The bottom line was she didn't pick him because he was gay.

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"To think that we settled...uh...Aber-baijan and Albania, as an example. It was going on for years."

Grandpa Trump doesn't know the difference between Albania and Armenia, and thinks there's a place called Aberbaijan.

Is it time to put him in a nursing home?

Military leaders consider recruiting campaign centered on Charlie Kirk​

Possible slogans discussed include “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors.” There is talk of using Turning Point USA chapters as recruitment centers.
Pentagon leaders are considering a new recruiting campaign that would encourage young people to honor the legacy of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk by joining the military, according to two officials familiar with the planning.

Anthony Tata, who serves as undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, is leading the effort, the officials said.

The idea is facing resistance from some Pentagon leaders who have privately warned those working on the effort that such a campaign could be perceived as the military trying to capitalize on Kirk’s death, the two officials said. Kirk did not serve in the armed forces.

You can dislike much of what Kirk believed, and the following statement is still true: Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way. He was showing up to campuses and talking with anyone who would talk to him. He was one of the era’s most effective practitioners of persuasion. When the left thought its hold on the hearts and minds of college students was nearly absolute, Kirk showed up again and again to break it. Slowly, then all at once, he did. College-age voters shifted sharply right in the 2024 election.

Kirk and I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side on the continued possibility of American politics. It is supposed to be an argument, not a war; it is supposed to be won with words, not ended with bullets. I wanted Kirk to be safe for his sake, but I also wanted him to be safe for mine and for the sake of our larger shared project. The same is true for Shapiro, for Hoffman, for Hortman, for Thompson, for Trump, for Pelosi, for Whitmer. We are all safe, or none of us are.


Ezra Klein has been catching some hate for this piece...

Democrats have blocked more nominees than ever before as they have struggled to find ways to oppose Trump and the GOP-dominated Congress, and as their voters have pushed them to fight Republicans at every turn. It’s the first time in recent history that the minority party hasn’t allowed at least some quick confirmations.

By not allowing even some quick confirmations the Democrats made their obstructionism as obvious as could be. Thus I feel the Republicans took the correct step.

I started going to the gym earlier this year, and recently met someone there. She went out of her way to say hello to me, which--silly me--I thought was nice. I should have been more suspicious. Long story short, I have a disability I cannot hide from others. After a few days of briefly acknowledging one another at the gym, she and I seemed--I thought--to be "making eyes" at one another, so to speak. I kept wanting to have a longer conversation with her, but the timing never worked out.

A few days ago, I was in the middle of my workout, and she was across the gym in the middle of her own work. She came over to me and asked if there was anything she could pray for. I told her I'd been stressed, and she prayed for me right there. I thought that was a bit odd, but refreshingly bold, so I thanked her. She said something to the effect of, "I know God wants us all well." Before I could say anything else, she went back to her workout and left me to mine. I called my mentor at that point, who advised me to make time to talk with her for a few minutes.

This morning, I arrived early. I sat on a bench in the gym and waited for her. When she arrived, I said hello, and again expressed my thanks in praying for me. We were about to proceed with our warm-up on the stairclimbers, and I figured we might actually be able to chat a little. Unfortunately, the only stairclimber I can use safely--due to my disability--was being used, so I went back to the bench and waited.

She finished her workout and came over to me to ask why I wasn't working out. I told her "my" stairclimber was being used and I'd have to wait, because of my disability. She again asked if she could pray for me, and mentioned something about college I didn't quite catch due to the noise of the gym. That's when the flags really started to come up for me; she's a faith healer. I told her I'd had several negative experiences with faith healers in the past, but said it would be okay if she prayed for me. I asked her to repeat what she'd said about college, and she didn't exactly repeat it, but she told me she goes to a local charismatic Christian college that I'm well aware teaches prosperity theology.

After she prayed for me, I tried to chat with her, but I see now she wasn't really interested in me. She was interested in my disability. Her answers to my questions were short, vague, friendly enough, but ultimately, she was done with me. The more I think about it, the more it infuriates me to be treated--yet again--like a project. I've been dealing with this garbage for decades. She slow-played me. What I mistook for some kind of flirtatious interest was her just being nervously excited about possibly healing me.

