A girl was found at Camp Pendleton more than two weeks after she had been reported missing, according to her family, who alleges she was raped by a Marine on the military base north of San Diego.

A photograph posted to Instagram by the account notinregz, which shares content submitted by military personnel, shows an unidentified Marine in handcuffs being escorted by military police officers. The post included a photo of what it said was a handwritten logbook from Camp Pendleton that says military personnel found a 13-year-old girl in the barracks June 28. The Times could not verify the authenticity of the logbook page.

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 was taken into custody for questioning by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service the day the girl was found, 1st Marine Logistics Group spokesperson Capt. Charles Palmer confirmed.

Pretty sickening if the appearances aren't deceiving.

Ok so I was watching a Sproul teaching series yesterday and RC was talking about Genesis chapter 15 when God made all of his promises to Abraham and Abraham believed God up to a point. He asked God how can he know for sure in verse 8 of Genesis 15. And God's response to him was "bring me a bunch of Animals" and Abraham did and God cut them in two and you know the rest of the story. God swears on the carcasses of the animals and goes in between them basically I cannot swear on anything greater than me. I can't swear on the heavens because I made them or on anything else because God made everything.

So God decides to swear on himself in verses 17 to 18. Sproul was saying that when God swore on himself he said that "if I ever lie to you I give up my diety, I give up my immortal life to become mortal."

This made me wonder CAN God ever lose his diety? Can he ever become mortal if God accidentally told a lie or broke promise?

Now don't get ne wrong, God is good and perfect and would never tell a lie. He hates liars and will one day punish all liars but, my question is can God really lose his diety if he ever committed even one sin? Obviously his diety means that this can never happen but that isn't my question. My question is, can God ever become mortal IF he committed a sin?

A comprehensive new poll from the conservative Media Research Center finds that U.S. voters who rely on CNN and MSNBC are “significantly less informed” about important issues which have surfaced since President Biden took office.
This is not a surprise to conservatives.

I couldn't help but notice the article:

The Biblical proof is in Hebrews 11, the Faith chapter.

Heb 11:1-3
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.

3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
KJV

That part in red above is what modern science calls the 'first law of thermodynamics' and 'law of the conservation of matter'.

That law says that material matter cannot be created nor destroyed, but only change its form or state (solid, liquid, gas, vapor). Man's science, even today, still has had to admit any attempt to destroy matter simply causes its form or state to change.

So how did the material universe come into being? God showed us via that Hebrews 11:3 verse, which is very, very profound, once one understands that part in red. That part in red above means material matter did NOT... create itself. Matter did not create matter, and those laws of thermodynamics confirms this.

That means...

1. Something OUTSIDE the realm of the material universe had to have created material matter. That something those in Christ call The Godhead of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. And Apostle John in John 4:24 said that "God is a Spirit". That means The Godhead is NOT made up of material matter!

2. Because... God is a Spirit, as written, it means there exists another dimension of existence that is NON-MATERIAL, not made of matter, but made up of Spirit.

3. This is how the material universe of matter came into existence by GOD's Spirit. Like that above Hebrews verse says, by The Word of GOD the universe came into existence.

4. Thus the nature of the material universe (i.e., matter) PROVES the existence of GOD.

Hey...

Life will pass in a flash.

Galations 5:15
be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Are you walking in "The Way" ?

Ephesians 2:10
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Jesus has prepared specific works for you to do.

Life is not a playground in which you can do what you fancy.

Fulfilment comes from seeking His specific direction for your life and walking in it.

That is where the peace is, that is where the meaning is, celebrating specific appointed good works with Him.

Then heaven will come to earth as His Will and yours match.

Don't miss out...

Seek Him for clarity concerning purpose - fast if needed - make it you number one priority to see The Way and walk where He is.

In His Love.

