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The Liturgist · Jul 24, 2025

Michie said:
Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel? This is an important question for our time.

Let me answer the question from the outset: No. Christians are not under a biblical command to support Israel. However, they are under a biblical command to not be arrogant towards Israel. Whatever one thinks of Israel, Christians are absolutely under the biblical command to love Jews, just as they commanded to love people of any race. Christians are called to love their neighbor and their enemies (cf. Matt 5:43-48).

But why is this even a question? What is behind all of this?

For those paying attention, there’s a growing number of Americans taking an anti-Israel stance, and with this comes an all-out assault against any thinking that inclines one to believe that Christians have a biblical obligation to support Israel. “The Church is Israel,” they’ll retort! The message is, “God’s chosen people are Christians. Love the Church! Not the State that rejects Christ and was responsible for His very crucifixion!”

Coupled with this is a strong stance against Dispensationalism that teaches that Israel remains “God’s chosen people.” It follows a literal approach to the text — when God told Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse” (Genesis 12:3); meaning if Christians bless Israel, they’ll be blessed, and if Christians don’t, they’ll be cursed. No one wants that, right?

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Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

All of this is relevant to the question because the Bible is concerned with our attitude that stems from what we should believe about Israel, rather than the political stance we take regarding them

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If it does, it is to the same extent we are required to support other states, in that civil government provides a benefit.

Additionally, in the case of the State of Israel, several important centers of Christian pilgrimage are located within its actual borders, such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Monastery of St. Mark in the Old City of Jerusalem, and Mount Carmel in Jaifa, near Tel Aviv, and still more within areas under its control, such as the Church of the Nativity and the adjacent Church of St. Mary on the site of the birth of Christ in Bethlehem. A number of Roman Catholic, Syriac Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic and Greek Orthodox Christians live in Jerusalem, East Jerusalem and Bethlehem, some of them Israeli citizens and some citizens of the Palestinian territories.

Thus the status of the Christians in Israel and on the West Bank, and their safety, is of extreme importance to us. Thus, peace in the region is good for Christianity.

Interestingly the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) meets on land owned by and legally leased from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

I encourage all Christians to neither hate the State of Israel or align themselves with movements which seek to displace its citizens, nor to regard supporting all policies of its secular government as a religious obligation, because neither is the case.

By the way, demographic shifts in the Jewish population in favor of Charedi Jews who do not wish to engage in military service and who are less specifically nationalistic have the potential to result in either a peaceful long term settlement in about 50 years time, or on the other hand, could engender an undesirable Islamist takeover of the area, which would be very bad for Christians, and even worse for members of other religions who have a presence therein, for example, the Bahai State and the Druze (as witnessed by the recent genocidal acts against the Druze, Alawis and Christians following the downfall of the Assad regime in Syria).

Michie · Jul 24, 2025

The mother of one of Bryan Kohberger's murder victims forgave her daughter’s killer in court Wednesday, expressing hope that he would find Jesus Christ and said she'd be praying for him.

Kohberger, who admitted to killing four University of Idaho students at their home in November 2022, learned his fate at his sentencing hearing. He was sentenced to four consecutive sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole and ordered to pay a combined $200,000 in fines and $5,000 in civil penalties to the families of each victim. He was also sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine in connection with a count of burglary associated with the crime.

As Kohberger appeared at the Ada County Courthouse, he came face-to-face with the families of the students he murdered. Cara Northington, the mother of murder victim Xana Kernodle, expressed confidence that “Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, now has her in His loving arms in Heaven, where she can never be harmed ever again for eternity.”

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Mother of Idaho murder victim forgives daughter's killer in court, expresses hope he finds Jesus

The mother of one of Bryan Kohberger s murder victims forgave her daughter s killer in court Wednesday, expressing hope that he would find Jesus Christ and said she d be praying for him

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Michie · Jul 24, 2025

Randy Combs (L) and his late wife, Christiana Combs, 32, appear in this family photo in happier times. | Screenshot/GoFundMe

A father of five who was sedated in the hospital after he was shot in the face twice by a gunman at Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, recently learned his wife did not survive the attack as he regained consciousness at a local hospital.

The father, Randy Combs, was among four people shot by the late 47-year-old Guy House, who went on a shooting rampage at the church after he shot and injured Kentucky State Police trooper Jude Remilien at the Blue Grass Airport on July 13.

Randy Combs and the church's pastor, Jerry Gumm, both survived their gunshot wounds. Combs' wife, 32-year-old Christina Combs, and her mother, 72-year-old Beverly Gumm, who is also the pastor's wife, were killed.

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Father shot twice in the face during Kentucky church shooting ‘devastated’ wife did not survive

A father of five who was sedated in the hospital after he was shot in the face twice by a gunman at Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, recently learned his wife did not survive the

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Seeko · Jul 24, 2025

d taylor said:
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Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”

Others believe the "he" in the verse refers to Jesus, who establishes a new covenant with humanity through his sacrifice. I guess we’ll have to wait and see who’s right.