The worst part is, I fight very hard to try to believe I am not my disability. I've lived my life keenly aware of how different I am from others, and how much "less than" I am. I'm weaker, slower, less efficient, less capable of living like a normal person. I struggle with basic things. Because of my disability, my own family had separate linens and soaps and other things because my things and me would have "spoiled" the good linens and soaps and such. Every time a female has expressed interest in me, it's been because she pitied me, or because she though dating the disabled guy would win her brownie points with God or the "empaths" in her social circle. A lot of guys have "befriended" me for similar reasons.

On top of all that, I get faith healers coming up to me, prying into my medical history. I tell them I'm not interested, and they want to play the "I just want to pray for you" card, like I'm the one being offensive. I humor them and let them pray for me, and I'm discarded as a project that didn't work. Sometimes I've been told I just need more faith, or the sin in my life is prohibiting my healing. I've spent decades of my life praying and believing, trying every mantra and formula, reading all the books, begging God that something would work. For years upon years I struggled to accept myself, on top of years of abuse and ridicule from my peers for the sin of being different.

Christianity tells us we're all broken from what was intended, but then charismatic faith healers come along and say, "You're more broken because you're disabled and you don't have faith. Obviously if you had faith you would be healed." And I know the truth. I know that in Jesus' time, people who had faith aplenty still went unhealed. People got sick and died, and they weren't resurrected. Paul himself suffered from an affliction God refused to take away, so that God's power might be perfected in Paul's weakness. I understand the intellectual arguments, but I still fight to believe that I am not wholly defined by "more broken."

I've never been married, and haven't had a girlfriend in nearly twenty years. The few girlfriends I've had, my disability ended up being the main attraction. I've never had a woman take an interest in me because I'm me, which seems to suggest I'm even more broken than "more broken." I should have been suspicious that a woman seemed to take an interest in me at all, but I'd been praying in recent weeks for God to help me be the man I should be for a wife, and to help me find her. It felt nice to think maybe she was an answer to prayer, but no.

I'm done. I still have the same faith I've always had. If God wants to heal me, He knows where to find me, and I know He can do it. He's healed my lesser afflictions before, and done great and miraculous things in my life. But I am done ever thinking I could have a wife or a family of my own. God is more capable and more likely to heal me than it seems any woman is capable or likely to see me as more than my disability.

I've been told before I have a chip on my shoulder, and I won't dispute it. There are many times I have put that chip down and extended an olive branch to the charismatic set, but more and more they've managed to justify that chip in their inability to see a person, rather than a broken project.

Your job and continued employment are not protected by the First Amendment. Think carefully before you post, etc. The First Amendment does not apply in private workplaces to protect employees’ speech, says Andrew Clark, an attorney who specializes in employment and labor law. It actually protects the employers’ right to make decisions about employees, based on employees’ speech. Post at your own risk.

The company my husband works for let's people know when they hire them that any devices they give them to use for their job keeps an eye on what they are doing work wise or not. Not all companies tell employees this, but I see nothing wrong with it since it's the company that is paying a person for a job and it's the company's devices. My husband doesn't do anything of a personal nature on any of those devices. I'm always curious why some do whatever they want on them besides work. But for whatever reason they do it, they need to realize that it doesn't fall under the first amendment.

What do you think about all of this in relation to employment and free speech and the limitations in the first amendment?

America is starting a “multi-step overhaul” of the naturalization process, which will include changes to the test immigrants need to pass in order to become citizens, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Wednesday.

The naturalization test has existed in some form since the early 1900s, USCIS said, and has changed several times over the decades. The test has since been standardized, and the list of [current] possible questions are publicly available so people can study in advance. The questions are not multiple choice, but some questions have multiple correct answers.

It will be interesting to see what new questions appear.

