Hi all, guess I'll post this here, feel free to redirect if not in the right place...

So, if anyone on here knows my story, I was really "on it" with God in the beginning of my walk, but ended up making some mistakes thinking I was doing what He was asking of me when He wasn't and ended up derailing my walk with Him in a way that lead to me being away from Him for the past 8 years...

In that time, I've had several loved ones die, and I feel SO guilty for not being the witness to them that I felt I should have been and even worry that I cost them their salvation by doing so....I feel so discouraged and heartbroken at the thought of this, feel like God is going to judge me if they didn't make it and am just in so much pain over it all that I don't even want to live anymore...how do I deal with this?

Norman Lear, who revolutionized prime-time TV with ‘All in the Family,’ dies​

Norman Lear, the multiple Emmy-Award-winning writer-producer and liberal political activist who revolutionized prime-time television in the 1970s with groundbreaking, socially relevant situation comedies such as “All in the Family,” “Maude” and “The Jeffersons,” has died. He was 101.

In the mid-1970s, it was estimated that some 120 million Americans — more than half the nation’s population at the time— watched the various sitcoms produced by Lear and Bud Yorkin, his longtime partner in Tandem Productions. Indeed, Lear and Yorkin had five of the top 10 programs in the Nielsen ratings for the 1974-75 TV season.

The taping of the 1968 pilot [of All in the Family] generated big laughs from the live studio audience, but ABC passed on it ... deciding that the show’s potentially offensive language and content would be inappropriate in a country already in turmoil over the increasingly unpopular Vietnam War, racism, Watergate and the emerging feminist movement.

CBS seized the moment.

The debut episode featured Archie in all his glory as he used racial epithets never before heard on network TV. The loud and malapropism-prone Archie also touched on subjects such as atheism, the virtues of premarital celibacy, the breakdown of law and order, long hair on boys and short skirts on girls.

At one point, Archie launched into a heated argument with his son-in-law Mike over whether Black people had been denied their share of the American dream.

Mike: Now I suppose you’re going to tell me that the Black man has had the same opportunity in this country as you.

Archie: More — he’s had more! I didn’t have no million people out there marching and protesting to get me my job.

Edith: No, his uncle got it for him.

For five consecutive seasons — from October 1971 to April 1976 — “All in the Family” was the No. 1-rated program. In all, the show would earn four Emmys for outstanding comedy series, and Lear would win a 1977 Peabody Award “for giving us comedy with a social conscience.”

Along with his reputation as a prolific television producer, Lear earned praise and condemnation as a TV trailblazer whose sitcoms toppled taboos in their treatment of then-controversial topics such as LGBTQ+ rights, abortion and infidelity.

The energetic producer was profiled on “60 Minutes” and invited to host “Saturday Night Live.” He also was named on President Nixon’s infamous “Enemies List.”

Lear [had also] incurred the wrath of the religious right, which characterized him as a corrupter of American decency for injecting LGBTQ+ rights, abortion and other controversial topics into his comedy shows. The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the late leader of the Moral Majority, called Lear “the No. 1 enemy of the American family.”

In 1981, Lear and others founded People for the American Way, a nonprofit organization formed, according to Lear’s website, “to speak out for Bill of Rights guarantees and to monitor violations of constitutional freedoms.”

After Lear and his wife paid $8.1 million for a rare original copy of the Declaration of Independence in 2000, Lear launched what he called the “biggest production of my life”: a nationwide tour of the historical document, from 2001 until the presidential election of 2004.

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I have predominantly been a liberal most of my adult life. I have watched Conservatives talk about Jewish Space Lasers and pedophile pizza parlors. It was never hard not to vote for them.

Then I watch young liberals at colleges in support of Hamas, and saying Osama Bin Ladin was not a bad guy. And here we have three predominantly liberal colleges and there leaders are basically asked is Jewish genocide bad an not one could give a strait answer.

If this is what liberalism has come to...I will be voting for trump, and I think trump is one of the most worthless pieces of trash on the planet but at least I know he is against terrorism.

