camille70 said:

Also they changed how they count encounters. It's a combination of two stats that were separate before. See the more info section here:

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Figures don't lie. But liars often figure.

NxNW said:

View attachment 376459She says that like it's a bad thing.

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Reeks of “don’t make us shoot the hostages!”

essentialsaltes said:

Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence​

Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what’s known as a “protective order.” Though standard, her attorney says it’s “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the entire country in the dark.”​

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Some evidence has been released. Feds have potty mouths, so no link.

Newly released body camera footage shows ... federal immigration agents cruising through Chicago’s South Side with guns already drawn. ... one of them saying, “Do something, [ladydog].” And then it shows the Border Patrol vehicle swerving directly into Marimar Martinez’s car — before an agent jumps out and fires five shots at her.

What a mess!

essentialsaltes said:

Utah Supreme Court Upholds Block on Gerrymandered Congressional Map​

A district court ruled last month the 2021 map unconstitutionally violated the redistricting reforms voters approved through Proposition 4,

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Naturally, Utah Republicans are trying to undo Prop 4.

'Never seen anything like it': Thousands of Utahns want their names removed from Prop 4 repeal​

With just days left to collect signatures in the effort to repeal Proposition 4, county clerks have received more than 2,300 requests from people asking for their signatures to be removed.

More than 85,000 signatures have been verified statewide, according to state data.

During last year's effort to repeal HB267, a bill banning public unions from collective bargaining, more than 320,000 signatures were turned in statewide.

Chapman's office received only 12 requests for signature removal during that referendum — a "huge contrast compared to this."

Better Boundaries, the group behind Proposition 4, launched a campaign earlier this month to encourage voters to remove their names from the petition after KSL reported misleading claims by some petition gatherers.

"When Utahns passed Proposition 4 in 2018, they were clear about what they wanted. Utahns should know exactly what they're signing, and if a repeal effort can't win on the facts, it shouldn't try to win through misleading petition practices."

Utah County also flagged several signature packets as potentially fraudulent, after several gatherers were reported by Utahns for Representative Government.

The repeal effort has received support from President Donald Trump, and his son, Donald Trump Jr., released a video last week with Hunter Nation, urging Utahns to sign.

Good.

Fr. Z

My mother is actively dying now. It has been a long hard path. Probably tomorrow she will go to the hospice. As she approaches her 91st birthday, she is finally succumbing to pulmonary fibrosis. I have reason to believe her other “dies natalis” is much nearer.

With this in mind, something happened today that I’ve prayed for for years.

Today, the local parish priest, a good friend by now, heard my mother’s confession, received her into Holy Catholic Church and confirmed her.

He was exactly the right priest for the questions and explanations. To him I will be always grateful.

As it turns out, her mother converted. Her only sibling, her brother converted. Her only child, her son converted and is a priest. She looked at me when I came into the hospital room after Father had left and, with a smile said, “I’m Catholic!”

The room was full of the scent of Holy Chrism and it was quite strong on her forehead as I went to her.

Her confirmation name is “John”.

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the devil, in order to disturb your soul that it may not enjoy such great blessings, will suggest a thousand false fears, and will also cause others to raise them in you (St. Teresa of Avila).

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Satan is the father of lies. One of the biggest lies is that we are not forgiven. If Satan wants to remind us of our past, then we should remind him of his future! Do not fear but embrace the truth! You are loved unconditionally and forgiven of your sins, which are wiped clean and forgotten! Should we not do the same with others and ourselves?

The enemy wants to control our minds. Ever notice that when we find ourselves wanting to forgive others or ourselves that we have a whisper in our ear as to why we shouldn’t forgive? The enemy often tells us that we need to be treated differently. It could be that we aren’t “respected.” How about, “I shouldn’t be talked to that way?” Ever hear that one whispered to you or have that thought come into your mind? When that occurs we know that the enemy is at work, trying to control our thoughts and minds.

In order to counter these tactics, we must use the weapons that God has given us to win this battle with the enemy. There are seven steps that lead us to victory on the battlefield of the mind.

The first, and most important, is to surrender our lives, our hearts and our souls to Jesus. When I pray over people, the Lord has given me insights through the “word of knowledge,” as to whether or not their hearts are open to the Lord’s love and healing. Many times there is lack of forgiveness, sin that is serious and unconfessed and weak faith. The first thing I do in these circumstances is ask them to pray the “sinner’s prayer” with their hearts and give their life to Jesus. The Lord can’t fill what is already filled with people’s own desires. We must surrender our hopes, fears, dreams, will, sins, family, finances and anything else we are putting ahead of the Lord. When we are an empty vessel, everything changes. Lack of forgiveness melts away and miracles flow into our lives. If we are not empty of our own flesh, we will not achieve victory on the battlefield of the mind.

