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Why don't American Christians care about the ethnic cleansing of an ancient Christian homeland?

As a veteran international religious freedom advocate who is no stranger to the halls of Capitol Hill, Chelsea Sobolik says she didn't know as much as she thinks she should have about Armenia's historic Christian roots before attending a fact-finding trip to the Caucasus country earlier this month.

Sobolik, the director of government relations with the Evangelical humanitarian organization World Relief, who previously worked for the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, joined a delegation of Christian leaders and scholars from the United States who met with some of the over 120,000 Armenians forcibly displaced from their ancestral homeland of Artsakh (known internationally as Nagorno-Karabakh) nearly two years ago.

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Israel's Security Cabinet approves plan for Israeli military to take over Gaza City

Yes there is a ton of evidence. Hamas themselves have said as much. There is a viral video of Hamas militants in tunnels eating stolen food.
The types of food seen in that video are not what's being brought into Gaza. Nonperishable items like flour, rice, sugar, oil, and some ready-to-eat meals are what's on the aid trucks. The food in that video wasn't stolen from trucks entering Gaza.


The IDF Arabic spokesperson unveiled dramatic video evidence Wednesday documenting Hamas terrorists' comfortable underground life, showing fighters enjoying fresh bananas, dates, and meat in tunnel complexes while their organization publicly accuses Israel of creating starvation conditions for Gaza residents.

Col. Avichay Adraee emphasized that "while the organization's senior officials accuse Israel of fabricating 'starvation' claims, these videos reveal their terrorists proudly displaying their tunnel meals. It must be noted that the food shown in these videos did not arrive through humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip."
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8 things to know about the only Catholic parish in Gaza

Because they are in a war zone... because Hamas wont give up. If they Choose to stay, they are choosing whatever may happen. I don't understand this??? There are still hostages they are imprisoning, and starving.
I cannot speak for them. My best suggestion is to look up what Father Gabriel Romanelli has stated about the subject as well as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. I’m sorry I could not be of more help but I think it’s best to go to the sources that can speak for the Holy Family Parish.
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I'm bummed out on church

Just a heads up... but I quietly started attending Episcopal churches in the area. The heat around opposition to LGBT issues is dying down in the diocese, as the memory of the early 2000's General Convention fades and organizations like the ACNA and GAFCON lose salience. They still aren't onboard with ordaining gay priests, but there are more people now attending who are openly gay. I suspect the marginal attitude has shifted towards a quiet acceptance. Not to say there are no holdouts with firmer opposition, but it sees to be mostly in the hands of a few. And that's good enough for me.

My experience in the UCC has been that people are sincere, but that's not good enough in today's environment. The Puritan ethos that made that kind of Protestantism work is increasingly broken in a media-saturated, hyper-capitalist society.

I'm still attending coffee hour to get a sense of fellowship, and I volunteer at the food pantry and thrift store, but I am increasingly feeling like the worship isn't good for the fragile state I realize I am in. I don't need a church that reflects a certain kind of discourse rooted primarily in saturating Christianity with quasi-political slogans or poorly written but "acceptable" language. I need more grounded faith than that.
Hi there! I hope you are doing well!

Peace
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Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection’ to hit theaters in 2 parts on Good Friday, Ascension Day

Is it easy to find sections you need like an index?
Yes but I just read them in order. Each section is uplifting and reminds you that God loves you and will never forsake you
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Could Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have been a closet Trump Supporter?

No, President Clinton was an exceptionally good public speaker and did not campaign from his basement.

The Joe Biden case in 2020 was unique in modern USA history.

There is always a certain amount of voter fraud but the formula in 2020 was unique and the officials in high places of power in the USA who disagreed with President Donald J. Trump were in a position to do something, [so it seems to me that they indeed probably did do something somewhat risky due their political passions]?
The only thing that stands out about the election of Joe Biden in 2020 is that his win wasn't bigger after a catastrophically deadly and destructive presidency.
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Should Christians tend to support an Unconditional but Taxable Basic Minimum Income Supplement to prevent abortions?