Is it just me or has there been as drop in the Articles that gave specific counter arguments to specific attack add against Trump for example

FACT CHECK: No, Trump Did Not Tell People To ‘Inject Themselves With Disinfectant’ Or ‘Drink Bleach’

I think the drop in the articles has caused a drop in posts from the MAGA crowd

When it comes to tithing which will invoke God's wrath more?

Hi, I was reading in the 'Christian Life New Testament, with master outlines and study notes' that:

"It is believed that Satan when first created, was the ruler of this earth, at at his fall, the earth 'was without form, and void'".

I believe these study notes are by Porter Barrington.
Now, I've never come across this story before... that Satan was the ruler of earth before the fall. The reference given is Gen 1:1...?
Anybody heard of this before?
Should Porter Barrington be avoided.
The study note is given in reference to Jude 6.

Hi everyone, another prayer target- we need to pray for Messiah University! Messiah University is a Christian college near Harrisburg, PA, however it has some problems, it is basically Christian in name only, publicly all of the students are good Christians but behind closed doors they are partying and doing drugs. There is a drug problem on campus and there is also something wrong there spiritually, there is an evil presence on campus, you can feel it. We need to pray for that to go right now!

Lord God we agree right now for Your intervention on the campus of Messiah University and for the salvation of any student or employee there that does not know You, we also pray that any student or employee that needs a healing would receive a healing touch from You, that any student or employee that needs a healing would receive their healing! We pray for wisdom for the leadership at the school and that You would show them what to do and that their decisions would be pleasing to You and that the school would be pleasing to You. We also pray for Your hand of blessing to be upon the professors at the school and that You would give them the wisdom and right words to say to impart their knowledge to the students and for Your presence to be in each classroom while the classes are in session and for Your anointing to fall upon the students as they graduate and in their fields of study. We pray for a complete end to all drug and alcohol activity on the campus and for an end to partying! We also pray for any evil presence on campus to go right now, we take authority over any evil presence on the campus right now and we command it to go right now in the name of Jesus! We pray for the evil presence to go and also for Your presence and anointing to be on the campus! We claim Messiah University and the students and employees for the kingdom of God in the name of Jesus!

This was the Feast of the Passover that Jesus had with his disciples before he was put to death on that cross. Some refer to this as “The Last Supper.” And the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus, and Jesus knew this. And at this supper Jesus decided to teach his disciples a lesson in humility and in servanthood, but it was more than that. For although Jesus spoke in literal terms, he also spoke in figurative terms, which we shall see as we get further into this lesson.

For Peter didn’t want Jesus to wash his feet. So Jesus told him that if he did not wash him, that he had no share in him. So, pay close attention to the wording here, for Jesus is speaking of more than just a foot washing. So Peter then said if Jesus insisted on washing him then he should wash all of him. And Jesus said next that the one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. He said, “And you are clean, but not everyone of you.” For he knew who was to betray him.

Okay, did you see it? He isn’t speaking of bodily cleanliness here. He is speaking of spiritual cleanliness. For if Judas was just bodily unclean, that would have nothing to do with him betraying Jesus. So Jesus was saying that Judas was spiritually unclean, because he knew that Judas was going to betray him, because the devil had put it into his heart to do so. But Judas was spiritually unclean before the devil put it in his heart to betray the Lord, for we read in other passages that he was a thief.

So, let’s go back to what he said to Peter. He wasn’t telling Peter that he had no part in him just because he refused to have Jesus cleanse his feet. And when Jesus told him that the one who is bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean, he was speaking of being spiritually clean by faith in Jesus Christ. Peter was spiritually clean because of his faith in the Lord, but Judas was not, because Judas lacked faith, and that is why he was ready to betray the Lord.

But Peter, even though he was completely clean still needed to have his feet washed. Why? Well, from a practical standpoint they pretty much walked everywhere and their paths were usually of dirt, and many of them wore sandals, and so their feet would get dirty every time they walked somewhere, and so foot washing was something practical that was done as they would enter into people’s homes, as far as I can recall. So that was the literal part of it, I believe.