From the creepy USCIS announcement:

"American citizenship is the most sacred citizenship in the world and should only be reserved for aliens who will fully embrace our values and principles as a nation. By ensuring only those aliens who meet all eligibility requirements ... the American people can be assured that those joining us as fellow citizens are fully assimilated and will contribute to America’s greatness."

I'm new here. I'm glad to be on your forum.

Link here - What do Anglicans believe? - to an very short description of Anglican beliefs.

What do the people here in Scripture, Tradition, Reason think? Does the article depict what you believe?

This is my favourite bit at first glance "We believe that other churches that also confess Jesus as Lord, that baptize in water the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that believe in the Gospel and the Bible are our fellow Christians. Therefore, we do not believe that we are the only true Church."

I'm not here to bash other music. But I've heard enough modern worship songs to know there is a problem. I'm not claiming to have the ultimate solution, but I know if I keep writing I will continue to get better and to capture the essence of worship I remember from songs in my childhood in the 90's.

I just released a short collection of songs with simple, singable lyrics and bible based concepts found in scripture. Instead of telling stories and expressing emotions, my music is about the vertical relation we have with God, needing him, loving him, and receiving the good from Him that we can share with others.

I would be completely honored if you took a listen to my album below. I am offering it for free, I don't have anything to sell . . . just the hope that worship music can go through a renewal phase and go back to the basics if enough people start to write new songs. Blessings!

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This is a nice exchange of ideas with someone who shared some basic truths of the Gospel, in contrast with the failures of Judaism....

Someone said:
In these verses we see a man who, although at one time was full of hatred, now displays love for his fellow man. As a one time zealous Pharisee, Paul understands the blindness of the Israelites to the Gospel. He now understands following a religion does not equate to salvation. Paul’s conversion led to his understand of how Jesus had fulfilled the Law, thereby being the only way to God as Jesus Himself stated in John 14:6: Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Continuing, Paul then teaches concerning righteousness:

“5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.” 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim”

In the following verse’s, Paul proclaims the fundamentals of salvation in Jesus Christ:

“9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile —the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.””

Declaring Jesus is Lord was - and still is - a bold declaration. At that time in history Caesar was lord across the empire. To declare another lord was treason, and grounds for death. Notwithstanding, God has proclaimed Jesus to be Lord of all because, He is the only One who has attained Salvation for all who believe.

As believers we are called upon to share our faith:

“14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!””

The following verses enforce the critical importance of sharing The Good News of The Gospel:

“16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. 18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:
“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.””

In conclusion, Paul writes of how the Gospel message has gone out the the Gentiles:

“19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,
“I will make you envious by those who are not a nation;
I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”
20 And Isaiah boldly says,
“I was found by those who did not seek me;
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”
21 But concerning Israel he says,
“All day long I have held out my hands
to a disobedient and obstinate people.””

I responded:
There is a lot I could comment on here. Pretty well stated, although my theological concerns carry on to certain issues I've had to deal with in other places. So I'll just briefly outline how I view these things in that regard.

Paul understood that the Jewish practice of the Law was intended to show the perfect righteousness of Christ as opposed to the flawed righteousness of Israel. This meant that although Israel's righteousness was accepted of God, resulting in spiritual life and blessing, it was insufficient to obtain Eternal Life.

What makes all righteousness acceptable in God's sight is faith, even from flawed human beings. Israel was told that God's word was near them, indicating they could do what brought life to them. It could not, however, do what Christ did, which is to be raised from the dead and to ascend into heaven.

All true ministers of the Gospel are equipped with the ability to share God's living word with others which, if accepted, can bring them Eternal Life through Jesus Christ. Those who just share empty knowledge of the Gospel are no better than Israel when, after years of repetition and compromise, began to lose their track with God's word that had been near them.

None of this means that Israel was always faulty in their spiritual life. It's just that Israel, along with all nations, fall into spiritual decline over time. This has happened to Christian nations in the NT era.

We should not create too big a contrast between Israel in the OT and the Church in the NT--the results are the same. We begin well and end badly. The system of God's word is the same. But the problem is that society loses God's word over time, since the majority tend to fall away from God's word and from its life.

