I need to lose a large amount of weight. What should I do to speed up my metabolism?

God bless

"The administration's landmark announcement Tuesday detailed the first-ever set of drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations, a longtime Democratic priority included in last year's Inflation Reduction Act over drug companies' fervent objections."

Biden doing what he set out to do....help the average American save money on prescriptions....

Please pray for me. I have been struggling with extreme depression for a long time. No matter what I do, life keeps getting worse. I feel like God wants me to commit suicide.

Without trying to argue over which view is correct, let's try to organize the different views regarding the Antichrist. And if you want, let me know which view you hold. And I will update this opening post, to add your name. I placed my name under Futurist, the Antichrist will be a Jew. If you can think of some descriptor we should include in the list that maybe I missed, let me know.



Partial Preterist -

a. Nero was the Antichrist


Historist -

a. the Pope/Papacy is the Antichrist
eleos1954


Futurist -

a. the Antichrist will be a Jew.
Douggg

b. the Antichrist will be a Muslim.

c. the Antichrist will not be a Jew, but a world leader

d. the Antichrist will be a former Christian

e. the Antichrist will be a nephilim, with a Jewish mother
Handmaid for Jesus

I've had problems with my ears since a hot summer day in 2007. They have been clogged since then. I've been to countless doctors. Now I can only rely on faith and prayer.

Please pray for me.

The pope who calls it an “honor” to be criticized by Americans, is name calling conservative Catholics. This is not new. He’s called them “rigid” and “pharisees” among many other nasty things.

I grow tired of this kind of thing. The Church seems to be increasingly opposed to faithful Catholics, especially those who attend the TLM. Pope Francis seems to despise many Catholics who are the ones who attend Mass daily or even on Sundays. He seems to curry the favor of climate alarmists in the media and the United Nations.



The AP: Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the U.S. Catholic Church, which has been split between progressives and conservatives who long found support in the doctrinaire papacies of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, particularly on issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.

Many conservatives have blasted Francis’ emphasis instead on social justice issues such as the environment and the poor, while also branding as heretical his opening to letting divorced and civilly remarried Catholics receive the sacraments.

Continued below.

President Biden used at least three email aliases during his time as vice president in the Obama administration, a move that has ramped up congressional scrutiny of his involvement in his son’s foreign business deals.

White House records show that Mr. Biden used the name “Robert L. Peters” while serving as vice president. House investigators say Mr. Biden also disguised his name on emails using the pseudonyms “Robin Ware” and “JRB Ware,” a play on his middle name and initials paired with his home state of Delaware.

Mr. Biden has not explained why he used the aliases, but the tactic has raised the suspicions of House investigators who are probing the Biden family’s foreign business deals and how extensive a role Mr. Biden played in securing them while he was vice president and after leaving office

A search of Biden’s vice presidential records found “approximately 5,138 email messages, 25 electronic files and 200 pages of potentially responsive records” for a Freedom of Information Act request filed last year in search of three email addresses Biden was known to use to conceal his name.
That's a lot of messages to conceal.

Hello everyone. I have been using a VPN for quite some time now, and I've never had a problem before, but when I tried to check out Christian Forums a minute ago, with my VPN on, it said my IP address was banned. I honestly have no idea what's going on because I am certain that I haven't broken any rules, unless there is one that I'm not aware of. Are members of Christian Forums not allowed to access the website using a VPN or something?

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MEDITATE ON GOD'S GLORY
在神的恩典中默想

