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Marriage Advice Help

Like others said, I'd encourage you to lean on Jesus through praying, perhaps find a good pastor who can pray with you. Your wife may be hurting, and lost trust, which may take time to rebuild, but don't be afraid, it's not your job to change her; it's the Holy Spirit, but she needs to see if you're serious about wanting to save this marriage, and I believe you do. As I've been through a similar situation before, I know it feels like you're alone, but you are not. In Psalm 34:18 "The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.".
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better way to deal with misquotes of church fathers or reformers

I was very surprised at the "ambivalent" claim. But perhaps when this was happening, Jesus was still working on them, fixing their false beliefs.

I used to believe that it was wrong for women to preach and teach the Bible because I thought that was what the Bible said. I had to have a very dramatic and confusing experience involving a false teacher to be corrected of my beliefs.
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Former PM Bennett: Israel is 'losing the Republican Party' and everyday Americans due to poor government messaging

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned on Tuesday that Israel is losing support within the Republican Party and America in general, and blamed this trend on poor messaging from officials within Netanyahu’s government.

“The Democratic Party hasn’t been with us for some time,” he said. “We’re also losing the Republican Party, whose support for Israel could once be counted on.”

“Even those who have been our friends are having a hard time defending the State of Israel,” Bennett wrote, adding that many Americans are increasingly seeing Israel “as a liability and burden.”

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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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