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eclipsenow · Friday at 5:24 AM

ozso said:
Maybe they should've illegally entered Australia instead. No, wait, Australia deports illegals too.

With due process - and they have rights if on the Australian mainland.
But if our border forces grab their boats before they're on Australian soil - they can be detained for years without due process - and this is a violation of human rights and international law. I condemn such behaviours in whatever country they appear in - what about yourself?

ozso said:
Maybe the should've illegally entered a country that doesn't deport. Oops, no such country exists.

Maybe you should reply to the pertinent points above instead of being trite.

Like - DO immigrants commit more crimes than native born Americans?
DO they contribute more to the economy than they take in welfare?
ARE they human beings - or should you despise them all equally?

RDKirk · Friday at 5:17 AM

A2SG said:
I'm not sure why I was quoted here, since this reply has nothing to do with anything I said.

Sure, it does.

It can be true that no other Republican "has the personality or the charisma (or sheer hutzpah) to be the next Trump?"

And at the same time, "he’ll have everything else in place so that, when the facade crumbles, we’ll all understand that the All-powerful don’t need 'permission' of the people, to rule."

A2SG · Friday at 4:55 AM

RDKirk said:
Both can be true.

We can have Republican politicians that broadly suck and everyone knows it, yet through gerrymandering and other techniques being put in place, be unable to oust them.

Cruz, for instance.

I'm not sure why I was quoted here, since this reply has nothing to do with anything I said. But, I guess I can say I agree that ousting Ted Cruz would probably be a good thing.

-- A2SG, then again, I'm not from Texas, so I never voted for the guy anyway....

Jerry N. · Friday at 4:43 AM

I think low testosterone in younger males has a lot to do with it.

Viki_rrr · Friday at 4:41 AM

Здравствуйте, меня зовут Виктория. Я выросла в стране со светскими взглядами, но самая распространённая религия здесь — ислам. Мои родители не очень ревностные христиане; я с детства ходила в церковь, была крещена в православии, но не могла назвать себя по-настоящему верующей. До совершеннолетия я вела, в каком-то смысле, довольно разгульный образ жизни: рано познакомилась с алкоголем и сигаретами. В восемнадцать лет я начала интересоваться христианством, и, честно говоря, это был худший год в моей жизни. Я стала больше думать о религии, и это постепенно помогло мне выйти из кризиса. Конечно, я читала Библию, молилась, но, честно говоря, уверена, что мои знания недостаточно структурированы, и хотела бы услышать ваш совет: с чего мне лучше всего начать?

MarkRohfrietsch · Friday at 4:38 AM

Guojing said:
There is a difference in meaning between

those who got it seem to have gotten it elsewhere

no one was infected with Covid as a result of partaking of the Eucharist

Without faith in the promises of our Lord, including those regarding the sacrament, this conversation is going to remain irrelevant to you; I see no point in discussing further.

Strong in Him · Friday at 4:38 AM

Apple Sky said:
And now I have, see post above, please do not hesitate to ask me any more questions in your quest for the truth.

Strong in Him · Friday at 4:37 AM

Apple Sky said:
There's three things here that God didn't create, the solar system, the planets & the Galaxies these have been falsified.

John 1:3 says that God created everything - everything that exists was created by God.
Or don't you believe John's Gospel?

Apple Sky said:
My view of God's creation is correct.

Not even close.

Apple Sky said:
I don't have too as I can see perfectly well with my own two eyes.

There are many, many things that you can't see with your own eyes.

Besides, the Bible says we live by faith and not by sight.

Apple Sky said:
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Psalms 19:1

Yes, I told you that.

What I'm saying is that the heavens are far, far bigger than you are portraying. They are vast, and truly show God's glory and creative power.
Your vision is way too small because you reduce creation just to what you can see with your own eyes.

Apple Sky said:
Which God can name all.

And which God said Abraham would not be able to count.
I.e. there are far more of them than Abraham could even see.

Apple Sky said:
Yes.

Good.

Apple Sky said:
This is great if it's true.

It is true.
And you once said "sorry" to God for having doubted the astronauts.

RDKirk · Friday at 4:36 AM

Pommer said:
Trump’s a smart guy, politically, (for not being a politician)…if he can convince people that this trait/talent applies to anything he may deign to touch, he’s going to use that until it doesn’t work anymore. But by then, he’ll have everything else in place so that, when the facade crumbles, we’ll all understand that the All-powerful don’t need “permission” of the people, to rule.

