is a new [Gr. kainos] creature: old things are passed away [Gr. parerchomai]; behold, all things are become new [Gr. kainos].”

Paul uses the same terms “new” and “passed away,” talking about the condition of renewed believers after salvation, as John does in Revelation 21 describing the new heavens and earth. The exact same Greek construction is found in both of these writings.

No one would argue this means that we are not the very same entity after salvation. We are! But we are irrefutably changed through the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit. We are new spiritual creatures. We are a new person. We think different. We feel different. We function different.

Just as we have become a new creation in Christ, yet we remain the exact same entity, so it is with this current earth when He appears. Also, when Jesus comes and glorifies the redeemed are we annihilated? Are we destroyed? Do we become a completely new person? No! We are changed. We take on a new perfected eternal form. This is what happens to this current earth.

It would have been great if this had meant that my old nature was completely eliminated and that I had become completely brand new, although, in a spiritual sense I did – even though my physical appearance remained exactly the same. This did not mean that the core “us” did not continue. It did! But our spiritual outward covering was forever changed. We are now clothed with His perfect righteousness. That will be realized in all it literal and physical fullness at the second coming. This is a strong reason to think the earth is going to undergo similar.

The Premil “millennial new heaven and new earth” are more of the same.