But spiritually speaking, since this also has spiritual application, what do our feet represent? They represent our walks of faith in Jesus Christ. And even though we are spiritually clean through genuine God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, we need that daily cleansing, too. That is why Jesus told the people that if they would come after him, they must deny self, take up their cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him (Luke 9:23-26). For this is about our walks of faith, which is a daily thing where we die daily to sin.

Therefore, when Jesus told them that he had given them an example, that they should also do just as he had done, he wasn’t speaking just of washing people’s feet, and it doesn’t have to be confined just to the literal washing of feet, for that was something cultural and practical that they engaged in at that time and place in history. But the greater lesson, on a more practical side, is that of humility, and of us serving one another humbly in caring for one another’s needs.

But there is the spiritual side of this lesson, too. For if the washing of feet has to do with this daily cleansing of sin regarding our daily walks of faith in our Lord Jesus, how would that fit? We cannot cleanse someone else’s sins. Only God can do that. But what can we do? Well, for one we can be in the practice of denying self and dying daily to sin and walking daily in obedience to our Lord. And then we can be sharing the encouragement from God’s word to our fellow Christians to also have that daily cleansing in their walks.

And that is what the Scriptures teach we must do, too. We are to encourage one another daily, which includes exhortation, holy urging, and provoking one another to love and good works, and to walk in holiness and in righteousness and in obedience to our Lord. And we are to use our spiritual gifts in the assigned body parts the Lord has given us for the mutual edification and spiritual growth and maturity of the body of Christ, his church. And we are to serve one another in love.

We are also to be those who are speaking the truth in love to one another so that we may no longer be like children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful scheming. And so that we will all grow to maturity in Christ together as each body part does its work. And we are to teach and admonish one another and exhort one another every day so that none of us may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. And this way we wash each other’s feet.

[Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:15-21; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20]

For the goal of it all is that we all walk in close fellowship and harmony with our Lord Jesus Christ, and with one another, and that we have sweet fellowship with our Lord, and with one another, based on the teachings of Jesus and of his NT apostles, and not based on the teachings of human flesh. And that we all keep growing in our walks of faith to spiritual maturity in Christ, and that we grow in our love relationships with our Lord and with his body, and that we minister his love and grace to one another.

"My God and I"

Music & Lyrics: Austris A. Wihtol, 1932

My God and I go in the fields together,
We walk and talk as good friends should and do;
We clasp our hands, our voices ring with laughter,
My God and I walk through the meadow's hue.

He tells me of the years that went before me,
When heavenly plans were made for me to be;
When all was but a dream of dim conception,
To come to life, earth's verdant glory see.

My God and I will go for aye together,
We'll walk and talk as good friends should and do;
This earth will pass, and with it common trifles,
But God and I will go unendingly.

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Firstly; the general definition of a ‘rapture’, means being taken to live in heaven. This is believed by many, to happen before the Lord punishes the world and destroys His enemies. But scripture does not clearly say that anyone will be taken to heaven, excepting for the two Witnesses, Revelation 11:12, who are the last of the Christian martyrs killed for their faith during the 42 month period when Satan has world control.

The belief in a general rapture can only be made by inference and assumption. It has gained wide acceptance because it’s the easy way out. We must discard any pretentious ideas of escape and removal from the earth. That idea directly opposes the Great Commission and the Words of Jesus where He says that it is impossible for humans to go to heaven. John 3:13, John 17:15, Revelation 2:25

So: what are God’s Plans for His faithful people?

We live today, in a time of worldwide unrest and change, especially in the Middle East region. Many Bible Prophecies tell us that the Lord will clear and cleanse the Holy Land. Deuteronomy 32:34-43. Zephaniah 1:14-18, 2 Peter 3:7

This dramatic event, the Lord’s terrible day of vengeance and wrath, will change the world. It will result in the formation of a One World Government, Daniel 7:23-24, but the Christian peoples will travel to and live in their heritage, of the entire Holy Land area, fulfilling their destiny of being Gods Light to the world and His witnesses to the nations; Isaiah 48:3-8, Matthew 5:14-16, Isaiah 43:10, John 15:27 This scenario is confirmed by Isaiah 35…by the Way of Holiness….those people the Lord has redeemed, will enter Zion, with praise and thanksgiving, And in Romans 9:24-26, we Christians will be told: we are the children of the Living God, in the very same place as ancient Israel was rejected. Psalms 37:29, +

Friends and brethren, we look forward to an amazing future, where we can be a part of Gods wonderful Plan for His faithful peoples and enjoy His Blessings as we live in peace and prosperity under His protection. Ezekiel 38 & 39 demonstrate how the Lord will protect us from enemies.