Psalm 145
诗篇145

5 I[a] will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And on Your wondrous works.5

我要默念你威严的尊荣和你奇妙的作为。
This is an awesome Psalm and I just want to concentrate on this verse, although please read the rest of the psalm. I just wanted to pluck out this nugget and share it with you.
这是一节令人敬畏的诗篇。尽管我也很喜欢诗篇的剩余诗节，但我更想抽出这小小珍宝，并与你分享。
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the beauty of God. Have you ever thought about this?
最近我一直在思考神的美好。你曾思考过这些吗？
God is beautiful... totally majestic.
神是美好的，全然威严。
My Favourite song is Oh Lord your beautiful by Keith Green and I just love to worship the Lord by singing that song. Please take a few minutes to meditate on the beauty of the Lord.
我最喜爱的歌曲是由基斯格林写的“噢神,你是那么美好"，我也喜欢唱那首歌敬拜神。请花几分钟默想神的美好。
God is totally pure and Holy
神是全然纯洁和圣洁的。
There is no need for light in heaven... because the Father and the Son are the light of heaven.
天堂里不需要光，因为父和子就是天堂之光。
God is glorious in holiness.
神在圣洁中是壮美的。
He is above anything we can ever imagine.
他超越任何我们能够想象的事情。
God our Father is the one True God. Meditate on Him and take time to think on what He is. So often we think of what He has done for us.
我们的父神是独一真神，默想他，花时间思考他是什么。常常思考他为我们所做的。
So often we spend time serving Him and do not spend enough time seeking and worshipping Him... we need to spend time with Him so we can serve others. Out of our relationship with Him comes our service
我们常常花时间侍奉他，却没有花足够时间寻求他敬拜他...我们需要花时间和他一起以便侍奉他更多，在我们和他关系之外还需要侍奉。
you know we have a beautiful world and we spend time admiring its beauty, but the beauty of the world is nothing to the beauty of God himself and what heaven is like.
你知道我们有一个美好的世界，我们花时间欣赏他的美丽，但世界的美丽和神的美好以及天堂的美好相比不值一提。
Keith Green put it perfectly when he talked about heaven... he said compared to heaven, living here on earth was like living in a garbage can!
基斯格林在谈论天堂时使用了完美一词，他说相比于天堂，住在地球就像生活在垃圾桶！
One day we shall be with our Father and Saviour, and we shall be lost in the radiance of their beauty... amen

总有一天我们会与父神和救赎者一起，我们将会迷失在他们美丽的光辉中...阿门
Can't wait... can you?
等不及...你呢？

Keith

基斯

PSALM 147
诗篇147章
4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
他决定众星的数目，给他们一一命名
EVERY ONE HAS A NAME
每人都有一个名字
I love verse 4 don't you?
我喜欢第4节，你呢？
We are still learning about how many stars there are and we are constantly finding new galaxies and then we seek to give them names.
我们仍在研究有多少星星，我们不断发现新的星系，然后给他们命名。
One Being knows how many stars there are, and that is the One who placed all the stars in their orbits. God is the Creator of every star, and knows each one individually by name.
把所有星星放入轨道的那位，了解有多少颗星星。神是每个星星的创造者，通过名字了解每个个体。
If he knows all the stars by name, He knows you by name also. If we read Psalm 139, we have these awesome words:
如果他通过名字了解所有星星，他也会通过名字了解你。如果我们阅读诗篇139章，我们会看到这些令人敬畏的话：
13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
你创造了我，使我在母腹中成形。
14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a]
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
我称谢你，因为你创造我的作为是多么奇妙可畏，我心深深知道。
15My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
我在暗中受造，在地的深处被联络，那时，我的形体并不向你隐藏。
16Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
我未成形的体质，你的眼早已看见了。你所定的日子，我被造的肢体尚未有其一，你都写在你的册上了。
God knows every star; He knows you by name. Isn't that wonderful!!!
神了解每一颗星星；他通过名字了解你。这难道不够奇妙吗！
God bless you
神祝福你
KK
基斯


SOAK IN SCRIPTURE

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夫妻之道

Paul Washer | Husbands and Wives

Christ Gospel Church


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耶稣基督的行动所展现的惊人权柄

Dr. Joel Beeke

圣传归正教会改革宗华语堂

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God gloriously restores his people

Conrad Mbewe | Major Lessons from the Minor P

Kabwata Baptist Church

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The Gospel in a Nutshell

Dr. Jon D. Payne | Various

Christ Church Presbyterian

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Why Do We Need the Gospel?

Charlie Olson | Romans

Southwick Bible Church

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I'm a Christian & You're a Catholic: So What's the Difference?

