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Did Judas think he was actually helping Jesus fulfill His mission by betraying Him? Was Judas pre-destined to become the traitor of the Lord? Fr. Mike Schmitz asks these bold questions and unpacks what Scripture says about the person of Judas Iscariot. By evaluating his motivations and his lack of cooperation with the grace given to him, Fr. Mike details what a tragedy it is that he never became St. Judas.

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Pray that whatever military confrontation that takes place between the US and Iran does Not become a disastrous out-of-control war

ChristServant said:

I enjoy chocolates, here are the last ones I bought below;
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The Green and Blacks are delicious!

Whats more it appears Pretti was part of this organised resistence against ICE and federal law. More will come out.

But this is more or less organised insurrection and bordering on a form of terrorism. If agitators like Pretti are going out and spitting on agents with hate and smashing their cars, willing to drive them down, and dox them so they are murdered. Carry loaded guns against federal agents.

Then that is a form of terror IMO and some leaders have encouraged this.

First off, what does it mean to be a “prisoner of the Lord”? Well, for Paul it meant two things, I believe. From what I understand, he was literally imprisoned at the time in which he wrote this, and he was imprisoned because of his service to the Lord Jesus and because he preached the gospel of Christ and of his salvation. Many of his writings, I believe, were during times when he was being held captive in some kind of imprisonment for the gospel of Christ. But somehow his letters were able to get to the people.

And some of you who are reading this may presently be being held in some kind of prison, or you may have friends and family members who are being held because of their declarations of faith in Jesus Christ and because they are sharing the truth of the gospel without shame or fear of reproach. Or you may be ostracized from people who now think of you as odd because you serve the Lord faithfully with your life, and so you may not have many friends, and so you feel isolated from people, which is kind of like prison.

But the second way in which he was a prisoner of the Lord was the same as we should be also, if truly Jesus Christ is Lord (Owner-master) of our lives. For we are no longer to claim ownership over our own lives, but we should now serve as servants of the Lord to do his bidding. Now he takes ownership of our lives, and we now live for him to follow him wherever he leads us. We no longer see ourselves as free to live however we want, for we were bought back for God (redeemed) by the blood of Christ, shed for our redemption.

Therefore, as those who now belong to God, in his service, no longer to live for the sinful pleasures of the flesh in deliberate and habitual disobedience to our Lord and to his commands, we are to walk (in conduct, in practice) in a manner worthy (suitable and fitting) of the calling with which we have been called. And that calling is the one Jesus gave to all who desired to follow him, that we must deny self, die to sin daily, in practice, by the Spirit, and walk in obedience to his commands, if we are to have eternal life with God.

And “with all humility” is lacking in pride and in self-importance. And “with gentleness” is with meekness, which is not weakness, but which is controlled and gentle strength, like Jesus modeled for us. And patience and tolerance are not to be accepting of sinful lifestyles in those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, for we are to exhort and encourage one another daily so that none of us is led astray by the deceitfulness of sin. And we are to speak the truth of the gospel to one another in love so that we all follow Jesus Christ in truth.

And being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace is not in encouraging one another to follow and to obey “wolves in sheep’s clothing” disguised as ministers of the gospel who are teaching lies to the people and who are trying to get the people to conform to the ways of human flesh rather than to conform to the ways of God and to the teachings of the Scriptures. Too many “pastors” are businessmen who are marketing “the church” to the world, so they are compromising the gospel message.

So, test the spirits to see which ones are of God, and test them against the Scriptures taught in their correct biblical context, and then obey God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

Fit for Service

An Original Work / October 5, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Holy Spirit, come within us.
Cleanse our hearts,
and from sin free us.
Make us holy vessels fit
for service to the King.
Fill us with Your love and power.
Anoint us within this hour
To be living witnesses
For Jesus Christ, our King.
Our praise to Him bring.

Father God, our heart’s desire,
Come and speak to us in power.
Revive our hearts to obey You;
Live for You always.
May we love and serve You only,
Walking with You;
Not a phony.
May we always tell the truth,
And show integrity.
Your true servants be.

Jesus, Savior, sanctify us.
Purify our hearts within us;
Be transformed into Your likeness,
Holy unto You.
May we always listen to You
Speaking Your words
Now within us.
May we heed Your counsel to us;
Follow You today.
Do all that You say.

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Worthy of The Calling
An Original Work / January 30, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

I think it’s worth remembering that people’s relationship with God isn’t really tied to a celebrity’s platform- God's already at work in people’s lives in ways we can’t always see. Faith isn’t a personal brand to promote, but something deeper that exists independently of a personal platform. Being an actor isn’t always the ideal platform for what he seems to be trying to do. The nature of that work is about performance and visibility, which doesn’t always translate to meaningful influence or the kind of quiet, lasting impact many people need in their lives.

JSRG said:

I know this is meant as a joke, but the (failed) impeachment had already happened at the time he issued the pardon.

I think they should remove the pardon power (any pardons can be issued by the normal legislative process; congress passes a law in both houses and the President signs it), but I'm not sure if I necessarily disagree with Johnson's usage of it here. A massive pardon to everyone for treason was a way to just let the country move on from the Civil War. If that was the worst abuse of the pardon power, I'd have less of a problem with it. The bigger problem is that various pardons of the last few decades, which while obviously less sweeping, also have been less justifiable and more blatantly corrupt.

