Edit I am looking at Gleeson Archers book now, and it seems to be saying the opposite of what that website says. then it says there are 268 of those citations.

Is he saying they translated the MT into Greek to compare or is he saying they compared it to the LXX, and he is saying the LXX 250 BC was translated from the MT ? (which didn't even exist at the time).

“Puerto Rico’s action stands as a compelling reaffirmation that the protection of human life at all stages is a fundamental civil right,” said Tobias. “This measure underscores the essential truth that every human being—born and unborn—deserves equal protection under the law.”
Praise God!

I like autumn simply because all the leaves change and turn some of my favorite colors. I've been in love with autumn for years. Even got a picture of it up over my bed in my room.

I'm not going to be surprised if you all say summer, I mean, a lot of people tend to like summer. But in my opinion its overrated. It gets way too hot for my liking.

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A short video I made about hope in the new year. In the midst of great trials, there is still much reason for hope!

I feel like we as God's people don't discuss him enough. He's our mortal enemy you know. Heck, he's everyone's enemy to be precise. I know what you guys are going to say: You're going to tell me that I should put my focus on Christ only but we don't talk about how to defeat the Devil should he come. I find this to be a problem. We have no battle plan, no strategy. We desperately need one.

We know he is the Evil One, the Son of Perdition as mentioned in the Bible. Does anyone on here know some good spiritual warfare practices? Sorry, but I'm not an expert in this area. Any advice and help would be appreciated.

Disclaimer: I’m not purporting to prove or disprove these alleged apparitions, nor am I attempting to encourage belief or unbelief in them. The following are only my opinions and everyone is free to think and believe as they choose.

Medjugorje

In May 2004, my sister invited me to go with her to visit Medjugorje for seven days, although I was not a true believer. Our Spiritual Advisor, Father Richard Carey, who was a great proponent of Medjugorje and had been there several times, encouraged us. He had a sincere, childlike love for Our Lady and believed completely that she appeared in the small Croatian village. But Medjugorje never seemed authentic to me and Father and I had many serious rounds of debate on the issue.

We Almost Didn’t Make It

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Please please pray that God has his great mercy and protects us from storms, winds and tornados and if He would also please let us keep power and that my son Jakeb is safe, healthy and happy. Thank you and God bless you. I ask in the name of Jesus.

A 75-year-old woman has been criminally charged in Glasgow for standing near a hospital with a sign inviting people to chat. She is accused of violating Scotland’s buffer zone law, which prohibits influencing behavior near abortion facilities.

Rose Docherty faces two charges under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Scotland Act for displaying placards near Queen Elizabeth University Hospital between September 2024 and February 2025, The Sunday Times reports.

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Living in NH. Retired and hopeful.

...all of Christendom ought to be united with each other in one common goal: to oppose the Prince of Darkness and all that he stands for.

You agree?

Also, we have to rally around Christ Himself of course. For the time when the Final Battle comes.

Of course Jesus Himself is going to do the majority of the fighting I think.

I am talking about the Battle of Armageddon. See: book of revelation.

Mom and I used to talk about the Book of Revelation all the time. I told her that I was actually scared that some of the saints were going to have to fight off some of the demons ourselves, but she said if I just read the Scripture I'd see Jesus defeating Satan "With the sword of his mouth." That is some really powerful Scripture right there. This is why I fear the wrath of God.

He's a really big fellow who works as a transmission mechanic. He is married to my older sister. But sometimes he comes over here and visits us and he tells us about all the drama going on in his workplace. Unfortunately his co-workers are not nice people to be around, some of them verbally abuse each other and it affects him negatively. One guy even yelled and screamed at him. It was not pleasant, he said. He said several times that if he didn't need the money so badly he would not work this job he is at right now.

What's worse is that his place does not have a Human Resources so there is no way to stop this stuff from happening. The lack of structured authority figures is astounding.

I can smell evil people from a mile away. If these people really are as bad as he makes them out to be, then I don't want to have anything to do with them. They sound like really toxic people.

Please pray his workplace conditions improve.

Good news. The deportation problem is being solved one step at a time.

The Sabbath, Worship and the End Time

The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

1. All power is given Jesus in heaven and earth.

• Jesus is our Creator. See Colossians 1:16-20.
• Before Abraham was, Jesus is I am. See Exodus 3:14, John 8:58.
• Jesus' earthly ministry. See Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

2. Teaching them to observe all things that He commanded.

• Jesus was at creation and sanctified the Sabbath.
• Jesus was at Mt. Horeb/Sinai and gave the Sabbath commandment.
• Jesus taught the Sabbath during His ministry.
• Jesus prophesied Sabbath observance at the start of the tribulation period before His return.

The Everlasting Gospel

3. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations.