A Christian couple like us decided when they retired to attend their local church. In both cases this is a Methodist church. None of us are full-blown Methodists by persuasion but we are strong believers in worshipping and serving locally. We got together recently and started talking about the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training that is coming for all who serve in an official role. This led onto the meeting our church will soon have about licensing for same-sex marriage. Our friends said they had had theirs and they and their church voted in favour. We said we and our church were likely to vote against. We have already lost two leaders concerning the EDI material and theology.
I looked at the husband and this sad thought came that if and when pressure came on us, politically, economically or clerically because of our bigotry (the Romans called the early Christians anti-humanity), I doubted whether whether he would sacrifice much to protect us or even stand up for us.
I hope that the World allows us to live with difference of Opinion without penalty.

hello I'm emily, a christian all my life. I grew up with a mother that didn't believe, but I held on to my faith and that's the way it's going to stay

I was abused by her as a child, and thankfully I am out of that situation. I do still have many physical and emotional scars I live with daily, but you can't have an abusive childhood and get off lightly

I recently started going to church again, after my old pastor passed away from covid. I managed to find a new one, and it's actually all women so it's very nice. there are a lot of nice people there and new people come often

I really don't know why he is still a Christian at this point. Since he clearly don't think that our Lord Jesus made the right decision in teaching us how to pray. The literal personification of God's trinity.

This is so backwards in his teachings. Father as a word is seen as problematic because of the shortfall of earthly fathers. Instead of the word Father taking the high ground by associating with the ideal divine patriarch, the "bishop" rather sink into the grime and associate it the earthly failing.

So what now? Are Anglicans to self censor in communal prayers? To never utter the word Father out of fear that it would offend people who haven't had a good experience with their fathers?

To me it is more importantly so that the word Father be use for these people. To show them that what true Fatherhood is - how God Himself intended.

But hey that's just my thoughts as a Lutheran. Not that we Lutherans are any more immune to secular progressive intrusion into our churches.

Asking for prayer, God knows the situations, thank you

False Prophets and The Righteous

I believe the Lord wants me to look at this subject of “false prophets” according to the Scriptures, for there can be many different ideas on what constitutes a false prophet or a false prophecy. And I am going to begin with 2 Peter 2:1-22 and how they are described there:


Then in Matthew 7:15-20; Matthew 24:11,24; Luke 6:26:


Then in Jude 1 we have a description similar to 2 Peter 2 of ungodly men:


Now, let’s compare those descriptions to these descriptions of the righteous:


[2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Timothy 3:12-13; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:5; Romans 2:13; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Ephesians 4:17-24; Philippians 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 John 3:7]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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Matthew 16:
21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer
many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.
22 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying,
Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!
23 But He turned and said to Peter, Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me,
for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.

In that moment, Peter had heard, but refused to acknowledge the truth.
In fact, he opposed the truth. Every believer must stand on and remain steadfast in the truth.

John 8:42-47
Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.

There were some among the believers at Corinth who did not receive the truth regarding the resurrection. They did not know the spirit by which they were speaking. The Father of lies had deceived them. This is to believe in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:12-14 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen: And if Christ is not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

Faith requires a believer to be grounded in the truth, which is in Christ and found in His Body.
1 Timothy
2:4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou may know how thou ought to behave thyself in the house of God,
which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Speaking to the Ynet studio on Sunday, Luft's attorney Mordechai Tzivin said: “When there is a political motive, Interpol does not extradite, or when there is a danger to someone’s life. I don't want to say that he is in mortal danger, but he is indeed in great danger.”
Netanyahu has little influence with the Biden administration.

I think homosexual intercourse is a sin and I do not support the practice of it. I think each believer should follow his own conscience in how to answer this question. Let God's peace guide you. I leave the eternal judgment to God and live in peace with God, myself, and everyone else.

Concerning the issue of transgender, is it a sin?

I don't think the feeling itself is a sin. As for transgender expression or behavior, I don't know. In any case, we are called to glorify God in our lives.

In Toronto, I have attended churches that are LGBTQ+ friendly and hugged gay people. I saw the Pride Parade. I think many of them are nice people. In Toronto, there are quite a few churches that are officially LGBTQ friendly and some are headed by gay pastors.

