I pray that God would grant you a boss who is a capable leader yet also kind and compassionate to everyone. I pray that your new boss will truly be a blessing to you.

I pray that God would keep these two political leaders safe and protect them from all harm.

His brother Randy Quaid played Reagan on SNL in the 80s.

I pray that God would work in Afghan's hearts so that they would come to faith in Christ.

Yikes! I hope this mess gets cleaned up.

God bless them

E.C. said:

Yes.

The caveat, is that one has to marry before getting ordained. If a priest is divorced or the wife dies then there is no getting married again. Which means that part of our own clergy shortage is brought on by a lack of women who would marry a future priest. The bishop also can not ordain the man to the priesthood without the wife consenting to it as well.

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It’s my understanding marriage is eternal? What if they get divorced? I assume no one has relations once they reach paradise.

You should know that Jacob could not overpower God in Genesis, despite the fact that God appeared to him in human form.
What now happens in Ephesians is the after-effects of what transpired in Genesis. At the end of the Genesis panorama, God blessed Jacob (Men) to wrestle with what we now have in Ephesians. I wish to say more but let me leave it here for now

newton3005 said:

The wrestling in Genesis 32:24 and Ephesians 6:12 are in to separate contexts.

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KevinT said:

Are you saying that Joseph was alive when Jacob wrestled with God?

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Right.
Ge 30: 22Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” 24And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add to me another son!” 25As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country.

KevinT said:

This point also confuses me. Jacob worked for Laban for 7 years, and then got married to Leah. He agreed to work another 7 years for Rachel, but he was given Rachel as the BEGINNING of the 7 yrs, not the end.

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Right, at the beginning of the second 7-year period.

KevinT said:

If Jacob fled home at age 16 yrs,

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See How old was Jacob when he fled Esau?

Jacob left Canaan to work in Paddan Aram for Laban for 20 years.
When Jacob wrestled with God on hs return to Canaan, he was between 91 and 97.

When Jacob fled Esau, he was between 91-20=71 and 77 years old. The middle value was 74.

If you are not part of the First Resurrection then I'm afraid you have to wait until Judgement.

I am not a fan of Trump. I’m not really a fan of Israel, though I do know that our Savior is coming back there, and that a remnant of Israelis will reach salvation according to the Bible.

I am not going to get into which presidents did this and that to destroy other countries because that isn’t the purpose of this string.

I was talking about how the media is trying to gaslight me into not seeing what is right in front of my eyes. Specifically in relation to July 13.

I was indirectly talking about how criminal and thuggish it is for anyone to try to use any organizations to assassinate a political candidate.

If you don’t like murder, I’ll tell you the number one reason why I’ll be voting for Trump and not for Kamala. Trump has been somewhat better on the abortion issue than Democrats. I said somewhat. I wish he had done a lot more.

Kamala is all for killing babies that have not yet been born. Even if the preborn baby is a boy, so what, she promotes the lie that he’s just part of a woman’s body and should be gotten rid of at any
time undesired.

Thanks to politicians like her, there are now in some states, full-term healthy babies
being born only to be then murdered in abortion clinics.

So, dear, while I think it’s great that you’re concerned about unnecessary slaughter in other countries, you don’t seem concerned about Kamala
wanting to go on with the killing of millions of babies in our own country.

And they are not uncommonly killed in later trimesters while they have full pain sensors. I won’t describe the ways in which they die. It is too grizzly. But maybe that won’t matter to you if you’re voting for Kamala.

Is it me, Lord?

It's all of us.

Until we receive His Grace, and His atoning sacrifice, that's where we are; dead, hanging on a tree and with our backs to the Lord of Life.

tonychanyt said:

BC stands for Before Christ. BCE (Before the Common Era) is now often used as a more secular alternative to BC. I use both notations.

Are people trying to avoid the name of "Christ"?

Some are, but it doesn't bother me.

Christ was probably born in 5 BC (Before Christ). That sounds a bit strange. "Christ was born in 5 BCE" does not sound as strange.

Similarly, AD stands for Anno Domini, meaning "in the year of the Lord." CE (Common Era) is often used in place of AD.

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I use BC, just to stick it to the secular community who uses BCE.

I think we have to admire the Faith of the Thief, because he had the simplest amount of Faith.

He told the other thief, that he should fear God, as they are in the same predicament. Obviously, he did not fear God before this predicament, and the cross gave him something to think about.

He thought wisely.

Lord have mercy!

FenderTL5 said:

Does this mean you have a FoxNews or Newsmax article proving the use of AI in those photos?

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Well, you know they don't cite evidence sources.

