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Born again is
New International Version
children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

New Living Translation
They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

English Standard Version
who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

Berean Standard Bible
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
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The Lost House of Israel

The time after the birth of Jesus and His teaching in the Temple at age 12, is taken up by at least several years in Egypt. Matthew 2:13-15
What everyone seems to have missed, is where the holy family lived from when Jesus was 12, Luke 2:41-52, until He was 30.

It seems that Joseph, Jesus' father by law, died soon after the Temple incident and it was His kinsman, Joseph of Arimathea [uncle?] who took Mary and all her children to Britain, where he had mining interests and they lived in Glastonbury, as recorded by tradition. The hymn: 'Jerusalem' makes this assertion.
His next Bible recorded appearance is His Baptism. Matthew 3:13-17

Jesus was away for about 18 years, so He and His family were aliens when they returned to Nazareth, proved by how He had to pay the Temple tax imposed on strangers. Matthew 17:24-27
Jesus was also unknown to most of the 12 men He selected as His Disciples. If He had been living in Nazareth for all of His 30 years, they surely would have known Him.

The truth of all this, raises some very interesting and important questions. Who are the British people? Where did they originate from?

It is provable from the archaeological, historical, heraldic and Biblical records, that they are part of the House of Israel, who migrated across Europe from Assyria. Specifically; the tribe of Ephraim: Prophesied to become a multitude of nations; the British Commonwealth. Genesis 48:19
Blessed with good land and strength. Deuteronomy 33:13-17

That these facts are rejected and are unable to be comprehended by scholars, is because God wants it to be kept secret until the end times, then God’s amazing mystery will be revealed. Amos 9:9, Revelation 7:9

Abrahams descendants by ethnicity and faith: all His faithful Christian peoples, out of every race, nation and language; kept ready for their destiny of being the occupiers of all of the holy Land during the end times. Psalms 69:35-36
All. that read Eze 37:1 and more verses Christ make Israel TO BE. BORN AGAIN. !!

And will also see TWO STICKS !!

One STICK. for. for Israel !

And ONE STICK for Judah and then will become ONE STICK !!

And. being. BORN AGAIN. does not means for salvation for. TODAY !!

And this will happen after the Body of Christ is gone !!


DAN P
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Oklahoma’s MAGA superintendent who demanded Bibles in class faces investigation after TV in his office shows naked women


Senate President Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, said the inquiry is being led by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and “leadership at the agency is working through proper channels to initiate the investigation.”​
The Oklahoman and NonDoc reported Friday that board members Ryan Deatherage and Becky Carson said they saw the pictures on a television in Walters’ office during a State Board of Education executive session that was held July 24.​
“This is a bizarre and troubling situation that raises serious questions about the events and what took place during yesterday’s executive session at the Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting,” Paxton said in a statement. “The accounts made public by board members paint a strange, unsettling scene that demands clarity and transparency. Senator (Adam) Pugh and I appreciate the quick action by OMES to help coordinate through this situation to get details on exactly what happened. More transparency is essential before strong conclusions can be drawn.”​
The response by some MAGA congressmen is just to attack the character of the two that saw it. Like Trump. Walters was at work. This was a TV owned by the the State Board of Education and was at the Executive Session. Those TVs are filtered. I worked for a school district and couldn't look up 'adult education' to look for CPR training/testing, parenting classes and similar things because it had the word 'adult',
He isn't going to get European TV on that system.
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Columbia University to fork over $220 million to resolve antisemitic discrimination claims

Was this hadith written before or after Mohammed had decapitated all the Banu Qurayza after they surrendered?
It was Sa'd ibn Muadh, not Muhammad, that sentenced the men of the Banu Qurayza tribe to death for treason, and beheading was an accepted punishment for the crime of treason at that point in history.
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Pardon For Ghislaine Maxwell?

and, perhaps most importantly, #3: He and his associates put a LOT of energy into demanding the release of this list. At a minimum, Trump painted himself into a corner in which he'd finally be expected to follow through on something he'd been treating as a big deal.
The elites of the nation are a cabal of ██████ ████████ who prey on children to harvest ████████!!!

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And some of his most ardent followers want to know why he used the Magic Sharpie to cross out the Storm.
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Oklahoma’s MAGA superintendent who demanded Bibles in class faces investigation after TV in his office shows naked women

Ryan Walters fires back:

“Any suggestion that a device of mine was used to stream inappropriate content on the television set is categorically false,” Walters—who ordered all public schools in his state to teach the Bible last year and who has labeled modern education “absurd“—posted on X Sunday.