The Bible repeats and enlarges:

Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

• The angel has the everlasting gospel to preach to every nation, kindred, tongue and people.
• The angel says with a loudvoice (emphasis given; urgency).
  • Fear God and give glory to Him.
  • For the hour of His judgment is come.
  • Worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

The call to worship Him points back to creation.

What then can be found in the creation account that concerns worship?

Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

The account of the first Sabbath points to creation as the reason for the Sabbath institution. The Sabbath commandment also points back to creation and the institution of the Sabbath. See Exodus 20:11.

What makes the Sabbath worshipful? The fact that God blessed it and sanctified it, and commanded to remember to keep it holy. Worship then includes the Sabbath.

The Last Days

4. For the hour of his judgment is come.

There is an urgency to the first angel's call to worship, for the hour of His judgment is come.

The reason for the urgency is the issue of false worship in the last days, and the short time left before Jesus returns.

Revelation 13:15-17 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

What is the opposite of the mark of the beast?

5. The seal of God.

If false worship causes the receiving of the mark of the beast, what then is God's seal?

Exodus 31:13-16 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

• The Sabbath is a sign. Sign is synonumous with mark.
• The Sabbath is a perpetual covenant.
• Throughout generations. See Matthew 24:20-22.

A seal is a mark of authority. What does a seal consist of?

A quick Google search:

Key Components of a Seal

• Entity/Individual: The name of the person, corporation, or government body.
• Title/Role: Their official designation (e.g., Engineer, Mayor, Public Weighmaster).
• Jurisdiction/Domain: The state, country, or specific area of authority.
• Official Emblem/Mark: A unique design, insignia, or text (like "L.S." for locus sigilli).
• Date/License Number (often): For professionals, license details for verification.

Where in scripture can we find the seal of God? The Sabbath commandment.

Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day [Official Emblem/Mark], to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath [Official Emblem/Mark] of the Lord thy God [Entity/Individual]: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord [Entity/Individual] made [Creator] heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is [Jurisdiction/Domain], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Conclusion

Emphasis is being given specifically to the Sabbath concerning worship.

• Both the last call to worship and the Sabbath commandment point back to creation, to the institution of the Sabbath. See Revelation 14:6-7 and Exodus 20:8-11.
• The account of the institution of the Sabbath points to creation itself as the reason it was sanctified. See Genesis 2:1-3.
• The Sabbath being called a sign/mark. See Exodus 31:13.
• The perpetuity of the Sabbath. See Exodus 31:16.

To those who say that the Sabbath is specifically for Israel.

• We are Israel.
  • There is neither Jew nor Greek. See Galations 3:28, Colossians 3:11.
  • The grafting in. See Romans 11.
• The seal of God concerns us all as does the mark of the beast. See Revelation 13:15-17.
• The Sabbath concerns us all as it is observed in the new heaven and new earth, showing that it is indeed a perpetual covenant. See Isaiah 66:22-23.
• The fact that Jesus stated that the Sabbath was made for man (again, pointing back to creation), and that because of this fact He is also Lord of the Sabbath. See Mark 2:27-28.

The last day events concern the Sabbath and worship.

• The causing of all the earth to worship the beast and his image.
• The receiving of the mark or the seal.
• The last call to worship pointing to the Sabbath specifically.
• The seal of God being the Sabbath.

December 28, 2025

Our Morning Offering – 28 December – Salvete Flores Martyrum! – Hail, Ye Little Martyr Flowers!

One Minute Reflection – 28 December – ‘… They could not yet speak but already, they are confessing Christ. …’

Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas propers & commentary

Sunday in the Octave of the Nativity propers & commentary

Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas propers & commentary (Guenranger)

Commemoration of the Holy Innocents propers & commentary

Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's Instruction on the Sunday After Christmas

Scripture & Tradition: Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas

Beauty and strength: sermon on the Sunday in the Octave of Christmas

WDTPRS – Sunday in the Octave of Christmas (1962MR)

Daily Gospel

The Holy Innocents Martyrs at the time of the Nativity of Our Lord

The Hope of the Holy Innocents

Saints of the Day

Audio version of Gueranger
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“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children, and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.” (Matthew 11:16-19 NASB1995)

We live in a generation of people much like this today, but not just the people out in the world who have no relationship with God at all, as these people appeared to be. But this way of thinking and behaving has worked its way into the gatherings of the church to where many who profess faith in Jesus Christ have taken on a similar attitude and way of thinking about life. For worldliness has seeped its way into the church’s gatherings, and so many people have taken on the ways of the world, and not the ways of the Lord.

So, if you are following the ways of the Lord, according to the teachings of the Scriptures, with sincere biblical faith in Jesus Christ, and by faith in Jesus Christ you are living separate (different, unlike) the world, because you are being conformed by God to the character of Jesus Christ, which is what it means to be holy, then you are likely to be faced with some of this same kind of treatment as what Jesus and John the Baptist faced. And it will be because you don’t conform to the ways of this sinful world. You stand out!

