In a bid to deescalate, India has already lowered duties on Harley-Davidson motorcycles and bourbon whiskey, both politically symbolic U.S. exports. But the new offer goes much further and directly addresses the White House’s core complaints.

This is fantastic for our country. India has been tough on the United States.

A Tennessee Lookout photojournalist on Sunday documented buses leaving a U.S. Department of Homeland Security facility in Nashville. Family members of the alleged detainees were also present, protesting the alleged detentions.
In a statement, Mellissa Harper, Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans Field Office Director, did not specifically confirm the Nashville action but said, “Protecting the safety and security of our communities remains a top priority for ICE. As part of our ongoing mission to uphold U.S. immigration laws, our targeted enforcement operations are specifically focused on individuals who threaten public safety or national security. These efforts help ensure that our neighborhoods remain safe and that immigration laws are enforced.”

Yesterday, I again thought I really gave my life to Christ. But today, I have reason to wonder if I'm saved. The issue has to do with pride. Can a Christian have a good feeling of accomplishment because of something they did, without being prideful?

Based off Psalm 37 and 46
An Original Work / February 29, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

God’s our refuge and our strength,
An ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear,
Though the mountains fall into the sea.
The Lord Almighty is with us;
God of Jacob is our fortress.
“Be still, and know that I am God;
Exalted I’ll be.”

Trust in the Lord and do good;
And delight yourself in the Lord,
And He will give you your heart’s desires.
Commit your way to the Lord.
Trust in Him and He will do this:
He will make your righteousness shine
Like the dawn, the justice of your
Cause – the noon-day sun.

Be still before the Lord,
And wait patiently for Him; do not fear.
Fretting only leads to evil.
Put your hope in Jesus Christ.
If the Lord delights in your way,
He makes your steps firm and steady.
The Lord upholds you with His hand,
So you will not fall.

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I was extremely angry over Archbishop Elpidophoros's "multiple spoons" blasphemy in 2020 during the covid hysteria. I am again angry and upset over this newest grave error. The core of this is a disbelief in God. ETA: Somebody on FB shared this website. I've never been to it before. The journalist speaks in harsh tones for which I'm not a fan of, but the crux of the issue is addressed.

President Trump is slowly dismantling the two-tiered justice system.

I received an early Mother’s Day present from my daughter yesterday, a St.Dymphna medal, which I wanted.. She lived in the 7th century. Question, I know that the RCC investigates everyone who becomes a saint very well before canonizing them. But how can we be assured that the stories of the Saints from that time period aren’t legends or partly legends? Even Catholic online says “one version“ of her story, making it indefinite.

AND 1 Cor 15:29 , Else what shall they that do which are BAPTIZED for the DEAD , if the DEAD rise not at all

Why are they BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD ??

What say you ??

dan p

I've been praying lately and do ask for prayers on this too as well. I want to know what translation of the bible is best. I've been praying that I be guided into the translation thats best for my walk with God? I dont know if that means I'm also asking by extension the best preserved/literal/closest to the original manuscripts. I just want to know and am asking for advice and guidance along with some info. I'm inviting people on here to present their case for why the translation that they recommended is best. What makes you choose your translation? I'm asking for good solid evidence, thanks.

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., were among the Democrats who drew accusations of hypocrisy on social media for expressing outrage at an AI-generated meme of President Donald Trump as pope, despite flouting core Catholic teachings.

Trump and the White House's official X account prompted debate over the weekend for a fake picture showing Trump adorned in papal garb and a crucifix while extending his finger. Trump joked to a press gaggle last week that he would be his own "number one choice" to be pope before noting he has "no preference."

While Trump's meme drew dismay from conservative Catholics, including Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who told reporters in Rome that "it wasn't good," some also suggested that the outrage Hochul, Lieu and other Democrats expressed was selective and fake, noting the litany of anti-Catholic incidents and sentiment during the Biden administration that went without criticism.

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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leadership to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals by at least 20% across the military, according to a memo signed by Hegseth dated Monday and obtained by CNN. A defense official confirmed the memo’s authenticity.

As of 2023, there were 37 four-star generals and admirals across the entire military.



This will mark the third time in the past few decades such cuts (or proposed cuts) have been made to top brass



In 2013, then–Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel ordered a 20% reduction in the number of top brass and senior civilians at the Pentagon by 2019. This initiative aimed to trim an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 positions and was part of broader efforts to reduce military bureaucracy and overhead costs.


In 2010, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced plans to cut 50 general and admiral positions and eliminate 150 senior civilian roles as part of a broader effort to instill a "culture of savings and restraint" within the Department of Defense.

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I expressed such an idea some time back. With all of the Democrats efforts to keep illegals in the country a stronger incentive was needed rather than just telling them they would never be allowed back in the country if they did not self-deport. If they realize they will probably eventually be caught why not take the $1000 and have a chance to file legally for citizenship?

