Like it or not, the current battle that has been teed up will bring clarity to the limits of executive power that are vested in the POTUS by the US Constitution. Hold on to your seats and enjoy the ride.

Deuteronomy 9:

9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.

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Moses received the Decalogue from God and brought it down from the mountain. In his absence, the Israelites worshipped a calf, which angered him. When he saw their rebellion, he broke the stone tablets. Afterward, he went back up the mountain.

18 Then once again I fell prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and so arousing his anger.

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Did Moses fast for 81 days straight?

There is a parallel account in Exodus 32:

1 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”

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The above happened during Moses' first 40-day fast.

19 When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. 20 And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.

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After Moses came down the mountain, there was no mention that he ate anything; there was no mention that he fasted either. If he ate, he had to be careful to go slow and not to overwhelm his digestive system all of a sudden.

27 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’ ” 28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. 29 Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the Lord today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”
30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

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There was at least one day in between the two 40-day fasts. I suspect Moses did eat and drink something during the in-between periods. He probably didn't fast more than 80 days straight.

6 days is again not measured in time.
Because paradise was before time.

Only after the fall did anything become measured

Friedrich Rubinstein said:

I literally linked the source confirming the entire death toll. No exaggeration about the number of deaths. Now you are complaining that the database of Islamic terrorism is too detailed.

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That source cites a human rights NGO. There are no official sources or local media reports of that many people being killed during the same period. I was able to find a local media source that cites the same number from the NGO, but it also states that security forces in the area only report 14 deaths with several people still missing.

Security sources report a toll of 9 civilians killed in their fields with knives.

For about four days, ADF rebels have intensified attacks against civilians, mostly farmers and returnees in the southern part of Irumu territory...

Security sources report a toll of 9 civilians killed in their fields with knives.

This toll could increase, warns civil society, which explains that several people are missing. Four other bodies of civilians killed by the same ADF were found the day before in the village of Kazaroho west of Bwana-Sura.

The NGO CRDH indicates that more than 100 civilians have already lost their lives since the beginning of this week in this area.


I searched and couldn't find any additional reports of massacres taking place during the first week of February in the the DRC. Out of the six claims I listed from religionofpeace website, only one could be verified to a certain extent.

2025.02.04 DRC Beni Muslim terrorists set fire to homes and murder ten residents.

From the same article above:

"The most recent incursion took place on Tuesday, February 4 in the southern part of the Irumu territory. These rebels killed 10 people, burned houses and looted property in this area where military operations are nevertheless underway, specifies the same source [the human rights NGO]"

I also provided several examples from the Philippines that were common acts of violence that religionofpeace counted as terrorist attacks. If religionofpeace is reporting false claims of terrorist attacks in that country, then you can be certain that many of the reports they have on their website from other countries are also false.

The religionofpeace website is not a reliable source for reports on acts of terrorism. In addition to reporting false information as I have shown, the number of terrorist attacks they report along with the number of fatalities is greatly inflated and does not align with the more comprehensive terrorism databases available that are compiled by terrorism experts and specialists in the field of terrorism who rigorously investigate and research violent incidents and acts of terror around the world.

Mark Quayle said:

Reminds me of a fellow teaching sunday school, saying that a Christian cannot be demon-possessed, since a Christian is already inhabited by the Holy Spirit. I say, you can't know that, because the spiritual does not operate by our physical principles.

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See Demon oppression vs possession and follow up there

[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]

Now, I am not going to get into all the history behind this, for I believe the Lord wants me to focus on one main specific topic which can be applied to the church today, as well. And that has to do with what constitutes genuine faith in the Lord and who are the ones who are the children of God, God’s chosen people today. And what is the present day criteria for being a child of God and an heir according to the promise God made to Abraham?

Paul made it a point to point out that he was speaking of his “brothers” according to the flesh, and not according to the Spirit. They were the Israelites of the Old Covenant, and Paul was deeply concerned for them, because most of them did not believe in Jesus Christ, the promised seed of Abraham, and the Messiah who was to come and who did come to the Jewish people. So they were not part of Spiritual Israel.

And we can apply a similar principal to “Christians.” Just because someone claims to believe in Jesus and to be a Christian, it doesn’t necessitate that is the truth, in reality. For just as the Jews who did not believe in Jesus were no longer the children of Abraham and part of Spiritual Israel, so those who profess faith in Jesus but whose faith is not biblical faith, and so there is not the evidence that true faith exists, are not the children of God.

