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American boys have become less supportive of gender equality (i.e. men and women should receive equal job opportunities and pay)

In the 8-10 demographic, I highly doubt that kids are making a conscious decision to watch people like Andrew Tate because of his thoughts on women. They watch their favorite video game streamers, many of whom share Tate's beliefs and repeat them on stream, and the Youtube algorithm leads them to people like Tate. They are thus slowly indoctrinated into those beliefs.

The onus is on parents to monitor what their kids are watching and on streaming services to make sure they're not promulgating harmful information.

It seems like secularization in the US has resulted in the disintegration of the liberal, egalitarian consensus in favor of political and cultural polarization. And religion in the US, despite declining in terms of percentages, becoming less pro-social and more extremist, perhaps due to the declining influence of large Protestant institutions, which historically had a moderating influence. But this didn't happen in a vacuum, it also occurred along with deregulated, but liability-shielded internet platforms that pushed spectacle and outrage, instead of responsible discourse.
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Revelation 12 walk through

The two Kingdoms were made one when Assyria attacked the Northern Kingdom and the refugees fled to Judea. All the rest is nothingness.
Refugees from the northern kingdom fled into the kingdom of Judah - not into the kingdom of Israel.
Israel is Israel, in captivity, in subjugation, just as they were in Egypt. You are in error.
Ezekiel 37, Ezekiel 38, Ezekiel 39 speaks about the reunification of the two kingdoms, two nations, and the messiah will be the king over the reunified nation. Did not happen in the first century. But will happen during the parable of the fig tree generation. Jesus will return soon to be the King over reunified Israel.
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Who is really responsible for Salvation?

The fire of God is heaven to some but hell to others.

T
he same divine reality is joy to the redeemed and torment to the damned.

This is not a very controversial idea.

2 Corinthians 2:15–16

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life.
But those verses say nothing about the root of hell and heaven, whether you are talking about the words, or the origins of the two places.
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Take Note of Their Threats

“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
And the peoples devise futile things?
The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the Lord and against His Christ.’
“For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur. And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence, while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.” (Acts 4:25-30 NASB1995)

When you speak the truth that people do not want to hear, you will face opposition. And Jesus Christ definitely spoke the truth of the gospel of our salvation that the many did not want to hear, and they killed him for it. For he did not teach this “easy believism” which so many are passing off as the gospel today. He did not teach faith in Jesus Christ that is lip service only with no requirements for us to die to sin and to walk in obedience to his commands in holy living. He did not lie to the people to appease their flesh.

Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

The rulers and the teachers of the Scriptures, and the people of prominence within the temple of God did not like Jesus and who he said he was and what he preached to the people. They did not like what he did and what he said, and so they made it their aim to try to trip him up with his words so they would have cause to discredit him and to accuse him of wrongdoing. So they harassed him continually. And ultimately they plotted and carried out his death with the cooperation and the assistance of the Roman authority.

And if we are teaching and preaching the message of the gospel of Christ in the way in which Jesus taught it, and that his New Testament apostles taught it, as taught in its correct biblical context, then we also will be faced with opposition and with persecution, rejection, false accusations, and perhaps even death, depending upon where we live and what the religious teachings are. And we may be opposed by pastors who are teaching the lies of Satan, and by people who will try to trip us up with our words.

But no matter what opposition we face, or what charges are brought against us, or how many friends or family members desert us or keep a distance from us, because of our testimonies for Christ and for his gospel, God is still sovereign and in control over our lives, and he has allowed us to suffer in this way to mature us in Christ in our walks of faith in obedience to him. And he has a plan for how he will use it in our lives, and then how he will use us in the lives of other people because of what we have had to endure.

So, we just need to pray that the Lord will continue to give us the words to speak, and the confidence and the boldness to keep speaking the truth in opposition to the lies which are so rapidly spreading and so largely are being accepted by what appears to be the majority of those professing faith in Jesus Christ. We should pray for much courage in the face of fierce opposition so that we do not lose heart. And we must keep moving forward in serving our Lord in being his witnesses in bringing the truth to the people.

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

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]

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1


As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

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Take Note of Their Threats
An Original Work / September 9, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz in Honor of Katie Abraham to Target Criminal Illegal Aliens Terrorizing Americans in Sanctuary Illinois

Do they have “illegal” and “legal” stamped on their head or is there some other visual cue that people are going by?

Just asking.
Cues include inability to speak English and working some job where they are being paid cash under the table.
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Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2, 3, 4...)

Are they? Or are they suggesting that it should be established that they are drug dealers and then put them through due process? I dont think anyone here is defending drug cartels but they are defending the rule of law

Exactly.
Poor narco terrorist.
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significant events and soon to happen events

Significant events:
Ezekiel 37- May 14, 1948 Israel reunified as a nation.
Isaiah 66:8 - a nation born in a single day
Jerusalem back in the hands of the Jews

Soon to happen:
Gog/Magog event
the 7 years of Daniel 9:27, Ezekiel 39:9
the Antichrist's emergence
the great tribulation
Jesus's return
My quandary is: Which nations of Europe will form the Antichristian Confederation? Will Russia and the US be part of this confederation? Will the US be the "Great Eagle" that protects the Woman in the Wilderness? Will Russia be Gog? Could the Russian leader will be the Antichrist? Is the invasion of Gog related to Armageddon? So many questions, and no real answers yet. Perhaps we're not meant to know until the right time?
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WE ARE AT WAR! Trump approves military action against Latin American cartels classified as terrorist organizations.