A2SG said:
Oh, I get Trump's skill in the political arena, but it's borne out of personality or charisma, not skill at governing. So I wonder, when Trump is no longer able to actively participate (despite what he may believe, that's the end of this term), who will carry on the agenda of the Heritage Foundation? Who has the personality or the charisma (or sheer hutzpah) to be the next Trump?

I don't see Vance doing it, nor any of Trump's descendants. Or Lindsey Graham. Or Ted Cruz.

-- A2SG, doesn't say a lot for the enduring future some see the GOP having post-Trump....

Both can be true.

We can have Republican politicians that broadly suck and everyone knows it, yet through gerrymandering and other techniques being put in place, be unable to oust them.

Cruz, for instance.

David Lamb · Friday at 4:36 AM

Jamdoc said:
So, just led to Matthew today, and I'm reading and something stood out in the sermon of the Mount

Matthew 5

right so this part we all know, to give context

Heaven and Earth do pass away, and a New Earth comes.. meaning the laws can pass away then, and be removed, or replaced.

As far as heaven is concerned, the bible makes clear that there will be no sin (disobedience of God) there, so no law will be required.

RDKirk · Friday at 4:34 AM

Pommer said:
White-people “lost” when other people gained?

No, that's not what "relative to white people" means. At least not how I understood it.

Take, for instance, the right to vote. The absolute significance of the right to vote within United States laws is arguable. Many people say that the US today is an oligarchy and the right to vote means relatively little in absolute terms of governing the nation.

In that case, the right to vote for non-white people also means at best relatively little in absolute terms of governing the nation.

But that "at best" is only achieved if at least non-whites have the same ability to vote as whites.

So, we can say that in voting and many other ways, black people made gains relative to white people...and still argue that those gains are not absolutely valuable.

Nithavela · Friday at 4:28 AM

ozso said:
Yeah, no.

Come on, you can do better than that.

David Lamb · Friday at 4:26 AM

CerebralCherub said:
Thank you very much. That goes a long way towards answering the authority query - very appreciated.

Do you happen to know why the NT is so heavily invested with Pauls writings? Is it because of what was mentioned previously ie access to writing and education? Thank you very much!

I would say that like the rest of the bible, the ultimate Author is God Himself. So whether Paul or Matthew or John or Peter ws the human penman, it is all from God, and has His authority. Anyway, all of Paul's writings are letters to churches and Christian individuals. Compared to the gospels or Revelation, they are comparatively short.

Christsfreeservant · Friday at 4:25 AM

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” (Romans 8:1-8 ESV)

Please read this all in context. Too many people are reading just this first sentence, and they are building their own doctrine of salvation out of just one verse. Keep reading, for then you will learn who those are who are truly “in Christ Jesus,” and they are not all who merely give lip service to the Lord, who call him, “Lord,” but then do not do what he says (see Matthew 7:21-23). For, even though we are not under the liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary, and Sabbath laws of the Old Covenant, that does not make us lawless. We still have to obey God’s commands.

So, who are those who are no longer under condemnation? Who are those who are “in Christ Jesus”? We are all those who now, by the grace of God, and in the power of God, by faith in Christ, walk (live in conduct, in practice) not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. Our lives are now being guided and directed by the Scriptures, taught in the correct biblical context, and by the Spirit of God living within us, leading us in the ways of holiness and of righteousness, in walks of surrender to God, in obedience to his commands, and no longer according to the patterns of our sinful flesh.

Too many people, though, are trying to insert their godless and rebellious lives inside of Christ, and then are claiming that they are no longer under condemnation, just because they made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. But they have not died with Christ to sin, and they are not walking in obedience to the Lord and to his New Covenant commands, because they have convinced themselves that God does not require that of them, even though it is what Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught throughout the Scriptures. But if sin is still our practice, we are not “in Christ.”

So, we cannot be “in Christ” by our own terms, according to our own sinful flesh. Just saying we are “in Christ,” by faith in him, does not make it true. We can put on an outward show of “Christianity,” but if our hearts have not changed, and if we are still living in conformity to our sinful flesh, and not in conformity to the righteousness of God, and not according to the teachings of the Scriptures, then we do not know Christ. For the mind which is still set on the flesh, to please the sinful flesh, is hostile to (antagonistic, belligerent, and warring against) God, for it does not submit to God’s commandments.

