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Xeno.of.athens · Feb 23, 2025

Laodicean60 said:
They (satan) have been operating way before AI.

I think scripture told us what to do, war against the principalities yet it's easier for us to war against flesh. I can't remember a Christian organization suing the MS media for their opinion with a little fact mixed in some are lies. We may have to look at the laws governing the press to win the war against satan.

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.

Tom Storey · Feb 23, 2025

This is so very intelligent and very beautifully expressed.

Here is my reflection of the opening of the Gospel of Saint John:

The opening passages of John’s Gospel affirm key, central truths concerning the nature of Christ. He is the Word, the perfect, ideal and original Word giving meaning and life to all utterance. We sense here the influence of classical Hellenic philosophy on the developing understanding of Christ through the first century. And, from the very first verses of his Gospel, John affirms the divinity of Christ. Christ is with God, the Father, and he is God. God the Father and God the Son are distinct and too of one being; they are consubstantial.

These Bile verses affirm in an incredibly dense, packed, manner key truths of our Christian faith. We hear that Christ is eternal. He was in the beginning with God, present already as time began. All was created through him. Christ is our saviour and he was instrumental in creation. We may extend this thought: just as Christ precedes creation, so his existence, his being, is rooted outside of space and time, beyond the limits and the possible limits of what we might now comprehend. He transcends our universe, and he is able and willing to intervene in his creation: our God is not merely a Deistic first cause or prime mover; he is watchful, active, alive with us, then as now. Christ’s life is not only the life he lived from his birth in Bethlehem to his crucifixion outside of the walls of Jerusalem; his life is our very origin, our light and our end.

Truly Christ’s life is our light. And we are told now, right at the start of John’s Gospel, just how strange and challenging a message this must have been. The terrible, glorious climax of Christ’s life is written into the beginning of John’s Gospel. ‘And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not… He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.’ Even now, to us, this may seem a strange message. How could people not know God was with them? It seems extraordinary. Christ’s followers, the saints, become privileged to know the arcane. It is as if to us a great and unworldly secret has been revealed. We are truly privileged. And it is a most wonderful time, as we celebrate the nativity of Christ, to reflect on this lack of seeing, and to give ourselves over anew to Christ, to see him always so very close to us when we ask him to be here, and then realise he is already.

We may reflect now as well on just how incredible a gift Christ’s life is for us. God became man. The Word was made flesh. He dwelt among us. As we have in the original Greek of the Bible, he set his tent, his tabernacle, among us. We are reminded of God’s tent through Israel’s wanderings. Christ took on our humanity, with all that this entails apart from sin. It is precisely because of this that we are enabled, by Christ, to become the sons of God. We were created by and through Christ, and now Christ is one of us. The transcendent and the temporal have joined in human flesh. The creator and his creation are joined. We are illuminated.

Lastly, we may consider the meaning of this verse: ‘For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.’ As we are taught, Christ is the fulfilment of the law. The relationship of a Christian with the Jewish law, the law of Moses, is not entirely clear cut. We obey, or we seek to obey, the ten commandments, and the manifold extrapolations thereof. We do not as a rule circumcise our young or follow every precept of Leviticus, for example the dietary laws. Christ affirms that he is not come to abolish the law, and yet he is strongly critical of those Jews who are perhaps sticklers for the letter of the law and yet do not know or practise its spirit. Christ is seen by some as having broken the Sabbath, for example; and he explicitly refutes the dietary laws, telling us that it is not what goes into a man that defiles a man. The New and the Old Testaments seem at times to be held in uneasy alliance with one another.

Paul will go on to develop this point. One important suggestion of Paul is that it is pretty much impossible for a mere human being to obey the law of Moses. People go wrong. With the best will in the world, people make mistakes. People sin. And here we are again with this complete and beautiful revelation of Christ’s love for us. The law was given by Moses; grace and truth are through Jesus Christ. We are forgiven.

AveChristusRex · Feb 23, 2025

RamiC said:
For those who pray for the unity of all Christians, this may be a place of interest. It is in a small village in England.

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Anglican Shrine - Our Lady of Walsingham

My inspiration for making this thread was that this morning I told some friends at my church about a problem I am having with a work colleague. One of them offerred to have a prayer request put up in this place for me, she is a Friends of.... member. She said I need Mary because my job is being attacked so I need a mother (my own irl mother is dead). Since I arrived back home I remembered that my colleague was aware of some difficulty in my marriage a few months ago, and was strongly giving me unwanted advice to divorce my husband. My work environment is a local charity which provides access to creative arts for addicts who are in recovery. I am worried about harm to the people who use our services, and I do not want a divorce. If you are comfortable praying for an Anglican, please join my friends and I in our appeals. Thank you in advance.