Fox did mention Trump talking about AI, but for some reason, didn't report his claim that Harris used AI to fake a crowd. I'm pretty sure that I know why.

An immersive 3D audio docuseries telling the true stories of an exorcist and the people he has helped began its second season last month after topping podcast charts.

“The Exorcist Files,” hosted by Ryan Bethea and Father Carlos Martins, features dramatic reenactments of the case files of Martins, who is a Catholic priest, an official exorcist on two continents, and a leading authority on spiritual warfare.

The podcast experienced great success after its release in January 2023, racing to the top of the Spotify religion chart, where it remained in the top 10 on Apple and Spotify for most of the year. Season 2 of the podcast was released July 16.

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Father Mike Schmitz, the popular Catholic priest known for “The Bible in a Year” and “The Catechism in a Year” podcasts, is hitting the road for a live tour this fall.

Schmitz will visit four cities for the “Father Mike Schmitz on Tour: The Hour that Will Change Your Life” tour, making stops in Columbus, Ohio; Akron, Ohio; Indianapolis; and St. Louis from Oct. 21–24.

According to a press release, the tour comes as part of Schmitz’s ongoing fundraising efforts to build a new Catholic campus ministry center for the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he is the chaplain, as part of an assignment given to him by his local ordinary, Bishop Daniel Felton.


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Gregory Thompson said:

The building blocks of that kingdom of what is remains in the end, those things are faith, hope, and love. The greatest of these is love.

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To be more precise it is the words of YHWH, but you are right in the overall.

What I think would make America Great - she already is, but we can improve.

1. Strong border control with remain in Mexico re-instated.
2. Federal required to run a balanced budget - infrastructure, defense and emergency services have first priority.
   1. Term limits on all member of the Legislative and Judicial Branch
   2. Members of Congress limited to what companies and stocks they can invest in - strong judicial oversight.
   3. DOJ - all branches have no right to refuse information to Congressional oversight. Mandatory punitive action for any infractions.
3. Strong support for First and Second amendment rights
4. Go to a Tax system akin to the Fair Tax spoken of a couple of years ago.
   1. Eliminates the need for the IRS
   2. Everyone pays taxes - the middle class gets a break and the wealthy pay more.
5. Limit the Executive Branch's ability to Legislate by Executive Order
6. Keep Abortion at the State level
7. Require ID to vote
   1. Mail in ballots by request only
   2. Must be signed and postmarked
   3. Allow Social Security card as valid proof of ID
8. Get politics out of the military
9. Strong gun control -
   1. Enforce the current laws to the letter
   2. Mandatory sentencing for all Gun offenses
   3. Violent Gun Felon Registration list - just like the Sex abuse registration.

There are more, but that's off the top of my head.

Peace in Christ.

Thank you for reading the entire post (and not just read the first paragraph and assume the rest of it).

Pro 18:13 KJV
(13) He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

How can we say that there is no resurrection of the dead? We can’t. There is a resurrection of the dead.

We are all “dead” in our mortal bodies because of sin even as we live. But what I am talking about here now is about those believers in Christ who have mortally died.

The mortally dead in Christ did not hear the TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL because they had listened to false prophets who did not understand the gospel (good news).

They were led astray by false prophets down the broad way to their destruction….to their mortal destruction. Matthew 7:13-15 .

There is a “truth of the gospel” that we must hear. They DID NOT hear it from their church “preachers” who had no understanding of it because their minds were blinded to the glorious gospel of Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 .

They suffered loss….the loss of their mortal bodies. They did not inherit an age-lasting life (aka “eternal life”). They believed in Christ but mortally perished.

They (the mortally dead in Christ) will be resurrected AT the last day of this age. Jesus shall not lose them for He will raise them up again AT the last day. They have not completely perished for good.

John 6:39 KJV
(39) And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

Even though they may die, they shall live. Jesus is Lord of both the dead and the living as He died for us and rose again so that we might have life. …whether we had mortally died or not. They believed in Christ but mortally died. They fell "asleep".

Young's Literal Translation
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

They had “fallen asleep in Christ”. Their death from this earth is only temporary. It is an intermission….a “sleep”…for the remainder of this age…as they will be raised again AT the last day of this age. They will not experience the rest of this age in this earth where we are to help Him put down all rule and all authority and power in this earth.

1Co 15:16-18 KJV
(16) For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
(17) And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
(18) Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

The dead….those believers in Christ who have mortally perished…. are the “corruptible”…that is, perishable because they had PERISHED in their mortal bodies. They did not hear the truth of the gospel and perished. There are 2 groups being talked about here. One is the dead...those who perished...and the other are those who will never perish mortally from this earth.

