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Sculpture of Trump strapped to cross goes on display in Switzerland: 'It's really scary'

An art exhibit featuring a realistic, half-size sculpture of President Donald Trump sporting an orange jumpsuit while strapped to a cross-shaped execution gurney is on display in Switzerland this month.

The sculpture by British artist Mason Storm, titled "Saint or Sinner?," depicts Trump tied to the cross with his eyes closed and head tilted to the right, as if he just underwent a lethal injection.

The work, which was displayed earlier this year in Vienna, Austria, has been featured by the Gleis 4 gallery in Basel since Saturday and will be shown in the northern Swiss city until mid-November, according to the Agence France Presse.

The sculpture was reportedly originally slated to be installed in September at the gallery's more public space in Basel's central train station, but concerns about backlash led to its installation along the Basler Kunstmeile, a pedestrian walkway in the city center.

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Christmas Market in Germany Cancelled due to Islam

In the German town of Overath (North Rhine-Westphalia), this year’s Christmas market has been cancelled. The cost of protecting visitors from potential terrorist attacks exceeds the organizer’s budget. The city refuses to cover the expenses. A capitulation to Islamism.


And Islam just keeps taking over... I'm like, 100% sure the anti-christ will be an Islamist.

Are the 2025 elections a shadows of things to come?

Thanksgiving is still a few weeks away, but retailers have already rolled out their Christmas campaigns — hoping to capture more shoppers and a few more dollars. So, I feel justified in drawing from a Christmas classic as we reflect on this week’s elections and what they might reveal about the future.

Pundits are already declaring the handwriting is on the wall for Republicans heading into next year’s midterms, as Democrats and socialists celebrated victories in several off-year races. Many on the Right are asking, “What went wrong?” But perhaps a more important question is, “What does it mean?”

In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge meets the final spirit — the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come — and is terrified by the vision of his own lonely death. Realizing the horror of what he’s seeing, he pleads with the Spirit for hope as he asks the question that pierces through time:

“Are these the shadows of things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be only?”

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FBI agents group blasts Patel over 'erratic' personnel moves targeting agents who probed Trump

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The FBI Agents Association on Tuesday lambasted FBI Director Kash Patel, after the bureau fired, unfired and then re-fired several FBI agents who had worked on cases targeting U.S. President Donald Trump or his allies.
"Director Patel has disregarded the law and launched a campaign of erratic and arbitrary retribution," the association said in a statement.
More than 200 people have been fired from the Justice Department since Trump took office in January. Of those, dozens worked on criminal cases related to Trump or his allies.
Several former FBI officials, including former Acting Director Brian Driscoll, have since filed a lawsuit challenging their termination, and accusing the administration of orchestrating a politically motivated personnel purge.
The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee, meanwhile, has been releasing records from Smith's investigation that include the names of Justice Department or FBI personnel who were involved. Most of those people have since been terminated, and many of them have also been targeted online by pro-Trump social media accounts. --Reuters.

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How many times has that happened? I never knew this org even existed, This is what the weaponizing of the DOJ looks like. They claimed Americans lost confidence in the FBI (they mean MAGA) only to conduct actions of retribution where now they lost the confidence of the FBI agents themselves. Keep your head down, bite your tongue, be miserable, and keep from getting fired. What usually happens when a leader looses the confidence of those they are suppose to lead?

WHAT WAS A PROMINENT APOSTLE DOING WITH PAUL. ??

And I will begin in. the middle of Gal. 2:14. !!

# 1 IF. //. EI is a CONJUMCATION

# 2 THOU. // SY is a PERSONAL. POSSESSETIVE. PRONOUN. in. the SINGULAR

# 3. BEING. // HYPARCH. in. the PRESENT TENCE. , in. the ACTICE VOICE. , is a PARTICILE. , in. the NOMINATIVE CASE ,

is a SINGULAR.