I do not usually pray to Mary, but I do not object or get offended if others do.

This is the Slipper Chapel, the nearest Roman Catholic consecrated ground to the Shrine above, dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

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This is a link to the Shrine web site history page, where you can read about the history and consequent mutual respect among Anglicans and Catholics over the site of the Shrine.

Catholic National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady, at Walsingham. This is a different link to the Roman Catholic Shrine, which is is just over a mile away from the Anglican one.

Lord have mercy!

fhansen · Feb 23, 2025

alaric said:
From worthless to priceless

One day, a man went shopping and saw his family heirloom inside a pawn shop. This heirloom was pawn away by his grandfather decades ago when the family is not doing well. Although the heirloom worth a few hundred dollars to the pawn shop, it has great value to the family. Immediately, this man went in to redeem the heirloom back from the pawn shop. The man decided that the heirloom is priceless. In order to prevent anyone from the family to pawn it away in future, he paid one million dollars for it. From that day on, the family greatly treasured the heirloom that has become priceless.

This may seem to be a crazy story but this is the crazy price that God paid to redeem us. God put his value on everyone by making an advance payment (while we were yet unbelievers, God sent his one and only son Jesus Christ to die for us) for the entire world.

Romans 5:6-8 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

To the world, it may value us as a worthless heirloom. But in God’s sight, we are worth the same price as his son. Not only that, as Jesus Christ is perfect and sinless. God also sees us as perfect and sinless.

Perfect like Jesus Christ

1 John 4:17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

Sinless like Jesus Christ

John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Hebrews 10:1-4 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Do you see yourself the same way as God sees you?

Or are you seeing yourself as the worthless heirloom in the pawn shop?

If you feel that you are imperfect, one of the sign is that you feel the need to increase your value to God by doing more good works to please him. When in fact, nothing pleases God more than Jesus. Every Christian who is in-Christ is pleasing to God. Because of this, God continually dispense his goodness and blessings on every Christian. Every good works that follows is just a gratitude because of God’s continual goodness and blessing.

If you are looking at yourself as a worthless heirloom, one of the signs is being sin consciousness. Constantly in the cycle of catching your sins and repenting. When in fact, all of our sins (past, present and future sins) have already been wash clean by Jesus’ blood.

Acts 10:15 The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

The correct respond is not to look within and feel sad and disappointed with ourselves. If our consciousness of sin and repentance can prevent more sin, God would not have written Romans 7:15-20. God already know that we cannot stop sinning and therefore we cannot save ourselves.

Romans 7:15-20 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

But rather to look towards Jesus Christ and thank him that 2000 years ago, he foresaw all my sins and have made payment for the sin that I just committed.

Romans 7:24-25 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Yes. The only slight difference I might make is to say that God has always seen man, His creation made in His own image, as priceless. And, in the fullness of time, that's what Jesus came to make known, the true God.

Joseph G · Feb 23, 2025

For those living with disability and chronic pain - and those trying to understand what we are experiencing. You will *never* see a more informative and inspiring video than this.

Joni Earekson Tada has been a quadrapelegic for more than 60 years. She has beaten breast cancer twice, got Covid, developed spinal injury and other infirmities, and most challenging of all she has been in chronic pain for over 20 years. No meds can ease it.

Joni also is a very strong and vocal Christian. She gives God praise every chance she gets. She has a decades long world-wide ministry for Christ traveling and speaking, doing podcasts and videos. 'Joni And Friends' provides all kinds of assistance for those with disabilities as well - of all kinds and nature.

What is so wonderful about this vid is that she is gut level honest about the physical, emotional and spiritual struggle she endures.

Bottom line, you who feel alone in your struggle will see yourself in her, and you will receive the comfort that God knows it all too well, knows you to the infinite degree of your being, and is extending His hand to you to give you purpose in the midst of it all. *Nobody* has suffered like His Son Jesus. Trust Him to get you through and all the way to our Heavenly Home. God bless!

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Christsfreeservant · Feb 23, 2025

mindlight · Feb 23, 2025

Michie said:
The legal crackdown on pro-life expression in the U.K. is expanding, with Scotland in the forefront.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said last week that Scotland’s government told people who live near abortion facilities that “even private prayer within their own homes” may violate a law that creates a “buffer zone” banning pro-life activities there.