Michie · Jul 24, 2025

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and stretched his cultural influence far beyond the ring, died Thursday in Florida at age 71.

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JM · Jul 24, 2025

Sovereign Grace said:
Someone on x/twitter stated that Lindsey sold over 35 million copies of his books and was wrong on virtually all of it. Talk about getting rich off writing fiction!

Wild. Good theology never sells...goats are fed and entertained while sheep starve.

wing2000 · Jul 24, 2025

Tariffs on imported cars and auto parts cost General Motors $1.1 billion in the second quarter, the nation’s largest automaker said Tuesday.

That hit to its bottom line was largely responsible for a 21% drop in net income for the period. The company said it expects tariffs to cost it between $4 billion to $5 billion by year’s end.

The industry so far has been able to weather those costs and remain profitable without raising car prices, in large part because it already has a backlog of vehicles built or imported before tariffs took hold.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/business/gm-tariff-hit?Date=20250722&Profile=CNN,CNN+International&utm_content=1753214873&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawLvbq9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF6SmZKeHd2RUZxSnVHQUQ0AR5uixaSjv1_HdnDVT7KirRzsWSsu4gwEPP1ZJcy20pyl4sBmT8Kw-TGnMbjOg_aem_6c0fZclBtLhlMiia_xR2Kw

GoldenBoy89 · Jul 24, 2025

Not MS13 and also not a terrorist. The character assassination of this poor man along with his repeated mistreatment by this administration has been absolutely disgusting.

The Barbarian · Jul 24, 2025

Aaron112 said:
Is Almighty Everlasting Creator unable to create a moth, a butterfly, a man, or a universe ?

All things are possible with God. It's just that some people are not pleased with the way He did some of it.

Christsfreeservant · Jul 24, 2025

“Your testimonies are wonderful;

Therefore my soul observes them.

The unfolding of Your words gives light;

It gives understanding to the simple.

I opened my mouth wide and panted,

For I longed for Your commandments.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,

After Your manner with those who love Your name.

Establish my footsteps in Your word,

And do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.

Redeem me from the oppression of man,

That I may keep Your precepts.

Make Your face shine upon Your servant,

And teach me Your statutes.

My eyes shed streams of water,

Because they do not keep Your law.” (Psalm 119:129-136 NASB1995)

The testimonies of God are the Holy Scriptures (Genesis to Revelation). They include God’s commandments (Old Covenant and New Covenant) for his people to obey. We who believe in Jesus Christ obey his commands to us under the New Covenant God has with his people Israel today, consisting of both Jew and Gentile by physical birth who have trusted in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives. We are the body of Christ, his church.

But Lord means that he is now Owner-Master of our lives, and our lives are now surrendered to him to do his will, committed to obey our Lord in all his ways. And Savior means that he has saved us out of our lives of slavery to sin so we will now follow him in obedience to his commands, and we will no longer walk in sin, making sin our practice. Now righteousness, holiness, moral purity, and obedience to our Lord are what we are living, in practice.

And not only are we to be living the word of God in our daily lives, but we are to be messengers of the Lord who take the message of his gospel to the people of the world. But the gospel message that we should be sharing with the people of the world is not the one which is so popularized in the USA today. But it is the one taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles in the New Testament Scriptures, taught in the correct biblical context.

So, what the psalmist described here about the Scriptures, and about his relationship with God, is so fitting to what our relationships with Jesus Christ should look like today, and how we should be viewing the Scriptures with regard to how we should be applying their teachings to our daily walks of faith in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. For he loved the Lord’s commands, and he obeyed the Lord and his commands, in life practice.

And this also parallels over to what Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught as the gospel of our salvation. For faith in Jesus Christ, which is biblical faith, will result in us obeying the commandments of God, in practice, and in us dying with him to sin, and us now living in holiness and in righteousness, and no longer as slaves to sin. For Jesus Christ truly is the Master of our lives, and our lives are committed to walking in his ways.

So we need to understand that faith in Jesus Christ, which is biblical, will result in us dying with Christ to sin, and us walking (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord and to his commandments, in practice, no longer as slaves to sin, but now as servants of the Lord who are doing his will, and who are sharing the truth of the gospel with others for their salvation. For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, we don’t have life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; 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 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

The Lord’s Anointed

Based off Isaiah 61
An Original Work / December 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Spirit of the Sov’reign Lord on me;
Anointed to preach the Good News;
Sent me to bind up the brokenhearted;
Proclaim freedom for the captives.
He sent me to preach release for pris’ners
Who are walking in sin’s darkness;
Proclaim God’s grace to all men who’ll listen;
And tell them about God’s judgments;
Comfort all who mourn;
Give crowns of beauty;
Oil of gladness and thanksgiving.

