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"Robby Soave delves into the latest "Twitter Files" published, this round focusing on the FBI's role in suppressing content that it doesn't like or that is unfavorable to the government."

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The video covers a number of big points the biggest being how incredibly minor or dubious the reason for intervention was, it often took only one online article largely based on rumor to get the FBI complaining about bots interfering with something.

A true faith will always have repentance and works. This is stated in scripture over and over again but I'm only going to give one example due to time and length of the OP. In John 15 for example Jesus shows a beautiful illustration in how true faith works.

In John 15:2 Jesus says:

"Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit."

John 15:4

"Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

In John 15:6 Jesus again warns that those who do not bear fruit will be tossed into the fire and burned.

In John 15:8 Jesus says that the Father's will is that the Christian will bear much fruit and prove to him and to the world that we are his true disciples. When we Christians bear fruit God prunes and takes care of it (See John 15:1)


Now we turn to the Book of Ephesians.


In Ephesians 2:8-9 Paul says "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."


This proves that we are not saved by works as does Romans 4:5 but in the very next verse Paul teaches where our works come from and what they're for.

Ephesians 2:10 says "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

So if you call yourself a Christian and you don't bear fruit that can be problematic and I would question whether or not your faith is genuine as Paul says in 2 Corinthians 13:5. Repentance on the other hand is a sign that you're saved and sealed because Repentance comes from the regeneration of the Holy Spirit. Without us being regenerated by the Holy Spirit we have no hope for heaven (See John 3).

15 Christmas Traditions Only Germans Will Understand​

Here I found this list.


Now I wonder which of these you know.

Silent prayer near an abortion centre is wrongthink under the law.


Police try to demand bail conditions that she MUST not speak to a Catholic priest!
How dare they ?

Hey, has anyone here tried fasting? If so how was the longest you went, and did you experience any results? The longest I went was 24 hours on a strictly water fast, I did not experience any obvious results but I think something may have happened in the spirit world. Many times if someone at my church was ill I would decide to fast for a healing to try to help them out, one time a woman was very ill with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and I fasted for her healing, a month or so later she got prayer and God touched her and she got miraculously healed! I am not positive but my fast might have had a hand in this!

She tweeted this evening: 'Our Election Case is going to trial. Katie Hobbs attempt to have our case thrown out FAILED. She will have to take the stand & testify. Buckle up, America. This is far from over.'

I was just asking for anybody who passed by to pray for my dad. He just started feeling bad and remarked that I might have to take him to the ER a few minutes ago. Maybe it is a Satanic attack, today I was talking to my mom about my dad and how they should be thankful for his health. In spite of his minor ailments, he has had a White Blood cell Leukemia that has been in remission for 10-15 years. I told my mom that many Christians, like Pentecostals and Charismatics would consider it a miracle, because back in 1997 when he received the diagnosis 20 years was the maximum that anybody lived with it. And here we are past that, and his blood work is normal etc. (My parents Lutheran background was shy about that kind of thing, even teaching that miracles went away with Apostles previously).


Anyway, thanks for your prayers!

Of all the Israelites and Pharisees living in the time of Paul who rejected the gospel, why was paul chosen? What made him different from all other Israelites and leaders of that time?

Isn’t it strange that only one Pharisee receives mercy above all others? He was an antichrist before his calling, so why did YashaYah have mercy on him?

Could he be a foreshadowing for future Israelites chosen to become Gods elect?

It’s said in scripture that many are called but only few chosen and we know in revelation only 144,000 are chosen from among the Israelites in the future

And why only 144,000 to become chosen firstfruits? Yes there will be others gathered which are the elect of god when he sends his angels but what will make these 144,000 special, above all?

Thoughts?

What consequences are appropriate if our free-will choices are uninformed?

Like Adam and Eve, we have no idea what death is like, or the afterlife.
If our decision to follow Christ is based on acquiring a desirable afterlife for ourselves,
as opposed to being incinerated for all eternity... then...

It's an uninformed free-will decision.

Those who decide to not follow Christ are equally uninformed. (or more so)
In that case, what are appropriate consequences? (if any)

If free-will is an uninformed choice, what about consequences?
Jesus said it best...

Luke 23:34 NIV
...“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”...