When Israel fell away from God, through idolatry, God restored them with their repentance. Even today I believe Israel can be restored as a godly nation, just as many Christian nations have fallen into backsliding but have experienced reformations and revivals, restoring their Christian blessing.

The problem with Israel has been, they have had repeated failures, and came, in the time of Christ, to a hardening of their hearts. This could happen to Christians in the NT era too--they just haven't fallen as far as Israel did yet, though that may be coming.

In my personal opinion, I don't think we should give up on either Israel or Christian nations. Hardened hearts require severe chastisement, and judgment against the causes. But Christ came to die for the worst, hardened heart. And we should maintain that charitable attitude towards all, as I see it.

On another issue you raised, I will say that I think Pontius Pilate was less offended at Jesus' claim to be Lord because he said his Kingdom was of heaven, and not in competition with Caesar. It was recognized that his word was true and not covert or deceptive.

So, there was no real threat to the Roman Empire in the sense of military challenge or usurpation. Ultimately, the Roman Empire converted, and obtained the spiritual Kingdom that Israel had lost.

I personally believe Israel has a chance to come back as a nation that it was originally called to be, commiting itself to being a godly nation, a Christian nation. But I understand that idea is controversial within Christianity, and I will not make this too big of an issue here.

Thank you for a nice post! A good one is one that provokes or encourages a positive reaction.

Three female student athletes allege that California school officials allowed a trans-identifying male athlete to compete in girls’ athletic programs and use the girls’ locker room, dismissing multiple reports accusing the male student of making female athletes uncomfortable with unwanted touching and sexual comments.

Advocates for Faith and Freedom, a nonprofit law firm, announced in a press release last Tuesday that it filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the three female athletes from Jurupa Valley High School.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, accuses the California Department of Education, the California Interscholastic Federation and the Jurupa Unified School District of violating Title IX, the Equal Protection Clause and the First Amendment.

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Pray that Jesus Christ Immediately Stops the spread of the deadly brain-eating amoeba in the provincial state region of Kerala, India:

Hello,

My name is Al from Westchester, NY. I was raised RC, but non practicing for many years. I did do 16 years of parochial schools, elementary through college. I have a friend that introduced me to the "Through the Word" app. I have beed listening to it for 4 weeks now and I have been reading the NIV bible. Eeven though they are both "Protestant", I consider myself a Christian first and a RC second. I find the NIV study bible a little easier to read than the Catholic NABRE version. I plan to go back to the NABRE version eventually. I'm retired now, so I do have the time. I just registered at my local parish and plan to go back to mass soon, but I also hope to go to a non denominational church with my Evangelist friend. I feel that I'm on the right path and grateful that I have decided to trully listen to God's word.

Paul and the other New Testament apostles, although they were not perfect people, they led exemplary lives which we can follow. But please make certain that you read about them and that you read their words in the correct biblical context, for there are people who are taking Paul’s words out of context and are trying to make a case that Paul was somehow daily struggling with sin, and then that gives them the excuse to keep regularly giving into their sinful practices without guilt or remorse. Please read:

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Now for us to observe those who walk according to the pattern that we have in Paul and the other New Testament apostles, since we were not there with them when they were alive and in person with the people, we can only get to know them by becoming students of the Scriptures who read and study them in their correct biblical context. And the best way to do that is to read the New Testament books in their entirety before drawing wrong conclusions. Especially do this with the epistles. Then you will know of which Paul spoke.

But basically these were God-fearing men, called of God to his service, who by faith in Jesus Christ died to sin, were reborn of the Spirit, and who walked (in conduct) in holiness and righteousness, in walks of obedience to God, in surrender to his will. Their lives were committed to Christ and to getting out the message of the gospel to the people of the world, even if it meant beatings, imprisonments, false charges against them, rejections, and persecutions of many kinds. Still they persevered, even to their deaths.