They will be called oaks of God’s righteousness,
A planting of our Savior, God,
For the display of our Lord’s splendor, and
They will rebuild God’s holy church.
God will renew them, and will restore them,
And you’ll be called priests of the Lord.
You will be ministers of our God, and
You will rejoice in salvation.
The Lord loves justice;
He is faithful to
Reward those who are seeking Him.

I delight greatly in the Lord;
My soul rejoices in my Savior, God.
He has clothed me with His salvation,
And in a robe of His righteousness.
He has given me priestly garments to wear,
As the bride of Jesus Christ.
As the garden of our Lord and Savior,
He causes us to grow in Him.
He makes righteousness,
Praise, and thanksgiving
Spring up before all the nations.

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Tolkien R.R.J · Jul 24, 2025

Another video that heavily utilized my book, Missing Monarchy, has recently been created. It is an excellent summary of the medieval section of that book.

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KoreyKBC · Jul 24, 2025

Hi all—I’m with a small church still running Servant Keeper v6. We’ve lost our install CD/DVD and need a fresh disk, any chance anyone has one in an old file cabinet or desk drawer?

LoricaLady · Jul 24, 2025

Jul. 24, 2025 | Togo
Hundreds of Christians Displaced by Islamists
[11] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for displaced Christians.

Some 240 Christians have been displaced as Islamist militants have flooded into northern Togo from neighboring Burkina Faso. The terrorists, as they are locally called, have burned homes, clothing and Bibles and have stolen farm animals, causing many Christians to flee. The displaced believers are from near the towns of Sokode and Tchamba and are now living with other Christians. Read More.
Jul. 24, 2025 | Bhutan
Front-Line Couple Faithful in Trials
[8] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Tshewang and Umzey.

A pastor and his wife remain firm in their faith despite persecution and family troubles. Because the government of Bhutan holds strict policies regarding non-Buddhist religions, Pastor Tshewang lost his government job and retirement benefits when he was arrested and refused to recant his faith in Christ. Since then, with the help of the global body of Christ, Tshewang and his wife, Umzey, have built a business that provides them with opportunities to share the gospel in their community. They have continued to disciple and baptize new believers, including five recent converts. Read More.
Jul. 24, 2025 | Nigeria
Young Christian Loses Husband in Islamist Attack
[8] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for Nandi.

Nandi Tangkat, a 26-year-old mother of four, was widowed after her husband was killed by Islamic militants on May 16, 2023, near Jos, Nigeria. Nandi, pregnant at the time, was away when the militants attacked, but her husband, slowed by an injury that he had previously sustained to his legs, was unable to escape. Nandi's pastor and many other Christians were also killed in the attack. She has been trying to work at tin mining sites, but work is rarely available and pays very little, so she is learning to sew. Read More.

Michie · Jul 24, 2025

Thanks be to God!

Amo2 · Jul 24, 2025

Shane R said:
The American revolution was civic, not religious; though Jefferson attempted to invoke "self-evident" truths in his defense.

There is no escaping the influence of religion upon politics. Even atheism and or secular humanism are religions. The assumptions and or presumptions of which, will unquestionably affect one's political views and or actions. To deny any connection between the many battles for freedom of religion leading up to and during the formation of this nation, is simply to choose to be ignorant of a great many facts. Nevertheless, we all have the freedom to choose to believe whatever we wish. Which exact freedom has been and still is contested in many places and times throughout history. This being a most basic foundation of freedom, so many others are based upon.

It is a small matter indeed, to provide many writings from our Founding Fathers, addressing their religious views which most obviously affected their politics. Which I would be happy to provide, should you be interested.

Yusuphhai · Jul 24, 2025

Welcome and have a blessed trip in CF.

essentialsaltes · Jul 24, 2025

Edison offers to pay Eaton fire victims for damages, in move to avoid litigation

Edison said it planned to launch a Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program this fall that would be open to those who lost homes, businesses or rental properties in the fire. It would also accept claims for injuries and fatalities.
An attorney representing fire victims criticized the plans, saying it could lead to victims being shortchanged.

Seeking to avoid lengthy litigation, Southern California Edison said Wednesday it will offer to compensate Eaton fire victims directly for damages suffered, even though it has yet to formally concede that its equipment ignited the blaze on Jan. 7.

“Even though the details of how the Eaton Fire started are still being evaluated, SCE will offer an expedited process to pay and resolve claims fairly and promptly,” Pedro Pizarro, chief executive of Edison International, the utility’s parent company, said in a press release. “This allows the community to focus more on recovery instead of lengthy, expensive litigation.”

“In the past, the utilities have proposed these programs as a means for shorting and underpaying victims,” said attorney Richard Bridgford. “Victims have uniformly done better when represented by counsel.”

