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The problem is that if people do not have accesss to it it will not work
Sad but too often true , whether God's Purpose or man's disobedience and violence.

If people have access to what works, and do it, it works, whether to heal most ailments or to remedy crime, etc....
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Dismantling Judeo-Christian values in America

So Christianity is not a religion of a community but of individuals radically separated from each other? Where are we taught that the faith stands on individualism in the New Testament and that the Church community is inconsequential?

Christianity is founded on a single individual, known as the Son of God.

Any other preaching is complete false theology.
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Ozzy Osbourne has died

I love black metal, but yeah the satanic imagery is pretty cringe and cheesy. I just love the sound and vocals. Really, a lot of black metal is just The Beach Boys sound with heavy distortion.
More Dick Dale than Beach Boys, but yeah it's kind of a gag in the genre "Trve Kvlt Svrf Metal"

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Judge Denies Release of Epstein Transcripts

In a brief 12-page order, Judge Robin L. Rosenberg wrote that the court’s “hands are tied,” pointing to the government’s own concessions in their filing that the laws on criminal procedure generally forbid courts from unsealing grand jury testimony except in narrow circumstances.
She wrote that the Justice Department’s requests fell outside those narrow contexts, which can include sharing testimony with other Justice Department lawyers or as evidence in another related lawsuit.
Unlawful request from the president?
No more unlawful than any other request for unsealing of grand jury testimony.

It is not the president who is clamoring for their release.
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How do we set aside the grace of God?

CJB
Therefore, let us be terrified of the possibility that, even though the promise of entering his rest remains, any one of you might be judged to have fallen short of it;

CEV
The promise to enter the place of rest is still good, and we must take care that none of you miss out.

DARBY

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed [of it].

DLNT
Therefore, let us fear that at any time while a promise to enter into His rest is left-remaining [open], any of you should seem to have come-short—

DRA
Let us fear therefore lest the promise being left of entering into his rest, any of you should be thought to be wanting.

ERV
And we still have the promise that God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter his place of rest. So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise.

EASY
God promised his people that they could go to his special place of rest. That promise is still true for us today. So we must be very careful. Do not fail to arrive in that place. We certainly do not want that to happen.

EHV
Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be fearful that any one of you may be judged to have failed to reach it.
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Ozzy Osbourne has died

Of late they have gone full nazi as well just to add extra ick. Pity as the music has potential.
What potential. They intentionally make it sound as lofi and muddy as possible.

Lofi production can be a thing in a niche genre just when the band can't afford a good studio and good production, but those guys even if they can afford better production try as hard as possible to make it sound like it was recorded on a boombox... no wait, a baby monitor.. in a garage. It's pretty pretentious.

Actually that kinda brings it back to Ozzy in that he disliked being called "the godfather of heavy metal" because of the direction that heavy metal took in its different subgenres some of which he didn't like.

Ozzy was pro Israel, I don't think he thought much of the black metal bands. I know Dave Mustaine after his conversion refused to play with black metal bands.
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John Oliver and atheists target Health Care Sharing Ministries

from the post "Unfortunately, the war on Christians didn’t end with the last election. T"

A significant issue today is the belief among some Christians that the so-called "war on Christianity" could be resolved through elections or government policies. The war on Christian began at the crucifixion on Golgotha. If the words of Jesus are interpreted as accurate, then the challenges facing Christianity and Christians will persist until His return to earth.
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Dismantling Judeo-Christian values in America

The foundation of Christianity is faith and obedience to Jesus and his teachings. The New Testament and apostolic teachings do not claim that Christianity is based on faith of community; such suggestion is pure false teaching and contradict everything Christianity stands for.
So Christianity is not a religion of a community but of individuals radically separated from each other? Where are we taught that the faith stands on individualism in the New Testament and that the Church community is inconsequential?
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How do we set aside the grace of God?

The NT was not written in English so how we interpret words is not necessarily the meaning of the original Greek word that was used for the NT.
Rather better to obey Jesus and not to give in to any so-called 'private' interpretation at all, ever, not to seek such.
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How do we set aside the grace of God?

we do the law to stay in the Spirit and keep living physically.
Momentarily seeing this, I think God's Message in Galatians Says it is not true. Experientially Living in Jesus, I have not struggled to "do the law" in order to remain in Him. Having begun in spirit, we do not continue in the flesh but trusting Him remain in His life, His spirit. Very rare, but always hopeful trusting God and His Word to be Truth.
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Dismantling Judeo-Christian values in America

Christianity had always been a faith of community and I don't think it is controversial to say that the community of faith has been weakened by it's incorporation to the American community.

Do you want America with it's founding ideals preserved?
The foundation of Christianity is faith and obedience to Jesus and his teachings. The New Testament and apostolic teachings do not claim that Christianity is based on faith of community; such suggestion is pure false teaching and contradict everything Christianity stands for.
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criminal justice reform

Additionally treatment for addiction/mental illness needs to play a role.
The treatment that has worked for decades when permitted and used to effectively reduce or remove addictions
played a significant role whether voluntary or court-ordered. Very few are given access or ever even told about this.
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As Texas Flood Deaths Rise, Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by National Weather Service

FEMA’s response to Texas flood slowed by Noem’s cost controls

...officials at FEMA leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and life-saving resources
But almost instantly, FEMA ran into bureaucratic obstacles, four officials inside the agency told CNN.
Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN.

FEMA official quits after Trump cuts hobble Texas flood response

The Federal Emergency Management Agency chief in charge of Urban Search and Rescue has quit the agency following a lackluster response to the recent flooding in Texas that killed more than 100 people.

Ken Pagurek resigned on Monday, reportedly in response to efforts by the Trump administration to hobble the agency, part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing policies against funding and properly staffing branches of the federal government. Previously, Pagurek worked for more than a decade at FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch and led multiple teams responding to natural disasters.

CNN reported that “Pagurek told colleagues at FEMA that the delay was the tipping point that led to his voluntary departure after months of frustration with the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, according to two sources familiar with his thinking.”
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Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

Taking a step back from that way of thinking and am looking for different ways of looking at it.
I only needed to read Scripture and Trust Jesus and the Father to reveal the truth to reject all the false churches and false gospels, which I believe is one of the reasons (if a reason is necessary) the Father Creator Reveals Scripture to whoever He decides to do so for His Own Good Pleasure.
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Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

"Imputed" (credited to, reckoned as, counted as) does not mean "inherent," it is a legal standing before God.

I am legally the child of my adoptive Father, entitled to all to which a natural chid is entitled, but I am not actually (inherently) his child.
Being Born Again , I am His son according to His Own Word and Plan and Purpose.
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Fear, pain and hunger: The dire impact of shutting down USAID in Africa, leaving a vacuum for China and Russia

US Terminates Thousands of Life-Saving Health Grants Including For HIV and Malaria. ALL US-made food for malnourished children cancelled.

“All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated,” said Dr Atul Gawande, USAID’s former assistant administrator under the Biden administration.

Malaria ‘back with a vengeance’ in Zimbabwe as number of deaths from the disease triple

Withdrawal of USAID funds threatens decades of progress, say experts, with cuts to research and shortage of mosquito nets putting thousands at risk across the country

Cumulative malaria cases increased by 180% in the first four months of 2025, according to the health ministry, while the number of malaria-related deaths increased by 218%, from 45 in the same period in 2024 to 143 in 2025. As of 26 June, the number of malaria cases had risen to 119,648, with 334 deaths, according to the Zimbabwean health ministry.
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