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An ancient road built in the days of Jesus that led from the Pool of Siloam up to the Jerusalem Temple Mount has been opened to the public for the first time.

The so-called “Pilgrim’s Path” is believed to have been built on the orders of King Herod or Pontius Pilate. Archaeologists have spent two decades excavating the road, which runs underneath a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood.

Among the finds discovered were a Jewish ritual bath and a podium, possibly used for public announcements or Scripture reading. Many of the finds have been in relatively good condition, as counterintuitively, the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD by the Romans ensured that the road wasn't worn down by use.

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Hans Blaster said:

OK, there Mr. Partisan-attack-guy.

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There ya go again - default position making things personal.... sad really =

MarkSB said:

Riiight. Just like all those 2020 election cheating claims.

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I was referring to the quoted post -

Legislation aims to combat child marriage

LAHORE, Pakistan — In a landmark move welcomed by Christian rights advocates, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab Province on Wednesday signed into law an ordinance raising the minimum legal age of marriage to 18, and making child marriage a non-bailable offense punishable by up to seven years in prison.

Gov. Saleem Haider Khan signed the Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Ordinance 2026 into effect under Article 128(1) of the Constitution, as the provincial assembly is not currently in session. The ordinance takes immediate effect across the country’s most populous province, home to more than 120 million people, including a significant Christian minority.

The ordinance replaces provisions of the nearly century-old Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, under which the legal marriage age was 18 for men and 16 for women. The new measure eliminates that gender-based distinction by setting 18 as the minimum age for both sexes.

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Why did Paul contrast the Law with Abrahams faith when speaking of justification in Romans 4, since the Law didn't exists when Abraham had his faith?

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Was not P simply stating that faith in God and the Law were the same thing, trusting in the Will of God over our own?

A day after former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson declared war against processed foods in a Super Bowl commercial, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that his agency's war with ultra-processed foods, which he says are poisoning the population, is “spiritual.”

“Most cases of juvenile diabetes, you can actually lose the diagnosis by simply changing your diet. And … many doctors don't know how to give that kind of advice. Eighty percent of physicians say they don't feel competent to give nutritional advice because they're learning pharmacology in medical school and there's a pill for every ill,” Kennedy said during a discussion at the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation on Monday.

“We're not focusing on what the causes are and how to prevent them. And if we're going to beat this, that's what we have to do. You know the primary culprit is ultra-processed foods, refined carbohydrates, 70% of the food that our kids eat is ultra-processed foods, and it's killing them,” he added. “It's a spiritual warfare.”

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Speaking of Gene Simmons.

Gene Simmons Responds to ‘I’m Not from the Ghetto’ Rock Hall Rant Backlash (Exclusive) https://share.google/L5XwkIHK2UkibRys8

Ultimately, Simmons jests, "One, I admire and respect hip-hop. Two, it is not rock 'n' roll. And three, when are Led Zeppelin and AC/DC going to be inducted into the Hip Hop Hall of Fame?"

Gene should have simply said, "these are two different genres of music that should have two different award ceremonies," and left it at that. He could have left out the, "I'm not from the ghetto" wisecrack.

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He could have pointed out how goofy the rock hall of fame is sometimes. They induct performers like Dolly Parton and Belafonte ( both perfectly talented but not rock & roll). Yet it wasn’t until 2025 that Chubby Checker & Bad Company were finally inducted.

“Let us begin by disarming our language, avoiding harsh words and rash judgment, refraining from slander and speaking ill of those who are not present and cannot defend themselves,” he writes. “Instead, let us strive to measure our words and cultivate kindness and respect in our families, among our friends, at work, on social media, in political debates, in the media and in Christian communities.”

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Because you're not all knowing, all powerful, able to be everywhere at the same time, eternal or perfect.

God has many names; El Shaddai, Adonai, Jehovah, Jehovah-Jireh, Jehovah Elohiym, Jehovah M'Kaddesh, Jehovah Nissi, Shepherd, healer, Lord, Abba and so on. Each describes an aspect of his character.

What's your point?

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And in 1 Cor 12:12 we are one BODY in CHRIST //

And in 1 Cor 12:15 we are. CHRIST FOOT

In verse 16 we are HIS EAR

IN. verse 17 we are HIS EYE 'S and are his HEARING. and HIS SENSE OF SMELL.