Edison said the program would be designed to quickly compensate victims, including those who were insured. People can apply with or without an attorney, it said. The program is expected to run through 2026.

Sif · Jul 24, 2025

At least 12 people have been killed, mostly Thai civilians, in clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops in a disputed region. Cambodia has fired rockets and artillery and Thailand is launching airstrikes. The region in dispute (Ubon Ratchathani, Surin, And Sisaket) has been disputed for about 100 years.

Here is a BBC link.
CNN.
Al Jazeera.
and Fox.

brinny · Jul 24, 2025

God "ponders" our hearts. (See Proverbs 24:12)

This should give us pause.......cuz it matters not what "words" we utter, for God sees what is hidden deep in our hearts beyond those words.

Michie · Jul 24, 2025

Pastor, wife who sold cryptocurrency indicted on fraud charges

Online pastor Eligio "Eli" Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn, who led Victorious Grace Church, were indicted on 40 counts of fraud by a grand jury in Denver, Colorado, in connection with an alleged cryptocurrency scam they claim God told them to operate.

Colorado Securities Commissioner Tung Chan filed civil fraud charges against the Regalados, along with INDXcoin, LLC, Kingdom Wealth Exchange, LLC, and others for allegedly violating the anti-fraud, licensing and registration provisions of the Colorado Securities Act.

The couple had sold a cryptocurrency they called “INDXcoin” to their Christian followers, claiming that it would make them rich.

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Pastor, wife who claim God told them to sell cryptocurrency indicted on fraud charges

A Denver pastor and his wife, who claim God told them to sell cryptocurrency, have been indicted on fraud charges

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ozso · Jul 24, 2025

At least we learned all of the hidden secrets of the JFK assassination after those files were finally released.

Christsfreeservant · Jul 24, 2025

“I have restrained my feet from every evil way,

That I may keep Your word.

I have not turned aside from Your ordinances,

For You Yourself have taught me.

How sweet are Your words to my taste!

Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

From Your precepts I get understanding;

Therefore I hate every false way.

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

I have sworn and I will confirm it,

That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.” (Psalm 119:101-106 NASB1995)

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are to be those who love the law of the Lord, i.e. his New Covenant commandments, written in the hearts and minds of those who love God and who are called according to his purpose. Studying the Scriptures should be a delight to us, not a drudgery, and something that we look forward to each day. We should be those who live by the Word of God, no longer according to human flesh, but to please God, not the flesh.

For if we are true followers of Christ, we have died with Christ to sin, and we have been raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness. Sin has been put to death so that we no longer walk in sin, by habit, but so we now walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord and to his New Covenant commands. We are now clay in the hands of the Potter being molded into the image of Christ which is a lifetime process of salvation.

The Word of the Lord to us who believe in Jesus Christ should be sweet to us, even though some of his word is hard, it is difficult, and it may seem harsh. For even the parts that may seem harsh are written to us out of love and for what is for our best. And so we need to take it to heart and to apply it to our daily walks of faith in obedience to our Lord, and not ignore the parts that our flesh might want to resist. For we should want to obey God.

We should hate every false way. We should resist the lies of Satan which he likes to whisper in our ears, and we must hold on to the truth of God’s Word, taught to us in the appropriate context, and not out of context. For so many people today are teaching lies in the name of Jesus, and they are falsifying the truth of the gospel, and they are altering the words of God to make them more acceptable to human flesh. And so they are convincing many that a profession of faith in Jesus is all that God requires of them for salvation.

But the truth is that Jesus Christ gave his life up for us on that cross to put our sins to death with him, so that by faith in him we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands. And the truth is that if we continue living in sin, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord, that regardless of what our lips profess, we will not inherit eternal life with God, and we will not be saved from our sins.

So, we must get our truth directly from the Scriptures, taught in their appropriate context. And it is best if you have a reliable and trustworthy Bible translation, for there are several altered and diluted translations and transliterations of the Scriptures which are not true to the originals and which are very deceptive, and which are teaching lies, at least in part. And always study the Scriptures under the direction of the Holy Spirit who will speak truth to our hearts, and test everything you hear from humans.

Let the Word of God be a lamp to your feet (your walk of faith) and a light to your path (the truth of the gospel). For Jesus taught that to come after him requires that we deny self, die daily to sin, and follow our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands. For if we hold on to our old lives of living in sin, we will lose them for eternity. But if for the sake of Jesus we die to sin and walk in obedience to his commands, we have eternal life with God in heaven.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; 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 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

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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timewerx · Jul 24, 2025

Careyap87 said:
That may be true but some jobs they offer may pay very well.

If you knew someone is spreading false teachings and know for sure their teachings doesn't agree with yours but you'll work for them anyway because they pay good money, you'll be ending up working for money, not working for the Lord.

It would only ever be excusable if you already exhausted ALL your options (unlikely) and the Lord actually told you to work there.

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