After a years-long legal dispute over a downtown Nashville church founded by her great-grandfather, six-time Grammy-winning Christian pop singer Amy Grant and her family members have finally won it back.

The church, Nashville Church of Christ, formerly Central Church of Christ, is located at 145 Rep. John Lewis Way and was founded by civic leader and businessman Andrew Mizell “A.M.” Burton in 1925. The church’s deed stipulates that if the church building ever stopped serving its originally intended purpose, the property should return to his estate.

In 2018, another businessman, Shawn Mathis, reportedly seized control of the church and its assets. He further renamed the church and claimed to have launched an online ministry, but didn’t hold church services on the premises, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Hi everyone. Keep in mind that what may not be a big deal for you, might be a big deal for me. I don't know how to start this.

I've been going on-and-off to the parish that's closest to me even though I don't have an inclination to be a member. I thought that maybe with the attendance of a Faith Formation course, it might help, but I'm no longer wanting to attend the course. I'll get back to this in a bit.

There is a man who I've seen in my subconscious over the years there (but never paid close attention to), but something happened in me a few weeks ago when I unwittingly made eye contact with him and inadvertently smiled (it was reciprocated) and I've been under mental torture ever since. Ironically, we have never spoken to one another. As a result, I have gotten torn as to whether to keep going to this parish, even though I had been going on-and-off to this parish well before this problem ever began. I did not think he attended the 4:30 Mass and maybe he normally doesn't, but truth be told I have no idea and don't care to figure that one out.

I tried noticing his fingers and the last time I checked (very recently), there was no ring. I know some people don't wear rings even if they're married but that's at least some indication of whether they could be married or not. I was kind of relieved and thought maybe there was a chance. (Why did I say that to myself?)

Well, I went to 4:30 Mass today thinking, I haven't been seeing him before at this Mass, and I doubt he'll be here. Well - good grief, my heart sank today after I got Communion. Normally when I get Communion, I go back to my pew and immediately open the songbook to the Communion hymn being sung but today I didn't quite do that. While I did open up to the hymn, I wasn't continuously looking at the hymn like I do normally (that is, I tend to look at the hymn and don't look at the others getting Communion). Sigh - oh dear, well, I deviated from my usual behavior and looked up for a moment and he was getting Communion with a kid in his hand and my heart sank to the ground and I started getting the urge to cry. I made sure I controlled myself in Church even though the hymn being played was a song that automatically gives me the urge to cry ("I am the Bread of Life"). Not a great day to endure that hymn.

A part of me wrote him off right there but it didn't stop the urge to cry and I thought to myself, "I can't come back here. I'm not strong enough. It's easier to go here as far as location and good priests, but I'm not capable of seeing this man with a kid when I thought he could be available. I don't think I have it in me to try not to cry, again. I want to run back to the Cathedral or any other parish but here; I can't take this anymore. How much suffering can I handle? I'm already at my wits end."

My emotions are at war with my logic (do I have that, even?) in the sense that any modicum of desire I had to go the formation course is GONE, even if he were not going to it. I don't have the fortitude to jump into this when I'm feeling so raw from this letdown. OK, someone may say "Maybe he's an uncle to that kid, or widow." No, that's not how it works, he's most likely a dad and I tell myself he's not old enough to be a widow. I don't remember if there was a woman; I was so fixated on realizing he was carrying a kid, that I forgot to see if there was a woman - actually, I'm better off not remembering.

I know this might be a matter of limerence and that my life shouldn't revolve around someone who doesn't give a flying fig about me, but that doesn't change my mind. I've dealt with limerence in the past and the brain-rot I felt from it seems like an eternity until the limerence fades (the last one took literally years to fade).

I'd like to think that God is doing me a favor by helping me find this out now instead of later, but no, that's not helping me either. I technically have the right to go to that parish since I've gone there for literally years until this crap ensued, but - easier said than done. I also have some nostalgia for that parish. When I went to Catholic school ("for the education") from kindergarten to third grade, this was the parish whose school it was attached to (and still is). The Church gave my mom a funeral too. However, I'm struggling to care that this even matters when I'm suffering right now.