The dead….at the very end of this age at the “last trump” moment…will be RAISED imperishable. They will no longer be able to perish like they were when they lived (but mortally perished) previously in this earth. What I have highlighted here in red applies only to those who had mortally perished from this earth.

1Co 15:51-53 KJV
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

The dead in Christ were sown mortally in corruption. They were sown in dishonor. They were sown in weakness. They mortally perished in these conditions…but they will be raised in glory and power and imperishable. They will never again experience these humiliating conditions....and die in them.

1Co 15:42-43 KJV
(42) So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
(43) It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

In contrast to the dead, the living… those who will hear the truth of the gospel and believe… shall NEVER MORTALLY DIE “to” the last day of this age. They will have an age-lasting life (aka “eternal life”) to the very end of this age where they will then put on immortality at the last trump moment.

John 11:26
and everyone who is living and believing in Me will not die—throughout the age;

This is the truth of the gospel: Jesus came to this world and died and rose so that we might be saved in this world. Those who will believe the truth of the gospel that is made manifest by our Lord Jesus shall NOT PERISH (mortally) but shall have an age-lasting life here in this world.

He has “abolished”…that is, rendering idle…death NOW for us. Death has been rendered idle NOW in our mortal bodies. He has brought to light through the gospel….the TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL…life. This “life” is age-lasting and to be had in our mortal bodies... where death is now being rendered idle.

2Ti 1:9-10 KJV
(9) Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
(10) But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

We believe INTO Him. We shall continue to mortally stand here in this earth unto the coming of our Lord. We shall never die from this earth. The just shall LIVE by faith. They will not perish…mortally die.

Young’s Literal Translation
John 3:16
14 ‘And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up,
15 that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,

This is truly good news. He has rendered death idle for us NOW as He is living now. Jesus was raised from the dead. He tasted death for us so that we do not have to mortally die. He died in our place so that we may continue to live mortally throughout the remainder of this age (having an age-lasting life).

The only death that we participate in is dying to the sin. We keep His "daily" sacrifice in our mortal bodies which manifests His life there. We participate in His death this way so that we do not mortally die from this earth. Mortal death is NOW rendered idle through His sacrifice that we keep in our mortal bodies.

16 for God did so love the world, that His Son — the only begotten — He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
17 For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

We who believe in Christ and His truth of the gospel will continue to live in our “flesh and blood” bodies UNTIL the “last trump” moment at the very end of this age where it will then put on immortality.

This “mortal” body (mortal= subject to death ) will then at that time put on immortality so that our bodies shall never be subject to death anymore. I highlighted in red all the words that apply to those who inherit an age-lasting life in this mortal body. They will not perish mortally but will keep on living in this earth in their mortal bodies until the very end of this age (having an age-lasting life) where then they will put on immortality thereby circumventing death completely through Christ.

1Co 15:50-54 KJV
(50) Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

We shall all “sleep” as we shall NEVER DIE from this earth until we are changed from mortal to immortal.

(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

At that time, both those who had perished mortally from this earth (the dead) and those who had kept living in their mortal bodies by never dying shall be changed.

(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

There are 2 groups being talked about here. The dead…the mortally perished…shall be raised imperishable. The "corruptible" are not the same group of believers as the "mortal". The corruptible perished mortally. They did not inherit an age-lasting life. They were "asleep" in their mortal death from this earth so-to-speak. They experienced an intermission from this earth temporarily until their resurrection.

The living (who never mortally perished from this earth but continued to live in their flesh and blood mortal bodies) shall then put on immortality.

(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
(54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

The living are those who will remain ALIVE AND REMAINING upon this earth unto the coming of our Lord Jesus. They will never mortally perish from this earth.

We ….the living who heard the truth of the glorious gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ…shall be ALIVE AND REMAINING…until He comes to change us all.

1Th 4:14-17 KJV
(14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
(15) For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
(16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
(17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Paul4JC said:

People who have not failed in that area as you did, may still need to wait many years for the right person. So all I'm saying is timing and circumstances are everything when you let God be the matchmaker. I was 35 when I got married and my wife was 32. We've been happily married for over 23 years.

Don't make it all about your failure. You repented and it's been forgiven. Look forward to what God has for you. Stay in his word and prayer.

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Thank you for your encouragement to keep my eyes on Christ. God bless

NBB said:

They call you far right just for having traditional values, i think is something to keep in mind.

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Yeah, I have noticed that. Some people on the left say that if I vote 3rd party, I'd be voting for Trump. Man, just let me vote 3rd party guys. I do not like Trump, nor do I like some of the stuff on the left. Yes, pro-environment ideals are good, and cheaper healthcare is good, but the pro-choice stuff is dangerous, same with the LGTV gender stuff.