So we are CHRIST , now about that IF you ARE part of the BODY of . CHRIST ONLY !!

And and this what the APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES is just. one thing that. he teaches SAVED BY GRAVE

IN. ROM 10:9B ANDB 10 AND IN EPH 2:8. !!

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What does this suggest about the nature of abstract thought and human/animal distinction?

Akita Suggagaki said:

Good bye Earth as we have known it.

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change​

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/climate/trump-epa-greenhouse-gases-climate-change.html

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Pretty sad.

FaithT said:

I’ll probably fail the first day.

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Don't worry about it.

Anon0 said:

I definitely struggle with prayer it's a lot of silence most of the time mixed in with my mind drifting. Its hard.

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Try the prayers in Eph 1 and Eph 3 to pray for yourself and others. Many find those quite good.

BBAS 64 said:

Good day, Jonas

The best NT scholar in MHO that handles the Parables would be DA Carson..

There are many web links for DA Carson on the Parable of the soils that you may find helpful.

His excellent work on "Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament" is a must have.

In Him,

Bill

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Good day Bill,

I couldn't find an analyse from D. A. Carson, but here is what Matthew Henry had to say about the stony soil: no root means no union by faith to Christ our root. Such people are pleased by the word of God, and it makes some effects in them, but it doesn't rule or transform them. As for the outside, changes happen quickly (comp. v.5b), but there is no change in the inside (comp. Matt. 23:25-16). Such people are also like the man that started building a tower without first counting the costs, so that he couldn't finish it (Lk 14:28-29), altough he may have been very quick and enthousiastic to start the work!

That's enough for me to conclude, that with the sprouting and the springing up of the seed, Jesus didn't want to illustrate for us the new birth, but the effects of the word of God in the hearts of the 3 different categories of its hearers that have at least some degree of reception of it, but may or may not produce fruit at the end. What is highlighted in the illustration of the wheat without fruit, and of the clouds without water in Jud. 1:12, is the possessing of the form of godliness while lacking the power thereof (II Tim. 3:15).

NAYEREH ARJANEH​

IRAN​

On July 7, 2025 Nayereh Arjaneh and her husband Qasem Esmaili were arrested at their home for attending a Christian seminar in Turkey. She was initially released on bail and later convicted of “promoting deviant propaganda and teachings contrary to Islamic law” and “providing financial and material support to groups affiliated with Zionist Christianity.”

Nayereh received five years in prison for each offense, plus two years internal exile in Kerman province and a two year travel ban. She is serving both sentences concurrently. Her husband received a prison sentence of three years and six months but has been given permission to delay his prison term as he is currently undergoing chemotherapy.

Nayereh began serving her 10-year sentence in December 2025.

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Semnan Central Prison
Semnan Province
Region 1
Iran

SAMPLE LETTERS TO PRISONERS


Please DO
Write in English and write as neatly as you are able to. Your letter must be legible to be translated (Many people study English, so there will often be someone to translate your letter).

• Express your Christian love and tell them that you are praying for them (then do!) They, in turn, will be praying for you!
• Keep your letter brief and loving – one page is enough.
• Include Bible verses.
• Hand write the address on envelopes accurately and mark it AIRMAIL; make sure the postage is correct.
• You may include a snapshot of yourself, your family or your prayer group if you want to make your letter even more personal and special.

Please DON'T
Do not write about politics or criticise the government.

• Never mention the source of your information or the name of any organisation such as Voice of the Martyrs. It is not dangerous for a prisoner to receive letters from an individual, but if an organisation is mentioned, they may be accused of links with “foreign organisations” and receive even harsher sentences.
• Use words that might imply some kind of hidden activity e.g. “thank you for the Christian work that you have done in Vietnam” might imply that the prisoner had done some covert work for a foreign organisation to subvert the government.
• Build up hopes and expectations of prisoners – and likewise, don’t make any offer of help unless you intend to act on it!
• Use religious jargon, sermonize, or be presumptuous about the prisoner’s situation, needs or feelings.
• Quote verses which refer to war, fighting, armour, weapons (eg ‘the sword of the spirit’, ‘fighting the good fight of faith’, ‘the armour of God’ etc).

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Trump's dementia is already observable, almost publicly. But of course certain media news will never show anything of that.

Trump seems to have a soft spot for criminals who commit fraud and drug trafficking. I think I know why.

I've been away for while and for good reason. I'm back now and I'll offer this. What are the "ten horns" in Revelation?
And is it at all possible DJT is on board with the NWO? Just something to think about.
I apologize if someone else has offered this up.