I hope this helps anyone looking for a list or brief outline. I tried capturing the major ones, but please feel free to add to and also to share this list with others. God bless everyone here! ❤


OLD TESTAMENT:

• Psalm 2, 110 – Worldwide Rebellion Against God, Jesus’ Victory
• Psalm 46 – End Time Events, but God is our Refuge!
• Psalm 83 – Nations War Against Israel
• Isaiah 2, 11, 24-27, 35, 65-66 – Apocalypse, Jesus’ Return, Restoration, New Kingdom
• Jeremiah 30-31 – Jacob’s Trouble, Restoration, New Covenant
• Ezekiel 36-37 -- Regathering of the Jewish Nation [Fulfilled in 1948]
• Ezekiel 38-39 -- War (Gog & Magog), God Gives Israel Victory
• Daniel 2 -- The Statue (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron, and Iron Mixed with Clay)
• Daniel 7 -- 4 Beasts (Lion w/ Eagle’s Wings, Bear, Leopard w/ 4 Wings & 4 Heads, Beast w/ 10 Horns)
• Daniel 9, 10-11 -- 70 Weeks, Covenant, Abomination of Desolation, World Powers
• Daniel 12 -- Time of Trouble, Resurrection & Judgement
• Joel 2-3 -- War, Locusts, Outpouring of God’s Spirit
• Zechariah 12-14 -- God Protects Jerusalem
• Malachi 4 – Great & Dreadful Day of the Lord, Elijah Returns

NEW TESTAMENT:

• Matthew 22, 24 -- Wedding Feast, Olivet Discourse, Signs of the Last Days, Fig Tree Generation
• Matthew 25-26 -- Olivet Discourse, 10 Virgins, Final Judgement
• Mark 13 -- Signs of the End Times
• Luke 17, 21 -- Days of Noah, Coming Kingdom, Fig Tree Generation
• John 14:1-7 -- Jesus Prepares a Place for Us & Will Return
• Romans 11 – Fullness of the Gentiles, All Israel Will Be Saved
• 1 Corinthians 15 – Resurrection of the Dead. Transformation, Last Trumpet
• 1 Thessalonians 4 & 5 -- Caught up in the Clouds, Peace & Safety
• 2 Thessalonians 2 -- Events Prior to 2nd Coming, Man of Lawlessness
• 1 Timothy 4:1-2 -- People Turn From the Faith & Follow Deceptive Spirits
• 2 Timothy 3 -- Terrible Times, Godless People
• 2 Peter 3:1-13 -- Scoffers, Day of the Lord, Live Holy
• 1 John 2:18 – Many Antichrists in the Last Hour
• Jude 1:14-15 -- God’s Judgement

NEW TESTAMENT--REVELATION:

• Rev. 1 -- 7 Churches, Vision of Son of Man (Jesus)
• Rev. 2-3 -- Letters to the Churches
• Rev. 4-5 -- God’s Throne in Heaven, 24 Elders
• Rev. 6 -- The Seals, 4 Horsemen
• Rev. 7 -- 4 Angels, 144K, Great Crowd
• Rev. 8-9 -- 7th Seal, Trumpets, Wormwood.
• Rev. 10 -- Angel & Small Scroll.
• Rev. 11 -- Two Witnesses
• Rev. 12 -- Woman & Dragon, 1260 days, War
• Rev. 13 -- The Beasts, Christians Persecuted
• Rev. 14 -- 144K, {{MARK OF THE BEAST}} ***DO NOT GET THE MARK!
• Rev. 15-16 -- The Bowls of God’s Wrath
• Rev. 17-18 -- The Beast & Judgement of Babylon
• Rev. 19 -- Victory!!
• Rev. 20 -- 1000 Years, Judgement of Satan
• Rev. 21 -- New Jerusalem
• Rev. 22 -- Tree of Life, Blessings

The actress' legendary career also included other films like 'Annie Hall,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather'

Keaton rose to fame in the 1970s thanks to her role in The Godfather films and her collaborations with director Woody Allen. She won an Oscar for Best Actress for 1977’s Annie Hall. Her long career included movies like The First Wives Club, multiple collaborations with director Nancy Meyersand the Book Club franchise.