And so those who are worldly may find you odd because you don’t join in with them in all the things that they do, and in their conversations which they have about all that is of this world, which is not of God. You don’t think like they do, and so they may judge you falsely based off their own way of thinking and behaving. And they may judge you by themselves and by their own traditions and culture, because you stand out as different. Or they may judge you by their own self-made religious and legalistic standards.

But they can be fickle, too, in their judgments, like they were with Jesus and John the Baptist, judging them equally in specific areas where they appeared to be doing the opposite of each other. I had an experience like that where one church leadership was accusing me of acting like I had it all together, which I was not doing, but I did change. Then we moved, and we were part of a different church fellowship, and there they judged me because I didn’t have it all together, because God was doing a work of healing in my life.

So some people are not going to like you no matter what you do unless you conform to their image and you become like them in character, in word, and in deed. They just won’t be comfortable being themselves around you because you aren’t like them. For if you are serious about your walk of faith in the Lord Jesus, and if your life is committed to the Lord, to doing what pleases him, and in living different from (unlike) the world, living to please God, (and I don’t mean super weird or radical), you will appear odd to them.

The people of Jesus’ time, though not all of them, not only accused Jesus of being a gluttonous man and a drunkard, because he drank some wine and because he ate like normal people ate, but they also accused him of being a friend of tax collectors and sinners because he ministered his love and grace to all people, and so he ate with some of them in order to share with them the message of the gospel of our salvation. Jesus was not in intimate fellowship with the ungodly, but he loved them, and he ministered to them.

Therefore, many of the people who were bringing these charges against the Lord were hypocrites, for they were sinners themselves, for they were rejecting Jesus as the Christ. And they were bringing false charges against him in their arrogance and in their disapproval of him and of who he claimed to be, who was God. Although they may have claimed to be religious people who believed in the one true God, they fought against God when they fought against Jesus. So they didn’t know the God some of them claimed to know.

And that can be true today of all who profess faith in Jesus Christ, but who are still living worldly and ungodly lives for self-pleasure, and not for God.

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).

(Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; 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 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22)

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

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

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

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

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

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Worldly, Not Godly Mindsets
An Original Work / December 28, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jeremiah 3:6–10 directly critiques a moralistic approach to God—one that relies on outward conformity, ritual gestures, or reputational righteousness—while lacking genuine repentance and relational fidelity.

The language throughout the passage is covenantal and relational, not legalistic. God speaks of adultery, unfaithfulness, and returning, which frames sin not primarily as rule-breaking but as betrayal of relationship. A moralistic approach reduces God to a standard-keeper; this text insists He is a covenant partner who desires faithfulness of heart.

Judah “saw” what happened to Israel (v.7–8). She had historical, theological, and moral knowledge. Yet verse 10 delivers the key indictment:

“Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense.”

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This exposes moralism clearly. Judah performed repentance—likely through reforms, temple worship, and public displays of piety (especially under Josiah’s reforms)—but her repentance was instrumental, not transformative. God rejects repentance that is strategic, cosmetic, or motivated by self-preservation rather than love and humility.

Verse 8 notes that Judah “had no fear.” In biblical terms, fear of the Lord is not terror but reverent submission and trust. Moralism attempts obedience without reverence, treating God as someone to be managed rather than honored. Judah maintained religious identity while lacking awe, which rendered her morality hollow.

The phrase “return to me” (שׁוּב, shuv) is central. True repentance is directional and relational—it moves toward God. Moralism may involve stopping certain behaviors, but it does not necessarily involve returning the heart to God. Judah’s reforms did not reorient her loyalty; they merely improved appearances.

God does not accuse Judah of being worse than Israel, but of being less honest. Israel was openly faithless; Judah was faithless while claiming fidelity. Moralism thrives on this tension—appearing righteous while remaining unchanged. God exposes and rejects this duplicity.

This passage teaches that God does not accept a moralistic approach that substitutes outward correctness for inward faithfulness. He is not appeased by religious performance, historical privilege, or comparative morality. What He seeks is a genuine return of the heart—repentance rooted in love, fear, and covenant loyalty. Anything less, even if orthodox or socially approved, is “pretense” in His sight.

It is possible to downplay the waves of antisemitism sweeping the world, as the Australian government has unsurprisingly done, and claim that the Hanukkah massacre in Sydney was merely an isolated incident carried out by two lone attackers, as if they were aliens who landed on Earth by chance and stumbled into a Hanukkah celebration on the beach. It is also easy to issue vague, nonbinding statements condemning antisemitism, as Australian officials have done, followed by many others around the world, without attempting to understand the nature of twenty-first century antisemitism. This modern form fuses hatred of Jews with hostility toward the State of Israel and uses criticism of Israel, and even calls to erase it from the map, as a cover and pretext for attacking Jews.
What must be done to stop this wave of hatred and terror against Jews around the world? The answer is simple: Learn from the lessons of the past and apply them.
The evil of Islamic radicalism needs to be strongly denounced by the Australian government. No more cries of Islamaphobia." Stop anti-semitism now.