When Jesus Returns, then the Prophecy in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 will take place. Those Christians who have proved their faith will meet Jesus in the air then be transported to Jerusalem, where He will be for the Millennium.

Keraz, the messenger

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified Tuesday that the terror threat facing the United States has reached unprecedented levels since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked Wray to describe the current "threat matrix" facing the United States at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

"What I would say that is unique about the environment that we're in right now in my career is that while there may have been times over the years where individual threats could have been higher here or there than where they may be right now, I've never seen a time where all the threats or so many of the threats are all elevated, all at exactly the same time," the FBI director replied.

"So, blinking red lights analogy about 9/11 — all the lights were blinking red before 9/11, apparently," Graham continued. "Obviously, all of us missed it. Would you say there's multiple blinking red lights out there?" he asked.
"I see blinking red lights everywhere," Wray answered.

He later told Graham that since the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, when Hamas terrorists brutally murdered at least 1,200 Israelis, a "veritable rogue's gallery of foreign terrorists" has called for attacks against the U.S.

"The threat level has gone to a whole another level since Oct. 7," Wray emphasized.

The director's comments on Tuesday echo what he said in October, when he warned Senate lawmakers, "The actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven't seen since ISIS launched its so-called caliphate several years ago.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said in October that reported threats against Jewish, Muslim and Arab communities in the United States spiked in the days and weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

The number of attacks on U.S. military bases overseas by Iran-backed proxy groups rose in November as well, with the Pentagon confirming at least 74 attacks on U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East since Oct. 17.
The 74 attacks on U.S. troops have taken place in Iraq and Syria and began on Oct. 17 by Iraqi militia groups. The attacks are reportedly linked to the U.S.’s support for Israel in its retaliation against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, following its attack on Oct. 7.

The attacks do not include ballistic missiles being shot in the direction of U.S. military vessels, which commanding officers on those ships have ordered to be shot down.

At home, the FBI and Las Vegas police this week foiled an alleged "lone wolf" terror plot by a teenager who pledged support to ISIS.

On Friday, a 16-year-old suspect was arrested, and federal agents found components to build an explosive device and terrorist propaganda, officials said. The arrest was made after the suspect allegedly made special media posts announcing his plan for "lone wolf operations in Las Vegas against the enemies of Allah."

Steel yourself for whatever is coming to replace us when we're gone. Whatever it is, it won't be a nice as what we all grew up with, and that's for sure.

Some of us won't survive the transition.....I'm fairly certain that I won't. But it's been nice while it lasted.

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Bill S6528A’s main goal is to diversify cosmetology school education in order to equip all students — regardless of race — with the knowledge to work across every hair texture. As the bill states, graduates should have the ability to provide styling and hair care services “to individuals with all hair types and textures, including, but not limited to, various curl or wave patterns, hair strand thicknesses, and volumes of hair.”

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So, NY has passed a law requiring barber and beauty schools to teach students how to do African-American kinky hair styles as well as styles for straight hair.

Historically, cosmetology schools across the U.S., including in New York, have not included natural hair education as a part of the general curriculum — and if they did, training was typically minimal.

For the most part, the only way students could learn how to work with textured hair was by seeking additional training — which requires having access to extra funds for tuition and the bandwidth to take on more courses. Over time, this has created a permanent blind spot for most stylists when it comes to properly serving Black clients.
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For Keya Neal, a former hairstylist, founder of Texture vs. Race, and supporting member of the Professional Beauty Association’s Texture Education Collective, the answer is simple: It comes down to racism.

