A mass shooting at Michigan State University turned a routine Monday night into a "nightmare" after three people were killed, and several others were transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.

The gunman, whose disappearance after two shooting instances on campus sparked a campus-wide manhunt and dozens of responding police agencies, was found dead off-campus.

Who is the suspect?

Police released images of the suspect shortly after their first press conference.

Identified as a 43-year-old man with no affiliation to the school, police said they did not have a reason the individual was on the campus Monday night. Images of the suspect show a man wielding a handgun, wearing a denim jacket, black pants, and red shoes.



Prayers for everyone involved.

Two Dutch F-35 fighter jets were scrambled to identify and intercept three aircraft flying near the Polish border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on Monday, according to the Dutch Defense Ministry.

“The at-the-time unidentified aircraft approached the Polish NATO area of responsibility from Kaliningrad,” the ministry said in a statement.

“After identification, it turned out to be three aircraft: A Russian IL-20M Coot-A that was being escorted by two SU-27 Flankers. The Dutch F-35s escorted the formation from a distance and handed over the escort to NATO partners.”

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Perhaps Russia is testing the waters here with regards to encroachment into NATO territory.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville seems to think abortions are done "up to and past the moment of birth."

Huh? What could possibly be more stupid?

Sen. Tommy Tuberville Says Abortions Happen 'Past the Moment of Birth'

These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
— Matthew 10:5-6

So here we have Jesus deliberately telling His disciples to not go to the Gentiles nor the Samaritans. How many Gentiles and Samaritans could have been saved if Jesus would have sent some disciples there?

"The Biden administration should be ashamed," Britt told Fox News Digital. "This is a flagrant failure of the president to uphold his oath of office to ‘preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.' Quite simply, he has chosen to pander to the far-left wing of the Democratic Party instead of advancing America’s interests."

"Voting in our country is a sacred right that must solely be limited to American citizens. This is simple common sense," she said.

With all of the Chinese coming through our southern border this is concerning.

There are so many different kinds of churches we can't describe them all!
They are as diverse as people.

Therefore, it seems only natural that the saying, "The Right Church For Me" is valid because
it would also be the same thing as when people look for a marriage partner "the right person for me".

But it seems to me there is something a little unbiblical and unJesus-like if I can say haha.

It seems like we should be able to love Jesus, serve and worship in any church because if we are truly
doing it for God, and no other reason, then it shouldn't matter. But the reality is, we are going to church
for many other reasons too. Praise styles, sermon styles, old people, young people, singles, or married/families,
you name it. If we are hopping around churches looking for the "right church for me"....would you say this is
approved by Jesus or are we being selfish, self-worshipping ?

Here is an example for me.
I have 2 churches I could choose to attend. One church as literally no single girls for me. The other church has a few. Therefore,
I chose to go to the church that has more single girls because I'd rather go there than the church that has no single girls.
But I also go to church to worship God, serve in ministry, and grow in the family/body of Christ...but I won't lie that a church
with no single girls would not be a good church for me because I am always seeking to find or meet a partner. But this just
makes me feel guilty at the same time.....I should be able to go to any church and feel God's love right?

I’ve read on the internet that doctors and psychologists are not for christians to visit because of their origin. Now I have terrible OCD and I’ve learned about ERP and want to apply that, but because of what I’ve read I don’t know anymore whether I should use ERP. And what to do if you have a symptom in your body which can be cancer and then you can’t go to the doctor?

I am all in on this one. Actually discusses policy. Was not afraid in SC to do what was right even when party disagreed. Solid conservative

...Will China will send the US balloons for Valentine's Day?

Here at CF or go to any Christian forum, discord, etc. You’ll see discussion of every other topic but this. I'm not talking about news articles.

Sometimes I really wonder about our Christianity. 30,000+ people die people are crushed and trapped under buildings and we can just go on our next sermon and worship service. I don’t see the pain and compassion shared for the suffering that is happening in the church. Sure we can send our finances to this and that relief organization, but still, I see something else. Not even a discussion about this here. We’re too busy with our comfortable lives here in the West or is it our doctrines we hide behind?

There should have been international fasting and prayer mourning with the cancellation of all other meetings. Twenty-four-hour prayer chains just praying for the people of Türkiye in Syria. Yes, that would be the Church. We should be attending vigils, alongside Turkish and Syrian people. What would Jesus do is lost in translation while we cling to our false piety, while the world goes to hell in a handbasket and we say “oh well, what’s for dinner?”

Shame on us. It is sin. As the late Christian singer Keith Green said, “This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on earth.” I’m not here to win blessing points or win a popularity contest. Let’s get rid of apathy and indifference.