So, it is not by lip service only, nor by physical birth, nor by being physical descendants of those who worship the one and only true God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – that we are or that we become children of God and heirs of the promise God made to Abraham, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. Only if we belong to Christ are we Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise God made with Abraham.

So, what does it mean to belong to Christ? It means we are his possession and we are no longer our own, doing whatever it is that we desire to do, but now our lives are given over to the Lord in death to sin and in walks of obedience to his commands in surrender to his will and purpose for our lives. He owns us and now we are his possession, and so we are no longer the ones in charge of our lives, but Jesus is. So we now follow him.

Jew and Gentile alike, by physical birth, are only biblical Israel and heirs of the promise God gave to Abraham and to his seed by genuine faith in the Lord Jesus via dying with him to sin and now being raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God and to his righteousness. And only those who have died to sin and who are now walking in obedience to our Lord are God’s children and biblical Israel.

It doesn’t matter if we prayed a prayer to receive Christ, and/or that we were baptized, or that we went through catechism, or that we joined a local institutional “church,” or that we attend “church services” weekly if all that we are doing is going through religious exercises but we have not surrendered our lives to the Lord Jesus, died with him to sin, and now we walk (in conduct) in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit.

And if a Jew by physical birth has not done the same, i.e. surrendered his life to the Lord Jesus, died with him to sin, and is now walking in obedience to the Lord and to his commands, by his grace, he is not part of Spiritual Israel, the Israel of God. But all Gentiles whose faith in Jesus Christ is genuine are part of biblical Israel, and we are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise God made with Abraham and his seed.

We are God’s chosen people, both Jew and Gentile by spiritual birth via genuine faith in the Lord Jesus. We are his holy nation who are heirs of the promise God made with Abraham. All who do not believe in Jesus Christ, who have not died with him to sin, and who are not walking in obedience to his commands, are not the children of God, not heirs of the promise. The only way to God the Father is through faith in Jesus Christ, his Son.

[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]

In Harmony

An Original Work / September 2, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Based off Ro. 12:9-21; 1 Pet. 3:8-17

Love each other truly.
Cling to what is good.
Hate all that is evil.
Never lack in zeal.
Serve the Lord with fervor.
Joyful in hope be;
Patient in affliction;
Praying faithfully.
Honor one another.
Live in harmony.

Share with all God’s people
Who are found in need.
Do not be conceited.
Sympathetic be.
Love, and show compassion
In humility.
Keep your tongue from evil.
Peaceful you must be.
Honor one another.
Live in harmony.

God sees who are righteous;
Listens to their prayers.
But He’s against evil –
Is His to avenge.
Do not fear what they fear.
Suffer patiently.
In your hearts, make Christ Lord.
Serve Him faithfully.
Honor one another.
Live in harmony.

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God’s Word Has Not Failed
An Original Work / February 18, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Apple Sky said:

King James Bible
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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Watching for a peace agreement.

Guttairc said:

He walked in his home-town, Nazareth, all his life, never traveled. And people made his small town into a mall, so he got angry and tilted tables and whipped people in this temple. But, I mean, he never was an murderer I think, so why`d he be sentenced to death on a cross? Was he sentenced to death by the Romans just for being popular? I find it a little strange the story, he obiviously cared about people, so why`d he do anything to them? The society at the time, had pretty much the same rules as now, laws, they couldn`t sentence him to death for nothing

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I have only just come across this thread, so I apologise for the late reply. First, I would say that it is important to get the facts correct. He didn't walk "in his home-town, Nazareth, all his life" - we read of Him going into Samaria:

“But He needed to go through Samaria. So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.” (Joh 4:4-5 NKJV)

Also, we are told that He left Nazareth, and lived for a time in Capernaum:

“And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,” (Mt 4:13 NKJV)

The incident in the temple took place in Jerusalem, not Nazareth. There was no temple in Nazareth:

“So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple. Then He taught, saying to them, "Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’"” (Mr 11:15-17 NKJV)

We are also told why the Jewish leaders wanted Him crucified:

“And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.” (Mr 11:18 NKJV)

“Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.” (Mt 27:17-18 NKJV)

So they feared Him and they were envious of Him.

You are right when you say that "they couldn`t sentence him to death for nothing." But they wanted Him dead, so they listened to false witnesses who told lies about Jesus:

“Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward and said, "This [fellow] said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’"” (Mt 26:59-61 NKJV)

Mark's account says that the testimony of the false witnesses did not even agree!:

“Then some rose up and bore false witness against Him, saying, "We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.’" But not even then did their testimony agree.” (Mr 14:57-59 NKJV)

I think at least part of the reason why you find the story strange is that you have many of the facts wrong. (I'm not criticising you, so please don't take offence.)