“The exclusion of texture from the general curriculum is a direct result of the salon’s history of segregation,” Neal says. She adds that, historically, cosmetology literature has only included depictions of white women — which can be seen in vintage textbooks — along with tutorials solely focused on working with straight or slightly wavy hair. “This set the industry’s tone and standard in relation to texture, inclusion, and race,” she shares.

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Well, if you go back far enough--prior to the Civil Rights Act--there were black barber colleges and style schools that specifically taught black barbers and sylists how to do black hair. But they went further than that: There are many types of scalp problems hair care experts encounter that are often race-based. In some cases, it's genetics. In some cases, it a matter of cultural practices.

My mother was a barber. She attended Tyler Barber College, a historic black institution in Tyler, TX, back in 1958. I remember as a kid reading through her text books and being horrified by the pictures of various scalp ailments barbers might run across.

But Tyler Barber College went defunct after the Civil Rights Act. As far as I can tell, black barbers and beauticians are not getting that kind of training on specific black hair and scalp problems anymore. As the article relates, it's something they have to pursue on their own. So, what frequently happens is that black barbers and stylists wind up being better educated on all kinds of hair and scalps than white barbers and stylists.

While many white stylists aren’t equipped to work with textured hair, most Black hair-care professionals have the skills to style all hair types — and are expected to. “Throughout my career, there has always been an expectation for me to know everything while being presented with lesser opportunities,” says Neal. “My white counterparts were not expected to know how to apply their niche to all textures, yet I was.”

But despite an obvious education gap among white stylists, a 2022 report published by Unilever found this demographic was still paid the highest annual salary compared to hairstylists of all other races.

“There is an inequitable expectation of excellence applied to all Black artists in any segment of the industry,” Neal continues. “I see this in how Black stylists migrate to white salons to expand their textural skills, while their white counterparts very rarely take the same opportunity to learn from Black salons.”

The same can be said for barbers, too. During the 19th century, the first Black barbers in America were still enslaved and solely groomed white men. Today, black-owned barbershops primarily serve Black clientele, but it’s not necessarily uncommon for a white person to walk in and be able to get a proper cut. At the same time, many white barbers are not trained on the basics of Black grooming, like knowing which razors are suitable to use in order to prevent common concerns specific to textured hair, like ingrowns [pseudofoliculitis barbae]. In the event a Black person is unable to see their regular barber, things can get tricky — especially if you’re in a predominantly white area.

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But I discussed this article with my wife. Her opinion echoed mine: Barbers and stylists become experts in what they like to do and what they do most often. That's likely to mean that people with kinky hair are going to patronize barbers and stylists who specialize in kinky hair.

Today, we woke up to a surprise. A group of men and ladies, tore off our roof and put a new one on. We did not hire anyone to do that. We did not need a new roof. The Supervisor came to the door for a $12,000 payment. In the mean time, we called the Police. They told us to stay inside and do not confront them. They were con men trying to rip us off. They were arrested. The Police helppped us to file an insurance claim.














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Hello my name is Joshua and just wanted to introduce myself.

There is something I would like to share in this forum and that is to prove that the religion of Christianity is real but on this kind of theology, that no theologian had thought of. All are based on today’s resources, which are our English Words and Numbers. To know this new Christian theology, first, you must know Number Fusion, and then apply this to the sequence of our English Alphabet that forms any word or group of words that has a positive or negative nature or effects. For example a set of numbers: 85121215. In whatever process you fuse this set of numbers, you will come up with the same result as 8+5+1+2+1+2+1+5 = 25; further fuse 25 into a single digit, 2+5 = “7”. Or group them as 8512+1215 = 9727; 97+27 = 124; 1+2+4 = “7”. Or another grouping such as 8+5+12+12+15 = 52; 5+2 = “7”.