Is that true?

Supporters of the law say it isn’t. Neither the law nor a letter from the government explaining it mentions prayer in a home.

But opponents of the law say it’s not clear what the law covers, so Vance’s point may be correct.

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Does Scotland Really Ban ‘Private Prayer’ in Homes Near Abortion Centers?

The legal crackdown on pro-life expression in the U.K. is expanding, with Scotland in the forefront.

www.ncregister.com

There are some nutcases in government these days but in essence, this law does not matter. No one has the authority to, nor can they prevent you from talking to God in the privacy of your head and all this law does is deprive Satan of the information as to what people pray about. If accused of prayer you can simply answer, I am not obliged to answer that question, why don't you ask the only person who can truly confirm it, God? The officer might reply that he is not on speaking terms with God right now, but that is his problem, not yours.

Some people might be praying for the women in the clinics, for healing after the awful decisions they have made for example. For wisdom in their lives more broadly than just this decision. Atheists seem to fear prayer but they cannot prevent it with law.

Christsfreeservant · Feb 23, 2025

Proverbs 14 Select Verses NASB1995

2 He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,

But he who is devious in his ways despises Him.

5 A trustworthy witness will not lie,

But a false witness utters lies.

8 The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,

But the foolishness of fools is deceit.

9 Fools mock at sin,

But among the upright there is good will.

12 There is a way which seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death.

22 Will they not go astray who devise evil?

But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

What we read here in Proverbs 14 describes for us what someone looks like who is a Christian, i.e. a true follower of Jesus Christ, and what someone looks like who is not a Christian, i.e. not a true follower of Christ, even if that person professes that he is a Christian who believes in Jesus Christ. For faith in Jesus Christ is not demonstrated by lip service only but by our actions, by how we live, by how we conduct our lives on a daily basis.

Now some non-Christians are fairly nice people who live moral lives and do good to others, and they are not nefarious in their actions towards others. But they still do not believe in Jesus, and so they are still dead in their sins, and so they do not have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. For we are not saved from our sins on the basis of our own good works, of our own flesh, and of our own doing. We are saved by grace, through faith in Jesus.

But many professing Christians and non-Christians alike fit the description here of people who are nefarious in their actions toward others. They are people who are devious and manipulative, and can be charming. They are skilled at telling lies, deceitful in nature, and foolish in their behaviors. And so they mock at sin, i.e. they don’t take their sins seriously and will have many excuses for their addictive sin patterns if they are caught in their sin.

So, even though some of these people described above profess faith in Jesus Christ, and for many different reasons, they truly despise the Lord, which is evidenced by their sinful and addictive and immoral behaviors. And when this says that there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he doesn’t know right from wrong, but that he chooses the way of sin and not the way of godliness.

For there are many professing Christians who know the right way but they have chosen to listen to teachers who are altering the truth of the gospel, and who are teaching the Scriptures deliberately out of context for the whole purpose to deceive and to lead people to continue in their sin and to think that God is okay with that. So they adopt this altered gospel because it lets them continue in addictive sin, believing they are in a “safe” zone.

So, are all real Christians living in absolute sinless perfection? No, most likely not (see 1 John 2:1-2). But God does not require that we do so. Where God “draws the line in the sand” has to do with people on one side of the line who make sin their deliberate and habitual practice, and obedience to God and living righteously are not their practice (habit, life pattern), and on the other side are those whose practice is to obey God and to not live in sin.

So a true Christian is going to be someone who takes God and his word seriously and whose practice is to obey the Lord and his commands and to not make sin his practice, to not deliberately and habitually continue in sin and not in walks of holiness and righteousness. It all comes down to our life choices. Do we willfully ignore our Lord’s commands in order to do what we know is wrong? And then do we keep going back to that same wrong?

Or do we willfully listen to our Lord, and then do as he commands, because we love him, and because we want to obey him? The godly pursue righteousness and holy living and walks of obedience to our Lord, and they make it their practice to deny self and to die to sin daily and to do what pleases the Lord. Their lives are surrendered to the Lord to doing his will, and their desire is for the Lord to serve him with their lives, and not self.

Those who are truly following the Lord with their lives are truth tellers, too. They will not deliberately nor habitually lie to people. And they should be those who are spreading the truth of the gospel of our salvation to the world around them, because that is what God requires of all of us that we be his witnesses, and that we make disciples of Christ of people all over the world, and that we shine as lights for the truth so others will be drawn to the light.