# 4 A. JEW. //. IOUDAIOS , in the NOMINATIVE CASE , in. the SINGULAR

# 5 LIVEST. // ZAO. in. the PRESENT TENSE. , ACTIVE VOICE. , in. the INDICATIVE MOOD. , in. the SINGULAR

# 6 AFTER THE MANNER. OF GENTILES. // ETHNIKOS. , is a ADVERB

# 7 AND. // KAI , is a CONJUNCATION
'
'# 8. NOT // OV. ia a DISJUNCATIVE PARTICLE NEGATIVE

# 9 AS DO THE JEWS. //. IOUDAIKOS. , is a ADVERB

# 10. WHY // TIS. , is a an. ACCUSATIVE CASE

# 11. COMPELLEST THOU. //. ANAGKAZO. in. the PRESENT TENSE , in. the INDICATIVE MOOD. , in. the SINGULAR

# 1 2. THE. // HO. , is. a DEFINITE ARTICLE. in. the ACCUSATIVE CASE in. the PLURAL. in. the NEUTER

#13. GENTILES //. ETHNOS. , in. the PLURAL. , in. the NEUTER

# 14. TO LIVE AS DO THE JEWS //. LOUDAIZO. in. the PRESENT TENSE. , in. the ACTIVE VOICE.

# 15. And why do you compel the GENTILES TO ADOPT JEWISH. CUSTOMS. AND RITES ??


# A. And from the text Peter was NOT a Christian.

# B. And a Christian means FOLLWER.

# C Peter was strictly A JEW , PERIOD

#D Peter was there. to turn these. GENTILE to. BE. Jews

# E And in. verse 13 Paul calls PETER a HYPOCRITE

# F. And in Acts 28: 25-28 Israel will GONE and Isa 1-13. also says so ALSO !!

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Pray for Other People

“First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:1-4 NASB1995)

What are these entreaties, prayers, and petitions? They can be requests to God for some kind of answers to our questions, or for his guidance in our decision making, i.e. in what direction to go, or for some kind of action to be taken, or for his grace, mercy, strength and wisdom to help us and others in times of need. And it can be praying for the salvation of loved ones or other people we know, or for people we don’t know but who are in positions of authority over other people in the nations of the world, or in the church.

But when we pray, and when we petition our Lord, what we ask for should align with the Scriptures and should not be contradictory to the Scriptures. And when we pray for other people we should have some kind of knowledge of who they are, and what they are about, and regarding their needs or the things that they do. It should take into account their moral character, too. And if they profess faith in Jesus Christ, see what evidence in their character and behaviors supports that they truly are of biblical faith in the Lord Jesus.

And why is that important? So that we are praying according to the will of God, as best as we understand it, and we are not praying against his will. For example, we do have people in positions of governance in our nations who are not good people in character, and who do not exemplify what it means to be a Christian, even if they profess to be Christians. So we should not pray for their success in what they are doing if what they are doing is pure evil. And so we should pray for wisdom to discern good from evil.

And we should not go by what the news media is telling us, or even by what our leaders are telling us about who they are and what they are doing. For honestly we can’t trust them to tell us the truth, for so many of them are not good people in character and in deed. So many are liars, manipulators, tricksters, and sociopaths who disregard others’ rights, and who are deceitful and aggressive, with a reckless disregard for the safety of others, and who are lacking in true remorse, without conscience. So test the spirits!

[Matthew 7:15-23; Matthew 24:11-24; Luke 6:26; John 10:1-15; Romans 16:17-19; 2 Corinthians 11:3,13-15; Ephesians 4:11-16; Philippians 3:2; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22; 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 1 Timothy 6:3-10; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; 1 John 4:1-6; Jude 1:1-25]

So how we pray and what we pray should take into consideration who we are praying for and what they are all about in character, in word, and in deed. For not everyone is who they say they are, sadly so. Many “wolves in sheep’s clothing” and charlatans are among us in positions of power and great influence over the people of the world. And they are government heads, newscasters, pastors of “churches,” CEOs of corporations, famous book authors, and teachers, evangelists, and preachers of the Word of God.

So ask the Lord for wisdom to know who is of God and who is not of God, and who is faking being of God in order to trick, deceive, manipulate, and cause harm to the people of the world. There are many of them! And I am not here to name names, but to bring to our attention that these types of people do exist among us who are not who they profess to be, kind of like the Pharisees of Jesus’ day who Jesus warned his disciples about. And then pray according to the will of God, to the best of your understanding.

[James 1:5-8; James 4:1-10; 1 Peter 3:7; John 15:1-11; 1 John 5:14-15; 1 John 1:5-9; etc.]

Pray, Pray, Pray

Based off Various Scriptures
An Original Work / September 6, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


Pray that eyes may enlightened be,
So they may know Christ.
Pray that they may Him better know,
Strengthened by His pow’r.
Pray that they may grasp
How wide and long
And high and deep
Is Christ’s love.
Pray that they may be filled
To the fullness of God’s love.
Pray with thanksgiving.