The actress was born in Los Angeles in 1946 as Diane Hall, and was the oldest of four children. Her father was a civil engineer, while her mom stayed at home.


Still, Keaton thought her mother dreamed of something bigger. "Secretly in her heart of hearts she probably wanted to be an entertainer of some kind," the actress told PEOPLE in 2004. "She sang. She played the piano. She was beautiful. She was my advocate.”

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St. Paul writes to the Hebrews (11:6): “He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and is a Rewarder to them that seek Him”. It is asked by many: “Can man, without the light of faith, by his reason alone, know that God exists?” He certainly can. For the 18th Psalm says: “The heavens show forth the glory of God”; and St. Paul writes to the Romans (1:20): “The invisible things of Him (of God) from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made; His eternal power also and Divinity”. Hence the Vatican Council, in 1870, defined that it is possible for the existence of God, the Beginning and the End of all things, to be gathered with certainty from created things, by the aid of the natural light of human reason (Sess. III, Ch. 2).

Charles Coppens, A Systematic Study of the Catholic Religion, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-First Editions (St. Louis, MO; London: B. Herder Book Company, 1917), 117.

A great piece on how we go about conducting ourselves as Christians.
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In an age addicted to argument, Christians have become remarkably good at talking — and remarkably poor at listening. Scroll through social media or walk past a campus debate table, and you’ll see believers armed with microphones, cameras, and carefully memorized rebuttals. The object is not conversion but conquest. The applause line has replaced the altar call.

Somewhere along the way, we began to confuse winning debates with winning souls. Yet Scripture presents a very different picture of how truth changes hearts. The Gospel was never designed to be wielded like a sword in a duel of intellects; it was meant to be offered like bread to the hungry.

The problem with the debate mindset

Apologetics has its place. Reasoned defense of the faith can clarify misunderstandings and expose falsehoods. But when the believer’s primary instinct is to defeat rather than to disciple, something sacred is lost. Too many of today’s “discussions” look more like verbal brawls—complete with highlight reels and hashtags — than like Gospel witness.

Paul warned Timothy, “Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness” (2 Tim. 2:23–25). Those words are as necessary in the digital age as they were in the first century. Debate can inform minds, but only the Spirit can transform hearts.

Why argument alone fails

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My boyfriend’s knee was really really badly injured a while back, he can walk again, but he’d like to be able to play sport again, please pray that God heals him completely and that he recovers completely and returns fully to how he was before the knee injury and can do everything and play sports again, agreeing in Jesus Christ’s name, Amen. Thank you.

In an interview with Fox News on Friday....

Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday slammed the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place at the National Mall next week, describing the planned protest as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.” His characterizations, however, drew condemnation from some Democrats who defended the protest movement, whose first big demonstration was overwhelmingly peaceful.

I don't hate America.
I am not "pro-hamas".
I am not antifa.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This year’s GMA Dove Awards highlighted the power of collaboration and unity, as Brandon Lake swept the night’s biggest honors and brought down the house alongside Jelly Roll with one of the ceremony’s most memorable performances.

Held Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena for the first time in the show's history, the 56th annual Dove Awards celebrated faith-driven artistry across genres, from worship and hip-hop to Latin and country, with messages of humility, hope and shared purpose emphasized throughout the night.

Lake took home the most awards of the night with five, including Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year for “Hard Fought Hallelujah," a collaboration with Jelly Roll.