Who is God for? He is for those who are for him, who have surrendered control of their lives over to the Lord Jesus, who have died with him to sin, and who are now walking in obedience to his commands in holy living, for the glory of God, in the power of God, and by the grace of God. We are those whose minds are set on the Spirit, and not on the flesh, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. By the Spirit we are putting to death the deeds of the flesh that we might live to please our Lord.

But this does not make us perfect. We are still works in progress, mere clay in the hands of the Potter, being molded by God into the likeness of the character of Jesus Christ. But “not perfect” does not include willful, defiant, deliberate, rebellious, and habitual sin against our Lord, and against other humans, in complete contradiction to God’s will and purpose for our lives. For if sin is what we practice, and if righteousness and obedience to our Lord are not what we practice, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

For God is not okay with sinful lifestyles where the sinner deliberately, with full knowledge, chooses habitually to ignore the commands of the Lord in order to commit the sin he knows he must not do that is against the Lord, and is against other humans, and is contradictory to God’s will and purpose for our lives. And just making a confession of sin to the Lord every time you sin does not make it right, either. For if we say we have fellowship with God while we walk in sin, we are liars (read in context 1 John 1:5-10).

[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]

So, if God is for us, it is because we are for him, which is evidenced by how we live our lives in obedience to his commands and in daily saying “No!” to sin and “Yes!” to God and to his will and purpose for our lives. And who then can be against us? Well, according to the Scriptures, including the teachings of Jesus, if we are serving the Lord with our lives, doing what he says, obeying his commands, and sharing the truth of his gospel, we will be hated and persecuted and even put to death because of our walks of faith in Jesus.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

So, we need to look at what this passage of Scripture in Romans 8 is teaching us from that perspective. And does God give us “all things”? Not all things, but those which are according to his will and purpose for our lives. So, what is the point of what this is teaching us? It is that no matter what we go through, no matter how many people are against us, no matter how much we are suffering for the sake of our faith, Jesus is interceding for us, and God will give us all that we need to withstand what we are suffering.

God will provide us with the strength, the endurance, the faith, the stamina, the grace, and all the love that we need to endure what we are going through and what is yet to come. But we have to rely upon him for our support and for our help, and trust him with our circumstances, and not let the devil make us afraid, and not give in to our circumstances to where we live in fear rather than walk by faith, and to where we surrender to our circumstances rather than surrender to the will of God for our lives.

And if we are drawing on the strength of the Lord to see us through it all, and to respond in the right ways, and to not give way to fear, then we will be victorious over all that is stacked up against us, through our God who loves us. For no rulers of nations, nor the things presently going on within our nations, and in the world, nor the things that we know are sure to come will be able to separate us from the love of God as long as we choose to keep following the Lord and to not jump ship and deny him and not be for Him.

The Rock of My Heart

Lyricist: Bassford, Matthew W.; Psalm 73
Composer: Schales, Glenda Barnhart

My Lord, I need nothing beside You;
Without You, I could not have stood.
Your promise is my hope and my refuge;
Your nearness, my strength and my good.

When I was distressed and embittered,
By things I could not understand,
Your presence was continually with me;
You always took hold of my hand.

I know that Your counsel will guide me
In wisdom, devotion, and love,
And afterward You’ll call me to glory
To dwell in Your presence above.

My heart may be broken within me;
My earthly strength may depart.
But You are my portion forever,
You are the Rock of my heart.
You are the Rock of my heart.

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Who is God For?
An Original Work / February 18, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Psalm 27 said:

Earth’s magnetic field is acting up and geologists don’t know why

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Ungodly geologists don't know why.

Obviously God Knows Why All Along.

Plato considered the planets to be gods moving in perfect circles. Until the late Middle Ages, people viewed the world as permeated by the divine, which had therapeutic value as existence then appeared exciting and mysterious. In this respect, something valuable has been lost.

The problem was that Christian theologians never fully understood Jesus's proclamation of God's kingdom—a kingdom that is near but not obvious. Jesus wanted people's longing to be directed towards God's kingdom rather than divine planets or worldly idols. Although Jesus himself says that his kingdom is "not of this world," theologians have been unwilling to see God's kingdom as another dimension of reality.

Science has indeed killed the projection of the divine onto the world, but it cannot kill God's kingdom. We still have the possibility to relate to God's kingdom as a parallel reality.

