Jesus began talking with the crowds and with his disciples, warning them against becoming like the Pharisees and the teachers of the law. They were so caught up in the externals of religion and with following their traditions that they failed to show love, justice and mercy. And they twisted and distorted the word of God for their own advantage.

They were hypocrites, for they did not practice what they preached. They loved to be honored and recognized in public places, and worked hard at appearing righteous on the outside, though they were full of wickedness on the inside. (See Matthew 23:1-39)

And Jesus is still warning us against such attitudes and hypocrisy in our own lives, and against following after such leaders or becoming just like them.

Seven Woes

An Original Work / May 31, 2012
Based off Matthew 23

Woe to you, teachers of the law;
Hypocrites, you keep men from God.
You refuse to obey the truth,
Nor will you permit others to.
You travel o’er land and sea
To win a single convert to you.
When he becomes one
You make him twice as much
A “son of hell” as you are.

Woe to you, blind guides of mankind.
You distort the words of your God.
By your practices you declare
Your oaths mean nothing, though you swear.
You give a tenth of your spices,
But you neglect justice, mercy.
When you focus your
Time and talents on
What is external, you miss out.

Woe to you, who appear so clean,
When inside you are crass and mean.
You work hard to look so upright,
While you hide all your sins inside.
You deceive yourselves when you think
You would not have done what others
Did to God’s messengers
And prophets of old,
For you will do much the same.
You’re to blame.

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To be an imitator of God is to be one of his followers, one who emulates him in character, mind, heart, and purpose, and who follows him in obedience to his commands (New Covenant). And God’s will and purpose for our lives is that we believe on Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who is God, the second person of our triune God, that we deny self, die to sin (not just once but daily), and that we follow him in obedience to his commands.

And if we are followers of God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – then we will be those who make it our practice to deny self, die daily to sin, and to follow our Lord in obedience. We will walk in his ways and in his truth, and we will follow him wherever he leads us in ministry. We will be sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit living within us each day so that we are guided by the Spirit in our daily walks of fellowship with our Lord in holy living.

For our faith in Jesus Christ is not solely for the purpose of getting our sins forgiven so that we can go to heaven when we die. In fact, without surrender of our lives to Jesus Christ, and to his will and purpose for our lives, and without the forsaking of our sins and our walks of obedience to his commands, our faith in the Lord is not faith at all, but just lip service. And Jesus will say, “I never knew you. Depart from me you workers of iniquity.”

For our salvation from sin is not a get-out-of-jail-free-card, but it is deliverance from our slavery (bondage, addiction) to sin so that we can now live holy lives, pleasing to our Lord, in service to him, according to his will and purpose for our lives. Every day we must put our faith in our Lord in practice by how we conduct our lives in moral purity, uprightness, honesty, faithfulness, integrity, obedience, and submission to the will of God.

Basically, when we believe in Jesus Christ with God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in him, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin, and we are raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as slaves to righteousness. So, sin is no longer to be what we practice, but righteousness and obedience to our Lord are to be what we practice. But if obedience is not our practice, but sin is, we will die.

And then we are to walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But this is not human love, but it is a love which prefers what God prefers, which is all that is holy, just, righteous, godly, morally pure, upright, honest, and faithful, etc. So, we prefer to live through Christ, choosing his choices, and obeying them in his power, according to his will and purpose for our lives, for the glory of God.

And to walk has to do with how we conduct our lives day in and day out, and all throughout our day, no matter what we are doing. For our Lord is not just our Savior from sin so that when we die we get to go to heaven, but he is now owner and master of our lives and our lives are to be surrendered to him to doing his will, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all during our waking hours. So our lives are daily to be guided by the Holy Spirit.

And we should have open communication between us and our Lord all throughout our days, every day of the week, and any hour of the day or night. And in this way the Lord can speak to us at any time and guide us in what to do or in what to say or to write or to whom to speak or to do something for or to pray for or to encourage in some way. For the Christian life and practice should be a full-time assignment from our Lord to us.

And everything else in our lives should stem from our relationships with our Lord in service to him, with him directing our lives and giving us the power and strength and wisdom that we need to follow him wherever he leads us in obedience to his commands and in service to him as our Lord. And daily we should be drawing on his strength and wisdom and guidance to know where to go and what to say and what to do or to not do, so that we please him.

[Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Luke 9:23-26; Matt 7:21-23; Titus 2:11-14; Matt 5:13-16; Matt 28:18-20; Jn 4:31-38; Jn 13:13-17; Jn 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18; Acts 26:18; Rom 10:14-15; Rom 12:1-8; Rom 15:14; 1 Co 12:1-31; 1 Co 14:1-5; Eph 4:1-16; Eph 5:11-27; Eph 6:10-20; Php 2:1-8; Col 1:9; Col 3:12-16; Heb 3:13; Heb 10:23-25; 1 Pet 2:9,21; 1 Jn 2:6]

Seek the Lord

An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Based off Isaiah 55

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”

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What I am asking is how if one has a non-christian spirituality what can they do to become a christian spiritually. Lets say someone was a christian at one point, but started to explore outside of biblical spirituality, and eventually lost their way spirituality - what is refered to by some as spiritual adultery. What if they really embraced another spirituality eg. some sort of neo-gnosticism / New age spirituality and eventually was no longer a christian spiritually (can that happen?) How does one repent in that case if they really have embraced another spirituality?

Is it a solid piece of rock ?
Is it translucent/ transparent ?
Is it plasma ?
Is it a mirror ?

God tells us it is a light for night & for showing us times & seasons.

What do you Guys reckon it is ?

Here is video showing us a half moon during the day time.

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Another asylum seeker caught doing a horrific crime in the US. You might wonder how he got past Biden's vetting system and why would someone from Ecuador even need asylum. The answers are pretty simple. He came in with his kid...and he asked for asylum. That's it. Off to NYC to rape a 13yo girl in broad daylight.

Thoughts?

but after suffering all day from kidney stones.. I prayed before peeing and passed one (and it wasn't that painful surprisingly), hopefully now I don't need the meds or any further intervention
So I'm thankful, it may seem small but just.. I need small things like that to attribute to God and be thankful for

I want to ask about this, as I find it a bit of a barrier in my settling in a church (i am also not keen on "house groups" which some churches operate - basically a midweek fellowship / teaching session in some members house) In my experience with some churches these are often pushed and I get asked "Are you in a house group"?, and I feel like if I refuse to get involved, people regard me as not serious in my christian walk (well its possible I am not a christian anymore, but when I was going to these churches I was seeking get back. Not saying there is anything wrong with churches having these groups for those who want to go to them, but I don't like being constantly asked "Have you joined a house group?" when have started going to some churches. I am sure for many people they are good, but I seem to wreck the togetherness or sense of community in the group or something when I join (I was a told that once by one group member "I'd upset the group's sense of community", after i had ceased to attend the group) - not sure if I'd upset it by ceasing to attend, or when i was attending. But to me if you run one of these groups you got to be prepared for people joining and leaving. The leader was nice and tried to make me feel part of the group, but the others already knew each other and didn't often didn't speak to me when I attended social events the group was having. One in the group tended to keep posing the question What would Jesus do? WWJD? Well if he'd just have asked himself that in the quiet of his heart, and then gone and done it, he could have modeled what it meant to be a disciple of Christ? I wasn't at the stage of walking over to groups of people on the street and witnessing, I was to an extent postmodern and post-christian in my mindset, though going to church to see if might help me return to the Faith I'd grown up in.

Its quite likely that I am somewhat unteachable even unbelieving at the moment. Part of this is probably I have read widely on my own in various subjects christian and otherwise, so I have acquired a bit of knowledge. I believe some christians as well as being informed doctrinally also hold political and economic views of various stripes. When I was much younger and at school, I leaned somewhat left politically I think, and I couldn't abide direction from some older christians I who i believed supported certain political and economic policies at the time, that I wasn't sure i agreed with. I couldn't put myself in submission to them at the time. It might of course have been as much a teenage rebellion thing, but I also had been influenced by Kierrkegarrd's writting to some extent.

I am much older now. What exactly does teachableness entail / require in church context. How much is one allowed to debate, question, disagree, without becoming unteachable? And how teachable should teachers still be themselves?

Spiritually speaking I am not sure where i am at currently. I don't attend any church regularly.

My three sons all have ADHD, plus the oldest and youngest deal with dyspraxia. The middle guy has autism and epilepsy as well. Full house of diagnoses!

Sensory overload and emotional regulation used to be the biggest challenges. Time management and the possibility of screen addiction seem to be the recent problems on the horizon! As usual, I come up with strategies the kids can use, explain things to them, organise the household as much as possible, and keep believing that God's put me in the right place at the right time.

Hello folks. Remember this classic Christian adage? "Love the sinner, hate the sin"? Today, we will delve into just that, using two Bible verses. This is something that I sometimes struggle with, but hey, let us dive into Amos and Jude together, brothers and sisters.