Pray for an open door for me,
So I may share Christ.
Pray when the gospel is proclaimed –
Shared with clarity.
Pray words are given me so
I declare the gospel fearlessly.
I pray for you to be active
Sharing your faith, too.
Pray continually.

We oft not know for what to pray,
So we ask for help.
The Spirit intercedes for us –
Words cannot express.
Just keep on praying for the saints
With all kinds of requests to God.
Pray they may have faith to
Please their God in ev’ry way.
Pray with joyfulness.

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The cross

The cross

Torture of extreme brutality turned into embodiment of salvation
When the wrath of God was poured out and
cup of curses was drunk to the full
When the justice of God was satisfied and
not any transgressions went unpunished
When the grace of God was withheld and
Jesus was separated from God for the first time

The harmony of divine attributes was manifested
The paradoxical dilemma was reconciled

Sin was fully propitiated and guilt completely atoned for
For His name’s sake, God accomplished this once and for all
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Prayer for finances

Hi, everybody. I haven't posted in a while. Although my fiancé and I have had a home to live in for almost four months now, we still struggle. I only get disability and he's not had a paying job in years. He starts today on a temporary assignment today for which he will eventually get compensated, but it'll take a while. We must provide for ourselves in every way but rent and utilities. I have only a couple of friends who help here and there with donations. I saw on Google that Reddit offers subs where people can ask for donations; I joined the site and eventually got to post, but I made mistakes and was accused of trying to scam people. I have nowhere else left to ask at this time and it's still a long way until the next disability day.

I please want to ask for your urgent prayers that a way to get money in an honest way will become available ASAP.

Thank you, and blessings. :groupray::praying::prayer:

WHY PAUL AND PETER ARE NOT AGREEING. ??

# 1. IF. //. EI is. a CONJUNCATION

# 2 THOU. //. SY. is a PERSONAL POSSESSEIVE PRONOUN. , in. the SINGULAR

#3 BEING // HYPARCHO. in. the PRESENT TENSE. in. the ACTIVE VOICE , is a PARTICIPLE. , in. the NOMINATIVE CASE , is a

SINGULAR

# 4 A JEW // IOUDOLOS. in. the NOMINATIVE CASE. , in. the SINGULAR

#5. LIVEST. //. ZAO in the PRESENT TENSE , ACTIVE VOICE , in. the INDICATIVE MOOD. , in. the SINGULAR

# 6 AFTER THE MANNER OF GENTILES. //. ETHNIKO. is an. ADVERB

#7 AND. //. KAI. is a CONJUNCATION

# 8. NOT // OV. is a DISJUNCATIVE PASTICLE. NEGATIVE

# 9 AS DO THE JEWS // IOCDAIKOS. is an. ADVERB

# 10 WHY. // TIS. in the ACCUSATIVE CASE

# 11 COMPELLEST THOU //. ANAGKAZO. in. the PRESENT. TENSE. in the INDICATIVE MOOD , in. the SINGULAR

# 12. THE // HO. is a DEFINITE ARTICLE. is ACCUSATIVE CASE , in. the Plural in. the NEUTER

# 13. GENTILES. //. ETHNOS. in. the PLURAL. in. the NEUTER

# 14. TO LIVE AS THE JEWS // IOUDAIZO. in. the PRESENT TENSE in the ACTIVE VOICE

# 15 AND TO ADOPT JEWISH CUSTOMS. AND RITES

# A Why was PETER eating like a GENTILE in. verse 12.

# B. WHY did Paul call a. HYPOCRITE. in verse 13 ??

# C. Then. in verse 12 the ones from JAMES show up and PETER. gradually. withdrawing

# D. We see that from GALATIANS that Peter was no Christian at all.

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We Have Redemption Through His Blood

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.” (Ephesians 1:7-10 NASB1995)

In Christ Jesus, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in our Lord Jesus, we have redemption through his blood which was shed for us on that cross. Jesus paid the cost for us to be set free from our slavery (addiction) to sin so that we will now walk in holiness and in righteousness in obedience to his commands, in the power of God. For he bought us back for God out of our bondage to sin so that we will no longer serve sin, but so that we will serve God with our lives. We are not just forgiven, but we are delivered from sin.