Mike Gendron | Discernment Conference

Cornerstone Bible Church

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This is my first time here. I'm so happy to be admitted into this forum. I regard myself as a Christian spiritual researcher. I am an evangelist; my evangelism basically seeks to disseminate the my findings in spiritual research. I reside in Nigeria, Africa.

God bless you all.

GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy did not back down Sunday when questioned about comments he made during a campaign stop in Iowa Friday, calling Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) part of the “modern KKK.”

During his Friday appearance in Iowa, Ramaswamy accused Pressley, the first Black woman elected to represent Massachusetts in Congress, of racism and compared her to “modern grand wizards” of the Ku Klux Klan for comments she made in 2019, saying: “We don’t need any more Black faces that don’t want to be a Black voice.”

“BREAKING: Alex Jones says a TSA whistleblower has told him TSA employees were instructed on Tue that masks are coming back by October for travelers & full Covid restrictions/lockdowns by December due to a new ‘dangerous variant’ out of Canada,” read a tweet with the video, which had more than 38,000 likes and 20,000 shares on Thursday."

The claim originated on the Aug. 18 episode of “The Alex Jones Show,” where its namesake host said an anonymous “high-level manager in the TSA” and an unnamed “Border Patrol-connected” source told him about the alleged announcement. Jones is known for spreading conspiracy theories.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. No such announcement was made to TSA managers, an agency spokesperson told The Associated Press. A spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which issued a now-expired travel mask mandate in 2021, confirmed that such rumors are “utterly false.”

Hi there,
I've been dating a girl for a couple months that I've admired for many years. She is a kind soul, calm and very sweet. She's also very beautiful.

But as we've been dating and got to know each other, it's become clear that she has chronic fatigue from having covid a few years ago. It has only gotten worse as she got a demanding job after finishing her education as a caretaker for children. And I can't help but be a little worried.

My hope is that God will calm me, shows me a way, us a way perhaps, that her illness doesn't matter in the bigger picture. That he will answer me in some way.
I try to be honest and remember that I have my own short comings as well, and who knows what either of us could catch from life in the short or long run, cancer or something else.

My worries are about what a future together might look like. Would she be too tired for going on trips together? Would she have the energy for raising children?

Though, having children is not an absolute must for me. And my own introversion personality demands rest on my part as well. Perhaps I'm worrying about matters that could be solved, and maybe her illness of the fatigue she got isn't permanent after she gets some time off and rest. A doctor appointment has allowed 2 weeks off with an evaluation afterwards on her well being. Our Country's welfare system could give her paid months off for recovery if needed be.

She's also worried herself herself on her future, where she might fit in the future. I hope to talk comfort into her, especially with the hopes and reassurances that comes from God. But while on this earth, I wonder what might be the best for the two of us. If I can get past the doubts and fully commit into believing and imagining a future together.
After being with her, I think about her with a smile. But after a day or two, the doubts creeps in with the thoughts of that illness and what that might mean to us having a future together.

Would you consider dating someone with chronic illness? Why or why not? If you can talk sense into my situation I would be very grateful.
Thank you, and God bless

Sincerely
Mathias

No, not exactly, Acts 10:

44 While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. 45 And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. 46For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, 47“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

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People could receive the Holy Spirit before baptism.

Does receiving the Holy Spirit always accompany baptism?

No, Acts 8:

14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

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Even after being baptized, there is no guarantee that the baptized person has received the Holy Spirit.

People could receive the Holy Spirit before baptism and people may not have received the Holy Spirit even after the baptism. There is no universal correlation between the two events.

On the day of Pentecost in Acts 2:

37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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If you are baptized, you will receive the Holy Spirit. It does not say that baptism is a pre-requisite for receiving the Holy Spirit: If you receive the Holy Spirit, you must have been baptized. In any case, this is a general rule of thumb. I would not put a precise timing on the 3 events.

39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

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Is baptism a pre-requisite for receiving the Holy Spirit?

Strictly speaking, no.

I am chronically addicted to snapchat (my only means of a social life) and I think it is affecting my prayer life.