For Jesus Christ taught that if anyone would come after him that he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and walk in obedience to our Lord, in his power, then we have salvation from sin and eternal life with God, provided we stay the course (Luke 9:23-26).

[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 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Only Hope

By Jonathan Foreman

There's a song that's inside
Of my soul..
Sing to me of the plans
That you have for me over again

I give you my destiny
I'm giving you all of me
I want your symphony
Singing in all that I am
At the top of my lungs
I'm giving it my all

So, I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours I pray
To be only yours
I know now you're my only hope

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An Original Work / February 23, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

linux.poet · Feb 22, 2025

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GodDoesListen55 · Feb 22, 2025

From one writer to another, that truly is an inspiring poem.

FaithT · Feb 22, 2025

RileyG said:
We only have 2 permanent deacons in my diocese, because we tend to have a large number of seminarians and ordinations. I hope the trend continues!

We definitely need the deacons, though!

We currently have four.

Michie · Feb 22, 2025

Again, it all in the update thread I started since he was admitted 2-14. Can we keep all health updates in that thread please? It makes things a lot more organized and easier to keep up with. Thank you. Pope Francis hospitalized at Gemelli for bronchitis

RileyG · Feb 22, 2025

How awful

okay · Feb 22, 2025

Aaron112 said:
Or , we (abiding IN UNION TODAY WITH JESUS) hear (today) Jesus' Voice and Believe Jesus.

The question was what I would think of the argument if I were an atheist. Given the way my brain works, and the conversations I have had with atheist friends and family, I think I would find the argument to be completely uncompelling.

I do abide in union with Christ today and believe. But that is not the topic of this thread.

soldier of light · Feb 22, 2025

KevinT said:
In the NT, after the resurrection of Jesus, the Holy Spirit seemed to be active. Do you think that the Spirit is as active today?

The reason I am asking, is that Paul, in Romans, seems to describing a situation where in the Spirit was actively guiding the actions of the believers, leading them into truth. And the new believers are not under law because the Holy Spirit can achieve what the law could not. The law said to not murder, but the Spirit shows believers how to go beyond the rigid regulations and to love others as themselves. The problem is that although I have met people who talk about God telling them this or that, I have never met anyone with the power of the Holy Spirit that Paul, Peter, Phillip, Phillip's four (4) unmarried prophesying daughters, and many others had at that time.

Acts 19: While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied. 4Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

I was baptized in the name of Christ and joined my church denomination. But I feel like it was much more like what is described as John's baptism. I didn't have the Holy Spirit come onto me, I didn't speak in tongues or prophesy. I pray for God's guidance, but I have never had God to actually speak to me as he did to Ananias to heal Paul, or Philip to speak with the Ethiopian.

The Spirit seems to have acted differently at different times. When Saul was anointed King of Israel, he was dramatically filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied. When Elijah was taken to heaven, Elisha asked for a double dose of his Spirit, and was told that if he saw the departure, then he would be given this. But there is lots and lots of history around these times were such things were NOT happening.

Are we living in a Spirit-quiet time now? Part of me wonders if dramatic part of the Spirit is for an outward show. But what God really desires is what comes afterwards. God wanted king Saul to do His work and was upset when Saul didn't follow instructions. So maybe we shouldn't be looking for flashy signs? I've seen videos of people in churches rolling around on the floor, "filled with the Spirit." Those situations seem to me, see like self-induced hysteria and not the working of God. (But my point is not to criticize anyone because I don't know for sure.)

So I do feel that God gives me guidance. I pray for understanding about various issues, and months later realize that my requests have been answered -- in such a subtle way that I hardly noticed it happening. But, again, it is not dramatic like has happened for some in the Bible.

Can others give me their take on this situation?

KT

I don't see apostles or prophets today, and not many teachers either. I don't follow teachers. But it's interesting that there are other gifts mentioned here that people seem to miss.

Romans 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

soldier of light · Feb 22, 2025

Jo555 said:
Here is my favorite.

Sometimes we spot something wrong with another and have an unloving, "looking down on" response to them.

A beam is so much bigger than a mote and I do believe that beam represents the attitude of our hearts to their mote.

The condition of our heart can blind us from seeing our brethren properly.

Matthew 7:
7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Yes. We cant help anyone until we fix our own vision. We must stop sinning first.

essentialsaltes · Feb 22, 2025

Laodicean60 said:
The National Decertification Index

NDI

The NDI is intended for use by law enforcement departments and posts. But what is it?

www.acadis.com

It'd still be nice to have something similar at the federal level. Why not?

