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8 things to know about the only Catholic parish in Gaza

Why should they have to leave everything? Nobody that I have read about is willing to do that.
Because they are in a war zone... because Hamas wont give up. If they Choose to stay, they are choosing whatever may happen. I don't understand this??? There are still hostages they are imprisoning, and starving.
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Chatting with a street evangelist

I was parking the car yesterday to go into the bank, and I saw a street evangelist standing at the large intersection near the parking lot. (Photo posted below, cropped to show only his sign but not the evangelist himself, to protect his privacy.) I've seen him before; he stands with his sign on the walkway at my university many days, just outside my office window, and he also shows up each year across the street from our town's Pride Festival.

And I decided to go over and talk to him.

I'm feeling I need to reach across the divide and see if we can meet each other as human beings. We mostly discussed whether a list of sins is the best way to draw people to Christ (and we still disagreed on this at the end of the conversation). There was a bit of dueling Bible verses, a bit of grace vs repentance, and a bit of (the obvious, given the sign) dispute over whether gay people can be Christians.

We didn't come to any agreements, and I didn't realistically expect us to. But maybe I have a little better understanding of what drives him to stand by the road day after day with that sign. He feels he needs to warn people about God, and I can see that as a caring act. I don't know if he came to any understanding of me or my point of view.

I'm planning to greet him by name when I walk by him on campus this fall, ask how he's doing, maybe chat a little more, try to build some kind of relationship. The body of Christ, in all its diversity, is so hard, but it's our calling.

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Boston’s Sanctuary Sheriff Arrested on Federal Extortion Charges

Tompkins, 67, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of Extortion Under Color of Official Right, the Justice Department announced.

Cannabis is trouble, just like the cartels. With large sums of money more people fall.
From what I read, the Sheriff is in trouble. The type of business extorted is irrelevant.
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Israel's Security Cabinet approves plan for Israeli military to take over Gaza City

LOL that makes no sense...IF the starving people intercept the truck and not Hamas...then they wouldn't be starving!
Even if every single truck entering Gaza was looted by hungry people, the people would still be starving.

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The UN has no idea what is going on...
Yet some random guy on the internet does?

there are a TON of video showing armed Hamas members taking the trucks and actually shooting people trying to get the food.
How do you know whether or not those armed individuals in the videos you have seen are Hamas?

Btw, there's no evidence of widespread theft of food and humanitarian aid to Gaza by Hamas.

U.S. government analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft of Gaza aid

No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
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If God can replace Israel, He can replace the Church, too

Yes, one should seriously consider if the prophecy is to be taken literally, before assigning it to "allegory." While it's true you don't see the number "1000" given for a future Kingdom, you do see a lot of references to a final state of Israel in God's good standing. The number "1000" may be less significant than the fact God said He would restore Israel "never more to be oppressed," along with the many nations promised to Abraham. I believe the Scriptures indicate that this will take place when Jesus returns. And the fact he is said to be returning to Israel indicates that Israel will be restored.
And yo u believe that what John wrote is allegory ??

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Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance

And we so desperately need anything that will finally show him in a bad light.
Basically everything he does puts him in a bad light but it is all tolerated.
It can't get much worse than his vulgar comments on Access Hollywood. And yet even that was condoned.
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Watch: CNN Cuts Tulsi Gabbard Off as She Lays Out the Inconvenient Facts of the Russia Hoax

I just said her server was not hacked by the Russians. Where is your counter evidence?

I didn't say that Comey said that the Russians hacked it, just that it was hacked, revealing state secrets. But, what, it doesn't matter unless it's Russia?

Hillary didn't hire anyone to do those things.

Hillary Clinton, her campaign and the DNC paid for and hired (through her lawyer) the Fusion GPS opposition research group to create a dossier, written by Christopher Steele, with unverified and salatious gossip about Trump. Over a million dollars went in from her campaign and she/the campaign and the DNC were both charged fines for it.

And don't suggest that the dossier would have been created without Hillary. It was her baby from start to finish to take prying eyes off her illegal home server.




Those things acutally happened, or rather what I said. I didn't actually say that Trump's people asked Russian agents what info they had. I said who they talked to and what (in one case) they claimed the conversation was about. Read more carefully, I certainly wrote my post carefully.