Accepting the award, Lake gestured toward the crowd. “I was telling my great friend Dr. John Maxwell about this collaboration,” he said. “He told me, ‘Stay in the church, but never stop moving toward the lost.’ That’s what this is about.”

“Millions of lives have been saved,” he added, addressing Jelly Roll. “I get all the testimonies. I want to thank you so much for sticking your neck out for me and treating me like a little brother.”

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A new exhibit at the historic Canterbury Cathedral in the United Kingdom that features graffiti questioning God's goodness prompted Vice President J.D. Vance, Elon Musk and others to claim the Church of England is humiliating itself.

The art exhibit, titled "Hear Us," features temporary graffiti in the church that aims to highlight minorities while posing difficult questions to God, according to a press release from the cathedral.

This project focuses on partnering with marginalized communities — such as Punjabi, black and brown diaspora, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ groups — to collaboratively create handwritten literature responding to the question, 'What would you ask God?'" said the cathedral, whose dean, the Very Rev. David Monteith, approved of the project.


"Are you there?" and "Why did you create hate when love is by far more powerful?" are among the questions posed by the exhibit headed by Alex Vellis, a poet who identifies as a queer vegan and uses they/them pronouns. Other messages include, "Does everything have a soul?" and "Do you regret your creation?"

"Is illness sin?" said another message. Others asked, "Why all the suffering?" and "If you made us all in your own form, why the violence killing storm?"

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White House, Pfizer Announce Deal for 'Most Favored Nation' Drug Pricing​

Promises made. Promises kept.

The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that “the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.”

Also, contradicting comments made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the U.S. farm workforce will become “100 percent American” as an effect of mass deportations, the Labor Department noted that Americans are not willing to step into farm work and lack the skills to fill agricultural jobs that undocumented immigrants are abandoning.

“The Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers,” the agency said.

Doc:
"...the Department concludes, based on all available evidence and studies, that immediate reform to the H-2A program's minimum wage policy, or the AEWRs, is necessary to avoid imminent widespread disruption across the U.S. agricultural sector. Without prompt action, agricultural employers will face severe labor shortages, resulting in disruption to food production, higher prices, and reduced access for U.S. consumers, particularly to fresh fruit and vegetables. Further, the Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers, even at current wage levels, to fill the significant labor shortage in the agricultural sector. As discussed in detail below, the reforms contained in this IFR of the H-2A program's wage policy are urgently needed to restore the usability of the H-2A program and to provide a practical, lawful workforce alternative to illegal aliens. These changes ensure that agricultural employers offer fair wages to legally authorized workers—consistent with wages paid in comparable farm and non-farm jobs—while maintaining compliance with immigration law and supporting the stability of the nation's food supply.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/11/immigration-crackdown-food-prices/

Imagine that? Americans are unwilling to harvest their own food.

41Qatar​

Christians in Qatar are either workers from non-Muslim countries, or people from Muslim backgrounds – and the two rarely interact. There are many migrant workers in Qatar who are allowed to practise the Christian faith – as long as they stick to Qatar’s rules. There is an official religious complex outside the capital, Doha, where a select number of churches have been allowed to meet. Qatari citizens aren’t allowed to enter, and migrant Christians must not speak about Christianity to Muslims. If they do, they may be arrested or deported.
Qataris and migrants from Muslim families who have faith in Jesus can’t openly practise Christianity and can face discrimination, harassment and police monitoring. Changing one’s faith from Islam is not officially recognised, which can cause legal problems around marriage and property ownership.
Qatar is increasingly using advanced technology to monitor both citizens and immigrants. This has caused Christians in Qatar to become increasingly careful about their activities. There are few reports of Christians being physically harmed for their faith, because believers from Muslim backgrounds keep their faith secret.