I sat through sermons delivered by gay pastors multiple times. 95% of the time, it was no different from a sermon delivered by a non-gay pastor. In fact, one church surprised me in that it was my 4th visit before I realized that the pastor was gay! This rainbow church was very family oriented. The majority of the congregation were straight people with kids. They didn't make a special point of it.

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Bottom line, 1 Corinthians 13:

See also Transgender people have higher death rates than their cis gender peers.

John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” So, the short answer to one way to be saved is to believe in Jesus. To believe in Jesus is to believe in God Himself. Jesus in John 14:6 says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” So in this first way to be saved, you need to know God.

But what does that mean? Is it necessary to pour through the Bible to know Him? Is it necessary to attend church? Is it even necessary to pray by yourself in a room? There are other ways to know God. For example, if you never heard of God, and you see that someone out of the kindness of their heart helps you out of your need or distress, you would know the God that exists in the heart of that person, Anyone who benefits from that kindness, even those who were born with a limited mental capacity, would at least have experienced God and thus could be saved. Any connection with God, in any degree, that you don’t resist, would make you eligible to be saved.

The duration of that connection doesn’t matter. As Luke 23:42-43 demonstrates, you can be in the last hours of your life before you acknowledge God’s existence, and you can still be saved. And note that Jesus, who was on the cross next to the condemned man, Jesus who spoke to multitudes of people, going into detail of whom God blesses and who those multitudes are in relation to God, and who performed miracles all over the area near the Mediterranean, and discussed God with the Pharisees as well as ordinary people, says to the condemned man next to him, whom he never saw before and who never heard the words Jesus spoke before, but who said “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom,” says to the condemned man, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

The other way to be saved is by God’s Grace no matter how much or how little you know God. Could people who don’t believe in God be saved? That depends on whom you consider to believe in God. Is it just people who go around saying “Lord, Lord,” as referenced in Matthew 7:21? Can it be people who merely do the Will of God, also referenced in Matthew 7:21, without worshipping Him, be saved? What about people who lived on Polynesian islands who don’t worship God but who are fruitful and have families and multiply and make good use of the habitat they live in that God created, and foster good relations with eachother so their generations may continue? Does Psalm 19:1 not say, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork”? Is it not conceivable that God in His good Graces would save these people too?

What do we know about God regarding His Grace? As he commanded us to Genesis 1 to be fruitful and multiply, and as He commanded his Creation there to let birds fly and fish swim, and living creatures to be brought forth on land, would His Grace not be directed toward things that are “good?” In that respect, would His Grace not extend to those who at least share God’s interests concerning His Creation? Would those not possibly at least be saved to the extent of God’s Grace?

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel told employees in a new memo about their constitutional and statutory right to make protected disclosures to Congress.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith on Saturday said that previous communications by the agency to employees may have had a “chilling effect” on whistleblowers, as they did not tell them that their rights included sharing concerns directly to Congress.

A recent letter from attorneys for Hunter Biden, Mr. Smith noted, may have had a similar effect for asking whether it was appropriate for these employees to approach Congress with their concerns.


Two agents who were working on Hunter Biden's case, blew the whistle. They were subsequently taken off the case, and barred from promotion.

When all energy was gathered in the empty space we call space, the weight was so great that everything collapsed, that's how matter was created too, lots of it, it's energy that has become cooler, but shaped by the pressure around it, therefore we have different masses, and when everything collapsed, it kind of exploded and spread in empty space, all mass depends on getting energy from suns all the time, otherwise it just turns to stone, that's why everything around us, is still alive, because there is energy, the reason why we have gravity as well and the ability to do things, to do work, is precisely because everything collapsed and spread, it has a kind of momentum that lasts for a while, otherwise you would not being able to do anything because you can't make something out of nothing, there must be some kind of force behind it,

enough about that, but what I wanted to get to then is that all this energy was just suddenly in space, in an empty space that is infinite in all directions, where do you place all this combined energy to begin with, how do you decide where in the space it is, and how can it just arise from nothing? Fair enough, maybe it was always there, but since everything collapsed, it had a beginning, so it begs the question, was there a higher being that made all this energy, and placed it so it collapsed?