I thought that this would have been made into a thread by now.

What do y'all think about all of this stuff coming out today in testimony to the US Senate? How much trust do y'all have in Boeing jets? What should be and what will be the consequences for their actions should the various leaders in Boeing be expected to face?

The question is not, “Is God able?”
For our Bible’s not a fable.
The question then is, “Are you willing
To surrender, your life giving?”

When Jesus gave His life up for us,
Died on that cross, so He’d free us.
So He, in His death, conquered our sin
So that we might walk in freedom.

So, there’s no question, “Can it happen?”
Hope has conquered. There is freedom!
We must believe it, then receive it,
Put our trust in God, our witness.

Our God is able sin to conquer.
Give Him your life. Give Him honor.
Then you will walk in vict’ry o’er sin,
Praising Jesus, free now within.

But, are you willing?

An Original Work / June 8, 2018

Hope you're all having a good day when you read this! Single mum of special needs kids here, and it seems I can never have enough online friends, so I'm glad I've found these forums.

I recently signed up for Spectrum Internet at only $30 a month for two years, plus they're giving me cell phone service for one year of unlimited data at only $10 a month. It seems like it will save me money because right now with no home internet, I am paying $55 a month with unlimited data. So my costs with switching to spectrum would be only about $40 a month plus tax. I think I want this deal. However I would be switching from Consumer Cellular which is a company with really good customer service. When Spectrum raises my mobile price after the year, I may switch back to Consumer Cellular.

However I recently discovered that with Consumer Cellular, I can use a mobile hot spot. Since I recently discovered this, I have not had time to evaluate whether the hot spot would be enough for my Internet needs, since the only device I need to supply internet to besides my phone is a laptop. I may be able to function well enough with just the hot spot. But I may get a wireless printer too. If I go with Spectrum, I may also get a Roku streaming stick.

When I signed up for Spectrum, I delayed the start of my service and delivery of the equipment until July 1st, so that I would have two weeks to change my mind, if for some reason I didn't really want to go with them. I may enjoy the ride for two years and than just cancel the Internet when they raise the price to the standard rate, unless they can work with me to get a lower price.

About the Book…​

In this incisive work, Bill Donohue pulls no punches as he contends that our moral crisis is a reflection of two competing visions of morality — one religious and the other secular. The former is grounded in our Judeo-Christian tradition, the latter in radical notions of liberty and equality that are tearing us asunder.

Donohue explains how the religious vision acknowledges belief in God, truth, human nature, natural law, moral absolutes, and Original Sin. It understands the limits of the human condition and thus rejects the notion that human perfectibility can be realized on earth. The secular vision believes none of this, and its adherents are bent on destroying the last vestiges of our religious heritage.

Weaving together examples from the earliest centuries to the Enlightenment to modern times, Donohue seamlessly lays out how to restore our moral code so that the mainstreaming of madness is terminated and rolled back.

What They’re Saying….​

“In this much-needed book, Bill Donohue calls on Catholics, Evangelicals, Orthodox Jews, Mormons, and Muslims to stand up for their beliefs—for their own sakes and for the good of the country.”
—Mary Ann Glendon
“As a sociologist, Bill Donohue understands what happens to a society when the ‘sacred canopy’ of religion is ripped away. He offers a way to extricate ourselves and our communities from the nihilism of a society without God.”
—Anne Hendershott, Ph.D.
“Donohue’s response to our advanced cultural meltdown is not pessimism but pugnacity, in a full-throated defense of the Catholic vision of moral law as the basis of a good moral order.”
—Fr. Paul Sullins, Ph.D.
“Like the prophets, Donohue skewers bad guys—doers of evil and sowers of confusion—with consistent vigor and style.”
—Russell Shaw
“Bill Donohue tells us who the thinkers and activists are who are trying to destroy our Judeo-Christian civilization.”
— Fr. Gerald E. Murray

Not all conversations have to get heated. I went to the Medina Square pride event and had a quick, peaceful conversation with Lucille. Use this as an encouragement to get out there and share the Gospel!

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The Bible isn’t shy in declaring that God loves us.

Just a few examples include: “God is love” (1 John 4:8); “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands” (Ex. 34:6–7); “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You” (Ps. 86:5); “You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth” (Ps. 86:15); “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son” (John 3:16); plus the very simple: “He cares for you” (1 Pet.5:7).

And that’s just the tip of the biblical iceberg.
And yet, we oftentimes don’t feel that God loves us. We have all these promises on paper but don’t sense His love. Sure, Scripture talks about salvation one day, but what about now? I’m surrounded by tragedy now. I’m hurting now.

