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FireDragon76 · Jun 3, 2025

The Evening Visitors

Jacob locked his office door behind him and stepped into the chill of an early spring evening. The church parking lot was nearly empty, save for a few latecomers, but something restless had pulled him away from the quiet safety of his home.

He was used to order—the steady cadence of sermons shaped by a faith handed down through generations, rooted in tradition and the clear lines it drew around right and wrong. His congregation reflected this well: families who valued hard work, respect for authority, and a skepticism of anything too new or uncertain. Jacob himself wore those values like a well-fitted coat, familiar and reassuring.

But tonight, the weight of unspoken questions pressed on him, heavier than the Sunday Bible study debates or the polite discussions over coffee. He found himself walking without direction, his footsteps carrying him to the edge of town, near an old industrial park where streetlights flickered uncertainly.

There, by a fire burning in a rusty barrel, stood three people.

One was a woman in a simple clerical collar, her expression open but unreadable. Another was an older man, shoulders stooped, eyes distant but attentive. Between them, a quiet figure watched the flames, his hands clasped, silent but steady.

Jacob stopped a few feet away, unsettled by their presence but drawn nonetheless. Hospitality was part of his upbringing—welcoming strangers, offering what little warmth the night could afford. But something about this moment felt different.

The woman’s voice broke the silence first. “The Kingdom of God isn’t what most expect. It isn’t about comfort or certainty, but about upheaval—turning tables and crossing boundaries.”

Jacob nodded slowly, feeling the familiar urge to argue, to explain, to reclaim the narrative. But the older man’s next words stopped him.

“Power is not the currency of grace. I once thought strength meant holding fast to what I knew—now I see it means letting go.”

The quiet man finally spoke, his voice low but sure. “Faith is dangerous. It asks us to risk more than social acceptance or political certainty. It asks us to stand with the forgotten, the outcast, the inconvenient.”

Jacob’s throat tightened. He thought of his sermons—carefully framed messages that comforted, rallied, and reassured. Here was a challenge he had never dared voice aloud. The kind of discipleship that didn’t fit neat categories, that unsettled the foundations of his world.

As the rain began to fall, soft and persistent, Jacob glanced back toward the church steeple rising against the darkening sky. He thought of the story he’d heard as a child—the one where Abraham rose quickly to welcome three strangers under the oaks of Mamre, hospitality leading to promise and change.

In that moment, Jacob understood: the Kingdom was not a place of certainty or ease, but a calling into the wild unknown. And like Abraham, he was being asked to open his door—not to what was comfortable or familiar, but to what might unsettle and transform.

He took a deep breath and moved closer to the fire, letting the warmth wash over him as the rain whispered around them.

NxNW · Jun 3, 2025

What happened to drill, baby, drill?

US drillers cut oil and gas rigs to lowest since November 2021

May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a fifth week in a row to the lowest since November 2021, energy services firm Baker Hughes (BKR.O) said in its closely followed report on Friday.

It was the first time since September 2023 that the number of rigs declined for five straight weeks. The Reuters Power Up newsletter provides everything you need to know about the global energy industry. he oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by three to 563 in the week to May 30.

Baker Hughes said this week's decline put the total count down by 37 rigs, or 6%, from this time last year.
Baker Hughes said oil rigs fell by four to 461 this week, their lowest since November 2021. Gas rigs rose by one to 99.
In the Permian Basin in West Texas and eastern New Mexico, the nation's biggest oil-producing shale formation, drillers cut one rig, bringing the total down to 278, the lowest since November 2021. In New Mexico, drillers cut one rig, bringing the total down to 91, the lowest since December 2021.
For the month, the total count dropped by 24, its third straight monthly decrease and the biggest monthly decline since August 2023.

Dave Darling · Jun 3, 2025

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Neostarwcc · Jun 3, 2025

His neurologist just found a mass in his brain and he's going to find out exactly what it is tomorrow. They are setting up surgery just to be safe on Thursday just in case it's cancer or something serious. I told him this story almost exactly reminds me of my story abiut when I had the pulmonary embolism 2 years ago and I was on CF posting in the prayer section and nobody knew whether I was going to live or die. Not my family, my congregation, the doctors and nurses at Dartmouth, even you guys. It was truly a scary time. We all prayed and begged God to save my life and he did. And that probably brought my friend hope so... let's all pray again and maybe God will act in full force again over 2 years later.