I don't think the universe has an end either, logically everything came from nothing, or was there all along, but then it can happen again, it doesn't mean that it only happens once, and there is mass gathering, then it occurs black holes, these gather mass all the time and become heavier and heavier, thus the same will happen as at the beginning of the universe, everything will collapse from the weight and become a new sun, in a way it is recycling, it will not end since energy cannot be destroyed, but there is a downside to it all then, many dream of seeing aliens, but I think since we are limited by the speed of light and that planets are drifting apart at a greater speed, we will never see aliens, we isn't expanding fast enough, we're supposed to be on the planet too and not explore space, but some people want to leave and just drift alone in space, don't think dark matter or dark energy exists, so there's nothing to bend, we have old energy from burning suns that creates a bit of gravity around planets and keeps rocks nearby, when we fire at home too, we create old energy, in space itself it is captured by black holes, and a little around planets,

what do you mean, was it a higher being that placed all the energy in the room?

I know this probably sounds silly, especially because I have friends and family members who are not saved. I believe they will be left behind. But I have considerable anxiety thinking about my husband and I being raptured and our three dogs starving to death. They are in crates when we are at work. It's not something I can really arrange with a non-Christian friend, because it would essentially be saying, "When I'm raptured to Heaven, you'll still be here, so can you take care of my dogs?" I can't see that going over well.

I don't think the Bible is clear on this issue, but based on what I've studied, I think it's unlikely dogs (or cats) will go to heaven. They don't have souls. So how can I stop worrying about this? Can any other Christian pet owners give me some advice?

It was originally reported that Secret Service discovered the illegal drug in a common area of the West Wing, but it has since been confirmed that the cocaine was actually found in a more secure location near an entrance used by various staff members from different government agencies. The place where the drug was found is also near the Situation Room — a conference room and intelligence-management center located in the basement of the West Wing.
This administration has boasted about their transparency. It is time to call them out. The American people should demand it.

I don't think anyone, including Abraham, was commanded to keep the Sabbath until Exodus 31:

Sabbath was a special sign of the covenant between God and the Israelites after exiting Egypt.

In the NT, Jesus healed on the Sabbath in John 5:


According to the Jewish authority, Jesus broke the Sabbath and Jesus told P1 to break the Sabbath. The Pharisees saw sins as external behaviors. See e.g., The 39 Categories of Sabbath Work Prohibited By Law. Jesus shifted the focus to the heart where sin originated (Matthew 5:28).

Paul had this to say in Romans 14:

Should we keep the Sabbath?

According to Paul, it is up to the individual believers. Further, we should not judge others about Sabbath, Colossians 2:

If you keep the Sabbath, are you going to keep the punishment?

Numbers 15:

The weekly Sabbaths are only a shadow of the true Sabbath rest. Once we have the true reality, there is no need to chase after the shadows.

I enjoy certain forums and I follow those forums. However lately I have just been inundated with emails because a specific member just post and post and post relentlessly all day long. Is there any way to block only certain posts that have been posted by a specific member, without unfollowing that forum? When I see the email and the name it's easy enough to delete but I mean there are so many of them it's like being spammed.

1 John 5:11-12 (NKJV) says, "...God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life."

The best way for Christians to know that they possess eternal life is for them to know that Jesus lives in their hearts. As the verses above say, if Jesus lives in a person's heart, that person has eternal life; if Jesus does not live in that person's heart, that person does not have eternal life. The reason for this being true is that eternal life exists in Jesus. Having Jesus in your heart, therefore, is both necesary and sufficient for having eternal life.

As a result, the best and most definitive self test for the presence of eternal life is for a Christian to know and understand that Jesus lives in their heart. This is the test recommended by Paul in 2 Corinthians 13:5 (NKJV) - "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified."

The Bible speaks of other things that are true for those who possess eternal life, but no self test is as difinitive as this one.

Russia and Ukraine need seats in European Parliament.

Literal Standard Version, Exodus 3:
YHWH is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.