Meet Nadia​

“The risks are very real not just for the individual but also the extended family who are shamed by association. It’s very challenging to find a church and other believers. There’s a lot of fear and mistrust. You could be talking to someone who’s not a believer but is just pretending.”
Nadia (name changed), Arabian Peninsula

What does Open Doors do to help?​

Open Doors supports the Body of Christ on the Arabian Peninsula by organising prayer, distributing Scripture resources, and training believers and pastors.

Please pray​

• Thank God that so many migrant Christians in Qatar can worship Him in freedom.
• Pray that native Qataris will be permitted to convert from Islam without repercussion.
• Pray for protection for nat

Who are the enemies of those of us who have put our hope, faith, and trust in Jesus Christ to be our Lord (Owner-Master) and Savior (deliverer from sin)? Well, our main enemy is Satan (the devil) and his demons. But we also have human opposition from others who disagree with us or who despise us because of who we are and what we do or what we speak. Some (or most) of our opposition may come from others who profess faith in Jesus Christ, who do not believe what we do, or it may come from the world at large.

We live in a day and age, at least here in the USA, we do, where the gospel of our salvation has been so altered and diluted that it barely resembles the gospel taught by Jesus Christ and by his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context. So many have now turned faith in Jesus Christ into lip service only, with no requirements for dying to sin and obeying God, in practice. Or if they teach biblical repentance (a change of mind and heart and behavior) and obedience, many are making these optional, not required.

So, if you are a genuine follower of Jesus Christ whose life is surrendered to the Lord, to doing his will and purpose for your life, you may be assailed (attacked, reviled, berated) for your testimony for Jesus Christ and for his gospel message. Some of you may even face death because of your faith, and because you express your faith openly. Or you may face death threats because of your stand on the truth of God’s Word, and because you will not bow to human pressure to believe the lies of the enemy of our souls.

And all this is an absolute reality in our day and time because so many people are opposed to Jesus Christ and to his gospel message, even among the many who give verbal confessions of faith in the Lord Jesus.

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).

But this is not what is being taught as the gospel message here in the USA by the majority. Some people, like Max Lucado, for example, have diluted the gospel message to a mere acknowledgement of Jesus Christ and who he was/is, and to what he did on that cross (in part, but not in whole). And he promises you salvation from sin and eternal life with God guaranteed, regardless of how you live. He sees salvation as “insurance” to cover him and his many sins, with no requirements for death to sin and obeying God.

Max Lucado Insurance Letter:

Cancelled Insurance?

If you read Max Lucado’s insurance letter, please do so prayerfully and with much biblical insight into what he is really saying. For the way he words this may sound good, and it may sound right, but it is not biblical, even though he uses some Scriptures (mostly out of context) to try to prove his theology. Will Jesus forgive us our sins if we ask him? He will if we repent (a change in heart and mind, resulting in a change of behavior), if we die to sin, and if we now obey God and his commands, in practice, by his grace, in his power.

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 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.

Regardless of what Max Lucado and others teach about our salvation, please make sure you are believing what Jesus and his apostles taught in the New Testament, when taught in the full and correct biblical context. For many liars exist who are teaching a false gospel and a false hope of salvation which does not guarantee you salvation from sin and eternal life with God. For if sin is what you still practice, and not obedience to God, you are not in relationship with Jesus Christ, and you will not inherit eternal life with God.

[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]

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

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Don’t Believe The Lies!
An Original Work / October 11, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

God bless Melania for her humanitarian efforts.

I am here to ask you for prayers for myself (as well as family and other friends) but one of my dear friends I’ve met through the internet passed away yesterday (Friday) afternoon. I received word by 9pm EST as she lived in Wales. She visited the US and spent four days with me here in July for a concert. I’m absolutely heartbroken and feel myself slipping into a deep depression. I just want to wake up from this nightmare!

Wow! History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.

Could those allegations of Dominion Voting fraud be real next time?
And to think poor Rupert ended up paying Fox $787 MILLION for spreading Trump's lies about Dominion last time?
Will Fox spread news of any REPUBLICAN corrupting the Dominion Voting machines?
Yeah - that's going to happen!