I've read and heard people lie about Floyd not being murdered. They make all kinds of lies. Someone actually claimed, that they could be in a choke hole for 8 plus minutes. And be fine.
His autopsy report suggest Floyd died of s fentynal overdose. So yes, he was murdered, by the drug cartels that provided it to him and were blown up on open waters.
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Revelation 12 walk through

(in red) not correct.

537 BC - Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to rebuild the temple.

445 BC Artaxerxes allowed the Jews to rebuild the city and walls.

The two actions took place under the Babylonian captivity of the two tribe southern kingdom of Judah.

Differently, the ten tribe northern kingdom went into Assyrian captivity. There was no return decree made.
Obfuscate, MUST WE? Really. The two Kingdoms were made one when Assyria attacked the Northern Kingdom and the refugees fled to Judea. All the rest is nothingness.

Babylon did not take the ten tribe northern kingdom into captivity. It was the Assyrians that took the ten tribe northern kingdom into captivity, hundreds of years earlier.
YES THEY DID..........God stated He FORSOOK those "Northern Kingdom PEOPLE" and thus the 10 tribes were the Refugees whop fled to Judea. So, all Israel, the 10 tribes plus the 2 were toted off to Babylon. Israel is not who you or I say they are but who God says they are. Why is this so hard to grasp? Its just like you saying the Jews accept the Anti-Christ as their Messiah, its not biblical brother, period.

Israel is Israel, in captivity, in subjugation, just as they were in Egypt. You are in error.
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Fallen in love, but...

Shalom

I bring our precious brother Andrew today with a request for prayer:
He has fallen in love with a woman, but she is divorced (Matthew 19:9), and he also faces many other challenges (God knows them all).

Can you please pray for him in Jesus' name?

Thank you for your prayers, and may the Lord bless you abundantly (Luke 6:38, Job 42:10) and may He bless Israel in Jesus' name. Amen!

Soli Deo Gloria

PS And I pray that the Lord will send out harvesters in His harvest (Matthew 9:38).

Judge's 'promise' let career criminal walk free to butcher Ukrainian refugee after his MOM said he should be locked up


Over and over we see this. There is no accountability.
Over and over again, you guys and your rage bait don’t really think through what you’re screaming for.

The guy was arrested in January for a misdemeanor for making a bogus 911 call. He committed the murder 7 months later. Are you seriously suggesting that we jail somebody for 7 months for a bad phone call?
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Liberal media accused of covering up Ukrainian girl's brutal murder in Dem-led city as video explodes online

I'm not sure "coverup" is the right word for the media. Ignore, might be the better word. And they ignored it becauae it isn't sensational enough for them becauae they can't push a racist narrative or an anti-police or anti-conservative narrative.

The story also highlights how the soft on crime democratic methodology doesn't work because it gets people killed. We cant have that.
You know who else just about ignored it, too? Fox News. She was killed on Aug 22. Fox News ran one, somewhat brief, story on Aug 26:

but they didn't run anything again until Sep 8, after the video was released. Apparently they didn't think she was that big of a deal, either.
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Liberal media accused of covering up Ukrainian girl's brutal murder in Dem-led city as video explodes online

I'm not sure "coverup" is the right word for the media. Ignore, might be the better word. And they ignored it becauae it isn't sensational enough for them becauae they can't push a racist narrative or an anti-police or anti-conservative narrative.

The story also highlights how the soft on crime democratic methodology doesn't work because it gets people killed. We cant have that.
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significant events and soon to happen events

Significant events:
Ezekiel 37- May 14, 1948 Israel reunified as a nation.
Isaiah 66:8 - a nation born in a single day
Jerusalem back in the hands of the Jews

Soon to happen:
Gog/Magog event
the 7 years of Daniel 9:27, Ezekiel 39:9
the Antichrist's emergence
the great tribulation
Jesus's return
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That has no relevance at all to Israel being Israel, they were subjects of Rome, but Rome allowed self rule for most of their subjects (it was their way). Also, Israel were freed by Cyrus to go rebuild the wall/city of Jerusalem. Israel and the Maccabeans defeated Greece and for a 40 year period had self rule as Israel.
(in red) not correct.

537 BC - Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to rebuild the temple.

445 BC Artaxerxes allowed the Jews to rebuild the city and walls.

The two actions took place under the Babylonian captivity of the two tribe southern kingdom of Judah.

Differently, the ten tribe northern kingdom went into Assyrian captivity. There was no return decree made.

So, Israel was Israel at all times, even when subjugated they were one kingdom, Rome conquered Israel, who threw of Greece and ruled themselves for like 40ish years. The point is that prophesy was fulfilled long ago, if Babylon toted off ALL 12 Tribes (Israel) then God had already fulfilled His prophesy.
Babylon did not take the ten tribe northern kingdom into captivity. It was the Assyrians that took the ten tribe northern kingdom into captivity, hundreds of years earlier.

Israel was not a reunified nation back in first century,

It was not until May 14, 1948, that the nation of Israel reunified into one nation again. Fulfilling Isaiah 66:8 a nation born in a single day.

Ezekiel 37 says that when the reunification takes place, the messiah would be king over the re-unified nation.

Ezekiel 38, the next chapter, and Ezekiel 39, address when the messiah will come, i.e. 7 years after the Gog/Magog attack on reunified Israel. Jesus's return is in Ezekiel 39:21-29 to fulfill that prophecy.
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FBI and DEA taking down drug traffickers




I am glad that federal law enforcement has finally stepped up actions to take down and take out the flow of illegal drugs into the USA.

"...has finally"

What do you think the DEA has been doing all these years?
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