“I have no knowledge of what was on the TV screen during the alleged incident, and there is absolutely no truth to any implication of wrongdoing.”

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For those who have left the Roman Catholic Church

The difference is, I will not be returning.
Well, never say never, as they say. For myself it took many years, and some surprises along the way. And, once I understood something of the history of the Church and its basic teachings it was very difficult to entertain Protestant theology as being reformative in any relevant or necessary way.

And I wasn't trying to return and wasn't particularly impressed by anything Catholic; I was quite anti-Catholic at the time, in fact.
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Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

.have you healed anyone lately? has the Spirit of God done anything through you in your entire life?

if the answer is no.... maybe you are the one that is wrong.
Matthew 7:21-23 (KJV)
21¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.


Perhaps you should ask yourself why didn’t the Lord know these? They were doing the very same things that you claim proves that you are of Lord?
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The Art of (Epstein) Distraction

The "evidence" you have provided for *any* of this has been a single link to a press release from a partisan congressional committee. That is it. Not one mention of the "model parties" Epstein threw with a dozen or more teen models and only a couple middle-age male guests including his friend Donald Trump.
Like I said, you don’t even look at the evidence because you don’t like who it is from. No matter who it is from, it details that the DoJ demanded the credit card companies illegally turn over information on specific individuals. Jim Jordan is trying to find out why and if they complied. You learn a lot sometimes even from “partisan sources”. I find out a lot from leftist partisan sources. You should be more open. You might even learn to see people who disagree with you as people instead of deplorables, or any of the other names your leaders have called us.

And why don’t you post a year that Donald Trump went to a party with Epstein? Probably because it happened before Donald Trump unfriended Epstein when he kicked him out of Mar-a-Lago. We already know that Trump was once a friend of Epstein’s, that is until Epstein revealed his true colors.
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New study reveals crippling impact of California's minimum wage hike

Right Wing talking points.
Not a right winger but you are just assuming something based on your right wing bias. There was nothing in the article about these jobs being summer jobs. You should stick to facts.
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New study reveals crippling impact of California's minimum wage hike

Where did you get that from? Nothing in the article stating that these were summer jobs.
It's the implication made by the folks who argue that these jobs are for "high school kids and housewives."
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Democrats Get Lowest Rating From Voters in 35 Years, WSJ Poll Finds

What's being cut at the federal level that's a problem and why is it a problem?
The only thing that the federal level adds to the school programs are funding for meals and IEP programs, etc., and those are going to be covered by other departments so nothing will be lost.
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Democrats Get Lowest Rating From Voters in 35 Years, WSJ Poll Finds

You can choose to ignore the signs. Hopefully others will regain their senses.
All the very clear and rational signs are still showing me that the USA is still a Constitutional Republic with democratically elected representatives.
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Columbia University to fork over $220 million to resolve antisemitic discrimination claims

Textual and historical context are key to interpreting and understanding religious texts, and if one reads them without knowing the circumstances surrounding a text’s origin, they will almost certainly misunderstand what they are reading. The hadith you quoted is context-specific and doesn't call for Muslims to bully non-Muslims. It was written around 1,400 years ago when Muslims were in a state of conflict with the Banu Qurayza, who had violated a treaty with the Muslims, and other tribes in Arabia; it applies to those Jews and Christians that were hostile to the Muslims. There's also no teaching in Islam that calls for the elimination of Jews. The only places you will find that kind of rhetoric are from Islamic extremists and anti-Islamic propagandists.

Was this hadith written before or after Mohammed had decapitated all the Banu Qurayza after they surrendered?
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Pardon For Ghislaine Maxwell?

Donald rather earned this response (or potential response) by:

1. His long-term friendship with the most notorious sexual abuser of minors in a long time (if ever) in this country.
2. His pattern of corruption and shady dealing, including hiring his own personal criminal defense lawyer to be the XO of the Justice department (and send him to meet with Maxwell to negotiate).
and, perhaps most importantly, #3: He and his associates put a LOT of energy into demanding the release of this list. At a minimum, Trump painted himself into a corner in which he'd finally be expected to follow through on something he'd been treating as a big deal.
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