Catholic leaders and some members of the Church hierarchy in the United States have criticized President Donald Trump for sharing an AI-generated image of himself dressed as a pope.

Trump, who frequently shares memes of himself on social media, posted the image to Truth Social on Friday after joking that he would like to be chosen as the next pope. The White House subsequently posted the photo on its official X account.

The social media posts came just days after the president said he would “like to be pope” when a reporter asked him who he hopes is selected for the papacy in the upcoming papal conclave. As part of his response to that same question, he went on to say he actually had “no preference” while also touting Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York as a “very good” candidate.

Trump’s latest joke about the matter received pushback from some Catholic leaders, including Dolan, Bishop Robert Barron, Bishop Thomas Paprocki, and the entire New York Catholic Conference. As of the time of publication, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) had not issued a statement nor responded to a request for comment from CNA.

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Hi everyone, I would greatly appreciate your prayers- I need prayer for my mother, she is on the way to the ER at the local hospital, she has had extremely dark and black stools for several days now and she is going to have it looked at. I checked online and apparently dark stools can be a sign of bleeding in the GI tract. Please pray for her healing and also for both of my parent's salvation, both are elderly and are not saved. Thank you!

A Maryland pastor has been charged with stealing approximately $135,000 from his church, with him allegedly using the funds on sports betting and food deliveries.

Daniel Champ, 42, is charged with theft of over $135,000 and embezzlement from First Baptist Church of Hartford County, CBS News affiliate WJZ-TV reported last week.

According to authorities, Champ is slated for a court appearance later this month and has been removed from the church’s account. He has also been ordered to leave his residence on the church’s property.

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Peace in Christ.

MANY are working THE (definite article) iniquity….the church handwriting of ordinances/dogmas. They are going down the broad way to their destruction.

Mat 7:21-23
(21) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

They are using their handwriting to judge others….casting out others as “devils”.

Supposedly in the name of God…His authority…they are judging others according to their own standards…their church handwritings….their many “wonderful works.” They sit in the temple of God as God…as judges supposedly for God.

(22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

They work THE (definite article) iniquity (their handwriting being used as a basis for judging others)…and MANY are going the broad way to their own destruction of their mortal bodies. We show we know Him by the doing of His commandments....not by doing the commandments of men that are contained in their church documents that they made for themselves to keep and work. No flesh is being saved among the man-based churches.

(23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work (THE) iniquity.

The keeping and working of the church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas over God’s commandments which are written upon our hearts and minds is lawlessness.

The mystery of THE iniquity (the handwriting) is already at work. The church handwriting is not being seen as the iniquity. It is not being identified as another "god"....an "image"...a graven image. No one in the churches of fleshly-minded men are seeing that their handwritings are the iniquity. It's a "mystery"...the shutting of the mouth ...to them.

It brings desolation to the church that is centered around it’s handwriting. The glory of God has departed from it. We find no peace there. We find the famine of hearing the Word of God in truth there. We find mortal death there.

But our Lord shall deliver the righteous out of the man-based churches…like He did with Lot. The righteous will hear the Word of Truth and believe.

“Lot” means “veil” or “covered”. The righteous must be removed from the man-based churches so that the wicked are the only ones left in them. God will not destroy the righteous with the wicked. They must be completely removed first leaving only the wicked behind in the man-based churches who will then be punished in the day of Christ…the day of judgment.

2Th 2:5-8 KJV
(5) Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
(6) And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

Just as Lot was removed before the destruction of Sodom, the righteous must be completely removed from all of the man-based churches. The “cover” must be removed so that the wicked are completely revealed and then dealt with by our Lord.

He who letteth will let until he be taken out of the way.

Remember how Lot “lingered” around in Sodom and had to be taken by the hand ….being mercifully removed. There will be people who will believe in the Word of Truth when they hear it but will continue to “linger” around in their man-based churches…for whatever reason.

But God in His mercy shall remove them before the day of judgment.

(7) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
(8) And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Lot LINGERED….he did “let”….until he was taken out of the way.

Gen 19:15-17 KJV
(15) And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
(16) And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
(17) And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

For God knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations. These temptations will come to those who linger around in the man-based churches as the wicked in them will “vex” them for believing in the Word of Truth. They will be tempted to return evil for their evil words and deeds.

2Pe 2:6-9 KJV
(6) And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
(7) And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

The righteous who will continue to “linger” in the man-based churches….dwelling among them… will be vexed in their souls with the unlawful deeds that will be done towards them for their believing. They will be tempted to return evil for their evil….but God in His mercy shall remove them. He who letteth will let until he be taken out of the way.

(8) (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds)
(9) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

When the righteous are completely removed out of the man-based churches (the “cover” is removed), then the wicked shall be left all together in the man-based churches and will be punished in the day of judgment….the day of Christ.

2Th 2:8-12 KJV
(8) And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
(9) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

The wicked will not receive the love of the Truth when they will hear it and be saved. They will take pleasure in their unrighteousness while they speak and do evil towards those who will hear and believe in the Word of Truth. The believers of the Truth will not return evil for their evil.

