Just popping in to introduce myself and say hello. I am a christian, I love Jesus and I enjoy fellowship with my siblings in Christ. I am almost 60 (still have a time saying age) and mother to three sons and ALOT of grandbabies. I had all boys and the boys multiplying the Earth! I love them all and always look forward to seeing them. I'm on the East Coast and all of them are on the West Coast so roadtrips are frequent and I love each one. I am a work at home worker and in fact am "working" now. I wanted to find a good forum to fellowship in between calls at work and am glad I found CF again. I use to be a member many years ago. So thats about it. Looking forward to posting and reading.

Jesus was the best person and he grew up talking to the elders. As a man he was learned and addressed people needing healing, body and mind, the lepers, those tormented by unclean spirits, adults and little ones, tax collectors and prostitutes and also the Pharisees. People today unwittingly become Pharisees. They hate sinners, see themselves as a better more classy people, dealing out rejection and harsh treatment, long sentences on sinners, laughing about their own faults. These are grand children of Christians who do not want to learn forgiving, loving enemies, counsel, ministry... it seems they'd like grace to come from the reputable to the reputable and they may not repent themselves, proud of themselves. Are they better people? What can one say to them? They hear a testimony of a life changed and they may be angry that a sinner gains grace and gets a good wife or husband...

With a view to Revelation 12. What scriptures are there that say the angels that belong to him cannot assume human form. I know the chapter doesn’t state they will take on human form, I guess I’m talking about ‘demons’ in general.

University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh after his team’s championship win last week said college athletes should be able to unionize, one of the biggest endorsements the idea has received in years.

Discussions on college sports unions are not new, but with the rise of name, image and likeness (NIL) deals and revenue-sharing for athletes, some think it is only a matter of time before at least some student-athletes organize.

The basic idea of student-athletes sharing in the sometimes tremendous revenue they bring in has broad support, but how organized labor would work in university locker rooms is unclear. Some experts say the changes would have to start with the top.



While I 100% understand the motivations behind these efforts (the schools themselves make a lot of money off of the athletes, and their likenesses are even used in video games and advertisements)

I don't know if this is solving the right problem.

I often wonder if perhaps institutions of higher learning (that are supposed to be academically oriented) should just stop be in the business of being "pro sports launchpads" altogether.

With the idea of paying student athletes, while it does appear to correct one "fairness" problem between the athlete and the corporate side, I think it creates several others.
1) There's going to be a gender gap in pay (especially in a revenue-sharing model that the article mentions) so people need to brace themselves for that. NCAA men's football is always going to be a bigger fan draw than NCAA women's softball

2) It would open up the possibility of schools using their ability to offer a "sweeter deal" to draw all of the people to their schools (thereby potentially hurting enrollment at other schools that can't afford to keep up). Basically, legitimizing the very thing SMU got in trouble for a few decades back.

3) It could create some bad incentive structures in which enrollment openings at schools are being filled by people who are going there for the $$$, instead of the people who actually want to get (and more importantly, use) the degree they're getting. (IE: if a higher percentage of Duke's ~2,000 yearly acceptances go to people who just want perks of getting make some $$$ playing Duke Basketball, instead of people who are actually interested in studying Neuroscience or enrolling in one of their Engineering programs - and perhaps playing a little ball while they're there) -- I could see that impacting a student athlete's decision making process with regards to whether they're going to prioritize their athletics vs. education "Oh, well, I could either stay up late studying this and get an A... but, if I just do the bare minimum in class and focus on the sports, more people would be interested in using my likeness and I'll get a bigger revenue sharing check at the end of the quarter"...18-22 year old aren't always going to make the most prudent decisions when faced with those kinds of choices.

I recently posted a survey with the question, “What items of faith do Christians regard as essential to salvation?”

What are the conditions for salvation?

Eighteen members participated in the thread. Not all participated in the survey. Agreement with several statements was as follows:

10 with Belief in Jesus’ resurrection.

8 with Belief in Jesus' crucifixion.

9 with Belief in the divinity of Christ.

6 with Belief in the Trinity.

6 with Belief in the virginal birth of Christ.

1 with Belief in Satisfaction or penal substitution atonement.


If these truths are not essential to salvation, why do we evangelize?

The Truth Behind The Jan 6th Capitol Event And Prison Sentencing?