For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

And that is the will of God for our lives. For our salvation from sin is not just about being forgiven our sins so that when we die we get to go to heaven, but it is about being set free from our slavery to sin so that we will no longer serve sin, but so we will now serve God with our lives in surrender to his will and to his purpose for our lives. For even before God created the world he predestined that we should be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ and that we should be holy and blameless before him (see Romans 8:29; Ephesians 1:3-4).

God is now to be Owner-Master (Lord) of our lives, and our lives are to be surrendered to him to doing his will. He should be the one guiding and directing our lives, and not us, and not our flesh, and not other humans, either. Certainly we can hear the counsel of other humans, and if it is good counsel, and if God approves it, then we can move forward with it. But our dependency should never be in other humans to know and to do what God has purposed for our lives, no matter who they are. For we are all human.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

And we learn in 1 John 1-3 that if we claim that we have fellowship with God, but yet we walk in darkness (sin), we are liars. If we claim that we know God, but we do not obey his commandments, in practice, we are liars. For it is not the one who claims he is “in Christ” who is “in Christ,” but it is the one who has denied self, died with Christ to sin, and who is now walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice, and no longer in sin. We have the hope and the promise of eternal life with God in heaven.

And with this all in mind, this is how we are to live our lives from now to eternity. This is not saying that we will be perfect in every way or that we will never sin again (1 John 2:1-2). But we should be living holy lives, pleasing to God, in surrender to his will, in obedience to his commands, and no longer should sin have mastery over our lives. And one day Jesus is going to return to take his faithful bride to be with him for eternity. But all who live in sin and in disobedience will not inherit eternal life with God. Believe this!

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897


Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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Maine elects woman convicted of killing Canadian tourist to city council: ‘So broken’

A convicted killer who was sentenced to a decade behind bars for suffocating a Canadian tourist with sand was elected to the city council of a Maine city that inspired Stephen King’s “It.” . . She was sponsored by the politically progressive Maine nonprofit organization Food and Medicine alongside the other two winning candidates, the outlet reported.

There are many who wish to destroy our country.
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A recommended blog for you all

Greetings!

There is a blog that I would like to recommend it to you.
The blog talks about God, the Gospel, Scriptures, and theology.
Hope you like it.

Woman on trial for pastor's murder claims he seduced her during counseling session

LaToshia Daniels, a woman on trial for the 2019 murder of Brodes Perry, who served as associate pastor at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, claims he seduced her during a counseling session at a previous church and told her that he and his wife were in an open marriage.

Daniels, 46, is on trial for first-degree murder and attempted murder in the April 4, 2019, shooting at the Perrys’ apartment in Collierville, Tennessee. The late pastor’s widow, Tabatha Archie, testified in court on Tuesday that she met Daniels through a church in Little Rock, Arkansas. At the time, Perry, who blogged about his work, was serving as pastor of assimilation at Saint Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock.

“I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. I placed my faith, trust, and hope in Him at an early age, realizing that I was a sinner who deserved death, hell, and the grave. But by His amazing grace, and His finished worked [sic] on Calvary’s cross and in a Jerusalem cemetery has purchased my salvation,” Perry declared on his blog.

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Trump makes deal to lower prices of obesity drugs from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk for Medicare, Medicaid, and cash-payers


No longer will these drugs be just for the wealthy.
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Once you're saved, you don't matter anymore

After I was saved, I attended Baptist churches and non-denominational churches. It seems like at the two Baptist churches, whether it was from leadership or other church members, they had this attitude that once you were saved, you didn't matter anymore. What I mean is that the church has too much of a focus on saving lost people. So if a Christian needs something or wants something, it doesn't matter, because "there are more important things to focus on and there's people going to Hell".

Is this anyone else's experience? Are the pastors and/or leadership being taught something in seminary school/Christian colleges/Bible colleges that is encouraging this kind of behavior? Why is it okay to neglect other parts of the church because "people are going to Hell and need to hear the Gospel"?

The Mandami effect

A thread to discuss all the effects of the new Mayor

Parents began planning to take their kids out of NYC schools minutes after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win


Since the results of Tuesday’s election came in, school placement consultant Christopher Rim told The Post he’s had no less than 23 clients reach out to him. They’re looking to relocate — and they want his help getting their kids into elite private high schools and middle schools in other states.

“Within the first 30 minutes of AP announcing Mamdani’s victory, I got three messages from families looking to move,” said Rim, founder and CEO of Command Education.