Now remember that no one has tried to rearrange the sequence of our English Alphabet from A to Z since it was discovered and all words invented or discovered in different generations are now written in different dictionaries with fixed word-spelling. What if those numbers above represent a word's letter sequence? Say; 8 represents the sequence number of letter H, 5 is E, 12 is L, 12 is again L, 15 is O and the word is HELLO? It is clear that this word has a fixed numeric symbol of “7”, is it not? Because the word “Hello” is positive in nature, meaning the numeric symbol is also positive. Try to compute the word HATE; 8+1+20+5 = 34; 3+4 = “7”? Because “Hate” is negative in nature, meaning the numeric symbol is also negative or “-7”. Further, we all know that in Math there are positive and negative integers, and so are our English words.

Aside from seven, it also involved words or groups of words in sixes. Example, this positive word REPENT; 18+5+16+5+14+20 = 78; 7+8 = 15; 1+5 = “6”? The negative is the word SIN; 19+9+14 = 42; 4+2 = “-6”?

I gathered only words or groups of words in sevens and sixes because those are the numbers mentioned in the Book of Revelation and what I gathered is enough for you to believe that this is the formula to calculate and know the man whose number is 666. You might think of other words to compute but the symbol is not in sevens or sixes, such as the words "good" and "nice" with a symbol of "5" and "4" respectively. Some words are looking for a partner to reach "7" such as "good luck", "good time", and when you say have a "nice day".

Example of words and group of words in positive Sevens and Sixes:

I LOVE YOU; 9+12+15+22+5+25+15+21 = 124; 1+2+4 = “7”?

THANK YOU; 20+8+1+14+11+25+15+21 = 115; 1+1+5 = “7”?

BEAUTIFUL; 2+5+1+21+20+9+6+21+12 = 97; 9+7 = 16; 1+6 = “7”?

BELIEVE; 2+5+12+9+5+22+5 = 60; 6+0 = “6”?

PRAY; 16+18+1+25 = 60; 6+0 = “6”?

AMEN; 1+13+5+14; 33; 3+3 = “6”?

Example of words in negative Sevens and Sixes:

BAD; 2+1+4 = “-7”?

NASTY; 14+1+19+20+25 = 79; 7+9 = 16; 1+6 = “-7”?

SICK; 19+9+3+11 = 42; 4+2 = “-6”?

ILL; 9+12+12 = 33; 3+3 = “-6”?

PORNO; 16+15+18+14+15 = 78; 7+8 = 15; 1+5 = “-6”?

With these facts of fusing numbers, the standard sequence of the 26 alphabets, and the acceptance of every word-spelling recorded in all English dictionaries, it is certain that all words recorded have fixed symbols of 1 to 9. Only that in this theology, applies only to the positive and negative nature of words or groups of words bearing symbols of Sevens and Sixes.

Because I have so many of these words to support this new theology, and if you want to know more, please go to my YouTube channel, search “somruppun” and check my videos for Positive and Negative Sevens and Sixes. Meanwhile, there are also important words that are nouns that have symbols of Seven such as; CHURCH; 3+8+21+18+3+8 = 61; 6+1 = “7”?

EARTH; 5+1+18+20+8 = 52; 5+2 = “7”?

(Same as the word “Heart”, right? I have more in this book.)

How about this famous name you believed?

JESUS CHRIST? 10+5+19+21+19+3+8+18+9+19+20 = 151 or “7”?

Oh please, learn how to compute, that this wisdom will transfer to you.

Try to compute HOLY SPIRIT.

In addition to Sevens and Sixes are the “11” or “2”. Further fusing 11 is 1+1 = “2”. They are just the same. And these numbers 11 or 2 can pinpoint what is really the Church that Jesus promised to build and can locate the Promised Land.

Who did come? It is the man given wisdom in Revelation 13:18 and calculates or computes the symbol of a man whose number is 666. This 666 has already come and died and because of his knowledge, it scared humanity in this generation Y2K.

This man-given wisdom is the one mentioned in John 16:13-14 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. What do you think Jesus has that this man given-wisdom will take and declare to you? You all believed that Jesus was/is coming and believed that Jesus is the Man of Sorrows. But of course, before you accept his declaration, he should present abundant proofs of computations that will support this new Christian theology. And this is the purpose of this forum because he cannot open his mouth to the public. Remember Jesus opened His mouth, the reason all His words are written in the New Testament of the Bible. The Man of Sorrow was described as "a root out of dry ground". A plant whose roots are out of the ground can easily be blown away. Meaning he had no solid foundation and could easily commit a sin.