Irony. What could possibly go wrong?

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A model on President Trump’s desk showing a new monument across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial was photographed on Thursdayduring a meeting in the Oval Office with Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb.

The arch bared a resemblance to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which was built to commemorate French military victories and those killed in French military service.

According to the AFP news agency, the model was “virtually identical” to a design shared in the ‘Donald Trump for President’ Facebook page in September. The Facebook page suggested the monument could be built to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, which takes place in 2026.

FFRF urges Hernando County (Fla.) to remove Christian nationalist chaplain​

Hernando County is the first school district in Florida to appoint a chaplain under a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2024. The district selected Martin, a self-identified member of the “Black Robe Regiment” — a Christian nationalist movement that seeks to mobilize pastors for political engagement. The movement’s founder, William Cook, spoke at the “Jericho March” in Washington, D.C., which occurred the night before the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

Martin has publicly defended the Jan. 6 rioters, writing: “Truth be told the crime in the capitol that day was the ratification of the theft of the presidency of the United States, but they want you to watch the shiny coin.” He has also written a song, “The Ballad of J6ers,” portraying the insurrection as a “peaceful, patriotic protest.” In addition, Martin has argued that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, has asserted that non-Christians should not be allowed to pray in Congress, and has encouraged parents to pull their children out of public schools.

But that didn't stop him from applying for a job where he could minister to public school children.

Dear friends, I would like to ask for your prayers for Pey Ling, who has been a wonderful support to me during my father’s major kidney operation—helping me cover my work and even buying thoughtful gifts. Please pray that God blesses her abundantly with good health, joy, peace, and His favor in all she does. May He continue to use her to bless others as she has blessed us.

Good morning all,
I’ve been a Christian for nearly 40 years, but like to keep it simple and not get too bogged down with tradition etc…,
I’m seeking some Christian counsel regarding how we accept people in to our church family or should I say not accept?
My belief is welcome one and all, as Jesus would, let him do the working in their lives our job is to love and disciple…..
I am finding fellow church members judging new people, how they look, how they act, are they safe, where are they from? We shouldn’t ask them into groups but vet them so to speak before inviting them to bible studies, online groups, social groups! Who decides how much vetting is enough?
They seem to throw around the words wisdom & discernment to justify that they don’t want someone in our church…..my spirit is struggling with this…. Had anyone else had this with the discernment/wisdom thing?

Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, a Democrat, is facing growing pressure to drop out of the election race after texts he once sent suggesting a former Virginia House speaker should receive "two bullets to the head” were made public.

Jones later called Coyner to explain his reasoning, a source familiar with the exchange told National Review, telling her that public policy only changes when policymakers feel pain themselves, such as that felt by parents when their children die from gun violence.

Coyner hung up, but Jones continued texting, saying he was just asking questions. Coyner chastised Jones for “hopping [sic] Jennifer Gilbert’s children would die.”

One text said, according to the publication “I mean do I think Todd and Jennifer are evil? And that they’re breeding little fascists? Yes.”

They gave the Nobel Peace prize to SOMEONE ELSE!?
But Trump's the very definition of it!

It goes to ... “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”

And they refused Trump? Can you imagine!?