The Lord Jesus said, [Mat 21:13 NIV] "It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it 'a den of robbers.'" What den is your church?

[Jas 4:17 NIV] 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them.

[Jon 4:10-11 NIV] But the LORD said, "You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell they're right hand from their left--and also many animals?"

[Rev 3:15-17 NIV] 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Several parishioners leaving Saint Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday morning were "shocked" to find out the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is considering filing for bankruptcy.

"Everyone was reacting in different ways," said one man, referring to the moment when a letter revealing financial concerns for the Diocese was read aloud.

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The thread title is not completely accurate, but it occurred to me while listening to Madonna sing "Don't cry for me Argentina" so take that as you will
I was thinking on the words above in italics.

Are they true?

Colossians 1:14-15

• "In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
• Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:"

Revelation 16:2

• "And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image."

Whether it is the image [eikon] of Christ or the image [eikon] of the beast, it is signifying the representation or likeness of that thing. For example, Scripture tells us Christ is the exact "image" of God. If we worship Christ, we are worshipping God. Likewise, the "image" of the beast is that which represents or is a likeness of Satan. If we worship the image or that which is like Satan, we worship Satan. Colossians 1 tells us Christ is the image of God, and it is just to worship that image. The beast is the image of Satan, and it is unrighteous to worship that image.

By the Spirit, true believers are conformed to God's image, and the likeness or image of the beast is what ALL the wicked by nature conform to. By nature, they worship him because they are ruled over by him as we are by Christ, and they are slaves to him. Receiving the mark, name or number of the beast signifies professing servants of God have gone into apostasy, a falling away of God's people to the abominations taking place in the holy place.

Matthew 24:15-16

• "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand: )
• Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:"

Those who do not flee are (or will be) deceived and marked of Satan's carnal congregation (the beast) as that is "signifying" they belong to him. Just as God of old marked His people on the forehead in the midst of abominations in His holy city "signifying" they belong to Him. God was painting a spiritual picture for us that we might compare Scripture with Scripture and come to the truth of the matter. Today's church really needs to ask itself this pertinent question. Are they of the likenes of Christ who represents love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness and temperance--or are we worshiping him who represents greed, unfaithfulness, hatred, uncleanness, lust, idolatry, spiritual drunkenness, envying, and murder? What image is really beloved and do they really worship? What spirit are they really in? Is it that of Christ in obedience or is it really that spirit of the adversary in disobedience (Ephesians 2:2)? Are we enamored with the kingdoms of this world (Romans 12:2), or the world to come (Mark 10:30). That determines who we worship, serve and whose image we seek after!

Matthew 4:8-10

• "Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
• And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
• Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

Satan offers the same temptation to us today, and we either are drawn to or adapt to his image or Christ's. For just as true believers, as servants of God, are conformed to the image [eikon] or likeness of Christ (Romans 8:29) to worship him, so in this same way the servants of Satan (the pseudo or anti-christ) are conformed to his image [eikon] or likeness to worship him. Unfortunately, as I see it here, some people think that people will be literally worshipping a physical statue, but as we worship the Lord in spirit and truth conforming to His image, so the wicked worship Satan in spirit and lies, conforming to his image. Selah! We all either serve one master or the other, there is no in-between or gray area. If we are opposed to the doctrines of Christ, we are serving the beast and are conformed to worship his image. Just as we have the name of Christ as Christian spiritually upon us as His children, they have the name of the beast spiritually upon them as children of the Devil. Just as we are marked of God unto salvation, so they are marked of the beast unto damnation.

Ezekiel 9:4

• "And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof."

There is nothing new under the sun saith the preacher. God marked His servants of old who cried over the abominations of His people in the holy city. Not with physical mark or seal. SPIRITUAL! The faithful in His congregation today are spiritually marked in their forehead illustrating they are the true servants bought with a price by Christ. Likewise, Satan spiritually marks his own, where they become his children, with his name or moniker and number. The image of the beast is a portrait of the "exact opposite" of the body of Christ, the Temple of Christ, the image of Christ. We worship in either one likeness or in the other. We are under one "representation" of one kingdom or the other. The Kingdom of Christ or the kingdom of the beast.

So then, I believe that the image of the beast signifies being "like" Satan, as those who don't worship Christ or who don't conform to His image, worship and conform to the antichrist's image. The beast from the bottomless pit is the spirit of evil, the likeness of Satan, whom the unfaithful worship.

There you go!

It is no secret that over the last 25 years I have journeyed between a few denominations and different churches. Sometimes I had to change due to moving, other times due to changing beliefs. These are all churches that I was a dues paying member at, some pretty involved in on different groups, sometimes being a weekly (or more) attending member for several years or longer.