Deborah1$ · Feb 22, 2025

Oompa Loompa said:
That is not what I am seeing. From what I understand, they are talking about relocating them while clean up and reconstruction efforts are in effect for the safety of the Gazan people to eventually return once the finally have homes to return to. The Gazan people have no other option but to resettle because there is literally nothing but rubble waiting for them in their towns.

No, Trump said they wouldn't be allowed back in: Trump says Palestinians wouldn't be allowed back into Gaza under his plan

US President Donald Trump has said the two million Palestinians who would be resettled in neighbouring countries under his plan to take over and rebuild the Gaza Strip would have no right of return. Trump says no right of return for Palestinians under Gaza takeover plan

ThatRobGuy · Feb 22, 2025

Unfortunately, with regards to this conflict, the reason why other Arab nations aren't welcoming in Palestinians with open arms is the dirty little secret that most won't say out loud, but that most historians of the region know is true... the surrounding Arab nations dislike the Palestinians almost as much as the Israelis do, due to past conflicts and dealings with them.

They'll throw stones (figuratively and literally) at Israel for their handling of the situation, but at the same time, whenever it's been pitched in the past to put the territories under the control of one of the Arab nations in the region, they all do the "who us?!? Uh, we're really busy with other stuff, so we can't"

Kuwait and other Gulf states expelled a half a million Palestinians in the 90's
Lebanon expelled close to 125,000 Palestinians in the 80's
Egypt destroyed the Gaza-Sanai tunnel system, and has closed the Rafa border crossing no less than a dozen times between 2010 and present day
Palestinians have had their beefs with Syria on multiple occasions
The Saudis have cracked down on any group affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood

Palestinian groups, especially the PLO and later Hamas, have often acted independently, sometimes clashing with their Arab hosts or challenging their authority:

Jordan (Black September, 1970) – The PLO operated as a state within a state, leading to a crackdown by King Hussein.
Lebanon (1970s–1980s) – Palestinian militants were seen as destabilizing Lebanon’s fragile sectarian balance, contributing to the civil war.
Kuwait (1990–91 Gulf War) – Palestinians aligned with Saddam Hussein, leading to their expulsion after Iraq’s defeat.

They've gotten a reputation as being "difficult" and "troublemakers" due to the fact that wherever they've been, they seem to have a track record of organizing and rebelling against their host country.

To put it more bluntly, the other Arab states have basically said "Nah, we've dealt with them before, we don't need that kind of drama"

So, while the aspect of "the reason why they're rebelling and acting out is because they don't want to be occupied by a Israel" is a popular talking point to deflect and place blame on Israelis, their behavior has been somewhat similar even when they're residing in other Muslim countries for which they have zero claim to the land.

Michie · Feb 22, 2025

On Nov. 30, 2024, Hamas released a video in which Edan Alexander looked distressed

After 16 months of war between Israel and Hamas,five Americans are still being held hostage in Gaza, but only one of them is alive. Israeli American Edan Alexander, who hails from Tenafly, New Jersey, is the last living American hostage in Gaza.

Though he spent most of his life in New Jersey, Alexander was born in Israel a few months before his parents moved to the U.S., according to the American Jewish Committee (AJC).

In many ways, Alexander grew up like many American kids. He went to Tenafly High School, was a swimmer and loved the New York Knicks. All that separated him from most American teenagers was his frequent trips to Israel to visit family and the fact that he spoke Hebrew at home.

After graduating from high school, Alexander decided he would enlist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) rather than enroll in college.

Continued below.

Meet Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Hamas captivity

Edan Alexander spent most of his life in Tenafly, New Jersey, before moving to Israel and enlisting in the IDF. On Oct. 7, 2023, he was taken hostage and is still being held in Gaza.

www.foxnews.com

Michie · Feb 22, 2025

'Why are we going to Mozambique to do circumcisions?' Trump said of DOGE's work uncovering government overspending

President Donald Trump celebrated his whirlwind first four weeks back in the Oval Office in a speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday afternoon, mentioning what he called "flagrant scams" uncovered by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.

Continued below.

Trump rattles off ‘flagrant scams’ uncovered by DOGE, takes aim at Fort Knox in CPAC speech

President Donald Trump lauded Elon Musk and DOGE for their work uncovering government overspending in his speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference.

www.foxnews.com

FutureAndAHope · Feb 22, 2025

Yusuphhai said:
Regarding premarital sex

I am 51 years old and have a non Christian girlfriend. We both have never married. Our physical intimacy has been increasing recently. A few days ago, we had contact with sensitive areas, but it wasn't deep enough. Actually, this can also be considered as sexual activity. She will come to my house tomorrow. I'm afraid sexual activity will escalate.