We experience constant disappointments, unanswered prayers, gratuitous tragedies, weaknesses, and failings inside us, with it all becoming overwhelming and soul-crushing at times. Maybe this is why Gordon Conwell theology professor Richard Loveless wrote: “It is an item of faith that we are children of God but there is plenty of experience in us against that.”

Ouch.

Tough to read, but certainly relatable if we’re honest, especially if you’ve faced lots of horror around you. Just listen to Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel describe his experience: “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in the camp … Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of children whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever … Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams into dust.”

When you see things like that and then look back on what the Bible says about God loving us, it can be a tough sell to believe it. After all, doesn’t Scripture say, “… let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth” (1 John 3:18, my emphasis)? OK God, you said it, let’s see it.

When we sit in the blackness for a long time, the mind and heart can easily dismiss His promises and leave us in a place where we think: “Yeah, sure, You say You love me. But that’s nothing but words on a page. Meh.”

The biblical reality check

If you’re like me, you’ve been in that dark place more times than you want to admit. Something bad happens and we quickly feel abandoned; pretty much anything but loved.

David felt it — hear what he says in Psalm 69: “I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; my eyes fail while I wait for my God” (Ps. 69:2–3).

Can you identify? If so, welcome to a biblical reality check that’s incredibly helpful. Yes, amazingly good things happen to people in the Bible. And pretty bad things happen to them also.

Just like you and me today.

For example, we read: “For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received back their dead by resurrection…” (Heb. 11:32–35).

We look at that and think, “Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about! That’s what I expect from God!” But then our face falls as vs. 35 quickly transitions to:

“… and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground. And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised” (Heb. 11:35–39).

Yikes, blech, ick. Who wants that?

And it keeps going. How about God’s chosen man (Paul) for evangelizing the ancient world at that time and writing most of the New Testament? What was his daily life like?

“To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless; and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure; when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now” (1 Cor. 4:11–13).

Yikes, blech, ick. Who wants that?

But here’s what amazes me about Paul and the people cited in Hebrews 11 — they didn’t fall away from the faith or stop trusting that God loved them, even in times of severe temporal hurt and pain. Notice how that section in Hebrews 11 ends: “And all these, having gained approval through their faith…” All these. The ones who had mountaintop experiences plus those who suffered in the valley.

Just like you and me today. Through faith, we can stand firm just like they did.

Many times, ancient Israel felt abandoned by God just as we do today. In Isaiah, we read: “For the LORD has comforted His people and will have compassion on His afflicted. But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me” (Is. 49:13-14).

They, like us now, were thinking the same thing about God’s promises of love and deliverance: “Yeah, sure, You say You love me. But that’s nothing but words on a page. Meh.”

But an interesting thing happens — God answers their charge of abandonment: “Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands” (Is. 49:15–16).

The word “inscribed” is an interesting Hebrew term: it literally means to “hollow out” and create a hole in something. Can you think of a time when God had His hand “hollowed out” for you and me to demonstrate the love He talks about for us tangibly?

The second Gospel in the New Testament says simply, “And they crucified Him” (Mark 15:24).

That historical event shows that His love for us is more than words on a page. And so, we’re able to look through every storm to the cross, because it’s through the Gospel that God shows you and me that He loves us.

Let me now return to Lovelace and give you his full quote on this subject: “It is an item of faith that we are children of God but there is plenty of experience in us against that. So, the faith that surmounts this evidence and is able to warm itself at the fire of God’s love instead of stealing love and self-acceptance from other sources is actually the very root of holiness.”

What he’s saying is that God’s gift of faith will overcome any existential troubles we experience and result in making us like His Son. And there will be a point where, as A. W. Tozer puts it in a famous essay of his, the ministry of the night begins to end:

“There is a limit to man's ability to live without joy. Even Christ could endure the cross only because of the joy before Him. The strongest steel breaks if kept too long under unrelieved tension. God knows exactly how much pressure each one of us can take. He knows how long we can endure the night, so he gives the soul relief, first by welcome glimpses of the morning star and then by the fuller light that harbingers the morning.”

Wherever you are right now, whatever the difficulties you’re facing, the night will end and through it all He’ll remind you in various ways that His light is on the way. Don’t forget: “Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning” (Ps. 30:5).

Three Florida residents have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to intimidate staff at pro-life pregnancy centers, disrupting their ability to provide healthcare services, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

According to a statement released by the Department of Justice, Caleb Freestone, Amber Smith-Stewart and Annarella Rivera on Friday admitted to orchestrating a series of attacks on pregnancy resource centers across Florida following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision determining that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t contain a right to abortion.