1 Corinthians 11 - Personal Conviction and Questions Regarding Head Covering

I used to brush off the Biblical prescription of a woman covering her head as a thing of the past or at the very least, something to be seen in a culturally relativistic manner. Almost no church I've attended pays any mind to what 1 Corinthians 11 prescribes to women especially. At first I didn't pay much mind as being a prodigal son to the faith, I was going through Romans at that time. When I encountered the specific passages in Scripture I'm referencing, I ran into a predicament. Was I to ignore the obvious guidelines about worship in favor of being acceptable to the masses? Certainly not. The Bible takes precedence over any practice of man.

My personal conviction, after letting it stew in my head for multiple days, is that women should veil themselves in the house of God, alongside men not having long hair for any reason whatsoever. I love attending the churches I do currently, but I don't want to have to confront both pastors regarding the lack of following 1 Corinthians 11. I feel like the time-honored practice has lost its place in almost all of America and the world and we at the very least should consider it and pray to God about it. We need a revival of God-honoring tradition and modesty.

Questions:

1. Should I meet up with the pastors of both churches and discuss this passage in scripture and seek out their understanding? In essence, I want friendly debate.
2. Should I continue to attend those two churches or should I consider looking for an Anabaptist/Plymouth Brethren congregation? I want to follow Scripture to the tiniest detail.

Christians in thr lion’s den. Church crackdowns. Instability turns some to Christ.

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    Nov. 06, 2025 | Nigeria​

    Christians "In the Lion's Den"​

    [16] prayers in [2] nations have been posted for Christians in Nigeria.
    In northern Nigeria, Christians are cautious with outreach to Muslims as thousands of Christians have been murdered by Islamists. "Many churches in northern Nigeria do not reach out to Muslims and are even reluctant to allow Muslim converts into their churches," said a front-line worker. He added that while this kind of attitude should change, we should not judge them but "seek to understand the great amount of pressure they are under and pray for them. They are truly in the lion's den." For example, Fatima, a Muslim student, approached a Christian teacher, Jonathan, wanting to know more about Christ. Read More.
  • Nov. 06, 2025 | China​

    House Church Closure Signals Renewed Crackdown

    [6] prayers in [1] nation have been posted for house churches.
    Christians in unregistered house churches in China can be charged with organizing illegal meetings and other crimes.
    According to an announcement issued by the Xi'an Civil Affairs Bureau on July 29, 2025, Xi'an Living Spring Church was determined by the government to be an illegal social organization and banned. Because of the government's coercive efforts for total control, many house churches do not register, making them highly vulnerable to crackdowns from authorities. Such incidents usually occur out of public view, so it is difficult to accurately estimate the number of churches affected. Read More.
  • Nov. 06, 2025 | Syria​

    Instability Turns Some Toward Christ

    [8] prayers in [2] nations have been posted for churches in Syria.
    Despite recent attacks on some churches, Syrian Christians say there are new opportunities for the gospel.
    Regional instability has created an environment causing some Syrians to be more receptive to the gospel. "Syria is at a turning point," said a front-line worker, telling how Islamist attacks against an Alawite community in March 2025 led some Alawites to question their faith and be more open to Christ. Additionally, battles between Sunni Bedouins and Druze militias in July 2025 also resulted in disillusionment with Islam. "We need to pray for the church to be ready for the harvest," said the worker. Read More.

Nancy Pelosi to retire from Congress after nearly 4 decades in office

Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the first female speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has announced that she will not seek reelection next year and will retire after nearly four decades in office.

The 85-year-old announced Thursday that she would be bringing her tenure in Congress to a close, which will have spanned 39 years by the time she leaves office.

“I will not be seeking reelection to Congress. With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service as your representative," she stated in a video to her constituents quoted by The Washington Post.

She will continue to hold her seat in Congress, representing the San Francisco area, throughout the duration of her term.

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I Don't Trust Them...Do You?

"Lefty NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani gleefully campaigned this week with a notorious, gay-hating Brooklyn imam who is an unindicted co-conspirator in 1993 World Trade Center bombing and who has been linked to other terrorist activity in the United States — including urging “jihad” on the Big Apple."