Strong winds i bet....

Thank Our Lord God that everyone survived...

Heavenly Father, Holy is Your Name, we pray You will comfort and heal Linda, in the Name of Jesus, as only You can do. Amen and Amen.

This is a circus, and RFK is promoting quackery. Mifepristone is safer than Asprin or Tylenol:

While drugging your own daughter seems ghastly and extreme, I don't believe a minor child is competent enough to decide to become a parent. So this is a difficult case and I would hope the mother receives clemency.

LoveofTruth said:

a verse to consider

“For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.” (Hebrews 4:2)

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Jeremiah 8:8 still says what it says though, and all such implications ripple through history.

This was Paul speaking, and the lesson that he was teaching, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, is that those who are in Christ Jesus are those who have died with Christ to sin and who are now walking in obedience to his commands in holy living. They are those who are no longer walking (in conduct) according to the flesh, but who are walking (in practice) according to the Spirit in righteousness, in truth, in the forsaking of their sins, and in living holy lives pleasing to the Lord Jesus, in his power and strength.

So, when this says that the Spirit helps “us” in our weakness, it is speaking of the “us” as described in Romans 8:1-25, which I have described, in summary, in the paragraph above this one. This does not apply to everyone who says that they know God and that they are in fellowship with Jesus Christ and that Jesus has now saved them from their sins, and now they have the promise of eternal life with God. For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord, we don’t have salvation nor eternal life.

Some people, nonetheless, who profess the name of Jesus, but who are still deliberately and habitually sinning against the Lord, and for whom obedience to God and to his commandments is not their practice, are taking this out of context, and they are claiming that the Lord is helping them while they are still living in opposition to his plan and his purpose for our lives. So many of them are believing that they can keep on living in sin, and not in walks of obedience, but that they will still be saved and on their way to heaven.

But that does not fit with the whole of the context of Romans 8 nor the whole of the book of Romans, nor with the whole of the New Testament teachings under the New Covenant. In context, this is speaking to those whose lives are surrendered to the Lord to forsaking their sins and to following him in obedience. That does not make us perfect, but lack of perfection is no excuse for continued, willful, deliberate, habitual, and defiant disobedience to God in continuing in deliberate sin against Him.

Now, does the Spirit help us to resist the enemy of our souls? Yes! Does he help us to say “NO!” to sin and “YES!” to God and to his commands? Yes, He does, if we are yielded to his control, and if we are willing and obedient, and if we are not stubborn and strongminded with a “My Do It” childish approach to how to live life on this earth. We have to humble ourselves before the Lord, willing to have him change us and rearrange us to suit his purposes, and for his glory, if we are going to be helped by the Spirit in our weakness.

But, sometimes when we are weak and tired, we may not even be able to think well, and so we need the help of the Holy Spirit to intercede for us to God the Father, according to the will of God, and not according to the will of human flesh. And we need help in discerning the will of God and in knowing what to do next, or what direction to go next, especially in areas that are not spelled out for us in Scripture, such as where we are to live, or what job we should take next, or to whom we should give money to help them, etc.

Now there is a promise to us here which is for us who love God. And to love God is to obey him. If obedience to our Lord is not what we practice, then we are not those who love God. But for us who love and obey the Lord, in practice, God will work all things together for good, for us who are called of God according to his purpose, who are living out that purpose. But “good” is defined by God, and not by us, so “good” may include suffering for the sake of our faith, for the sake of the gospel, and for the sake of righteousness.

For all who are of God, who are called of God according to his purpose, which requires that we die to sin and now live for God in walks of obedience to his commands, he predestined to be conformed to the image (likeness of character) of his Son Jesus Christ. And this is what it means to be holy, to be different from the world because we are being conformed by God to the likeness of Jesus Christ. For Jesus shed his blood for us to redeem us out of our lives of slavery to sin so we will now serve Jesus Christ with our lives.

[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]

Total Praise / Richard Smallwood

Lord, I will lift mine eyes to the hills
Knowing my help is coming from You
Your peace You give me in times; of the storm
You are the source of my strength
You are the strength of my life
I lift my hands in total praise to You.

You are the source of my strength
You are the strength of my life
I lift my hands in total praise to You.