Well, even rich people get abortions.
Again you are correct and I admit that this will not prevent a hundred percent of abortions but I personally believe that this shift toward Optimism and away from Pessimism could well inspire more than thirty percent of expectant mothers who might have aborted their baby to decide to at minimum give birth to their child knowing that their baby will not be born into such a economically pessimistic world.
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Trump admin blocks $584 million to UCLA over antisemitism, civil rights allegations

Historically being for civil rights and against antisemitism seems go right out the window when it comes to the free Palestine bunch.
Same with the “America first” crowd whenever Israel comes up.
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US adults are stressed about grocery costs, an AP-NORC poll finds

Americans now face an overall average effective tariff rate of 18.6 percent, the highest since 1933, according to calculations from the Budget Lab.

“We had 2 to 3 percent average tariffs at the beginning of this year,” said Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan, an economics professor at Brown University. “It is foolish to think there isn’t going to be any economic impact, or that this is going to be all pink and rosy for the American people.”


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The Apostasy

“Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.” (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 NASB1995)

September 2, 1945, is the date of the end of World War 2. Then, on May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day. And the two nations joined forces in a partnership relationship ever since then, as political and military allies. Over the years the U.S. has increased economic and military aid to the political nation of Israel, as well as they have joined them in military cooperation, intelligence sharing, and political support (source Google).

Then, in 1954, due to the efforts of LBJ, churches were added to the 501c3 tax code, by choice, although unnecessary, because churches had always been tax exempt. And they largely incorporated under the state. And to incorporate is to merge, join with, and partner with, which God forbids. We are not to partner with the world and with the ungodly in an unholy union. So churches then became creatures of the state with the state as sovereign over the corporations. And then so many of them turned their gatherings into businesses to be marketed to the world, which God also forbids.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2-3; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

And then, not only were we taught government worship in the gatherings of the church, but we were taught “Israel” worship, too. We were taught, with hand over heart, to pledge (vow) allegiance (loyalty, fidelity, worship) to the US government, and to sing patriotic songs of worship of the government and its military, and to praise the military as our heroes who protect us from our enemies. And we were taught that we were to give the same kind of loyalty and devotion to the political state of Israel or be told we are deserving of death for not worshiping (supporting) this political entity.

So, the church not only partnered with the government (the state) in an unholy union, but they did so also with the political state of Israel, treating that political entity as though it is next to God and is above all else and everyone else, and that we are to give that nation our undivided loyalties, devotion, and support, or somehow we are against God. But that physical nation called “Israel,” as a nation, does not worship Jesus Christ, but denies Christ as their Messiah, thus making them antichrist (1 John 2:22). As a nation, they are godless, although a minority of Jews worship Jesus Christ.

[Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19; John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13;1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9]

As a result of all this, the church (in general), in the USA, has become idolatrous and adulterous via her partnerships both with the US government and with the political entity called “Israel,” which is of the flesh of man, and not of God (see verses noted above). For the Israel of God is all who believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of their lives, who have died with Christ to sin, and who are now walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands, and who have no other gods above God. And this idolatrous and adulterous church is now under the judgment of God, for forsaking her first love.

So, this is a call of God to forsake all idols, which include human beings and physical nations, and sinful addictions, and to make God our only God to be worshipped. We are to deny self, die to sin daily, and follow our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, and no longer live for the desires of the flesh, but in order to please God with our lives, or face his wrath. And the church, as the body of Christ, is commanded of God to come out from underneath these ungodly unions with the government and with the political nation of Israel, if we want to be in a right relationship with our Lord.

[See noted verses above] and..

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; 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 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger


Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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The Apostasy
An Original Work / August 8, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Pardon For Ghislaine Maxwell?

My guess is his supporters will continue to support him even if he’d admit to being a client. They’d just find excuses or something.
To be fair, no-one is going to turn on their favorite (non) politician/President, over stuff that they themselves won’t think about.
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