No, I don't trust them. They have proven over and over that they are not a religion of peace.
Now that doesn't mean all in that religion agree with the evil side of it, so I'm not talking about them really.
It's the rest of them who do agree with the evil part of islam.
No, this doesn't make me or anyone else who agrees an "Islamophobe which is "an irrational fear of, hostility towards, or hatred of Islam and Muslims."
It makes me face the reality of who some of them can be, if and when an opportunity arises.
I have no fear of them at all. When I'm out and about if I am interacting with one of them, I treat them like anyone else.
I don't know if they are one of the reasonable muslims or one of the unreasonable ones.
I have no hostility toward them and I don't hate them.
They are welcome to their religion, but the evil part of it, I don't trust, which in turn makes me not trust them in general.

NYC mayor threatens to arrest the head of a sovereign nation -

Mamdani Threatens to Arrest Netanyahu If Elected NYC Mayor

If elected, New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani told The New York Times he would enforce an International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the leader visited the city during his tenure.​
Newsweek has reached out to Mamdani's campaign, Netanyahu's office, and several legal scholars for comment via email on Saturday.​
Here is the problem:

1. The Mayor of a city does not have the power of arrest.

Mayors do not have the legal authority to arrest individuals. They are civilian officials, not law enforcement officers, and their powers are administrative and political, not judicial or policing in nature.​

He might think he is powerful - but he is not.

Even if he forces the police to do his bidding, there is a difference between local and Federal authority. The man who thinks he is king of NY does not have the power and neither does his police department.

Municipal authorities cannot legally arrest a leader of another nation. Heads of state typically enjoy immunity under international law, and local officials lack jurisdiction to detain foreign leaders unless acting under specific international mandates.


Why Municipal Arrests of Foreign Leaders Are Not Permitted
  • Sovereign immunity protects sitting heads of state from arrest or prosecution by other countries’ local or national authorities. This principle is recognized in customary international law and codified in treaties like the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
  • Municipal officials (e.g., city police or mayors) operate under local and state law. They do not have authority over international matters or foreign dignitaries.
  • International Criminal Court (ICC) warrants may call for the arrest of foreign leaders accused of crimes like genocide or war crimes, but enforcement must be carried out by national governments—not local municipalities—and only if the country is a party to the Rome Statute and chooses to comply.
Legal and Diplomatic Constraints
  • Arresting a foreign leader without proper jurisdiction would violate international law and could trigger a diplomatic crisis or even retaliation.
  • Even in cases where a foreign leader is under an ICC warrant, national governments must weigh legal obligations against political consequences, as seen in recent controversies involving leaders like Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Information from a comprehensive BING search
So is he ignorant - or is this just another publicity stunt?

Michelle Obama mourns loss of East Wing, claims to feel 'lost' under Trump

Former first lady Michelle Obama claimed during an interview this week on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" that she feels "lost" in President Donald Trump's America and mourned the loss of the East Wing.

Speaking during the 20-minute interviewon Tuesday that focused primarily on The Look — her new book about the various outfits she wore as first lady — Obama also lamented what she described as the loss of "standards and norms" under Trump's administration.

Contrasting it with the "sadness" and "problems" of the West Wing, where the president and his staff are headquartered, Michelle Obama said the East Wing was comparatively a place "where you felt light" and could find "children" and "puppies."

Continued below.

The sequence of events

This is the sequence of events:

1. the resurrection/rapture event.
2. then the great tribulation - time of the beast
3. then Jesus returns to earth - with His bride
4. then the martyred great tribulation saints will be resurrected.
5. then the 1000 years of Revelation 20 take place.


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Stress Eating from Fear

Hi all,

I'm on a restrictive diet and it is stressful on the body and mind but not so much that it can't be adhered to etc.

I've had tests back and I'm extremely healthy and losing weight to continue to be healthy as I'm aware of generational illnesses and mobility issues I would like to avoid etc.

The issue is that I started this journey with health and wholesome goals but now I'm derailed by binge eating from emotions I reactively medicate with food instead of bringing these to God.

I am terrified of how the world is going. The news terrifies me. Social media terrifies me. The questions I have that aren't answered terrifies me and I seek comfort in eating because it's the only way I can sleep, sometimes!

I don't want to use gluttony and, thus, lack of communication with God as a way to cope. I want to react with prayer. I seem to be in a cycle that is not glorifying God.

In order to self manage, I have deleted all social media and I do not watch the news.

I am also praying but it seems to be repenting, more often than praying before the act, so I could use your Christian prayers, please. Or advice. Or both.

Thank you all and God bless, as always - CC

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