2 Corinthians 5:13-15
New King James Version
13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

God will guide you in His peace >

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)

So, obey God in His peace, and you will see what He does with you.

Even if it was not His providence, now you can obey Him and He can now make it His providence for whatever He guides you to do with it

It's a *truck*!! It can be His providence for others, whom you help using your truck

Humility in the Christian sense is accompanied by a sense of wretchedness and surrender. Its being contrite and broken.

Prayer is a priority in philippians chapter 4.

This week, debates about Christian nationalism and the First Amendment received fresh attention after Idaho Pastor Douglas Wilson delivered a brief sermon at the Pentagon and progressive Christian and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico appeared on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” for an interview that never made it to live television.

Douglas Wilson Preaches at the Pentagon​

On Tuesday (Feb. 17), Douglas Wilson delivered an address at the Department of Defense’s monthly worship service, sparking conversations about Christian nationalism, an ideology for which Wilson openly advocates.

Wilson is the pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, and cofounder of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a denomination of which Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth is a member. Wilson is a controversial figure for various aspects of his theology and leadership, which include allegations he has overlooked abuse and his arguments for the virtues of antebellum slavery.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got off to an immediately rocky start with the U.S. Coast Guard, according to new in-depth reporting.

President Donald Trump's pick to lead DHS angered senior Coast Guard officials by prioritizing deportation flights over search-and-rescue operations, and the tensions began just days into her tenure, on Feb. 4, 2025, when a 23-year-old guardsman went overboard into the Pacific Ocean from the cutter Waesche, four current and former officials told NBC News.

"The Coast Guard had surged ships and aircraft to the Pacific to find the Coast Guardsman," NBC reported. "Hours into the search, Noem learned that a Coast Guard C-130 that was supposed to fly detained migrants from California to Texas was among the aircraft over the Pacific looking for the missing Coast Guardsman, and she intervened, according to the two U.S. officials and the Coast Guard official."

"Noem verbally instructed the Acting Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Kevin Lunday, to pull the plane off the search-and-rescue mission so it would not miss the migrant flight as part of the DHS’s so-called Alien Expulsion Operations, according to the two U.S. officials and the Coast Guard official," the report added.

I doubt if anyone is surprised. Apparently, she agrees with Donny that we're all "losers" and "suckers."

JohnD70X7 said:

The same effect is in water which we CAN observe.

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Galaxies and water are not the same. This is trivially true.

I’d like to echo that most well regarded poster Hans; what qualification in the field of cosmology do you hold?

Neostarwcc said:

So I'm trying to get the government to pay for it since it's really my only option.

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I did not think my wife needed a doctor. But the women at church thought she did. So I just took her to the free clinic. That turned out to be a disaster. First of all they are just doctors in training. So they do not know what they are doing. Also they treat people like drug addict prostitutes with all of the tests that they run. You can let them pay for all of the tests but when it comes time to having the baby I would come up with the money for a real doctor with real experience. 15 years of experience would be best according to a fiend of mine that teachers at our local Medical School. He said he would never go to a doctor that does not have any experience.

What did your doctor do?

Suffering is part of our cross. Right? But what about mental illness? Its Suffering. And doesn't everyone need medical care? Is mental illness different than other illnesses? I will persevere anyway regardless of opposing views, because thats all i can do, but I would like opinions. Thanks.

for children ages 10 through 14 or 15. Books by Christian authors apecifically is what I'm asking. Thanks!

I agree.

JohnB445 said:

I will be spending 1 hour per week studying the Bible, do you think this is enough?

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I think 40 hours a week is enough. After 40 years we will just be getting started to understand.

Michie said:

“Without law, you don’t know what sinful is.

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Yes, the Law was given to teach us how deeply we need to be freed from our sin. David makes this very clear: there are consequences when we do not live rightly before God. In fact, the Great Commission is to make disciples and to teach people to follow the commandments of Jesus — to love God and to love our neighbor as ourselves.

The problem is that many of us would rather give our neighbor a knuckle sandwich. To actually love our neighbor is beyond our natural comprehension. It requires a transformation only God can produce.

FireDragon76 said:

Claude is largely correct but doesn't go into the fact that the early church was even harsher on its regard for those who bore arms in violence, and the idea of bringing a weapon into a sacred space would have been unthinkable. Anybody that had shed blood was forbidden to be ordained as a presbyter, and Christians were expected to live peripatetically in expectation of the consumation of the Kingdom.

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In American history . . . I have been told . . . church culture people were involved in hanging a Quaker woman. And it seems there were no genuinely Christian people with power of *effective* leadership to stop that. And yet . . . were those murderers making rules against guns in a church building????