Vanellus · Jun 3, 2025

Gaza doctor's last goodbye before 9 children killed in airstrike

‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike

Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when an indiscriminate Israeli strike destroyed her home, killing nine of her ten children, and her husband inleaving one son and her husband as survivors
By Malak A Tantesh & Lorenzo Tondo, Reposted from The Guardian, May 25, 2025
In the early hours of Friday, as she did every day, Dr Alaa al-Najjar said goodbye to her 10 children before leaving the house. The youngest, Sayden, six months old, was still sleeping. And like every day, with war raging in Gaza and Israeli strikes landing just metres from her neighborhood in Khan Younis, Najjar worried about leaving them at home without her.
But Najjar, 35, had little choice. One of Gaza’s dwindling number of medics, a respected pediatrician at the Nasser medical complex, she had to go to work to care for injured babies who had barely survived Israeli attacks. She could never have imagined that that farewell to her family would be her last.
A few hours later, the charred bodies of seven of her children, killed by an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis, arrived at her hospital. Two other bodies, including Sayden’s, remained under the rubble. Of her 10 children, only one had survived, along with their father, Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, also a doctor. Both are now in the hospital.

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Michie · Jun 2, 2025

The scheduled "Pride Season Kickoff" in Boise, Idaho, on June 6 was called off because too few were interested in purchasing tickets, despite online enthusiasm.

"We created the Pride Season Kickoff to bring more Pride to June, based on community demand," Boise Pride wrote in a Facebook post last week. "But despite strong interest, attendance didn't reach the level needed to hold the event responsibly. As a result, the June 6 event is canceled and all tickets have been refunded."

"We remain committed to growing Pride in Boise — but it takes more than excitement. It takes showing up," the group added. "Thanks for your continued support. We hope to bring this event back in the future — stronger and together."

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'Boise Pride Season Kickoff' canceled for low attendance: 'It takes showing up'

The scheduled Pride Season Kickoff in Boise, Idaho, on June 6 was called off because too few were interested in purchasing tickets, despite online enthusiasm

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Michie · Jun 2, 2025

"Sesame Street" drew fire on social media Sunday for celebrating pride month, the latest firestorm related to allegations that the publicly funded PBS children's program is pushing LGBT ideology on children.

"On our street, everyone is welcome. Together, let’s build a world where every person and family feels loved and respected for who they are. Happy #PrideMonth!" the show's official X account posted on Sunday to mark the first day of LGBT pride month.

The post also featured multi-colored puppet arms clasping in solidarity to resemble the rainbow.

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Sesame Street stokes backlash for promoting pride month: 'G for Groomer'

Sesame Street drew fire on social media Sunday for celebrating pride month, the latest firestorm related to allegations that the publicly funded children s program is pushing LGBT ideology on

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Michie · Jun 2, 2025

As war continues to devastate Ukraine, a powerful spiritual revival is unfolding amid the ruins, according to Ukrainian evangelist David Karcha, who told a gathering of European church leaders that the Gospel becomes unstoppable in a time of war.

Speaking at the European Congress on Evangelism in Berlin, Germany, on May 29, Karcha described how churches across Ukraine have become beacons of hope, drawing thousands to Christ even as the country endures deep physical and emotional suffering.

His address came just a day after Franklin Graham met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin to pray for peace, underscoring the Congress’ message of gospel resilience in the face of crisis.

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Ukrainian church leader says thousands coming to faith in time of war: 'The Gospel is unstoppable'

As war continues to devastate Ukraine, a powerful spiritual revival is unfolding amid the ruins, according to Ukrainian evangelist David Karcha, who told a gathering of European church leaders that

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Michie · Jun 2, 2025

Amid legal pressure, Vermont has amended a law that pro-life pregnancy centers claimed censored their ability to advertise.

Vermont lawmakers approved a measure late last week to change language to Senate Bill 37, a law passed in May 2023 that was to curb "misleading" advertisements by pro-life pregnancy care centers.

The conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom filed a stipulated dismissal of the case of National Institute of Family and Life Advocates et al v. Clark et al last Thursday, following the amending.

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Pro-life pregnancy centers celebrate Vermont amending 'discriminatory' law

Amid legal pressure, Vermont has amended a law that pro-life pregnancy centers claimed censored their ability to advertise

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Kris.R.79 · Jun 2, 2025

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FireDragon76 · Jun 2, 2025

Once, in a dry town where time felt stuck and paint peeled off the gas station signs, a man named Ray took to the corner of Main and Laurel to tell anyone who’d listen that he was chosen. A Star Child destined to rule Andromeda Galaxy. And he had come to earth to bring love, joy, and peace.