650 people have been sentenced, and the vast majority were simple citizens taking a invited capitol tour as the recently revealed Jan 6th video clips show

(Those below are prime examples) and there are "several more" not posted, one count of entering and remaining in the building, that capitol police were inviting and giving tours in, it wasn't restricted, with the Jan 6th committee and federal prosecutors withholding video footage to prove their innocence "Criminal"

Tucker Carlson, Jan 6th Released Video Footage 5:38 Telling A Different Story

20 days prison, weekends?

Treniss Jewell Evans III, 46, of Canyon Lake, Texas, was sentenced to 20 days of intermittent incarceration—meaning the sentence can be served at weekends— three years of probation and ordered to pay a combined $5,525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

6 months prison?

Billy Knutson, 36, of North Carolina, was sentenced to six months in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

60 days prison?

Annie Howell, 30, of Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 60 days of intermittent incarceration, three years of probation, 60 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

90 days prison?

Kelly O'Brien, 49, of North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 90 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $1,525 after pleading guilty to one charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

90 days prison?

James Bonet, 29, of Glens Falls, New York, was sentenced to 90 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

75 days prison?

Adam Christian Johnson, 36, of Bradenton, Florida, was sentenced to 75 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $5,525 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

90 days prison?

Thomas Baranyi, 29, of Ewing, New Jersey, was sentenced to 90 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 60 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

75 days prison?

Jeffrey Grace, 61, of Battle Ground, Washington, was sentenced to 75 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

60 days prison?

Daniel Goodwyn, 32, of San Francisco, California, was sentenced to 60 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $3,025 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

75 days prison?

Jeffrey Xavier Finley, 28, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced to 75 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 60 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

70 days prison?

Ryan Keith Ashlock, of Gardner, Kansas, was sentenced to 70 days in prison, 12 months of supervised release, 100 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

50 days prison?

William Tryon, 70, of Selkirk, New York, was sentenced to 50 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $1,525 after pleading guilty to one charge of entering a restricted building.

120 days prison?

Samuel J. Fisher, also known as "Brad Holiday," 35, of New York City, was sentenced to 120 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 60 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

60 days prison, $10,025?

Simone Melissa Gold, 55, of Beverly Hills, California, was sentenced to 60 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $10,025 after pleading guilty to one charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

650 people have been sentenced, and the vast majority were simple citizens taking a invited capitol tour as the recently revealed Jan 6th video clips show

(Those below are prime examples) and there are "several more" not posted, one count of entering and remaining in the building, that capitol police were inviting and giving tours in, it wasn't restricted, with the Jan 6th committee and federal prosecutors withholding video footage to prove their innocence "Criminal"

Tucker Carlson, Jan 6th Released Video Footage 5:38 Telling A Different Story

20 days prison, weekends?

Treniss Jewell Evans III, 46, of Canyon Lake, Texas, was sentenced to 20 days of intermittent incarceration—meaning the sentence can be served at weekends— three years of probation and ordered to pay a combined $5,525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

6 months prison?

Billy Knutson, 36, of North Carolina, was sentenced to six months in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

60 days prison?

Annie Howell, 30, of Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 60 days of intermittent incarceration, three years of probation, 60 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

90 days prison?

Kelly O'Brien, 49, of North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 90 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $1,525 after pleading guilty to one charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

90 days prison?

James Bonet, 29, of Glens Falls, New York, was sentenced to 90 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

75 days prison?

Adam Christian Johnson, 36, of Bradenton, Florida, was sentenced to 75 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $5,525 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

90 days prison?

Thomas Baranyi, 29, of Ewing, New Jersey, was sentenced to 90 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 60 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

75 days prison?

Jeffrey Grace, 61, of Battle Ground, Washington, was sentenced to 75 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

60 days prison?

Daniel Goodwyn, 32, of San Francisco, California, was sentenced to 60 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $3,025 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

75 days prison?

Jeffrey Xavier Finley, 28, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced to 75 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 60 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building.

70 days prison?

Ryan Keith Ashlock, of Gardner, Kansas, was sentenced to 70 days in prison, 12 months of supervised release, 100 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

50 days prison?

William Tryon, 70, of Selkirk, New York, was sentenced to 50 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $1,525 after pleading guilty to one charge of entering a restricted building.

120 days prison?