(10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
(11) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

I'm not going to tackle the outright issue of antisemitism but I will say that it is wrong and we should love all people regardless of their ethnic or religious background as a way to bring them into the faith (as Jesus said, Christians are the salt of the world (Matt 5:13) and if we aren't doing His work, the world is going to lose its saltiness and it would be no good).

But something that really frustrates me is the term "Christ Killer" as a way to stick it to the Jews. The term, from what I know, originated as a way of basically saying that Jews have no right to exist because it was the Jews in the 1st century who wanted Jesus crucified. So to my understanding, this is a way to say that Jews are solely (or mostly) responsible for the crucifixion. Well Christianity 101 says that is false and even blasphemous.

EVERYBODY is the Christ Killer. All sinners killed Jesus, not just the Jews. The crucifixion of our Lord is a central aspect of Christianity and for a man to deny the theological significance of his own sin causing the death of Jesus, is he really a believer? Is Jesus' death an atonement for your sins after He suggested multiple times that He was going to be crucified for humanity's sake? So to call a Jew the "Christ Killer" is a way to essentially say that the Jews murdered Jesus when Jesus allowed himself to be killed for OUR sake (a snap of His fingers would have summoned 72,000 angels to come to His rescue during Jesus' arrest but He refused). Yes, there is more fault at the hands of those who personally killed him (such as Judas and the 1st century Pharisees) but 'Jews killed Jesus' in the 21st century is denying the atonement of our sins that can be found in Jesus' sacrifice for humanity.

More churches across the U.S. are embracing the use of Artificial Intelligence in their ministries, but pastors have stopped short of using the technology to prepare their sermons, data from the State of the Church Tech 2025 report shows.

The report, created by Pushpay, a leading payments and engagement solutions provider for the faith-based and nonprofit sectors, was done in partnership with Engiven and Checkr. The data for the report was collected in February from about 8,000 church leaders.

According to the report, the use of AI has increased by 80% across all ministries in churches, but only for specific tasks.

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Killers leave jihadist note: ‘You, infidel, will meet Allah in judgment'

NAIROBI, Kenya — Islamists killed an evangelist after he led several Muslims to faith in Christ at an open-air event in eastern Uganda last month, sources said.

David Washume of Manga cell, Mungoma Ward, Nabumali town council in Mbale District was stabbed to death on April 3 as he made his way back from three days of preaching in the Nalondo, Buwalasi and Nabumali areas, area sources said. He was 38.

With fellow evangelist Fred Wepuhulu, Washume incorporated quranic verses and biblical references in his preaching, emphasizing the divinity of Christ and the humanity of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, said one of those attending the event. Washume spoke in the town of Nabumali on the third day of their campaign.

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Toms River’s council has begun proceedings to forcibly acquire Christ Episcopal Church’s 11‑acre campus for “public use” at a time when the 160‑year‑old parish is seeking permission to open a 17‑bed shelter for the homeless.

During a contentious April 30 meeting, the council voted 4–3 to move forward with a plan that would let the town purchase the church and five other properties — or take them by force if the owners refuse to sell — to build two new public parks, the Episcopal News Service reported.

Mayor Daniel Rodrick, an outspoken critic of homelessness in the seaside community, was quoted as saying he wants pickleball courts, a soccer field, a playground and a skate park on the church grounds.

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Shalom

This weekend, May 10th and 11th, evangelistic meetings will take place here in Salzburg.

Brothers and sisters also regularly hold book tables and distribute evangelistic literature.

We ask for your support in prayer:

+ that the Lord opens people's hearts as He did Lydia's (Acts 16:4)

+ that the Holy Spirit opens people's eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and lead them to repentance (Acts 26:16-18)

+ that the Lord Jesus will be glorified there!
May God also continue to draw the people we have already reached to Himself in Jesus' name, Amen (John 6:44).

Thank you for your prayers!

May the Lord bless you abundantly (Luke 6:38; Job 42:10), and may He bless Israel in Jesus' name, Amen!

Soli Deo Gloria

PS And I pray that the Lord will send out harvesters into his harvest (Matthew 9:38).

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul is well-pleased. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations.
Thus says the God, Yahweh, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on it And spirit to those who walk in it,
Isa 42:1-9 LSB

Wait for his law.
For finding fault with them, He says,
When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
Heb 8:8-13 LSB

A new covenant has new laws, a new priesthood, and a new sacrifice. The law of Yahweh is is written upon the heart and it is new.

In 1 Cor 1:14 it reads , I give thanks that I BAPTIZED none of you , EXCEPT CRISPUS and GAIUS .

But the Greek word WATER // HYDOR is not in the GREEK TEXT !!

What say you , if it is NOT water , how did Paul BAPTIZE // BAPTISO , them ??

And is BAPTISM FOR TODAY ??

WHAT SAY YOU ??

dan p