He wore dark wraparound sunglasses, a poncho scorched at the hem, and boots he claimed were Martian leather.

“The stars remember us,” he said, arms open like a man welcoming judgment. “But we forgot ourselves.”

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Most just shook their heads.

Until the day his Buick floated.

An ’87 LeSabre, rusted and duct-taped, lifted three feet off the pavement. No supports, no wires. Just hanging there like it belonged to a different kind of gravity.

That was when people began to believe.

Sheriff Matheson, who hadn’t believed in much since his wife died, froze mid-step and started whispering the Lord’s Prayer. Others wept. Some ran.

Ray didn’t call himself a god. Just in tune.

“They’re coming,” he said. “The First Cadre. But we have to prepare. This world hums too low.”

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He built a strange tower in his backyard: wires, mirrors, copper coils, and plastic gnomes with their faces sanded off.

“An antenna for cosmic consciousness,” he explained.

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The crowds grew. They called themselves the Andromeda Fellowship. They had chants, parties, custom T-shirts. Some claimed visions. Most just liked the sense that something bigger was happening.

But the Cadre never came.

Ray said the group was out of tune—too much beer, too much noise.

“We need clarity,” he said. “Higher frequencies. I need parts. Real ones.”

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He passed around jars for donations. He drew diagrams on napkins. He talked about gates, metadata, and “soul harmonics.”

And then he disappeared.

No goodbye. No farewell sermon. Just gone. The Buick too.

Weeks later, a few people found him on social media—on a beach somewhere expensive, cocktail in hand, a luxury car in the background. When asked about the Fellowship, he replied with a shrug emoji.

The tower rotted. The crowd thinned. Eventually, the Fellowship was gone.

Except one man stayed behind.

He wasn’t the most faithful or the loudest. Just a guy who’d been there when the Buick lifted. He’d seen it—seen everyone change. And then he’d seen it all collapse.

He kept returning to the empty yard. Not for answers. Just to sit. And think.

For a while, he listened to static on an old CB radio. Then one day, he turned it off. And didn’t turn it back on.

He took a job at the hardware store. Started helping the new pastor fix up the church building. No sermons, no spectacle—just folding chairs and coffee in the back.

Some nights, he reread the Bible. Slowly. No highlighter. No notes.

He came across a verse:

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.”

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It didn’t feel accusatory. Just… true. Like a quiet kind of warning you only understand in hindsight.

He didn’t talk about Ray much. People didn’t ask.

But if someone new came through town asking what happened back then—about the floating car, the tower, the Fellowship—he’d just nod.

“Some folks want wonder more than they want truth,” he’d say.
Then he’d go back to stocking shelves.

Faith, he’d come to believe, isn’t built on what lifts off the ground. It’s built on what stays.

Michie · Jun 2, 2025

South African billionaires allege 'white genocide' after heated Trump meeting with Ramaphosa

President Donald Trump’s remarks about "dead white people" during a tense meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa two weeks ago stirred international debate after he raised concerns about allegations of genocide and violence against white farmers in the majority black country.

In what quickly became a viral exchange between Trump, Ramaphosa and his delegation, Trump asked aides to dim the lights in the room as a video began to play showing footage of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Party singing the apartheid-era “Shoot the Boer” song — with lyrics that include “kill the Boer, kill the white farmer” — in front of a massive crowd filling a stadium.

Despite the president’s Oval Office lesson on South African history, most Americans are unfamiliar with the plight of the Afrikaners, the minority ethnic group who are mostly descendants of Dutch arrivalswho began arriving at the Cape of Good Hope Colony in 1652.

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Theologian says apartheid legacy fuels farmer attacks in South Africa, claims 'white genocide' allegations are 'a myth'

Despite the president s Oval Office lesson on South African history, most Americans are unfamiliar with the plight of the Afrikaners, the minority ethnic group who are mostly descendants of Dutch