Samuel J. Fisher, also known as "Brad Holiday," 35, of New York City, was sentenced to 120 days in prison, a year of supervised release, 60 hours of community service and ordered to pay a combined $525 after pleading guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

60 days prison, $10,025?

Simone Melissa Gold, 55, of Beverly Hills, California, was sentenced to 60 days in prison, a year of supervised release and ordered to pay a combined $10,025 after pleading guilty to one charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building.

NewsWeek​

Ray Epps' Jan. 6 Sentence Enrages MAGA​

Jan 09, 2024

Ray Epps was sentenced on Tuesday to one year of probation for his role in the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol in 2021, prompting widespread criticism on social media from conservatives and supporters of the MAGA movement.

Donald Trump Jr. wrote: "Ray Epps gets probation, a $500 fine and is able to phone into his sentencing?!? Are you fricken kidding me? Yea guys, he totally wasn't put there to incite things by the feds. Our country is screwed... the traitors in charge aren't even pretending anymore."

"BREAKING: Ray Epps sentenced to 1 year probation, $500 fine after telling J6ers 'we need to go into the Capitol' Why did Epps text his nephew 'I orchestrated it'? Why was Epps on the FBI's most wanted list and then suddenly removed? Why did the New York Times write a puff piece on Epps? Why is Epps receiving such a kid gloves treatment?" conservative commentator and founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie also responded to the sentencing and said, "Ray Epps, the man who directed people to go into the Capitol and privately claimed credit for orchestrating the Capitol breach, gets one year probation. Nothing to see here!"

Tucker Carlson Reporting On Ray Epps Jan 6th Capitol Event, Must See!

In India​

Moksha means freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth(samsara), death.
The Sanskrit word for salvation is Moksha or Nirvana

In Christianity
Jesus Christ saves us from danger,sin etc
preservation from destruction or failure
being saved from danger, loss, or harm:

Acts 4:12
King James Version
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

John 14:6
King James Version
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Titus 3:5
King James Version
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

John 3:16-18
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Revelation 22:17
King James Version
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is a thirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely

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PLEASE PRAY THAT MY DAUGHTER SHERRY WOULD BE ABLE TO SLEEP.


WHY DO WE SUFFER
我们为何受苦
“And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us… Romans 5:3-5.”
不但如此，就是在患难中也是欢欢喜喜的。因为知道患难生忍耐，忍耐生老练，老练生盼望，盼望不至于羞耻；因为所赐给我们的圣灵将　神的爱浇灌在我们心里。 罗马书 5:3-5

Dear Friends, in this devotion, I am not going to focus on one verse but on one book and this is the book of Job. As I was going to get my phone recharged, the Lord dropped something really important into my spirit. This year I have been reading the Bible through systematically and the book of Job impressed itself upon my heart.
亲爱的朋友们，在这篇敬拜中，我不再把目光关注在一个章节，而是一本书，这就是《约伯记》。当我要给手机充电的时候，主突然是使一些很重要的事情进入我的心。这一年我一直在系统地阅读圣经，以及给我的心留下深刻印象的《约伯记》这本书。

We all suffer and go through things, and sometimes our suffering is caused by our sin, but sometimes it is not. Let's look at Job's situation. He was a righteous man. He was fully consecrated to God. Yet, he went through some of the worst suffering recorded in the Bible. Why did this happen?
我们都曾经承受并经历过一些事情。有时我们所承受的是因为我们的罪而造成的，但有时并非如此。让我们看一看约伯的情况，他是一个义人，他完全把自己献祭给神，然而他经历了圣经里所记录的最坏最痛苦的一些事情。为何会发生这些事呢？

Sometimes our suffering has nothing to do with us. The devil came to God and accused Job, and we need to realize that he accuses us every minute of every day. Job was a pawn between God and the devil; Job's three friends’ came and gave him plausible and logical explanations. Sometimes we can give advice which in human terms is right and correct, but in spiritual terms is so way off the mark. I wonder if you are one of Job's friends who answer him from the flesh and not the spiritual.
有时我们所经历的事情与我们无关。魔鬼来到神面前指责约伯，我们需要认识到他每一天的每一分都在指责我们，约伯是神和魔鬼之间的抵押物，约伯的三个朋友来了，他们做出了貌似合理，富有逻辑的解释，有时我们也能给出一些建议，这些建议在人的立场上是正确的，但在灵魂层面就完全错了，我很好奇，如果你是约伯的一个朋友，是否会从肉体而不是从灵魂的层面给出他建议。