All Trump has done is:-
* break the law and become America's first convicted felon President,
* defraud New York City of real estate taxes to the tune of nearly half a billion dollars,
* harass and assault women,
* hang out with Jeffrey Epstein and then repeatedly promise to release the Epstein files the moment he got into office,
* and then stubbornly, repeatedly refuse to release the Epstein files the moment he got into office,
* dog whistle to the "Proud boys, stand back and stand by",
* paint every immigrant as being either insane, a criminal, or a rapist,
* inflame racism across the USA with his constant harping on about immigrants - even using the phrase 'poisoning the blood of the nation',
* deny due democratic process in the 2020 election,
* shout this Big Lie so loud and wide and often across the land it incited an attempted insurrection on Jan 06,
* attack free speech and call any critical media article 'fake news',
* demand comedians get banned from their networks,
* reduce access to the Press Room for balanced objective media like Reuters,
* threaten NATO, threaten to let Putin do 'whatever the hxxx he wants',
* largely defund Ukraine trying to defend itself,
* embarrass America and what it stands for with that sulky tantrum with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office,
* completely misread Putin and think their 'bromance' would result in peace,
* but instead he gave the dictator and war-monger the red carpet treatment - which resulted in NOTHING,
* threaten 'vengeance' on political opponents,
* weaponize the DOJ with a tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist at the top & the same for sub-departments like the FBI,
* put an anti-vaxxer in charge of health,
* pull out of any climate agreements,
* lie about climate science and climate scientists - and spread conspiracy theories that result in climate scientists getting death threats,
* threaten to invade Greenland if necessary, absorb Canada, invade the Panama Canal, and generally act like an entitled bully on the world stage,
* whack illegal and vengeful tariffs on any nation he felt was 'unfair' (not understanding that buying cheap products was its own reward),
* appoint Hegseth as head of the military to fire any 'woke' Generals and Admirals who would not swear allegiance to their domestic political agenda,
* fire missiles on Venezuelan boats - whether they knew precisely who was in those boats or not,
* lie about Democrat cities being 'on fire' and 'looking like something from WW2.'
* illegally invade US cities with the National Guard!
* support Israel over the Palestinians for a disproportionately long time, enabling tens of thousands of deaths to occur under his watch,
* threatened to 'abolish' Palestine - as if Trump is the ultimate power in world affairs! He threatened to move ALL Palestinians out of Gaza into neighbouring countries, ignoring that Palestinian Muslims, Christians and Jews had lived peacefully together for 4 Centuries under the Ottoman Empire (1517 to 1917). (It just sounds so racist. Why not just say "They all look the same to me - so 'just' send them all over the place into neighbouring countries!")
* could only think of the Palestinian territory as one of his real estate cons, “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Forget all this international law stuff!
* Sulked as international will bent in sympathy to the Gazans, and said that the UK, France, Canada and Australia were all rewarding terrorists when we recognised Palestine as a state,
* Finally caved in to international will and developed a 20 point ceasefire plan as the images of ethnic cleansing and starving children finally caught his attention. *
* But the 20 point plan is not a durable, long term PEACE plan because it ignores the West Bank where illegal Israeli settlement-occupation and persecution is turning that area into the world's largest concentration camp - holding 3.4 MILLION Palestinians hostage in their own land!

Other than that - he's a great guy! He said he is!

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

Scott Leiendecker, the founder of a Missouri-based election technology company who previously served as the Republican director for the St. Louis City Board of Elections, purchased the company this week for an undisclosed sum, according to a press release.

“As of today, Dominion is gone. Liberty Vote assumes full ownership and operational control,” the press release reads.

The company’s new owner laid out four goals, many of which align with the Trump administration, that they argue will restore trust in US elections, the main being a heavy emphasis on using paper ballots.

Paper ballots, cool.

Liberty Vote also plans on ensuring the company is “100% American owned,” including all domestic staffing and software development, the release states.

Eh.

The Liberty Vote announcement also says its actions will be in “compliance with President Trump’s executive order,” signed earlier this year, on election integrity. Parts of that order have already been blocked by a federal judge, and leading election experts have said the order is likely unconstitutional.

Er. I hope it complies with the ultimate court decisions.

The new company says one of its other priorities will be to facilitate third-party auditing of their election systems. Right-wing “election integrity” activists have promoted outside audits, most famously in Arizona after 2020, as a way to hunt for supposed fraud.

Properly vetted competent auditing firms with appropriate access to sensitive election tech, I hope, not Cyber Ninjas or 'Right-wing “election integrity” activists'.