I really wish she was still a virgin and I was still a virgin at the wedding. She should earn dignity. But now it seems unlikely. I ended her virginity. She dare not explain her relationship with me to her mother. I have bipolar disorder, weak physical condition, and low social status. She works at a government run rehabilitation station for people with mental and intellectual disabilities(handicapped), where I am a student and she is a teacher. She still has genuine concern for vulnerable groups. She is a Master of Comparative Literature from the UK and has some Persian heritage, so I gave her the biblical name Esther (Queen of Persia). We are both ethnic minorities of the Hui ethnic group in China, living in Beijing.She has an adopted boy who thinks his father has been abroad for a long time and doesn't know he's not Esther's biological child. She also dared not explain her relationship with me to the child. I am willing to accept her and her child. I hope that in the future, my health will not be too poor and I can take on the responsibilities of a husband and father. She is also willing to show filial piety to my parents. My parents are very accepting of her.

What should I do? I am on the path towards unmarried cohabitation. She said she might follow me to believe in the Lord. But we are not sure what the future holds.

Thank you for your advice.

My Girlfriend&Me, British&American Education Background

My Girlfriend&Me, British&American Education Background We are both Chinese and have Middle Eastern blood lineage. She has no religion but would like to take part in the activities of Christianity、Judaism and Islam with me. We are in the edge of engagement. I need to visit her parents. The...

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When I was praying for you the LORD gave me a message as follows. I am not 100% sure what it means but I will discuss.

“Har Yara Rabbi, Har Yara Rabbi, Har Yara Rabbi, Inshallah”

Which according to AI means:

The term "Har Yara Rabbi" seems to resemble a combination of Hebrew words, though it might not be a standard phrase or expression. Here's a breakdown:

Har (הר) means "mountain" in Hebrew.
Yara (יָרַע) can mean "to fear" or "to be afraid," though it's more often used in a biblical or poetic sense. It could also refer to "to shoot" or "to aim" in different contexts, but it’s not as common in modern usage.
Rabbi (רַבִּי) is a well-known term, meaning "my teacher" or "master," typically referring to a Jewish scholar or spiritual leader.

So, "Har Yara Rabbi" could be interpreted as something like "The mountain (of) fear, my teacher," but the phrase doesn't seem to form a complete or conventional meaning in Hebrew.

I then got the words “Alpine, and ski”

I wonder if this cryptic message means, you have a mountain of fear, but like with skiing, you will come down off it.

I was also told plainly in English.

“Hope in God. Do not put your trust in women, children, and family. People will not always believe you, but you must believe me. Trust in God.”

The thing with marriage is it always about daily routine, exercise videos , bread, cooking, Acid Garlic, Parmesan Cheese. It is just stuff. But on a spiritual level if you marry the wrong person, it can be “destruction , devastation , destruction , destruction”, it will hinder you walk with God.

My opinion is wait until your girlfriend becomes a Christian. Then marry. God can do it. My sister was dating a man who was an unbeliever, she took him to church, he converted, they are now both believers and happily married.

As for the sexual side, keep away from sexual desire, flee it:

1Co_6:18 Flee sexual immorality

Yarddog · Feb 22, 2025

Valletta said:
In recent years we have seen a lot of judicial activism by left wing judges.

I haven't seen any more than in right wing judges.

Valletta said:
Trump has made it clear he expects to be ruled against in lower courts by some of those judges but eventually the rulings will be Constitutional.

Maybe by judicial activism by right wing judges

Christsfreeservant · Feb 22, 2025

An Original Work / November 12, 2019
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hear the Spirit calling.
He’ll keep you from falling.
Tenderly He’s calling,
“Come and follow Him.”

Walk with Jesus daily.
Don’t give in to lazy.
Folks may call you crazy.
Fellowship with Him.

Follow where He leads you.
Eat what Jesus feeds you.
His love will renew you
If you follow Him.

Do what Jesus tells you.
Don’t let your faith fail you.
His love will avail you
If you walk with Him.

Jesus, Lord and Savior,
Reigneth now forever.
He gave us His favor
So we’d live with Him.

Turning now from our sin,
Holy Spirit live-in.
Holiness we walk in,
Purified by Him.

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