Louisiana caught her. She deserves to pay Medicaid back. And be punished.

Unqualified said:

Is this a trick question. Through Adam’s sin we all were condemned. Through Jesus righteous act we were justified..
throgh Adam’s sin we all became sinners, through obedience to Christ we have been made righteous. Obedience to repent and come out of our worldly sin and seek a little righteousness of our own by obeying the Ten Commandments..

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enoob57 said:

One man Adam chose, for his children, to be altered by being born dead spiritually…so through the one man, Jesus, all men are able to individually choose to be alive spiritually through his righteousness…

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Clare73 said:

Through faith in Christ our sin is remitted (salvation) and we are declared "not guilty" (justification), and
we are accounted righteous with the imputed righteousness of Christ (Ro 5:18-19, 1:17, 3:21, 4:5, Php 3:9), not made inherently righteous, followed by personal sanctification (inherent righteosness) through obedience in the Holy Spirit (Ro 6:16, 19).

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just because folks don’t always know, but this is the Orthodox subforum, and the OP was asking the Orthodox POV. St Basil’s is only for the Orthodox to answer.

Chrystal-J said:

Reminds me of how Fr. Corapi would try to be "cool" and "relatable". He ended up in a huge mess and walked away from the priesthood for a while.

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When I was in grade school we had a really popular priest. He wasn’t good looking but he was vey nice and everybody loved him. Father Grass.

A part of me hopes that religious families will challenge this on the basis that it is incongruent with their religious beliefs to teach the Bible apart from a religious context.

-CryptoLutheran

RileyG said:

May they rest in peace and rise to glory!

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Thanks again!

SD election office publishes voter list labeling thousands as public assistance applicants​

Information is included in newly required free version of statewide registration spreadsheet​

The legislation passed in March. It requires the Secretary of State’s Office — which oversees elections — to make the state’s entire voter registration list freely available online, after the list was previously available only for a $2,500 fee.

Activists who favor the hand-counting of ballots, oppose the use of vote-counting machines and deny the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election were among those who promoted the legislation as an “election integrity” measure.

South Dakota Searchlight downloaded the list and found it included information such as each voter’s name, political party and address. It additionally included phone numbers and email addresses, if voters provided those two pieces of optional information

There was also a column identifying where and how voters registered, such as at a driver’s exam station, a disability services office, a military recruitment center, or while applying for assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, or the Women, Infants and Children program. [This has been removed, albeit with some shoddy implementation.]

A spokesperson for the office told South Dakota Searchlight in an emailed statement that the free spreadsheet contains the same information that was “traditionally” available by paying the $2,500 fee. [D and R politicians have stated the where/how data was not available in previous versions of the file.]

When asking public assistance applicants if they’d like to register to vote, the state Department of Social Services economic assistance application says “information regarding the office to which the voter registration form was submitted will remain confidential and be used only for voter registration purposes.”

Lord, hear our prayer

Ora pro nobis!

This could get interesting.....

“Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Friday.

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Earlier this week, Trump said he was “disappointed” in Russian President Vladimir Putin for his continued strikes on Ukraine and announced he was shortening the deadline to reach a peace deal from 50 days down to “10 to 12” days.

Medvedev responded to the new deadline in a rare social media post, alleging Trump was “playing the ultimatum game” with Russia."He should remember 2 things: 1. Russia isn’t Israel or even Iran," Medvedev wrote. “2. Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country. Don’t go down the Sleepy Joe road!”

Pommer said:

Ooo, lookie at that, a “lefty” news source, nicely done!

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Trump says they eat pets. Isn't that enough?

Children rights are more important than the selfish feelings of so called same sex couples. Period.

When he was with the WWE there were some that would not ride with him due to how he drove. Judging by the article it seems like his driving style hasn't changed.

My late atheist friend, may she rest in peace, always said the more a person screams about their moral superiority, the more they have to hide.

It’s true.

Praying for all affected by this!

Lord, have mercy on the persecuted!

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Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says​

When asked if he knew whether Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator W.B. "Dub" Thomas was working the night before the early morning July 4 flooding that killed at least 136 people in the state, Sheriff Larry Leitha said: "I'm sure he was at home asleep at that time," and added that he was also asleep.

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Kerr County, Texas, lead emergency management official says he was home sick and asleep during deadly flooding​

The flood killed 108 people, including 37 children, in Kerr County.

Thomas said that after working a full day on July 2, he went home sick. He said at the time, no concerns had been raised about an elevated weather condition "beyond what is typical for the region during the summer."

Thomas said he stayed home sick on July 3 and did not participate in two meetings dealing with the Texas emergency management coordination center.

Thomas said his supervisors, including the Kerr County sheriff, were aware he was out sick.

"I was awakened around 5:30 a.m., on July the Fourth by my wife following a call from the city of Kerrville EMC (Emergency Management Coordinator) Jeremy Hughes requesting that I mobilize," Thomas said.