Now, here we need to make certain that we are believing the correct biblical gospel, for there are many variations of “the gospel” which are not the gospel, for they leave out very critical aspects of the message of the gospel. For the gospel of Christ teaches that, by faith in Jesus Christ, we die with Christ to sin that we might live to him and to his righteousness. But if sin is still what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord, in practice, then according to the Scriptures, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

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).

Yet, many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ are following after a diluted and altered “gospel” message which is not of God, and they are walking (in conduct, in practice) as enemies of the cross of Christ, for they believe that no works are required of them and that they can still walk in sin, and not in accord with the commands of God, and still have their sins forgiven and heaven guaranteed them when they die. But that is not the biblical gospel, but a creation of the flesh of humans to excuse away sin.

Seek the Lord

Based off Isaiah 55
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”

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Worldly Mindedness
An Original Work / September 18, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

This is an important time in our country. We need transparency in government and people like Pritzker need to be called out and held accountable. The violent rhetoric needs to stop.

From the moment we start believing in the Lord, although we may pray, read the Bible and sing hymns every day, and go to church, praise the Lord, and listen to sermons every week, does worshiping God in spirit and in truth involve only these external practices? We can recall that when the Samaritan woman asked the Lord Jesus where she should worship God, and the Lord Jesus replied: “The hour comes, when you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. … when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:21, 23–24). The Lord Jesus clearly told people God’s will and requirements: It doesn’t matter where one worships God, nor should one follow any rule or ceremony, but rather one must worship God in spirit and in truth. This is also our principle of practice for worshiping God. But most of the time we only focus our effort on our external practices; we are careful to pray a little longer and say a little more; we read verses in the Bible over and over, trying to memorize them; we attend church in all weather, wind or rain, hot or cold; we organize all kinds of activities or put on various shows to praise the Lord, and we always take part with a positive attitude; and so on. From the outside, we appear to be expending much effort and paying a high price to praise the Lord, and that we suffer greatly, but how many times do we speak what’s in our hearts when we pray to God? How many times during the course of reading the Bible, singing hymns or attending church and listening to sermons do we make efforts to be close to God and contemplate the Lord’s words? How many times as we worship God do we seek the Lord’s will and understanding of the Lord’s words? Some brothers and sisters have practiced in this way for many years, yet they still don’t understand the truth, they have no knowledge of the Lord, and when things happen to them, they still sin frequently and live within the bondage and constraints of sin. In this we are faced with a serious problem, which is that most of the time we spend praying, reading the Bible, going to church and listening to sermons, we are merely going through the motions. We are not actually worshiping God in spirit and in truth, nor are we practicing the truth to satisfy God. No matter how well we may keep to these external practices, God does not approve.

So, how can we worship God in spirit and in truth as we pray or read the Bible? Let’s read a passage of God’s words together. God’s words say, “A normal spiritual life is a life lived before God. When praying, one can quiet one’s heart before God, and through prayer, one can seek the Holy Spirit’s enlightenment, know God’s words, and understand God’s will. By eating and drinking of His words, people can gain a clearer and more thorough understanding of God’s current work. They can also gain a new path of practice, and will not cling to the old; what they practice will all be to achieve growth in life. As for prayer, it is not about speaking a few nice-sounding words or breaking down in tears before God to show how indebted you are; rather, its purpose is to train oneself in the use of the spirit, allowing one to quiet one’s heart before God, to train oneself to seek out guidance from God’s words in all matters, so that one’s heart can be drawn to a fresh new light each day, and so that one will not be passive or lazy and may set foot upon the right track of putting God’s words into practice”

In theodicies we consider God almighty and how evil still occurs. Can God really turn Satan's heart into repentance at any time He wants, or annihilate him?

Some suppose that God has a special purpose for evil we don't know yet. Or God makes some people for Hell, but that isn't good. Then one can look at the beginning of sin among the angels and, why could not God save them, or bring to a quick repentance, or know ahead of time not to create certain angels. Some say evil leads to an appreciation of the constant good, and prevents conceit and arrogance. But if God is omniscient and omnipotent, then He does not need evil for any purpose, outside or inside Himself. God needs Satan? Can God prevent us from free willing bad choices? Because of free will, I do not think He can.