Out of the 7 churches that I was a member at during that time exactly 0 reached out when I stopped attending or donating. No phone calls, no letters, not even an email to check in. I am not saying that these actions would have brought me back, but at bare minimum churches really ought to reach out in some way to see if members are OK, or at least to see if they should be removed from the membership rolls. There was a time in my life that I was really struggling with faith, a simple hand and reaching out would have gone a very long way.

So churches, task someone at your organization with reaching out in some way, even an email, to members that have not been to church in a few weeks or a month.

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I'm interested in both Catholic and Orthodox answers to how Adam's sin was passed on.

Catholic doctrines around the blessed Mary, seem to imply genetic transfer of sin. That is you get it from you parents. It appears to me as a non "Cathodox" Christian, that Catholics believe that blessed Mary had to be sinless so as not to pass sin onto Christ?

I have always held to "federal" view of Adam's sin from Rom 5:12. Adam as our human representative, chose sin and that impacted us, as we were represented by him and impacted by his choice. The effects of Adamic sin doesn't come from our parents but from Adam's headship of humanity. However Christ, being the 2nd person of the trinity, was not under Adam's headship, so Adam's sins effect was not transmitted to him.

Is standard Catholic position that sin is passed directly from our parents?

I was in an accident where I hit a parked trailer. It was a landscaping type trailer that sticks out into the road further than a parked vehicle would. It's painted black and has no kind of red and white or yellow and black safety markings on it. And I received a pretty substantial laceration that needed lots of sutures and staples to close. My insurance covered the cost of my car and medical bills. But of course I'm hearing "you should contact a lawyer". With the idea that I'd probably get a big cash settlement. I do blame the owner of this thing I hit for not making it more visible considering how far it sticks out into a fairly narrow road.

But as a Christian I'm not looking to receive money like if I won a lottery or whatever. I don't want to do something that amounts to greed. And I don't know how far the law firm would want to take it since they'll get a percentage of the settlement that's reached. The lawsuit would be against the owner's insurance company, but what if the law firm wants an amount that exceeds the owners coverage? What if the owners insurance premiums skyrocket etc?

Should I just leave it be?

Does it seem strange to anyone else that we are shooting down objects, without knowing what they are? And then we can't find them! Why not send some helicopters to accompany the jets that shoot them down? At least then we could track them. Not sure what is going on.
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Hi everyone!

It’s been a minute since I’ve been around,and I’m in a far better mental place!

So this is something.sometimes I ponder about the question above.I absolutely know Jesus is with all believers in the world and guides them personally.But with that being said,will he have time to interact with everyone in heaven and the new earth?

Hello everyone, I've been registered for about a week so far, but have hesitated to make this post. I'm a 36 year old married man with a family of 6. I grew up in a very confusing and broken charasmatic household. I was sexually abused during the course of my early years and was medically neglected when it came to my mental health. I started having delusions that I was a prophet and that God told me to do certain things etc etc....It wasn't until i had a mental break in my late twenties that I was diagnosed with Bipolar 1, anxiety, panic disorder and ptsd. After I was properly medicated the delusions and issues with God went away. Shortly after that after seeing a series of "deconstructing faith" videos I started to fall away into atheism. I kept that position for many years and even influenced my wife to lose her faith in God as well. I haven't been able to put christianity down no matter what issues I think I have with it. I always come back to it. For example I don't understand Noah's flood and how it could be possible. I don't understand why there is so much violence in the OT. I don't even understand the garden of eden and the fruit. So many questions and so little in the way of answers.

I've since shifted my position to saying I'm agnostic. It's because there is something that makes even less sense than all my problems with the bible. That is the devil and his control over this world. I can see him. I see him in hollywood with all their symbolism and satanic obsessions. I see it in all the interviews with musicians that claim they sold their soul to the devil and sometimes they don't even know how they wrote their own music. I see it in the globalist elite who meet at places like the world economic forum or bohemian grove and discuss how to control the masses. It all seems to match up to the book of revelation. And if the book of revelation is real and satan is real than God must be real also. See my dilemma?

I apologize for making this so long but posting on here has been weighing on my mind for days. I come with an open mind and heart. I do not harbour any anger towards God for my life experiences or blame anyone other than the people responsible. Thanks again!

Who should host the Daily Show?

I think that AOC needs to go back to tending bar, frankly; she wouldn't know a fascist if one came up and punched her in the nose.

On the other hand, while I do approve of the message that "Jesus gets us", I also think there are a lot better ways they could have spent $20 million dollars instead of wasting it on television ads. Think of the clothing and food they could have provided for the homeless, even if just for a couple of days. Think of the medical bills they could have paid off for destitute people. Think of the prescriptions they could have filled for elderly folks who simply can't afford to pay for them.