Quit telling me what I do and do not have a problem with. You have no idea about things I have not written about. I'll let you in on one small thing -- I'm beginning to have a problem with your behavior.

When you repeatedly claim that Trump or his pals or his family did something that YOU consider verboten and get all up in arms about it, yet overlook the same exact thing that was done by people on the other side of the aisle, I feel it is a valid question. Sorry if you don't agree, but everyone sees it.
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s move to ‘country club’ prison smacks of special treatment, experts say


“Someone gave special preference to Maxwell that, to my knowledge, no other inmate currently in the Federal Bureau of Prisons has received,” said Robert Hood, a former warden of the Florence supermax prison in Colorado, .....​
“It’s a country club,” Hood said 0f the camp about 100 miles northwest of Houston. “Inmates, if they have a sex offense, are not going to a place like that, period. It’s truly unheard of.”​
Long-standing policy from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) restricts inmates with certain elevated security classifications, known as “public safety factors,” from serving in federal prison camps. Sex offenses are among the most severe. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of helping Epstein groom, traffic and abuse dozens of underage girls.​
Inmates serving sentences of 10 years or more generally aren’t eligible for transfer to minimum-security facilities. This, too, would have applied to Maxwell, who is not due for release until 2037.​
A woman convicted sex trafficking moved to a prison next to Texas A&M, and there are programs between the two. YEP, put her near young coeds.

This really stinks as a bribe. Add to that, Bundy had FBI agents combing through the files to look for Trump's name.


Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he has received information that Attorney General Pam Bondi “pressured” about 1,000 FBI personnel to comb through tens of thousands of pages of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and flag any mention of President Trump.​
What do wanna bet that Trump's name is blacked out in case the files are released?

Is John 3:3 SALVATION. ?

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You must first define how you are using the word salvation.

But as for seeing the kingdom of God the verse plainly states that a person must be born again. So why do you not believe what the verse states and have to ask questions about it.
And one I do believe what John 3:3 is real BUT its context speaks to Israel and Jesus is speaking to Nicodemus and

Not to Gentiles .

And I n verse 5 , Except a man. be BORN OF WATER. (. how does that happen ). it happens in Eze 36:25. to Israel ,

and of the Spirit , when does that happen and HOW. did it happen in Acts 2:38 he cannot enter the KINGDOM. OF God

so do you want to be in a Kingdom or do you want to PLACED into the Body of Christ as written. in. 1 Cor 12:13-17 as

you part of the Body of Christ and learn how to rightly DIVIDE the word of TRUTH , 2 Tim 2:15 . And Israel refused the

Holy Spirit and. Israel was set aside in. Acts 28:25-28 !!


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What are you currently watching?

Spoiler alert. I am or rather just finished watching season 5 of 'The Chosen'.

I watched up to season 4 which I finished around 2 years ago and I kept checking for the next season and it never came out. So I gave up. But a few weeks ago I was bored and I checked and it was available on Prime I think. But you can also watch this on the creators site called 'The Chosen' by Angel Studios I think.

Anyway I watched all 8 episodes in a week, But it was the last episode that made me want to see season 6 and I don'yt want to wait another year or two.

I thoroughly enjoy this type of TV as its based on a true story. Though some artistic licence is used. But done in a good way that brings to life I think what it may have been like. Making it more real.

The problem is it becomes so real that I got upset when the final episode ended on Judas's kiss to betray Jesus. It cut right at that scene before the guards arrest Jesus and Peter I think cuts the guards ear off and Jesus heals him.

I think season 6 which I think is either just finishing or just became avilable is primarily all about the arrest and trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin and then Pilot and then finally Christ crucifixtion.

I would then imagine that this part of the series is going to be pretty heavy going. I remeber Mel Gibsons 'The Passion' was pretty heavy. In fact I heard from the filming that when filming the crucifixtion the cast had to stop as they were overcome by the experience.

The interesting aspect of the Chosen is that its about the apostles and how they went from small village fisherman or locals to mighty men who went on to spread the gospel and build Christ church. So I am not sure that the series will go further beyond Christ but it would be interesting if it does.

Perhaps then extending until Paul and showing how the early church grew and was also persecuted. Bringing to life this period in early Christianity.

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