So, none of us are “in Christ” just by claiming that we are, by making a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus. We are “in Christ” who have died with Christ to sin and who are now walking (in conduct, in practice) according to his Spirit, and according to his commands, in the power of God, by the grace of God, and not of our own flesh. For if we live according to the flesh, still making sin our habit, and not obedience to God, the result is we will die in our sins and we will not have heaven as our eternal destiny. For those who are still living to please the sinful flesh cannot be pleasing to God.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; 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 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]

Walking in The Light

Based off 1 John 1-2
An Original Work / November 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When I lift up my voice, and
Sing praise unto God,
I will fellowship with my
Lord and Savior, King.
In Him there is no darkness.
He is in the light of truth.
If we walk in His light,
From sin He purifies.

If we repent of our sins,
He’ll forgive us now,
When we humble ourselves, and
Before Jesus bow.
The man who says, “I know Him,”
But does not obey His truth,
There is no truth in him.
In darkness still he’s found.

Do not love the world of sin,
For it is hell bound.
If you follow the world, you’ll
Not in Christ be found.
The world and its desires
Will not last; they’ll expire.
The one who does God’s will,
Receives eternal life.

See that what you have heard from
Christ remains in you.
Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and
In His Father, too.
This is what He promised us –
His eternal life with God.
So, continue in Him, and
You’ll receive a crown.

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David Lamb · Friday at 4:19 AM

Apple Sky said:
There's three things here that God didn't create, the solar system, the planets & the Galaxies these have been falsified.

Planets are also called "Wandering stars." The very word "planet" comes from the Greek for "wandering star." Couldn't the wandering stars be included with the other stars? The solar system is the sun and the wandering stars and the earth. galaxies are groupings of stars.

Apple Sky said:
My view of God's creation is correct.

That sounds arrogant. I am sure you didn't mean to be arrogant.

Apple Sky said:
I don't have too as I can see perfectly well with my own two eyes.

But you cannot see the really distant stars with just your eyes.

Apple Sky said:
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Psalms 19:1
I do know this as it is on Wernher Von Brauns tombstone, do you think he was trying to tell us something ?

I don't know who caused the words to be on von Braun's gravestone, or whether they were trying to tell us something. I do know that God is telling us (because Psalm 19 is in His word) that the heavens do indeed declare God's glory and the firmament shows His handiwork. That is true whatever shape one believes the earth to be, whether or not the moon landings happened, and whether or not the firmament is a solid dome.

Apple Sky said:
Which God can name all.

Yes, of course He can. He created them, and He knows all things.

Apple Sky said:
Yes.

This is great if it's true.

Why shouldn't it be?

Nithavela · Friday at 4:15 AM

The democrats do not understand the right-wing game.

The right wing game is that the goal is for right-wing people to get as mad as possible. Then they win. The goal is also to make left-wing people a little angry. Then they also win.

eclipsenow · Friday at 4:08 AM

BeckyJ said:
The OT verses are for those who enter a country legally.

No it doesn't. The OT didn't have ENTRY rules - just laws about how immigrants should live within Israel's borders.
And other than a few enemy kingdoms, I can't see anything about treating them miserably or exporting them.

BeckyJ said:
It is not biblical to violate a law to achieve a possible “good.”

Yes it is! Are you to obey God or the laws of men?

BeckyJ said:
Gods word teaches to obey the laws of the land. Rom 13.

True. But did you notice that Paul calls the Roman government "God's servants to do you good."
They maintain the law. But they also allowed exposure - the placing of full term babies in the woods to die by thirst or wild dogs!
My point? While Paul called on us to obey the law because chaos could bring down a civilisation - and Paul endorsed the Roman government as "God's servants" in this role - there is no way Paul would have endorsed letting babies be torn to bits by wild animals. That is - their role in protecting against chaos is good - but not every law they passed was good - and not everything they allowed was good.

BeckyJ said:
If you don't like a law, then do everything legally within your power to get the law changed.

That's the difference! We live in a democracy.

So when you say: "Are you ok with millions of illegal entrants the Biden administration let in during his 4 yr term...or should they be deported?"
I have 3 comments:

1. If Biden allowed them in - why are they illegals?

I'm sure you didn't mean it - but to me the term 'allowed' implies he welcomed them in with open arms and gave them citizenship. Or were you merely referring to his 'softer' stance on the border? On immigrants? Could it be his stance was more compassionate and in line with the bible on immigrants than Trump?

2. Sure - with Democratic Presidents there is a 'rebound effect' where the numbers can surge on the mere perception of a kinder President. It took a few years to take effect, but Kamala started doing great work south of the border in addressing the reasons they wanted to leave. She was never the "Border Tsar" - that wasn't her brief. But she was working on reducing the so called "push" factors as she visited the nations south of the border. Numbers were coming down. This is also a demonstrable fact.

