mourningdove~ said:

When you're finished reading it, it would be interesting to get your opinion of the book.

I've not read any of Jordan Peterson's books, but he's sometimes very interesting to listen to, when speaking in interviews.

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I'll let you know what I think of it! He's an interesting man and somewhat controversial. He seems to waffle about his religion. But the book sounds interesting. He has a YouTube channel. And he's a good speaker and conversationalist. We'll see.

RDKirk said:

At the national level, NPR has some issues, but many of their local affiliates have been top notch reporting agencies. My daughter was a field reporter for one local affiliate for several years.

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Local PBS TV has some good things and on radio they had a great Jazz program called ‘The Jazz Image’. But much of the rest was so toxic that I’m sorry to say that they got what was coming to them. They could have refocused and kept their funding but they were too woke for that. So we suffer the loss of the few good thing that remained.

Chesterton said:

Fair enough. Einstein couldn't fully integrate quantum mechanics with his theories, so I'll just keep following Mariah to see what she comes up with.

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To each their own. Personally I wouldn't waste my time on it.

ThatRobGuy said:

Do you think Corny will give him a 21 f-bomb salute?
(that joke will only make sense to those who are familiar with Jim Cornette)

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Listened to some of the episode, pack a lunch it’s over 4 hours, it’s a more nuanced less vitriolic take than I was expecting covering hogan in depth and detail.

Maria Billingsley said:

Christians love Jesus Christ of Nazareth and await their final union with their Lord and Savior after their death. We all fear the events leading up to death. If one fears death because of hell, then there is no love in them for Jesus Christ of Nazareth because perfect loves casts out all fear.
Blessings

1 John 4:18​

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.​

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The pysical act of death can frighten some Christians… an unknown. However some, maybe many, Christians do not fear death nor its unknown quality. Leaning on the Lord, our Rock and our Shield, comes to them readily… years of training.
We have the patriarchs as examples of bravely dying while fully confident and full of faith and trust in the LORD. Look at Jacob/Israel’s deathbed.

Feeling very alone in my immediate family.

I had never heard of rev Hart but i sure do agree that to manifest the gifts, prayer and a focus on God is important. Many, myself included simply dont spend the time needed for cosistent results. Thanks for the reminder.

pastorwaris said:

Objection #3: “We are still required to observe God’s Holy Days (except circumcision).”

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Never said this either

Fantine said:

Is it 1929 or a new run at prosperity?

Well, a negative jobs report, a negative inflation report (4.2%), June stats revised downward, and the latest tariff announcements have put the economy in a downward spiral.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5488804/stocks-trump-tariffs-economy

And what is best for the church? (Not sure what church you are talking about, but I'm assuming evangelical Christianity?) What's best for the Church is what worked for the Church in the Book of Acts: "See how these Christians love one another!" WWJD? (Read previous sentence.)

Some denominations have gone astray, demonizing LGBTQ, supporting Palestinian genocide, and pretty much doing everything Jesus wouldn't do. And the idea that Trump "perhaps" is doing right by God's standards seems to show complete ignorance of what God is all about. (Since you said "perhaps," please do not take that personally. Obviously you said perhaps because you have encountered some people who believe that, as I have unfortunately done, too.)

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Your right about the church in Acts setting the standard. Church to me encompasses all true believers. But what would get us to Acts? Early believers did not have the mediocrity we do.
It seems like most are too enamored with money
Too concerned about earthly matters like politics
Too weak in the demonstration of the Spirit
Not unified with no real authority like Paul or Peter.
Some might say this was predicted, that love would grow cold, that many false teachings would emerge. But God can discipline for sure, and i am thinking the status quo for the church in America, among other nations is going to be shaken.

pastorwaris said:

If you're involved in ministry work, I would honestly be honored to have a brother in Christ like you walk alongside me in the mission to win souls for Jesus. Let’s labor together in love, boldness, and unity for the Kingdom. Please let me know I'd be blessed to serve alongside you.

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Yes, I've been a Civil-Chaplain for 20 years now (I'm 71) and I teach the spiritual-growth truths of Paul from Romans to Philemon on the internet for 15 years. I also specialize in information relating to erroneous translations of the Minority Text (all modern translations). Translations from these manuscript copies contain only about 90% of the Majority Text, which results in a bout 5000 differences between traditional Bibles and modern Bibles.

pastorwaris said:

Let’s continue lifting each other up and encouraging one another in the faith. You're not alone in this journey. I'm with you, and more importantly, so is our Lord.

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Amen here! "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another" (Heb 10:25).

Remember, the Jan 6 and Russiagate criminals were convicted and sentenced. Just because Trump pardoned them, doesn't mean they aren't criminals. Just because Trump managed to avoid prison for his felonies doesn't mean he isn't a convicted criminal like the others.

Comes down to evidence. Trump is a convicted felon because he committed felonies. Obama isn't because there is no evidence. The story being peddled by Trump is just another attempted diversion from the Epstein problem. All the other attempted diversions failed. So will this one.