Plus, for some time, a number of Bible claiming people were invading the sovereign lands of people of the land who were there before certain European people came along. They actually killed mothers and children and fathers and community leaders, in order to invade and take their lands. However, there was no *effective* Christian church or government leadership functioning to stop that coveting of the land that belonged to a neighbor and to stop the murdering of the people living in those coveted lands. And yet, at the same time > were ineffective church leaders banning weapons from church buildings . . . right while Bible claiming people were coveting other people's land and using weapons to murder ones who already lived there????

"Don't bring guns to church > use them to kill people so you can take their land."

So . . . in case there have been killers who have made rules against guns in a building . . . while their own bodies have been temples of their murdering and coveting . . . I don't think what they have done has anything to do with what we now need to do.

It seems, too, how various groups claiming Christianity have had members who even publicly murdered others who were not of their own groups. I am told ones even have murdered at least one man who made a Bible translation; and those murderers were members of at least one major denomination or something like that. And there was no *effective* leadership which kept such murdering from happening.

So, I would not consider the rules of such ones to be relevant to if we should or may have guns for protection in a church.

My opinion is > Jesus says, the one who draws the sword will die by the sword; so be prayerfully careful about what and whom you are depending on for your well-being. Among other things, our Father is able to control what really is going to happen to each of us. So, if we depend on Him and ***obey how He takes care of us*** . . . we will be well taken care of.

And have we all not seen how things can go when we take things into our own hands??

Eventually we'll probably hare off into 'what is sin'. Which is a hopeless debate. It's been ongoing since the beginning of Christianity. It's the question Peter faced with God. The God who had covenanted with Abraham. The God who was now telling Peter that the one no-exceptions requirement for acceptance was no longer necessary. Most of the faithful believers in Christ at that time. Who had followed Jesus. Who had listened to Jesus. Who had absorbed all his challenging teachings. Remembered that he never once suggested doing away with God's necessary requirement for being in God's family. Nor ever suggested that others could get in some other way. So they were shocked at Peter accepting what for the majority of Christ's followers was not right in the sight of God. That's the way it's always been. That's the way it is now. The fruit of the Spirit is how we recognize the presence of the Spirit. (Mt 7:16, Mk4:20, Lk6:44, Jn15:8, Gal5:22, Col 1:10, Jas3:17) Not by some predefined dogma, no matter how much we quote and twist the Bible to get there. I think it has always been the case that "Additionally, an uncircumcised Gentile was not living in sin. A Gentile was not given this law. The Jews were." That's the sophistry that lets us keep our own shibboleths. Thanks for your comments.

Oh. I didn't know that.

I don't think celibacy is right for me. You see, just like a lot of adults who are single like me, I dream of love and romance and finding a life partner. Maybe someday I will....but....I am notoriously picky when it comes to men. Not every man is my type you see. I've found a few guys in my lifetime I really liked, but none of those relationships worked out you see. I think a lack of communication on my part killed things. Hhhhmm...maybe this is why I'm still unmarried?

If anyone thinks that Trump's "save a bridge for a friend" move with the new bridge about to open between Detroit and Windsor

camille70 said:

Bessant had implied Americans are going to Vegas instead. I dont think the majority of Americans have the money for that.

Vid.

https://x.com/SenCortezMasto/status/2019481325250437201?s=20

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Bessent has learned the Trump move of professional gaslighting. The ultimate, you know what on your leg and telling you it's raining.

I resisted medication for a while. It was terrible. Everyone needs some kind of medication sooner or later. We are all in the same boat. Im thankful for the medication actually. Its my faith and not one else's. If I must live it on medication then I will. Take care of yourself. God bless.

I understand severe mental illness. My heart goes out to others who suffer with it. My own journey with depression, anxiety, and psychosis is lonely and burdensome right now. I hope to find friends who understand the struggle.

We would consider ourselves blessed when things are going well and we are having a mountain top experience. But the beatitudes (Mt. 5) tell us that blessed are you when you are poor in spirit, mourn, meek, hunger and thirst after righteousness or persecuted for righteousness sake... None of these are things that feel good, that we would pray for or work toward. Verse 12 tells us to 'rejoice and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven.'
There is one, Jesus Christ, who doesn't give you the cold shoulder but nurtures you through trials and troubles that you might be great in the kingdom of heaven, having the character to handle that which He desires to bestow upon His children.
Character is not a gift but must be developed and is therefore one of the purposes of the journey, that we are on. In contrast, Lucifer was created great but lacked the character to rule and therefore due to his given greatness he fell, whereas Jesus Christ hanging on the cross could have called ten thousand angles to set Him free but He Chose the Father's will.
What do we chose???