During his testimony, Thomas said that of the 19 camps along the river, six of them had an emergency response plan filed with the county.

Michie said:

As nice as the story is, it seems unsafe to accept and actually eat food given by the crowd. I know that’s a sad commentary but you never know.

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Agreed.

If our lives are surrendered to Jesus Christ, and if he is truly Lord of our lives, and if we are his followers, his servants, his messengers, as we ought to be, and if we are following the example of Jesus and of Paul and of the other apostles, with regard to how we ought to live, as followers of Christ, we will face opposition from the enemy like they did. We will be hated and persecuted and rejected and cast aside as though we are worthless by some, even by some pastors and elders of “church” congregations, and by others who profess faith in Jesus Christ, but who are living more worldly lives.

Especially in the day in which we live, when so many who profess faith in Jesus Christ have gone the way of the world, and have altered or have accepted an altered and diluted “gospel” message, which does not require death to sin and walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, if we are teaching what Jesus taught, and what his apostles taught, in context, we will be outcasts. We will be accused of being teachers of “works salvation” because we teach the necessity of dying to sin and of walks of obedience to our Lord as necessary components for salvation and eternal life with God.

And so we may cry out to God for protection from the enemy, and for relief from our oppressors who do us harm, and not good. And we may pray for the salvation of those who hate and persecute us without cause, that they will realize the error of their ways, and that they will humble themselves before God, and repent of their sins, that they might be turned from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those sanctified by faith in Jesus Christ (see Acts 26:18). For we want to see them delivered from sin.

And then we may pray to God for our own spiritual strengthening, that we might live the lives God has marked out for us to live with all sincerity and strength and wisdom and conviction, and that we might not waver out of fear or discouragement. And we might pray that God will correct us where we are wrong and that he will continue to draw us to what is truth so that we continue to teach what is truth for the salvation of human lives. For so many today are teaching and believing the lies of Satan, and not the truth of the Scriptures taught by Jesus and his apostles, in the correct context.

For the truth is that faith in Jesus Christ, which is biblical faith, and which results in salvation from sin and eternal life with God, and which comes from God, and which is not of our own doing, will submit to Christ as Lord, die with him to sin (not just once, but daily), and follow him in walks of surrender to his will, in obedience to his commands, in holy living, for the glory and praise of God. For if we profess faith in Jesus with our lips, but then we continue in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to his commands, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; 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 4:1-13; 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]

Your Servant Witness

An Original Work / March 13, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humbly I bow, Lord, before You,
Bringing my requests to You.
May I listen; hear You speaking.
May I follow You in truth.
Gently lead me in Your service.
Guide my steps and strengthen me.
Fill me with Your love and mercy.
May I live for Thee!

Let me be Your servant witness,
Telling others of Your grace.
May I always share the gospel
With those I meet face to face.
May I show the love of Jesus,
Caring for the needs of men;
Be Your servant witness always
For my Lord, Amen!

My desire to be like Jesus,
Living for Him ev’ry day.
May I obey all His teachings
Given me, so I’ll not stray.
Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master.
You are the King of my heart;
Follow You where’er You lead me;
Not from You depart!

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Glory to God!

FAITH-IN-HIM said:

Ultimately, you often returns to the idea of establishing a Christian nation.

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Not my point. You support a Liberal secular political order. I mean liberal here in the sense of enlightenment values of equality, freedom and other values. You may personally lament the fate of Christians in the middle east but nothing the established political powers of our era will do will help middle Eastern Christians. Not the Chaldeans not the Armenians. On the same premise you may reject a Christian nation, would you reject a foreign policy which actually sought to support fellow Christians first above any other group? You'd have to, to be consistent with your American secular liberal values. As Christians you believe it impermissible for us to act in our own political interest.

I suppose the difference between you and I is that I don't subordinate my Christianity to the political order of our day. I don't filter my Christianity through the enlightenment or the American constitution.

FAITH-IN-HIM said:

I regrate to inform you that most Christians today, including members of the Catholic Church, do not support the establishment of a Christian nation. Instead, they believe Christianity is best practiced within the church and through evangelism.

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I would go further than simply a Christian nation and say Christians if they want to thrive need to have a radical separation from the political powers. Christians need to act as the early Christians did towards Rome. This has always been my point and since I believe this would result in success it is only natural a Christian Nation would be formed. Not because that is the goal but that is the only natural outcome of Christians living Christian lives.

FAITH-IN-HIM said:

Our hope as a Christian is not on “political security” , our hope is on Jesus Christ the Son of God!

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So then the Armenians of Ngorno Kharabach didn't deserve political security? They could have their land taken and tough cookies? There are real and lasting consequences to avoiding security for Christians, to avoiding power and interests. Some here seem to be of the position we can afford to be in a position of weakness forever and that Christians in the past by getting us out of that position were somehow at fault. Yet they are the beneficiaries of those same Christians who made Christianity secure for their descendants. This sort of high time preference view of Christianity which doesn't take into consideration anyone else except the individual here in the now, cannot stand the test of time.

jasperr said:

I think it may have been Mortimer Wheeler who suggested that when we look at the universe it is the universe which is looking at itself through our eyes.