Lack of evidence means they aren't criminals. And yes, we hear "soon the evidence will be released."

Like Trump's tax returns. And his medical files. And his college transcripts. Obama released all of his.
But of course, Obama had nothing to hide.

And now the Epstein files. They were on his AG's desk, ready to go. And then, they weren't. Now, they aren't being released. For reasons people are beginning to figure out.

Trump's denial of the infamous letter, including his false claim that he never draws anything has hurt him:

Of course, none of that proves he wrote this letter and drew the accompanying picture. But again, Trump is undercutting his own credibility. Why lie about doodling — especially since it’s easily disprovable?
And it’s possible we could learn more about this. There has been some talk about having Maxwell — who the Journal reported solicited the letter — testify before Congress.
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A Florida-based businessman told the New York Times in a 2019 interview that he raised concerns about Epstein’s conduct ahead of a 1992 “calendar girl” event. “I said, ‘Look, Donald, I know Jeff really well, I can’t have him going after younger girls,’ ” the businessman, George Houraney, said. (The first Trump White House did not comment on that report.)
Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone wrote in his 2016 book about a scene in which Trump talked about how Epstein’s “swimming pool was full of beautiful young girls.”
“How nice, I thought,” Trump said, according to Stone, “he let the neighborhood kids use his pool.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/poli..._exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en

A New Dawn said:

Smoke and mirrors, all of it.

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Evidence. Facts. Stone is a Trump follower. He was just careless in revealing something telling.

Trump could end all this, just by coming clean and showing the unredacted files. The fact that he won't, is very instructive.

Angeldove97 said:

To divide the Church. We know there's a place for both. As long as the Lord is calling the faithful to either one, we are all blessed.

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There is indeed a place for both, but in balance. Just as there is a place for both conservative and liberal views in society on the many issues we face as a global community. I may be wring but it seem to me that the Transcendent emphasis seems to also emphasize not only God out there but me here and you there. Easy then to step to me against you us against them. We need guns. On the other hand, the immanent emphasis goes to the other open border-ish extreme.. Jumps to an idealized solidarity that doesn't acknowledge the the complex dangers that exist in reality.

PatrickTate said:

Yes, Romans 11 and even chapters nine and ten are profoundly encouraging messages. The Holy Spirit is being poured out on all flesh and soon everybody will know Jesus from the least to the greatest.

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And best to check what you wrote above in. Joel 2:28 happened in. Acts 2:14-38 , and it is all about Israel , Acts 2:36

and NOT about the Body of Christ , PERIOD !!

dan p

Let us go to the basics. God, or rather El, in Hebrew, stands for Power. So the meaning of God = Power.
This is why Jesus says:

And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Mark 14:62

El Elyon means the most high Power. So ''Power'' is the direct meaning of the word ''God''.
A modern term for this would be ''Energy''. And a modern biblical term for this would be ''Spirit''. All of this is the same. Because Spirit = Energy = Power.

In Hebrew tongue this speaks for itself.
But, that is why Jesus had to explain it to the Samaritan women,
''Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.''
and a little later:
'' God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.''

So Jesus had to explain to her the very definition of God (El) with its true definition of God. First Jesus explains, that Father is a term for God, and that God, thus the Father, is Spirit.

This is also why we see this:
Luke 1:35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

The Holy Spirit is the Power of the Highest. Hence Paul also equates Christ with the Power of God (1 Cor 1:24) Because Paul understands the Spirit of the man Jesus Christ to be the Spirit of the one true God, the Father, and hence Paul equates Jesus with the LORD/YHVH of the Old Testament.

Again we see the same thing:

1 Cor 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Calling upon the name of the Lord Jesus = Calling upon the Spirit of the Most High

The man Jesus Christ is 100% out of the Spirit of God, hence a man, and hence the son of God as I laid out in this thread, and the Spirit of God is 100% His Spirit, hence he is the Lord, to the glory of God the Father. They crucified Him because they understood he claimed to be a physical man who proceeded forth out of the true God, and hence his Indwelling Spirit, the very God of Israel. And this the unbelieving Jews could in no wise accept.

It must be noted that while God is power, he is not an impersonal, pantheistic power. He is alive, eternally self-existent, all encompassing conscious power, the Ultimate Power and Authority, the source from which all creation owes its existence to. The Father of spirits. This is why Paul says the Father is above all, in all, and through all. And that he endorses the saying: in Him we live, move and have our being.

All spirits have their origin from Him. Yet that does not mean that our spirit is inherently the same as His.
God is Holy - or rather set apart, from all other spirits, even though all spirits originate from Him. How that works out- don't ask me. We don't have to have answers for every thing.

It is to be noted that this holy, set-apart Spirit, God himself, is unlimited in His Power. He can act and speak seperately from the flesh body of Christ.
Maybe this will help you understand why the word of God the Father spoke from heaven to Jesus Christ on earth, and why the Spirit of God descended upon him in the form of a dove. It doesn't work out in the trinity model, but yes, the Word of God spoke to Jesus Christ on earth from heaven. By the way, it may also help for your understanding that wherever the Spirit of God is, there Heaven is also, because Heaven is His throne.
Terms like right-hand of the Power, is an euphemism. God is not a creature- like us, he cannot even be comprehended in spatiality.