Lord, reveal the work of God the Father to me, my people(Ha-young, Ye-young, Ui-seop, Jung-won, Hye-ok, Yul-bin, Suzy, Eun-tae, In-sook, Im-hak, Tan-ae), and to all who read it and pray, and let us know that the Father is in the Son Jesus and that Jesus is in the Father. The will of the true God, who knows all our needs, transcends our personal will. And that all of us will clearly see the Glory that God the Father gave to the Son because He loved His Son before the foundation of the world. Let Jesus Christ directly reveal the name of God the Father to us and see His glory. I Pray that all our glory be truly dedicated to your Son, Jesus Christ. And that we all shomer mitzvot regarding his commandments(keep his commandments) without failure. May God make possible what is impossible for man. Amen and amen!


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O, Come, O, Come, Emmanuel

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Crazy that in our country, assisting de-transition became a crime....

Now sanity at last...

Right-wing blog site RedState has published a report critical of RNC's lavish spending under the leadership of Rhona McDaniel. RedState supports her rival, Harmeet Dhillon.

It is difficult to accurately categorize all of the expenditures because a significant number of transactions seem to be misclassified. For example, nearly $5,000 spent in 2022 at Lululemon, a luxury athletic apparel brand, was classified as “office expense,” as were two expenditures totaling $9,300 at Madison Square Garden in 2017.

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Looks like neither the US nor Russia wants peace in Ukraine. One wants territory, one wants profitable industry, but the results are the same.


War Industry Looking Forward to “Multiyear Authority” in Ukraine

Artist John Emmett

If so, how long did it take you to recover. I feel pretty much over it but I’m still having a hard time getting my energy back. It’s irritating!

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WRIC) — The former assistant dean of a private christian college in Virginia Beach pleaded guilty to possessing over 500 files of child sexual abuse earlier this year, and has now been sentenced to 6 years in prison.

Robert Scott Morris, 37, used a “peer-to-peer” file sharing program to download child pornography involving children as young as 1 year old, according to a statement of facts signed by Morris as part of his plea agreement.

Until he was arrested, Morris was the assistant dean of students for Wave Leadership College, a christian college that trains ministers, located in Virginia Beach.

In 2 Thess 2:3 reads , Let no man deceive you by any means , for that DAY shall not come , EXCEPT THERE COME A FALLING AWAY FIRST , , and that man of sin be revealed , the Son of Perdition .

What does " FALLING AWAY MEAN " ?

What say you ?

dan p

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January 6 committee recommends charges against Donald Trump over Capitol riot
Posted 3h ago3 hours ago, updated 2h ago

The US committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot has recommended charges against former president Donald Trump.

At its final public hearing, the panel voted unanimously to refer the former president to the Department of Justice on four criminal counts.

They are obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement, and insurrection.

The department is conducting its own investigation into January 6 and is not compelled to act on the committee's recommendations.

The committee made its case against Mr Trump over nine public hearings.

A preview of the final report of the select committee revealed some of the findings against Mr Trump, including:

• Purposely disseminating false allegations of fraud related to the 2020 presidential election
• Corruptly pressuring vice-president Mike Pence to refuse to count electoral votes
• Attempting to enlist justice department officials to make purposely false statements and thereby aid his effort to overturn the presidential election
• Unlawfully pressuring state officials and legislators to change the results of the election in their states
• Plotting to overturn the election outcome

The full report is expected to be released on Thursday, Australia time. (Wednesday US time)

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January 6 committee recommends charges against Donald Trump over Capitol riot - ABC News

Incoming GOP congressman accused of radical public deceptions​

Résumé inflation is common in politics, but Republican Rep.-elect George Santos is accused of touting a personal narrative that was effectively fiction.

One of the big upcoming Christian Apologist's the last few years is David Wood. I think he is roughly 10 years younger than myself, which would put him in his mid 40s. Wood has done a lot of great Apologetics against Islam due to the fact that his best friend Nabeel Qureshi who died 5 years ago, suffered a lot of persecution due to his conversion to Christianity in the early 2000s. I find David Wood's testimony very compelling, and worth watching videos where he details it out when he is a guest speaker at a church etc. but here is a short video.

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My Synopsis for folks that don't watch videos

David Wood in the 1990's is a teenager that is most likely a psychopath (born without a conscience). He is under different delusions the biggest one is he concludes that he is a superior evolved human being. David believed the fact that he did not experience some basic emotions like grief from the loss of the death of a pet, or a friend etc. as evidence of his being more highly evolved than other humans. He does however find himself bound by some of the moral restrictions he was taught as a young kid, so he decides to rebel against these so his evolution can be complete. One day he suddenly decided to murder his father with a hammer when his dad's back is turned, to help with his evolution. His father was severely injured by the surprise attack but not aware who committed it. Law enforcement officials concluded by the scene of the crime and by interviewing David that he did it even though he did not confess to the killing; because it was obvious based on the clues and David Wood was not able to hide the fact that he was mentally disturbed from the various forensic people that interviewed him. All of this led to get him being tried and convicted and sent to a mental hospital for violent felons.