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Dan Perez · Jun 2, 2025

Paul says in Rom 2:16 ,

# 1 IN / is a Prepostion

# 2 THE DAY / HEMERA , is a Dative Case , in the Signular

# 3 WHEN / HOLE , is an Adverb

# 4 GOD / THEOS , in the Nominative Case , in the Singular

# 5 SHALL JUDGE / KRINO , is in the Future Tense , Active Voice , means Christ will Judge , in the Indicative Mood , means you better

believe it , in the Singular

# 6 THE / HO , is a Definite Articile , in the Accusative Case , in the Plural , in the NEUTER

# 7 SECRETS / HRYTOS , in the Accusative Case , in the Plural and in the NEUTER

# 8 OF MEN / ANTHOPOS , in the Genitive Case , in the Plural

# 9 BY / DIA , is a Prepostion

# 10 JESUS / IESOUS , in the Genitive Case , in the Singular

# 11 CHRIST / CHRISTOS , in the Genitive Case , in the Singular

# 12 ACCORDING / KATA , is a Prepostion

# 13 TO MY / MOU , PERSONAL POSSOSSEIVE , in bthe Genitive Case , in the Singuler

# 14 GOSPEL / EUANGELION , in the Accusative Case , in the Singular , in the NEUTER , meanig Male and Female

This , means that ONLY those in the BODY of CHRIST , and Only Those saved by Pauls , GOSPEL will be there at the BEMA SEAT

that Paul wrote in 1 Cor 3:10:15 .

And Pauls GOSPEL is in Rom 1:1 where Christ SEPARATED , Paul to preach God's GOSPEL and the word SEPARATED / APHORIZO

means that is LIMITED to only pteach God.s GOSPEL and NOT the Old Covenant or the New Conevant and only Preach what Paul

wrote about the DISPENSATION of the MYSTERY , written in Rom 16:25 and 26 to all GENTILES for the OBEDIENCE of FAITH .

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The IbanezerScrooge · Jun 2, 2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/02/entertainment/jonathan-joss-dead-shooting

Jonathan Joss, an actor who voiced the character of John Redcorn on “King of the Hill” and appeared as Ken Hotate on “Parks and Recreation,” has died following a shooting incident, according to police in San Antonio, Texas.

He was 59.

According to a spokesperson for the San Antonio Police Department, officers were dispatched Sunday to a location on Dorsey Drive in San Antonio, Texas, for a reported shooting in progress. Officers found Joss “near the roadway of the location,” where they “attempted life saving measures” until paramedics arrived.

The actor was pronounced dead by emergency service responders.

A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of murder and an investigation is ongoing, police said.

Joss’ husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales confirmed his death in a text message to the Associated Press.

In a statement to AP, de Gonzales said he and Joss were approached and threatened by a man with a gun while checking the mail at Joss’ home, which in January was damaged by a fire that also killed their three dogs.

“Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life,” de Gonzales said.

Warden_of_the_Storm · Jun 2, 2025

This is something that needs to be really hammered home.

Charles Darwin got things wrong. Charles Darwin was not a perfect man. Charles Darwin was a product of his time. Charles Darwin didn't know everything at all about science.

These are statements that are true. All of those do nothing to prove that the theory of evolution is not scientific. These claims and their ilk, spurious and misguided as they come, do nothing to falsify evolution as a legitimate scientific theory.

Evolution stands on scientific evidence and scientific evidence alone. Darwin definitely helped get the ball rolling with regards to evolution as science, but it does not end with him at all.

essentialsaltes · Jun 2, 2025

Several Eastside Catholic School students, nearly all of them students of color, were pulled aside and “harshly” questioned by a U.S. border agent on their return from a school trip to Canada, according to a letter sent to families earlier this week.

The Sammamish private school said Friday it plans to file a formal complaint with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

In the letter sent to families, school president Gil Picciotto wrote that one agent accused students of attempting to enter the country illegally and questioned their affiliation with the school, despite the students being fully documented and accompanied by staff. The students were in Canada for a band and choir trip.

“Almost all students who were pulled aside were students of color,” the letter reads.

He praised the students and faculty for responding with grace in the face of “harsh and xenophobic” treatment.

CBP responded Friday, saying it “firmly rejects” the school’s claims.

Like the school, other travelers have also accused border agents of racial bias while crossing into Washington from Canada. In 2020, several people of Middle Eastern heritage said they were held at the border for hours and questioned. All of them were either U.S. citizens or legal residents.

essentialsaltes · Jun 2, 2025

Though Hemphill was a defendant of the largest criminal prosecution in American history, she is seemingly standing alone now as the only Jan. 6 defendant to refuse the clemency Mr. Trump offered.

Speaking with CBS News from her home in Idaho, Hemphill said, "The pardons just contribute to their narrative, which is all lies, propaganda. We were guilty, period."

"We all know that they're gaslighting us. They are using January 6 to just continue Trump's narrative that the Justice Department was weaponized," she said. "They were not. When the FBI came to my home, oh my God, they were very professional. They treated me very good [sic]."

"How could you sleep at night taking a pardon when you know you were guilty? You know that everybody there was guilty. I couldn't live with myself. I have to be right with me. And with God," Hemphill said.

