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Families of fallen soldiers defend Trump amid blowback to Arlington Cemetery visit

Breaking the law and assaulting a female is more than a "little dust up."
According to the families and witnesses, that is not really what happened.
They said, "The president and his team conducted themselves with nothing but the utmost dignity and respect for all of our Servicemembers and especially our children."
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School district forcing teacher to use preferred pronuons is 'compelled speech,' not 'neutral' policy: judge

A federal judge has ruled that an Ohio school district may have violated a teacher's First Amendment rights by forcing her to resign for refusing to use trans-identified students' preferred names and pronouns due to her religious convictions.

Judge Pamela Barker of the Northern District of Ohio issued an order earlier this month denying and granting in part competing motions for summary judgment filed by Jackson Local School District in Jackson Township to dismiss the lawsuit filed by former Jackson Middle School English teacher Vivian Geraghty.

The litigation is ongoing as several issues remain unresolved.

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God bless this judge for speaking out against the woke agenda. Now, if only all sides of the political aisle can stand up against this gender bending stuff, and then we can shut down the woke agenda forever.
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MSNBC Reveals Higher Education Crisis

Eventually reality comes crashing down and you realize if you want healthy structures merit is needed. Especially if you want to retain your prestigious status.

This doesn't seem to be a popular topic of discussion.

I think it has to do with the way people who appear to have gotten job opportunities or educational opportunities without the qualifications of their peers often ended up labeled as Affirmative Action hires/students and now DEI hires/students. It's a sort of an implied admission that standards were lowered for reasons related to being in a "marginalized group". If the left genuinely believed otherwise....and these people were being given opportunities because they were otherwise unavailable due to some sort of racism....then being an Affirmative Action hire or DEI hire would be positive thing. It would be a label for someone to be proud of....because it meant they were every bit as qualified, if not more, than the other employees and students.

As the numbers clearly show....standards were being lowered for Affirmative Action students. The only people Affirmative Action was discriminating against were the asians who were rejected despite being more qualified. Even white students dropped 1%.

This isn't just a good thing because it's a level playing field in regards to merit... but it also removes that negative stigma attached to the 5% of black students who can no longer be assumed to be given that opportunity despite lower qualifications.
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Awake, Thou that Sleepest: John Wesley

It appears they got over their issues with apostolic succession...

Interesting.
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Feed my lambs vs feed my sheep

After Jesus' resurrection, John 21:

15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
The word lamb is used to refer to young/baby sheep. It symbolizes new believers.

16He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”
Take care of my (older) sheep or mature believers.

17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
Older sheep also need feeding.

Jesus asked Peter three times. To avoid monotony, he used two verbs ("feed" and "tend") and two nouns ("lambs" and "sheep") in the conversation. Basically, Jesus told Peter to feed and tend the new and old believers.
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Should I write Non-Fiction or Fiction?

Hey fellow writer. I'm a retired engineer/writer and since I retired 5 years ago, I too have published a few books which are on Amazon and Barnes and Nobel, two non-fiction (one is Christian and the other is policial and anonymous), and one is Christian fiction. I'd be curious to know where your books are published so that I may check them out.
Bunk 47 is my memoir, but I am not permitted to promote it on these forums... but it is easily discovered
I've been working on a non-fiction project for about two years and am about 90% complete, which is why I joined Christian Forums. I hoped to receive feedback on some of the topics for my project. My current project is to create an accordian-folded Bible Timeline Chart that one may place in their Bible as a ready reference to know when reading one of the books in the Bible, where it lies chronologically from Genesis to Revelation. As I'm sure you know, the Bible is not written entirely in chronological order. For example, the book of Ruth was written in between the first two judges, and the prophets (major and minor) were written at various points in history, primarily during the times of the judges and the kings. The toughest book I've come across to determine the most accurate timeline of events for is the book of Revelation. My view on the rapture is pre-Wrath, therefore its order of events is based on this view. However, I wanted to receive feedback from others on why they have their various views: pre-Trib, mid-Trib, pre-Wrath, so that I could add notations to the events to support their views. I created a Blog last week entitled the same. I received an email that my blog was approved, but don't see it listed under the available blogs as yet. Not sure how long it takes following approval to be posted. I just joined Christian Forums last week, so I'm new to this type of messaging platform. Looks like you've been a member for some time. Any advice going forward? Thank you. God Bless.
I think your Bible chart is a great idea, I'd like to see it. I am new here as well, and yes the blogs take some time to get published, and if you have links to books and such, it will probably get denied. FYI
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We Shall Behold Him by Sandi Patty

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Sandi Patty has the very best and sweetest soprano voice that I have ever heard!!! I pray that this song about the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ will be a blessing to all who watch this video.
Wow, Sandi Patti covering Revelation? It is very rare for a Christian song to cover Revelation (except for Kari Jobe - Revelation Song). The lyrics are very Biblical, and I enjoy the slow piano and string instruments in this. Her voice is amazing also, like an opera singer.

Relevant Verse:
Revelation 6:14 (KJV): "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places."
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Count the Cost by David Meece

Thank you, my brother. I enjoy and have been blessed by the music you have also been sharing.
Amen to that. Thank you, as Christian music is a blessing to us all. If I have time (and if I am not watching Deep Space 9), I might upload Shine by the Newsboys, a classic from 1994 that was still on the radio 15 years ago.
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You Can Go by David Meece

My freshman year at Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, TN started on September, 1982.

From the 80s, there are several singers of Christian music whom I remember with great music for the Lord Jesus Christ. I am thinking of Michael W Smith, Dallas Holmes, David Meece, Steven Curtis Chapman, Amy Grant, Sandi Patti, Laurnell Harris, and Steve Camp..... just to name a few. :):):)
You were just two years younger than me when 1986 rolled around. :) College (well, 1.5 years of it, started in August 2018 at a Catholic college in my state). I am most familiar with the four artists in bold with David Meece being the newest artist added. So, I am looking forward to hearing the music from Dallas Holmes, Sandi Patti, Laurnell Harris and Steve Camp.

It is good that Christian music was a lot more real back in the 1980s, and raw compared to some of the newer stuff over the past decade. Thank you for the recommendations.
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Hardware giant Lowe’s pledges to end diversity policies to avoid public backlash

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck has gotten Lowe's, Tractor Supply, Jack Daniel's, and John Deere to retreat from identity-based employee policies and donations to left-wing activism.

Hardware retail chain Lowe’s is the latest major brand to announce a retreat from “woke” policies, again driven by pressure from conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck.

Starbuck announced Monday on X that he had notified Lowe’s that he was planning another of his now-trademark exposés against the company’s left-wing corporate policies, to which Lowe’s responded by announcing multiple changes to those policies.

Specifically, the company will stop participating in the Corporate Equality Index social credit system promoted by the LGBT pressure group Human Rights Campaign (HRC), cease donations to “pride” and other divisive events, and replace identity-based employee resource groups with one for all employees. It also suggested more reforms would follow.

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Now I can go to Lowes without feeling I need to take a shower.
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If Jesus promised to never leave you - when are you ever out of the presence of God?

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

Here is the question: Jesus said He would never leave us, Jesus also said that the Holy Spirit (the helper) would dwell in us and be in us.

When would we ever be out of the Presence of God?

In Eastern Orthodoxy we believe in divine omnipresence, which is made fairly clear in the Scriptures.

Indeed we take this belief to such an extent that the Usual Beginning of the Hours includes the prayer “O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things, Treasury of good things, and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every sin, and save our souls, O Good One”, which interestingly enough is addresses to the Holy Spirit.
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