That the Son of Man is seated at the right hand of Power is a full declaration of him, Christ, being the very bodily form of the ultimate Deity there is, as Paul affirms in Col 2:9

Paul may also be consistent with the higher principles of the Lord of the need to be born again in the Holy Spirit which is spirit ( see John 3:5-8). I believe when it comes down to the individual level then our soul ( which is spiritual of course) comes into focus ( see also Hebrews 4:11-13).

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Those believing in the flat earth will not look at evidence they can check for themselves well enough, because they are already sure they are right, so they are sure evidence would confirm it so they do not need to check any evidence that could be checked. But seriously they even have to deny the reality of gravity. Any of those who do check adequately would not be those arguing for the flat earth with us.

Please pray that I get my medications filled today and that my family has a good happy healthy day. If it is God's will. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Carmen

Even though I live a cloistered life, I still find it difficult to practice silence. After all these years, it remains a slow and sometimes elusive journey. As an introvert with a well-developed extroverted side—thanks to growing up in a large family with many brothers and sisters—I’ve come to realize that this duality hasn’t made me well-balanced. Much of my fatigue stems from a lack of discipline in how I relate to others. Silence, as a virtue, has grown slowly in my life.

When I’m deeply fatigued, I tend to become silly—perhaps even overwhelming to those around me. In its own way, this silliness helps me cope with exhaustion, but not in a healthy or sustainable manner. I’ve discovered that silence can ease my fatigue by helping me feel less scattered. Being an “airhead” has its downfalls.

As I age, prayer has become more important than ever. I sense the Lord patiently leading me deeper into communion with Him, even though I still wrestle with Him over this. Yet He remains faithful, loving, and endlessly encouraging.

I’ve found that using prayer beads helps me in this journey. While some find them distracting, for me they are a lifeline—allowing my mind and body to relax and open to the Holy Spirit.

My goofy self will likely always be with me, and I’m not sure I want it to go away entirely. But until the day I die, I will probably continue to struggle with the discipline of inner silence. Still, I live in hope._-BrMD

Once seen as only recipients of aid, mothers in underprivileged areas across the globe are becoming agents of change as the Catholic nonprofit Unboundempowers them to create paths out of poverty and serve as community leaders.

“From our founding in 1981, our mission, our reason of being, our approach from our founders, has been driven by a core belief in letting the people that we support make the decisions,” Ashley Hufft, president and CEO of Unbound, told CNA.

“It stems in part from their own faith, from Catholic social teaching, but those closest to the problem … make the decisions,” she said.

To further execute its mission, Unbound has implemented a number of programs including Poverty Stoplight and Agents of Change that keep the decision-making power in the hands of those who can “effectively improve their families best” — mothers.

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Nickolai Romanyuk has been in prison for nine months for criticizing military action against the Ukraine.

• Pray for justice to prevail at Monday’s hearing and for charges against Nikolai to be dropped

• Pray that God would protect the pastor in prison and use his detention for His purpose and glory
• Pray that God would strengthen and comfort Nikolai’s family, who have been deeply impacted by his arrest and detention

Praying for all those affected and for world peace!

Pakistan’s Senate has passed legislation removing the death penalty for two specific crimes in what officials openly acknowledge is a calculated move to preserve billions in European trade benefits — while leaving untouched the blasphemy laws that have sent dozens of Christians to death row.

The Criminal Laws Amendment Bill, which awaits National Assembly approval and presidential sign-off, eliminates capital punishment for publicly stripping women and harboring hijackers. Pakistani officials did not attempt to disguise their motivation: the changes were explicitly designed to satisfy European Union requirements under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) trade scheme, which demands that death sentences be “limited to the most serious crimes only.”

“This bill is aimed at aligning Pakistan’s laws with its international obligations under the GSP+ trade agreement with the European Union,” Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry told senators, according to Pakistani media reports.

Trade benefits trump human rights​

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Just a few meters from Immaculate Conception Cathedral in the Argentine city of La Plata stands the world’s largest mural dedicated to Pope Francis, painted by renowned artist Martín Ron. This work represented a great technical challenge and aims to be a message of peace, of union “between earth and heaven,” and — why not? — a place of prayer and pilgrimage.

Ron’s career spans both time and space, with more than two decades of painting and works that beautify cities around the world. In his native Argentina, a soccer-loving land par excellence, two of his most talked-about murals are those depicting star players Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi, just a sample of the hundreds that bear his signature.

On July 26, in the presence of city officials and the archbishop of La Plata, Gustavo Carrara, a 50-meter-high (164-foot) mural depicting Pope Francis, another of the “popular idols” Ron was tasked with painting, was inaugurated and blessed.

“As muralists, beyond painting our own works, we are constantly identifying those figures that have a strong popular following,” because muralism “is still pop art,” the artist told ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner.

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