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A former Green Bay pastor was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for engaging in an inappropriate online sexual relationship with a minor in Venezuela.

Herthel said he met the child begging on the streets during a mission trip to Ecuador.

I'm a young adult. I have no diploma, skills or anything. With undiagnosed ADHD. I have no interest in anything. Literally. Or learning anything. I don't even have a diploma. I cant cook, drive, have hardly any interest in a series cause I dont feel like catching up with others and I burn out very easily. The fact I dont have a diploma and lack basic knowledge in most things dashes away my dreams of getting into any college to be able to obtain a skill and move to a few countries I desire to work and live there, especially since my parents are uncaring, evil and neglectful and unschooled all of us.

If I dont have an interest in anything, its very hard for me to learn it and focus on it. I even automatically end up forgetting what I learned. I cant do basic math at all and have to constantly re-read anything in general knowledge. I grew up most of my life never learning what most school students do throughout decades of theirs and now I feel completely terrible and hoping theres a way out of this without having to go through all those years and struggles and while people have said I may not have to, I fear that they may be wrong. Especially with how much my brain refuses to even touch those subjects. I feel like my life is over. All I want is to be able to get into a college without having to suffer, land a job, move to my desired country, and live happily. I'm already aware of the hardships. The amount of people who struggle the same way I do, and who also have been schooled and feel as dumb as I do give me hope. I realize that if my grandparents die, I am completely on my own and out of luck and might end up dying as well due to not being able to support myself.

Please help

A former youth pastor and kindergarten teacher in Morganton [NC] is facing new charges after being accused of participating in sex crimes that involve children.

Deputies with the Burke County Sheriff’s Office said Aaron Mirtsching was charged on Wednesday with 15 counts of indecent liberties with a child.

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Mike Johnson says that they are blurring the faces of the J6 rioters so that they avoid prosecution. Well I have a few questions:

1) How many of these people have not yet been caught or charged?

2) If that footage has been integral to the prosecution of crimes, couldn't you assume it could continue to be used as evidence?

3) If it can still be used as evidence, then wouldn't the face blurring be "obstruction of justice"?

Initially I thought maybe when he said "keep them safe from retaliation" he meant some left wing strike force....but then....he made a point of mentioning the DOJ.

So...do I understand that he is trying to protect potential criminals by blurring faces so that the DOJ could not charge them? Cause that seems so totally messed: If that is occurring, wouldn't that be obstruction of justice?

BUT, I'm willing to accept that my source is...not super contextualized. Can someone shed some light? Explain it to me like I'm a Canadian......

Hello. Ever since I started to take seriously my walk with God I've been wondering if masturbation is a sin or not. I have to be honest, I once was addicted. I used to do it even if I didn't feel the urge, sometimes I couldn't focus on studying, I'd stay awake till late night. I got addicted to porn too. I was sure it was ok, I used to be controlled by lust. But then God convinced me and I decided to let go and it has been easier than I thought, he gave me so much strength. I remember that I didn't even care about waiting until marriage. He changed my mind about this too and I'm so happy with this choice! Let's go back to masturbation again. I rarely feel the urge now; I still do sometimes tho, and with "sometimes" I mean once a month and a half/two months. I gave up on porn and anything erotic that I used to read or listen to, thanks to God. The urge that I feel isn't because I thought about something sexual by the way, I thought I had to make it clear since some people say that it's something we shouldn't think of (and I agree). I'm trying my best to live according to God's word. Would it still be a sin? I really don't want God to give up on me and to be disappointed because of this. I'm a 16 year old girl and I obviously can't get married. I tried to look for answers everywhere but it only confused me more because it was a different answer everytime.

GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, an ally of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the Financial Services Committee chairman, will not seek reelection, but plans to finish out his term, McHenry announced Tuesday.