Is this just a whimsical observation with no testable consequenses as to its veracity?

Can anything more be said around that observation or is it just a "take it or leave it" statement ?

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It's just a whimsical take it or leave it statement. I choose to leave it.

Michie said:

Interview with Dr. Kwasniewski on Music: The Good, the Bad, and the Holy​

Natalie Sonnen of Regina Magazine asked if I would answer some of her questions on music. This fall, a version of the interview will appear in the pages of that magazine, but with permission, I am sharing the text here at my Substack ahead of time.

Natalie: Isn’t the music we listen to a matter of indifference? Surely, it’s just superficial entertainment.

Dr. Kwasniewski: Such may be a common point of view in the modern democratic Western world, but it is a minority opinion in the history of human thought—and I’m not quite sure that anyone really believes it anyway.

That music has a profound effect on the formation and development of our human potentialities and moral character is the teaching of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Pieper, Ratzinger, and Scruton, among other heavyweights—and surely, when thinkers who disagree about so many other things agree on this point, their agreement should give us pause.

If what these thinkers hold is true, music cannot but affect our lives as Christians and our eternal destiny. According to the two greatest philosophers of antiquity, Plato and Aristotle, whenever we listen to music, we are allowing it to come inside and make its home in our souls. We are saying: Shape me; make me like yourself. We wouldn’t sleep with just anyone, or entrust our education (or that of our offspring) to just any teacher—yet we often allow sordid characters and their cheap goods to enter the doors and windows of our body and live inside our minds and hearts! Plato in particular argues that what we really believe, what we are, is most of all revealed by that in which we take pleasure.

If our tastes in music or movies are the same as those of modern American atheistic hedonists, what does that say about the strength of our faith or the vitality of our intellectual life?

Exactly. The Logos, the Word of God, should permeate our thinking, our feeling, our loves and hates, our way of being human. This is what it means to live a life of virtue and to be a son of God. We become beacons of light, keeping alive the memory of the beautiful and attracting others to a nobler way of thinking, living, being.

That we are supposed to care very much about the reformation of our interior life, especially by turning away from corrupt passions, is impressed on us by Saint Peter:


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So far, so good. But all of the above is too general—painting with a broad brush. Can you be more specific about what’s wrong with the music you once told us you threw away in high school, and what, in contrast, is so good about the more artistically refined music?

Continued below.

Interview with Dr. Kwasniewski on Music: The Good, the Bad, and the Holy

The music we make or listen to has serious moral and spiritual implications

www.traditionsanity.com

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The conclusion to this OP is, I believe, very important - insightful - relevant - and needed in and by the modern contemporary Catholic Church. I'll add some signals of emphasis, my opinion only:

Question: Would you say, then, that listening to music bad for your soul is actually sinful?

Response: With much of the bad music out there, we are not dealing with something intrinsically evil, as if the mere listening to it would constitute a mortal sin. Rather, we are dealing with something relatively evil: something that indicates and fosters moral imperfection, which, if unresisted, may lead to mortal sin. [ ! ]

Saint Thomas Aquinas argues that venial sin is bad not only because of the offense in itself, light though it may be, but also because repeated venial sins are a slippery slope to mortal sin. By listening to rock or pop or rap, one is stunting one’s moral growth, depriving oneself of intellectual perfection, and impeding or clouding one’s spiritual life. [ ! ! ]

I would put it this way. Today’s popular music is largely unhealthy for its imbibers, in a way that is not dissimilar to the way in which eating junk food or doing drugs is bad for your body, playing videogames is bad for your psyche, or seeking sexual pleasure for its own sake or looking at pornography is bad for your soul. It can also be bad for you in the way in which reading only comic books when you could be reading great literature is bad, or dressing sloppily or immodestly when you could dress well. All these things are connected to the moral life and, ultimately, to the spiritual life. [ ! ! ! ]

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The whole article is well worth the read. Our "culture" is suffering from interior immaturity, to the point of childishness. What a waste! What total disregard, dishonoring and abuse of Christ's example for us - for those who claim to "follow Him" - in His suffering love on the Cross.

Meowzltov said:

What authors like this just don't get is that intolerance and narrow-mindedness are not features of political parties, but personality traits in individuals that you can find in all parties. (And religions. And any other sort of ideology). There are just some people who think there is only one right way to fold a towel and they are completely at peace with forcing it on you if they can.

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I get your point and agree, but perhaps the author does gets that, too. I mean, higher education, pre-graduate school at least, has traditionally been aimed at widening one's horizon, especially as regards the general course work, which is meant to give a liberal arts foundation ("liberal art" in the sense of a general understanding of science, math, literature, music, etc.). And I think part of the author's critique is that ideological biases hamper that goal of widening the student's horizon, whether they are liberal biases or conservative biases.