Trump can't see those nations - he just wants to spend umpteen billion dollars a year maintaining a crazy huge wall to stop those immigrants - and even got upset when people told him they could NOT afford to dig a trench and fill it with water, snakes, and crocodiles from sea to shining sea! This is also a demonstrable fact.

3. Sure Trump's harshness has addressed some of the "pull" factors. But is that a good thing? What is it you are afraid of, given that most immigrants are MORE likely to be law-abiding citizens and eventually contribute more to America than native born Americans? Did you know this demonstrable fact from dozens of studies? It's like complaining that a river of gold is pouring into your country.

But now that his masked ICE goon-squads are starting to grab any 'ethnic looking' person off the street - American citizen or not - what kind of society are you living in? Are you OK with tens of thousands of LEGAL American citizens being harassed like this?

When business people from friendly nations like Canada are grabbed - no explanation - and held for 2 weeks in terrible conditions because of the smallest glitch in their paperwork, what kind of society are you living in?

When customs officers demand you open your phone and hand it over so they can check your social media feed - what kind of society are you living in? Do you know what motivates some of these private companies? They are paid per person! The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. It's a perverse incentive - a cash grab.

BeckyJ said:
Until then, it is a law and should be obeyed.
An inconvenient truth. Be blessed.

I'm lucky. I'm Australian. But if I were living somewhere in the USA and knew the personal circumstances of some fellow-human beings, like some of the stories I've read about - there's no way I would co-operate. If ICE were knocking on my front door, my love for these people would compel me to lie and have my wife help them escape out the back. For example, one story I read about. A bunch of Central American coffee growers have had a rough few years with the weather and natural disasters. Their income is slashed! But not only that - there's a drug gang in the area demanding 'protection money'. The farmers could not pay. So the gang abducted their teenage daughter to run in their prostitution cartel. My heart bleeds for them when I think of my own daughter - does yours?

I would NOT be handing this family over to ICE just because a tiny fraction more Americans voted for the alt-right rather than common human decency!

So I'm with Bonhoeffer on this. I would not comply.

Paidiske · Friday at 4:08 AM

Robban said:
Looking around got to wonderng, trees, growing upwards even on slopes.

Like they are reaching after something, what?

I remember learning, long ago in school, that plants have three directions of growth; towards light, towards water, and against the direction of gravity. So maybe they are reaching away, rather than towards, in this case?

Aaron112 · Friday at 4:02 AM

Daniel Carlton said:
I have plenty of quotes. I will start posting them tomorrow.

The enemy is prepared to fight back.

Aaron112 · Friday at 4:01 AM

NBB said:
People can also worship all kinds of things, like important people, or sports, art, or themselves, or who knows what.

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prudent_commenter · Friday at 4:00 AM

Something in society is causing people to be easily offended. I don't know what, but it's their doing.
Something in what they consume, the news, the media, re-writing their brains.

I don't like it. And no one questions it.

Apple Sky · Friday at 3:57 AM

Strong in Him said:
Reposting because you have never answered.

And now I have, see post above, please do not hesitate to ask me any more questions in your quest for the truth.

Robban · Friday at 3:50 AM

Looking around got to wonderng, trees, growing upwards even on slopes.

Like they are reaching after something, what?

Apple Sky · Friday at 3:48 AM

Strong in Him said:
God is awesome, all mighty, all powerful and able to do, create etc far far more than we can ever imagine.
His creation , the world, planet, universe, solar system, milky way etc etc is enormous.

There's three things here that God didn't create, the solar system, the planets & the Galaxies these have been falsified.

Strong in Him said:
Yet you have reduced his creation to a flat earth that is covered over by a dome which no one, or rocket, can get through. Your view of creation is limited - therefore your view of God is limited.

My view of God's creation is correct.

Strong in Him said:
Go and look at the night sky through a telescope; I dare you.

I don't have too as I can see perfectly well with my own two eyes.

Strong in Him said:
The Psalmist said "the heavens declare the glory of God"

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Psalms 19:1
I do know this as it is on Wernher Von Brauns tombstone, do you think he was trying to tell us something ?

Strong in Him said:
God told Abraham to count the stars in the sky

Which God can name all.

Strong in Him said:
Doesn't that fill you with a sense of awe, wonder and the sheer vastness, power and glory of God?

Yes.

Strong in Him said:
When will you understand that some people have been into space, seen all this with their own eyes, walked on the moon and looked down at the earth - and then have become Christians? Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and it caused him to read a few verses from Genesis 1. He was giving glory to God by reading his word - watched by millions on television.

This is great if it's true.

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