Hemphill sought assistance from Sen. James Risch to secure a formal acknowledgement from the Department of Justice that she will not accept her pardon. [And she has received it]

Trump pardons ~1,500 January 6th rioters in shocking minimization of assaults on LEO and seditious conspiracy

Usually first/only time offenders of a crime are shown leniency. Some folks however would like to see all of them thrown into the deepest darkest hole for life. Well, tough toodles. So, you believe that it is normal protocol to pardon and showing leniency for those who beat police with a bat...

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Michie · Jun 2, 2025

Attendees of the Southern Baptist Convention's Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, next week will consider eight proposed resolutions on a diverse range of issues.

The SBC Committee on Resolutions released the list of the eight proposed measures last week, ranging from commending Dallas for hosting the event and honoring the centennial anniversary of the Cooperative Program, to serious cultural issues, such as banning pornography and overturning the legalization of gay marriage.

Here are five notable proposed resolutions that will be considered at the SBC's Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas.

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Pornography, sports betting, abortion pills: A look at 5 SBC resolutions ahead of its Annual Meeting

Here s a list of five notable proposed resolutions that will be considered at the Southern Baptist Convention s Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas this month

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Vambram · Jun 2, 2025

Reasons Nations Establish Sovereign Wealth Funds
Nations create sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) for several key economic and strategic reasons:

1. Stabilizing Government Finances

Many SWFs are designed to stabilize a country's economy by managing the volatility of revenues, especially for nations dependent on commodities like oil, copper, or diamonds. By saving excess revenues during boom years, these funds can be used to support government budgets during downturns, smoothing out the effects of fluctuating commodity prices and reducing the risk of economic instability.

2. Saving for Future Generations

SWFs allow countries to convert finite, non-renewable resources into lasting wealth. By investing proceeds from natural resources or trade surpluses, nations can build up savings to benefit future generations, ensuring long-term prosperity even after resources are depleted.

3. Diversifying the Economy and Investments

By investing in a broad range of global assets, SWFs help diversify a country's wealth beyond its primary sources of income, such as oil or exports. This diversification reduces reliance on a single sector and helps protect the economy from sector-specific shocks.

4. Supporting Economic and Strategic Development

Some SWFs are used to drive domestic economic development by investing in infrastructure, nurturing key industries, and supporting the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They may also be used to create "national champions"—prominent domestic companies in strategically important sectors.

5. Maximizing Returns on Excess Capital

When countries accumulate large fiscal or trade surpluses, holding these as cash is often inefficient. SWFs allow governments to invest surplus funds in global markets to maximize returns, rather than letting the money sit idle.

6. Managing Currency and Trade Surpluses

For countries with persistent trade surpluses, SWFs can help manage foreign exchange reserves and prevent excessive appreciation of the national currency, which could harm other export sectors.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds: An Introduction

Here's how countries use sovereign wealth funds to stabilize their economies, though these investments can lack transparency.

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What Are Sovereign Wealth Funds? Does the U.S. Need One? | Money for The Rest of Us

Explore the purposes and types of sovereign wealth funds, how they invest, and concerns with the U.S. establishing one.

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Michie · Jun 2, 2025

A man set fire to a group of people participating in a peaceful walk in Boulder, Colorado, supporting Israeli hostages. Eight people — four men and four women — were injured, including one woman who was engulfed in flames. The FBI has described it as a "targeted terror attack."

Authorities say the suspect shouted “free Palestine” as he attacked with what was described as a makeshift flamethrower.

The assailant, identified as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, threw incendiary devices into the crowd gathered on the Pearl Street Mall around 1:26 p.m. Sunday, The New York Times reported.

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8 suffer burns in Boulder terror attack at Israeli hostages event; suspect carrying flamethrower shouted ‘free Palestine’

A man set fire to a group of people participating in a peaceful walk in Boulder, Colorado, supporting Israeli hostages Eight people four men and four women were injured, including one woman who was

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claudiaslifewithchrist · Jun 2, 2025

Hey alll, I LOVE George Michael's music since I was a kid. Recently gone all in with Christ and want to know if George Michaels songs are ok to listen too?

Christsfreeservant · Jun 2, 2025

“Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:19-25 NASB1995)

Jesus Christ was and is the only begotten Son of God. But he isn’t only the Son of God, but he was and he is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – who is our creator God, the God who made us and formed us in our mother’s wombs. He was with God in the beginning, and while he lived on the earth he was both fully God and fully human (God incarnate), but he was not born with a sin nature as we are, because he was conceived of the Holy Spirit and not of man. And he never once ever sinned.