How can I change that? How can I have a more robust prayer life?

Thank you

So, my parents, are getting kinda old, and my father has beginning Alzheimers perhaps, the doctor suspected it, I think, but he won`t talk about it, but my parents have had some dementia for a while, normal for people when they get older, but I`ve noticed something, when they get excited by something, or interested, in something, the dementia is less, or almost gone also, so I had this theory for a while that dementia is really just loss of interest in things, when we live in a society which all surroundings are articifial, and not like when we lived in nature, and people do the same everyday also, you can start to lose interest, like losing interest in that way that you slowly decade, most people just get bored from it all, but some, decade, like a process of losing interest until you die, but my point was, I think the reason people thought Jesus could heal, was because he sparked people`s interest again, like a dement person would gain interest again because there finally was something happening, and you know, when you feel good and motivated, your other health issues would be less also, the soul heals the body, so sometimes when my parents look at me, with a little dementia, they are suddenly normal again, and that comes from my being, the person that I am, I`m not the biggest person, but I spark some interest because of everything I do,

the real cure for dementia, and other health issuses, lies in us all I think, to make the world not so boring

President Joseph R. Biden is too old to “effectively serve” another four-year term, according to a new poll.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found more than three-quarters of adults surveyed, or 77%, believe Mr. Biden, 80, is too old to run for reelection.

This is a claim I've seen bandied around more times than once; that evolution is a 'theory in crisis'.

And yet not one person I've seen make that claim is able to actually say how or why it's in crisis.

So, this is my challenge: show me how and/or why the theory of evolution is a 'theory in crisis'?

If you say it's not, don't comment saying it's not, since that's not need for this thread.

...is apparently not going too well. Current US daily crude oil production is almost at its pre-covid peak and is on track to set new records later this year and on into next year:

The White House counsel’s office met with a top aide to Special Counsel Jack Smith just weeks before he brought charges against former President Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents — raising serious concerns about coordinated legal efforts aimed at President Biden’s likely opponent in 2024.

Hey there, lovely folks! Let's dive into some date talk and unleash our creativity and imaginations! I'm all ears for your take on the ultimate date. Whether you're a die-hard romantic or someone who enjoys the simple things. Remember, the perfect date doesn't have to break the bank. It's all about those shared values, heart-to-heart chats, and real connections. Maybe you've got this awesome date memory you want to relive, or perhaps you're cooking up a fresh idea for a wonderful date night. Maybe you have the opportunity to take someone on a date, but you're stuck on what to do and would like some advice. Maybe you want to be taken on a date and would like to share what your ideal date would be in that regard. Are there any dates you've been on that have been memorable or that you unexpectedly enjoyed? What are you looking for in a date? How does your faith play a role in your dating ideas, thoughts, or plans?

This isn't necessarily about the person you would like to date, but more about the experience and the event in and of itself as a whole. So spill the beans, share your stories, and let's inspire each other to create moments that make hearts flutter. Your contributions might just be the inspiration someone else needs to create their own perfect date!

“I think he could be a key witness in this, of course,” Mr. Johnson said. “And you see the White House pushing back … and suggesting that he’s not a trustworthy witness. They say that about everyone involved in this — the idea that the president would be engaged in a pay-to-play scheme like this.

“And then [Mr. Biden] bragged about it on video. … Throughout this process, Mr. Shokin, of course, is an important voice in this because he was directly involved.”

He added, “He was the target of the president. And the idea that he believes there was bribery confirms what many of us are already thinking.”

Hello, I am a Turkish convert to Orthodoxy and I have a question. Since I speak Turkish there are several religious expressions in the everyday language that are typically associated with Islam such as:

Allah! ("Oh my God!")
Inshallah ("God willing")
Mashallah ("Wow")
Selam aleykum ("Hello/peace be upon you")

Etc.

It is quite natural for me to use such exclamations as a native speaker. My question is whether Oriental Orthodox Christians use these expressions as well, thus making it OK to continue using them? For me, the expressions are not necessarily Islamic since "Allah" is simply the Arabic name for God, presumably also used by Arabic Christians?