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I'd go with a pardon board of some sort. Not sure how to fill it. And prohibit "corrupt pardons" explicitly. Anything to be done would require a constitutional amendment, but I think there is a real possibility that a bipartisan amendment could be crafted with the potential to get 2/3 votes in Congress and 3/4 of the states.

BPPLEE said:

Murder is a black and white issue.
It's not our place to say that the man deserved it

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• Man’s justice says: murder is a crime, and the courts must act.
• God’s justice says: murder is sin, and only God can judge the soul of the murderer.

And this is why we never say “he deserved it.” The moment a human being claims the right to decide who deserves death, they step into a role that belongs only to God.

Michie said:

Continued below.

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I hope your explorations include actual visits to worship with the groups you are studying. It is enlightening to see and experience how others worship. Over one year, I once took one Sunday a month to worship with a different tradition. It was both an adventure and clarifying about what I wanted and didn't want for myself.

Welcome to CF, Coralie.

Always in His Presence said:

much ado about......what?

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In the appellate courts a case is placed before a three judge panel and a ruling is made.
The loser of the decision can appeal to the full court AKA en banc, (or the full court can choose to rehear the appeal, (which it did not do here), otherwise the appellant can try for certiorari in SCOTUS.

Michie said:

TruPlay Games, a Christian digital media company that creates educational Bible-based video games and entertainment, has accused American technology company Google and popular social media platform TikTok of systematically censoring Christian content and has asked Congress to intervene.

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Its a dog-eat-dog world out there. We are told the day is coming when the Lion will lie down with the Lamb.

Ezekiel offers Noah, Job, and Daniel as archetypes as he prophesies:

I had either never noticed or forgotten this detail of the prophet. Thinking on the writings of St. Paul, it is clear that he had a strong preference for Abraham. And Jesus himself was transfigured with Moses and Elijah. Enoch also gets some scattered mentions throughout the NT.

That the Prophet, as the mouth piece of God, chooses Noah, Job, and Daniel is fascinating. For further consideration, Daniel was nearly contemporary with Ezekiel. Two of the three may not have been Israelites.

wing2000 said:

...and that police was tried, convicted and sitting in jail. Reforms were made.
You won't see any police force violently push a woman down and then assault, gang tackle and kill the man who comes to her aid.

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Does it have to specifically be that scenario? I could go on Youtube all day long and watch body camera videos of far worse than that being done by local police. It happens far more often than you may think, but nobody here is complaining about that. Far more attractive to complain about a couple incidents involving Federal agents because it gives an opportunity to badmouth Trump.

Valletta said:

Indeed, there is so much corruption and they will have to face God. In my own state of Minnesota they have found just the tip of the iceberg, taxpayer money goes to non-profits and they either don't do the work or siphon off the money to individuals or to for-profit companies. As to the elections I am glad they are following up in Georgia. I reviewed a number of statements about the election in Michigan and as much government corruption as I have seen I was quite taken aback at the brazen moves. Lara Trump gathering over 100,000 elections observers/workers was a brilliant move to restore confidence in future elections.

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Payola can be a normal part of doing business with the city. We had two companies bidding on a job and one of them withdrew their bid after they had legs broken. That mayor did not get re-elected.

And we can live like this, now, with God in His love.

essentialsaltes said:

Brooklyn Chabad Car Attack: Father Says Son Faced Mental Health Struggles, Tried to Convert​

Dan Sohail, 28, was seen near the Eastern Parkway synagogue before allegedly ramming a 2012 Honda Accord into the building at around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, police sources said. Authorities said Sohail had visited several synagogues recently, including Chabad’s international headquarters in Crown Heights, as part of conversion efforts but was reportedly turned away.

Video shared online shows Sohail dancing inside the Chabad headquarters two weeks earlier in the same clothing he wore during the incident.

Chabad official speaks out after car-ramming of Jewish center, as NYPD probes motive​

Motti Seligson, director of media at Chabad, told Fox News that Chabad has received an outpouring of support from elected officials since the car-ramming. The Chabad official said he had received a call from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., on Thursday morning. Additionally, he praised New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and New York Attorney General Letitia James for coming to the scene shortly after the incident.

"This individual, according to reports, has attempted to enter various Jewish institutions in NJ, including Chabad, but was rebuffed and in at least one incident the police were called," Seligson later added in a separate post on X.

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OK. just that I had not heard,

@JohnB445

My plan is to shelter in place for a year, and then move to a bugout location/camping location after that, where there will be hunting and fishing/water sources nearby and probably won't be a lot of other people around after that. Also will grow a garden after that all of the time or every year after that probably, etc. Me and a buddy of mine are planning on doing this together if something happens, etc, and maybe we'll eventually try to start a community from there sometime after that maybe, etc. But I'm very, very glad that I won't be trying to do all of this completely alone though, etc, cause that's important, or can be important.

God Bless.

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Please don't let there be another plague.That goes all over the world.