Now God the Father sent Jesus Christ to the earth, and he had him be born as a human baby to a woman who was a virgin, conceived of the Holy Spirit, with the ultimate purpose in mind that he would become our sacrificial lamb to die on that cross to put our sins to death with him so that we would, by faith in him, die with him to sin and live for him and for his righteousness. For he put our sins to death with him on that cross so that we will now die to our sins and walk in obedience to his commands, by God-gifted faith in him.

So, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus we are 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 now as slaves to God and to his righteousness. Therefore, we no longer are to let sin have mastery over us to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it leads to death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in eternal life with God. So we need to believe this and no longer obey sin (see Romans 6:1-23).

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

And we are to be encouraging one another with these words. And this, in truth, is to be the purpose of our gatherings, not to sit as spectators enjoying a “worship service,” but as participants with one another, exhorting and encouraging one another so that none of us are hardened by sin’s deceitfulness, and speaking the truth of God’s word to one another so that we won’t be led astray by people who, in their deceitful scheming, are teaching false gospels meant to appease human flesh and the ungodly.

“For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.’ And again, ‘The Lord will judge His people.’ It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:26-31 NASB1995)

Therefore, because in Jesus’ death on that cross he put our sins to death with him, so that by faith in him we will now die to our sins and obey him and his commands, sin is no longer to be what we practice. We are no longer to be those who deliberately and habitually sin against the Lord in various ways. We are not to be the hardhearted who do just whatever it is that we want to do, regardless of how what we do impacts other humans. But this type of sinning is running rampant within “the church” in the USA.

So many charlatans and wolves in sheep’s clothing are teaching the people that all they have to do is make a profession of faith in Jesus, and now all their sins are forgiven, and heaven is secured for them when they die, but regardless of how they live. But Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught that, by faith in Jesus, we die with him to sin so that we can now walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to his commands. But if sin, and not obedience, is what we practice, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]

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An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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;
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Michie · Jun 2, 2025

New research shows children of divorce face greater risks of poverty, imprisonment, early death, and emotional instability.

A new study documents the enduring impact of divorce, showing that children raised by divorced parents have lower incomes and higher rates of incarceration, teen birth, and premature death.

Teen births nearly double, from seven per 1,000 teenage girls to 13. Most concerning, the authors also found a “sharp and persistent” rise in teenage deaths.

“Experiencing a divorce at an early age increases children’s risk of teen birth by roughly 60 percent, while also elevating risks of incarceration and mortality by approximately 40 and 45 percent, respectively,” concluded a new working paper titled “Divorce, Family Arrangements, and Children’s Adult Outcomes” by Andrew Johnston, Maggie Jones, and Nolan Pope. The researchers cross-correlated data from the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and the US Census Bureau for children born between 1988 and 1993 whose parents divorced, then studied divorce’s longitudinal effects. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) published the 69-page paper this month.

The working paper compared one million siblings whose parents split up, noting the amount of their childhood each spent in a separated household.

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Michie · Jun 2, 2025

“Support for same-sex marriage among Republicans has dropped 14 points in the last 3 years, per Gallup.” So reports Bryan Metzger, a senior politics reporter for Business Insider. According to Gallup’s analysis of their own numbers:

Ten years after the Supreme Court established same-sex marriage as a constitutional right, national support remains strong and steady at 68%. However, this ostensible stability masks deepening partisan divides. Although Democrats’ and independents’ support continues to rise or hold steady, Republicans’ support—which initially grew in the years following the Obergefell decision—has fallen each of the past three years. The moral acceptability of same-sex relations shows a similar pattern.

Why? What is going on here? We don’t have hard data yet as to what caused the trend. But here are a few thoughts. They are in no particular order and they overlap somewhat.

First, it’s not just a partisan thing. It’s a generational thing. Generation Z’s support for same-sex marriage has “plummeted” in recent years.

Second, well, consider some of the comments in Metzger’s thread. Says Family Research Council’s Joseph Backholm:

People are starting to see the big picture. SSM was sold on the basis that personal happiness is the greatest good. That was never true, but pretending it is has terrible consequences that we are just beginning to experience and come to terms with.

Third, consider some of those terrible consequences. “Maybe pushing gay porn and gender ideology into schools wasn’t such a great idea,” says one commenter in Metzger’s thread. “I had no idea accepting gay marriage meant I would have to accept men in women’s sports and doctors cutting the breasts off of teenage girls,” says another.

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