The ruling and the publication of a leaked draft of the decision by Politico at the time launched a wave of vandalism and arson targeting pro-life pregnancy centers and churches that continued throughout the summer and into the fall.

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To put a stop to "gender affirming care", puberty blockers, cross sex hormones, and surgeries for children.

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Follow the science they said. The data is clear they said. Biological sex is a reality and should be considered important.

It's nice to see the sane doctors of other nations point out that the recent deceptions of the WPATH files (where whistleblowers at WPATH, the pseudo medical trans activists who came up with gender affirming care) and various other studies showing these treatments are in fact harmful to children.

Why are we lagging behind? Politics and money of course. You think that the people pushing this stuff will say "Oops? Sorry we permanently damaged your children." On an election year?

A push to require women to register for the military draft is generating fierce backlash among members of the U.S. Congress, even as a bipartisan group of senators voted to advance massive legislation containing the controversial provision.

In a statement published Friday, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee announced that it had voted 22-3 to advance the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to the Senate floor. While Committee Chair Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., indicated that he voted against it when summarizing the contents of the bill, the identities of the other two senators who opposed the legislation remain unknown.

Reed acknowledged that the legislation makes "important progress in a number of areas, including a well-deserved pay raise for military servicemembers, powerful new security initiatives in the Indo-Pacific, and significant support for technologies like counter-drone defenses and AI" while expressing concern that "it includes a funding increase that cannot be appropriated without breaking lawful spending caps and causing unintended harm to our military."

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Hello folks. This is the second section of a three part installment on Heaven. The third part will describe the appearance, and dimensions of heaven (with the size converted to modern units).

Beautiful sunset at the Jaffa Gate, Old City, Jerusalem. | Unsplash/Laura Siegal

The Friends of Zion museum in Jerusalem is utilizing technology to bring to life the story of the Jewish people’s historic homeland and the non-Jews who helped establish what would one day become the modern State of Israel, along with those who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

According to its website, the museum opened in 2015 and exists, in part, to combat antisemitism and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to end international support of Israel.

The museum boasts seven interactive exhibits, each offering an immersive experience for visitors about the lives of historical figures. The first exhibit, “Land of the Promise," features a dynamic topographic map that takes visitors on a virtual tour through Israel.

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So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. (Genesis 1:27)

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting with members of the Democratic Texas State Senate and Texas House of Representatives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 16, 2021. | MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

Vice President Kamala Harris urged Hamas to accept a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal during a screening hosted at the White House of a documentary depicting the sexual violence and rapes the terror group committed against women on Oct. 7.

On Monday, Harris hosted survivors and experts at the White House to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict and condemn the use of sexual violence as a tactic in war.

One of the survivors who attended the event was Amit Soussana, an Israeli lawyer and the first former hostage to publicly describe the sexual assault she endured while she was held captive in Gaza.

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“The Vice President spent her career as a prosecutor working to protect women and girls from violence,” the White House said in a Monday statement. “As Vice President, she has continued this leadership globally, working to ensure that CRSV — and promoting the status of women and girls — remains at the forefront of our national security policymaking.

The Jerusalem Post reports that Harris screened former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's film "Screams Before Silence" and spoke to Soussana, who the vice president said “has bravely come forward with her account of sexual violence while she was held captive by Hamas.”

“We cannot look away, and we will not be silent," Harris said during her remarks. She added that her “heart breaks for all these survivors and their families and for all the pain and suffering from the past eight months in Israel and in Gaza.”

Harris fears there will be more testimonies describing sexual assaults as more hostages are released.

Thanking Sandberg for creating the documentary, Harris said that she saw images after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack of “bloodied Israeli women abducted” and how it later came to light that Hamas committed rape and gang rape at the Nova Music Festival.

“And women’s bodies were found naked from the waist down, hands tied behind their back and shot in the head,” Harris said.

One survivor of the festival recounted in a December interview with The Sunday Times, UK, that Hamas terrorists raped multiple women and beheaded one girl with a shovel after she resisted. The man said that he still sees some of the faces of those women in his nightmares.

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PARIS (AP) — As athletes rev up their training and organizers finalize everything from ceremonies to podiums before the Paris Olympics, more than 120 faith leaders are preparing for a different challenge — spiritually supporting some 10,000 Olympic athletes from around the world, especially those whose medal dreams will inevitably get crushed.

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