While at the hospital, David continued in his delusions and continued to believe he was superior to all those around him. Eventually however Wood met Randy, Randy was unlike the other people he had met. When Wood would tease or harass him for being a Christian, that it was stupid or silly for believing the Faith/Bible because he was just following what other people told him, Randy pushed back and often won the argument showing how his argument was hypocritical or otherwise defective. This caused David to become a bit obsessed with Randy where he felt the need to compete with him. He began to study the Bible and Christianity just so he could argue better against Randy. He also began to out-due Randy in fasting, this however was his undoing because he actually fasted too long, enough to have problems passing out and going under a 48-hour psychiatric evaluation because the authorities did not understand his fasting (they believed in was some kind of suicidal hunger strike.). His time in isolation however caused him to reflect on his own behavior and beliefs in light of the Bible, eventually resulting in him doing a kind of "Sinner's prayer", and the rest is history as they say...


Randy's Story
Randy case is interesting. He was in the Navy as a young man in his early twenties and "got saved" / became a Christian in the service. His conversion however affected his conscience, in his younger years he had committed a number of misfeasors like vandalism, and a few felonies like property crimes and felt bad about them, and eventually confessed to them at the local police station that caused him to get arrested and serve some time in prison and later he was brought into the criminal mental hospital for some unknown reason where he met David. The nature of his circumstances that he was there by confession rather being caught caused David to initially look down upon him, but also sparked his interest because he was unlike all the other criminal patients at the hospital.


He however used the time productively he studied the faith, and realized it was a great time to practice certain spiritual disciplines like fasting because such activities would not interfere with normal everyday responsibilities like working a job or family.

Interesting enough, Randy's case background seems much less severe than David's, God basically did a miracle with David was as far as transforming him and getting him out of that situation while Randy stayed in a few decades longer. I think some of this is God's plan that he impacted other people's lives besides David's. Also, that God "had a plan for Randy's life". One of the things he studied in his incarceration is Graphic Design, and this is something that David Wood needs. So, it seems like a kind of poetic ending / story book ending that the person was most instrumental in David's Wood conversion can also be helped by him with testifying at his parole hearing and also offering a job and career leaving prison by working in his ministry!


Current Need
So, while the parole hearing from a few months ago went well there is still a need for prayer. (David told his testimony and detailed how Randy was important to his own reform and transformation and the parole board really studied it and took notes). Maybe Satan is trying to keep Randy in the Klink and stop him from helping David's ministry. Anyway, I thought it was a worthy cause for the board, and that some people might be inspired by the story.


Thanks!

Child workers found throughout Hyundai-Kia supply chain in Alabama

At least four major suppliers of Hyundai Motor Co and sister Kia Corp have employed child labor at Alabama factories in recent years, a Reuters investigation found, and state and federal agencies are probing whether kids have worked at as many as a half dozen additional manufacturers throughout the automakers’ supply chain in the southern U.S. state. (...)

Hyundai’s chief operating officer, José Muñoz, told the news agency he ordered the carmaker’s purchasing department to cease business with the suppliers named in the news reports “as soon as possible.” He also said the company would investigate all suppliers to Hyundai's Alabama operations. Hyundai, Muñoz added, would seek to end the use of third-party staffing agencies that many of its suppliers have relied upon to vet and hire workers.

Hyundai is now backing away from Muñoz’s remarks.

In its recent statement to Reuters, Hyundai said it has canceled its plans to cut off suppliers where minors have worked. Two of its suppliers, SMART and SL, have taken “corrective actions” to fire staffing agencies they found problematic, it said. Noting the “important economic role” that parts makers play in many small Alabama towns, Hyundai added, “additional oversight is a better course at this time than severing ties with these suppliers.” (...)

“It’s shocking,” David Weil, a former administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Labor Department, said of the signs of widespread child factory work. “The ages involved, the danger of what they are being employed to do, it’s a clear violation.”

Among the children found working at the plant, Reuters learned, were two Guatemalan brothers, aged 13 and 15, who were taken into protective custody by federal authorities. While they worked at SL, the brothers lived without their parents, staying with other factory workers in a sparsely furnished house owned by the president of the staffing agency that hired them.
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In other news, casino owners in Las Vegas were "Shocked, shocked to find gambling going on in here."

Have zoologists or cryptozoologists determined if these guys exist yeti?

Another ancient land claim artefact found In Israel.

Children out for a stroll in north discover 2,000-year-old lamp in the ground