My husband Robb seems to feel better but his voice is so weak. Please pray and ask God if He could please make him all better and sound healthy. Please pray that my son Jakeb is healthy, safe and happy and please pray for protection from storms. Oh Dear God. Please if it is Your will make my husband better. Please let him be and sound stronger. Please protect my son and give him good health and joy and please oh Dear God keep us safe. We need You Dear God. I ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

In Ephesians 1, Paul repeatedly uses corporate language, not individualized language. The key phrases—“us,” “we,” “those who first hoped in Christ,” and “you also”—are doing real historical work. Paul is distinguishing groups, not abstract souls.
The phrase “he chose us in him before the foundation of the world” refers to a people, not a list of isolated persons. In Scripture, election is always corporate first—Israel, priests, kings, servants—and only secondarily personal. Paul is placing the first believers inside an already-existing biblical pattern of remnant election.
This fits perfectly with Jesus’ own mission language. Jesus explicitly defines his mission as being to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, not to humanity at large in the abstract. That language is not metaphorical fluff; it is covenantal language rooted in the prophets. The “lost sheep” are Israel in exile spiritually, not pagans.
Paul’s “we who first hoped in Christ” refers to Israelite believers who recognized Jesus as Messiah before the Gentiles were brought in. That group did not arise by accident. They were the faithful remnant foreseen in the prophets, preserved through judgment, and gathered at the turning of the ages. Their coming to faith was “predestined” in the sense that God had already decided to save a remnant of Israel through the Messiah.
Predestination here is about role and timing, not about eternal fate. God predetermined that:
• the Messiah would come from Israel
• a remnant would recognize him
• that remnant would become the foundation of the new covenant people
That is exactly what Paul means when he says they were “predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.” The “purpose” is not arbitrary selection but covenant fulfillment.
Then Paul shifts language and says, “in him you also,” clearly addressing Gentile believers who were not part of that original remnant but were later incorporated. They were not “predestined” in the same historical sense; they were sealed after believing. This distinction disappears only when later theology flattens the passage.
This reading also explains why Paul frames predestination as something that results in praise of God’s glory, not anxiety about who is in or out. The miracle is that God did not abandon Israel, preserved a remnant, fulfilled the promises, and then extended mercy outward.
So yes—Ephesians 1 is about:
• the lost-sheep remnant of Israel
• foreseen and preserved by God
• becoming the first Christians
• serving as the foundation for Gentile inclusion
It is historical predestination, not metaphysical determinism.
In one sentence: Ephesians 1 teaches that God predetermined a faithful remnant of Israel to recognize the Messiah and become the first Christians, through whom the blessings would then flow to the nations.

After the Assyrian exile God preserved a remnant, and they were regathered from all nations on Pentecost, the kingdom of Israel was restored, 3000 believed, new covenant church the Israel of God was born in a day. That was predestined. The NT reveals the remnant was preserved based on genealogy- the 144 000 in Revelation 7. Rev 1-12 happened 70 AD Rev 13-22 is future. All remnant Israel was saved via belief in Jesus by 70 AD. No one since 70 AD is predestined for salvation from the foundation of the world like those people were.

According to her latest financial disclosure in May, the couple’s net worth surged 3500% in just one year; their net worth is now anywhere from $6 million to $30 million. The venture capital firm alone, per the filing, is worth between $5 million-$25 million.
Prodigies, just like Hunter Biden was for art and also the Pelosis for the stock market.

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Realize that this is typical reporting from a news organization that certainly leans to the left. I am a conservative, and conservatives believe their is nothing wrong with owning a private business rather than being a life-long government employee. If I were writing the article rather than focus on hair extensions I would have added that she both worked for a Fortune 500 company and ran a successful law practice. And I would have expanded on any other background that prepared her for her new position. For example, besides her JD from American University Washington College of Law and her Masters from the International Affairs from American University’s School of International Service she studied at Oxford. In addition to her 2025 experience as as the Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs she was previously the acting Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, the Vice President of Legal, Compliance and Risk at the United States Agency for Global Media, and a Senior Advisor for the U.S. Department of State.

Here’s what makes the Joliet story more than a sordid local headline: the bishop under whom it happened is being rewarded with one of the most powerful sees in the country. Leo XIV has appointed Ronald Hicks, until now the Bishop of Joliet, as the next Archbishop of New York, with installation set for February 2026.

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If there was a contract and it was broken then the Kennedy Center deserves compensation.