Which gives, to some limit? Onmibenevolence, Omniscience, omnipotence?

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis was driven to tears this week while talking about Charlie Kirk's death, noting she disagreed with him but hopes he found comfort in his faith as he died.

"I mean, I disagreed with him on almost every point I ever heard him say. But I believe he was a man of faith, and I hope in that moment when he died, that he felt connected to his faith," Curtis said on the "[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] With Marc Maron" podcast Monday.

“Even though I find what his ideas were abhorrent to me, I still believe he's a father and a husband and a man of faith, and I hope whatever 'connection to God' means, that he felt it," she added.

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“These things” include immorality, any impurity, greed, filthy language, coarse jesting, covetousness, idolatry, and the like (see also Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Colossians 3:5-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8). And if we are those who practice such things as these, habitually and deliberately, we will have no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. For because of these things the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience who continue in sin.

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).

Therefore, we are not to be partakers with those who walk (in conduct, in practice) in deliberate sin and in disobedience to our Lord. And this includes people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, too. For the faith which saves us from our sins, and which promises us eternal life with God, is of God, and according to his will, and empowered and persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die with Christ to sin and to walk with him in obedience to his commands.

So, we are no longer to participate in the works of darkness and in sinful practices and in walks of disobedience to our Lord’s commandments. For if our faith in Jesus is genuine biblical faith, which is of God, and not of human flesh, then our lives of walking in sin and in disobedience to God should now be a thing of the past. And now we should be walking (in conduct, in practice) in the light of God’s truth, goodness, and righteousness. And we should be seeking the Lord to know what is pleasing to him and to do it.

Not only are we not to walk (in conduct) in sin and in disobedience to our Lord in living in ways contrary to his will and purpose for our lives, but we are to be those who are exposing the fruitless deeds of darkness. We should be those who are calling out the lies which so many people are believing as truth. For so many people are being deceived into exchanging the truth of the gospel for a lie. And they are being convinced that God does not require of them obedience and death to sin for salvation and eternal life with God.

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, 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 as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Seek the Lord

Based off Isaiah 55
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”

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Don’t Be Partakers With Them
An Original Work / September 17, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Trump's Air Force One Has Close Encounter With Spirit Jet: 'Pay Attention!'​

Air traffic controllers repeatedly ordered the pilots of Spirit Airlines flight 1300 to turn away from Air Force One Tuesday over Long Island, New York as Air Force One was carrying President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and others to the U.K. for the state visit, CBS News reported.

"Spirit 1300 turn 20 degrees right," an air traffic controller radioed to the pilots, CBS News reported, citing recordings from liveatc.net. of the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Boston. Controllers said, according to CBS, "Pay attention. Get off the iPad."

When the Spirit pilots acknowledged the transmission, the air traffic controller replied: "Pay attention. Spirit 1300 traffic off your left wing by six mi--- or eight miles, 747. I'm sure you can see who it is. Keep an eye out for him—he's white and blue."

Preliminary flight data from Flightradar24 showed that the Spirit Airbus A321 and Air Force One were flying parallel to each other eight miles apart, and were 11 miles apart when they were on the closest path where they could converge.

Hopefully well. Are you guys ready for fall?

What's the latest at your parishes and in your lives (if you care to share)?

Hey!
God has told me several times that the world economy will soon collapse. God wants me to warn others. Please help out. Guess its the great tribulation.
Banks create debt, and now the debts are likely too large.

I am placing the discussion here because God has also mentioned the agenda behind the fake "climate crisis". It is a conspiracy. There is no climate crisis. The reason for focusing on CO2 is that carbon can function as money. They want to introduce a new financial system - carbon credits. Because it is a very unfair system and would require mass surveillance, it must be promoted through fear.

"Antifa is terrible," the president said. "These aren't protests, these are crimes that they're doing. They're throwing bricks at cars of the ICE and Border Patrol. … They're professional agitators. … They should be put in jail. What they're doing to this country is really subversive."