McHenry served as speaker pro tempore when McCarthy was ousted in October.

Stunning images show Arizona border crossing overrun by massive surge of adult male migrants from across globe.
The Tucson Sector saw over 17,000 encounters in a week, a new record.


A remote Arizona border crossing is being overrun by a massive surge of mainly adult male migrants from across the globe, including countries in Africa and the Middle East -- just as the state's Tucson Sector has seen record numbers of crossings in recent days.

Fox News was on the ground in Lukeville, Arizona, where Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been forced to close the local port of entry due to the surge in illegal entries. Fox footage showed that, as of Tuesday morning, hundreds of single military-age men camped out against the border wall waiting to be processed into the U.S, and not a single woman or child among them.

Of those camped out, there were a large number of Africans from countries Senegal, Guinea, Mauritania, Egypt and elsewhere waiting to be processed and potentially released into the U.S. Others were from the Middle East and Asia.
One man told Fox that he paid $10,000 to a smuggler to travel from Mauritania via Colombia, while a man from Guinea said he was planning to head to New York City if he was released into the U.S.

The Tucson Sector saw nearly 3,000 encounters in a single day and has seen 17,500 encounters in a single week, the highest weekly total ever recorded.

Meanwhile, Fox cameras caught a moment when migrants exploited gaps in the border wall -- which were being repaired by federal contractors -- and rushed through the gap and into the United States before it could be fixed.

The situation has sparked outrage from local lawmakers. Rep. Juan Ciscomani , R-Ariz., last week called for the deployment of the Arizona National Guard to the border, urging Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to recommend such action to the Pentagon.

"Tucson Sector is leading in encounters and our agents and officers are overrun and undermanned," Ciscomani says in a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "The situation is far past a breaking point and those on the frontlines of this crisis are in need of immediate support."
CBP has been surging resources and personnel to the Tucson Sector -- which typically sees less traffic than other sectors like the Rio Grande Valley-- and has been focusing on transporting migrants laterally to other parts of the border combined with a greater use of expedited removal as an alternative to them being released into the U.S.

The Biden administration has promised to increase the use of the expedited removal authority -- and has requested resources to do so as part of its $14 billion supplemental request to Congress for border operations, including staffing and non-custodial housing. Negotiations are ongoing in Congress over that supplemental, with Republicans wanting to see stricter asylum standards and limits on the administration’s use of humanitarian parole. However, some Senate Democrats have said that they would only agree to such policy changes if they were tied to an amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S.
The Biden administration has said it is dealing with a Hemisphere-wide crisis and needs Congress to act to provide more funding for the border processes, while since 2021 it has been calling on Republicans to support a comprehensive immigration bill it unveiled on day one of the administration. That too would include a sweeping amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants.

Republicans have rejected that legislation, and instead introduced a bill of their own which would increase border security funding while increasing limits on asylum and the use of humanitarian parole. Republicans have blamed the ongoing crisis on the policies of the administration -- including its rollback of Trump-era policies.

Similarly, the Border Patrol union has repeatedly blamed the administration, putting the surge in Lukeville down to an "open invitation" by the Biden administration.

"It takes a toll on the men and women [of Border Patrol] that are out there putting their lives on the line each and every day," The National Border Patrol Council's Art Del Cueto told Fox News.

But whatever the cause, the border remains in a historic crisis with records being broken at every turn. There were more than 2.4 million migrant encounters in FY 23, a new record. September saw a record for encounters at the southern border, while October saw a record for encounters in October -- with more than 240,000 encounters border-wide.

I realize the FBI already has all the videos, but for all those internet sleuths who have been hunting down those in participated in criminal acts, it's clear Johnson's goal is protection.

Amos 9:

11“In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” declares the LORD who does this.

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What was the remnant of Edom?

Well, LXX differed. Brenton Septuagint Translation:

that the remnant of men, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, may earnestly seek me, saith the Lord who does all these things.

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The Hebrew spellings for adam and edom differ by a tiny letter. LXX decided to read it as adam, meaning men.

James alluded to the LXX reading in (BSB) Acts 15:

17 so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things.

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