Amen, amen
Amen, amen
Amen, amen
Amen, amen

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The Spirit, Our Helper
An Original Work / February 17, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

RamiC said:

"Paul gives requirements for women in 1 Timothy 3:11 but then says “let deacons be the husbands of one wife” in verse 12. Since women are included, the statement is masculine yet gender-inclusive, not gender-exclusive or male-exclusive. Paul wouldn’t leave requirements for women deacons in 1 Timothy 3:11 but then dismiss them with the masculine language of 1 Timothy 3:12. So, women reading “husbands of one wife” have no need to feel as if they’re abandoned in verse 12."

“Husband of One Wife”: Paul’s gender inclusiveness in 1 Timothy 3

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You previously shared a feminist pride promoting article on 1 Timothy 2:12-15 , and now you are sharing another on 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and 1 Timothy 3:8-12.

Of course, we have Titus 1:5-9, Philippians 1:1-12, and 1 Corinthians 14:31-38 that still need to bow before feminist pride. And spare not 1 Corinthians 11:1-16, Titus 2:2-5, Ephesians 5:22-33, Colossians 3:18-21, 1 Peter 3: 1-6, nor Matthew 19:4-6.

Gay pride loves how feminist pride makes alternative interpretations. Both are strange fire (Leviticus 10:1-2).

As I wrote in my original post, I am interested in feedback from those that hold to the more traditional interpretations of the scriptures, but not the alternative progressive views. What I write about emanates from the orthodox or traditional position and is antithetical to progressive views. Paul’s spiritual meat is made into a sour milkshake by both articles and all the ones like them, as they split apart what should be comprehended holistically. I do not follow these modern alternative interpretations that have been forged in fires that burn like Sodom and Gomorrah.

RamiC said:

And you are an ACNA member so I quote the 39 Articles of Faith: "The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith: And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation."

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Yes, that is what the alternative gay and feminist pride views do. Unfortunately, all denominations, certainly mine, have been touched by this vile scourge but I have great hope that it will not be a thorn of the flesh that remains in His Bride much longer.

RamiC said:

Thank you for admitting that you are deliberately misrepresenting the positions.

My post #63 does not ask a question, here it is: "Egalitarianism is not "feminist pride", you keep using this expression I have never seen anywhere else. It reads like you are totally trying to present feminism, gay, egalitarian Christianity, transgender, transexual, and the ordination of women like these entirely different thing are all the same."

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It’s a fact. All those positions are different expressions of pride. Read #69 again.

We suffer in silence, on God our reliance,
And not in defiance, with Him an alliance.
We live in compliance, while under His guidance,
While facing our giants with all He supplies us.

Our lives not in danger, for He is no stranger,
A life rearranger, He is our life changer.
From sin, our exchanger to life with our trainer,
His grace, our restrainer, so we can live saner.

We have not to worry, or be in a hurry,
Or up in a flurry, if our eyes are blurry.
He is our attorney, we’re now on His journey,
Let nothing deter me, may I now live worthy.

So pattern His thinking, not leave your eyes blinking,
From His cup be drinking, so you’ll not be sinking.
In life, don’t be swinging, but lift your voice singing,
And hear His bells ringing, and to His love clinging.

An Original Work / February 17, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

I share my burdens and people tell me to get over it, or they don't seem interested in sharing my burdens. They act like my suffering is no big deal, and there suffering is worse.

But does that fulfill the law of Christ? I would like to see them go to the prayer forum and tell people to get over it. They have no love

People usually tell me to get over it and they have no interest in sharing my burden. Hang in there, you're not alone.

Nithavela said:

Indeed. One gets a pardon, the other gets an executive order ban.

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A soldier in uniform or a federal worker on a government facility carrying any flag other than the three permitted is also under the executive order ban.

I'm okay with that.

It's amazing - for close to 35 years the Democrats and Republicans have bloviated about eliminating waste and excess spending - President Trump is the only one with enough back bone to do more that talk about it. And people are complaining about him doing what former presidents said needed to get done. Incredible!

tonychanyt said:

J 20:


Jesus appeared in their midst supernaturally.


Thomas reacted to Jesus' appearance with awe. Was he addressing two individuals?

No, he responded to Jesus singularly. He called Jesus his Lord and his God as a single person.

Was he addressing his God who was working inside his Lord Jesus?

I don't think so. Thomas's statement does not explicitly separate "Lord" and "God" as two distinct entities. Instead, he uses both titles together to address Jesus directly. Jesus is not merely a vessel through whom God works but is himself God in the flesh. Thomas had finally understood what Jesus said a while back in J 14:


Thomas affirmed the unity of the Son and the Father.

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There is a common use of "and" in Greek, even in English, which could be understood to mean, "even".