We need to look spiritually at all situations to see by the spirit and not the flesh. Let me give you some examples from Scripture. First, we have the man born blind in John Chapter 9. Why was he born blind? So that God's work through Jesus could be made manifest. His suffering was not the result of some sin, your suffering is because God wants to be glorified; whether in peace or in suffering, God will be glorified.
我们要从属灵的角度看待一切事，要用灵魂，而不是用肉体来看，让我从经文中给你举一些例子。第一个例子，在约翰福音第九章有一个生来就是瞎眼的人，他为何生来就是瞎眼的呢？神通过耶稣来做工就是显而易见的事了，他所承受的并不是某些罪的后果，你所承受的是神要获得荣耀，不管是在和平时期还是在经历困苦的时候，神都将被荣耀。

Second, The Apostle Paul had a thorn in the flesh and he wanted this removed. But what did God say and this is his most quoted answer to people who ask why? “My grace is sufficient for you.” Sometimes we can only say that the suffering is not because of us, we have to realize that there is a battle between God and the forces of darkness. Remember the story of Elisha in 2 Kings Chapter 6?
第二个例子，使徒保罗肉体中有一根刺，他想要拔除它，但神怎么说呢？这也是他经常向那些问为什么的人所引用的回答，”我的恩典足够你用。”有时我们只能说困苦不是因为我们，我们必须认识到在神和黑暗势力之间有一场斗争，还记得列王记下第六章以利亚的故事吗？

There is a spiritual battle raging all around us. We see a little of what is going on, it is a battle against spiritual wickedness in high places。
一场属灵的斗争在我们周围正激烈进行着，我们对最近发生的事知之甚少，这是灵魂与邪恶在高处的斗争。

We need to realize that like Job sometimes our suffering is not because of our sin, but it is a fight between forces that are spiritual. Going back to Job, God restored to him and gave him twice as much as he had before. He did not give Job an explanation for his suffering and he owes us no explanations although sometimes He does graciously tell us why.
我们需要认识到像约伯这种情况，我们的痛苦并非来自我们的罪，但它是属灵层面力量的斗争。回到约伯记，神拯救了他，给了他比之前两倍那么多，他没有对约伯所经历的痛苦给出解释，尽管有时他会充满恩典的告诉我们为什么。

When God is silent about the reasons for suffering, remember He is your loving Father and will never ever do anything to hurt you. Everything He does is for our benefit. If you are bearing fruit, he will prune you, not to hurt you, but so that you bear more fruit. He doesn't have to explain why he does things to us, our suffering is to benefit us and for His glory. The suffering of this present world is nothing to the glory when we spend eternity living in the light of His glory and presence.
当神对我们承受痛苦的原因保持沉默的时候，记得他是你慈爱的父，永远不会做伤害你的事，他做的每件事都是为了你的益处，如果你要结出果实，他就会修剪你，而不是伤害你，因此你会结出更多的果实，他不会解释为什么他会对我们这么做，我们所经历的是对我们有益的，也是为了他的荣耀。当我们基于神的荣耀和他的同在，消耗我们永恒生命的时候，这现今世界的痛苦与荣耀无关。
God bless you, Keith
愿神祝福你，Keith


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This is something the Zack Bauer alerted his followers to on Youtube some time back. Then he directed our attention to Isaiah 66.

For those of you that are unaware, Enviropig is a genetically engineered pig that was conceived in 1995 and actually became reality 5 years later. Canada has recently changed their policies concerning GMO food sources that allows the food producers to decide what is acceptable. After all, they are the experts, right? What could go wrong? But from what I understand, this is already in the food chain.

Short version: this pig is engineered with rodent DNA and E-Coli bacteria DNA. E-Coli is the bacteria that is found in Human excrement. So let's take a look at Isaiah 66, shall we?

CLV Isa 66:15 - 18
15 For behold, Yahweh, with fire shall He come, And His chariots like a sweeping whirlwind, To bring back His anger with fury, And His rebuke with blazes of fire.
16 For with fire Yahweh shall come to judge, And with His sword upon all flesh; And Yahweh's slain will be multitudinous.
17 Those who sanctify themselves and who cleansed themselves for the gardens, going after one in their midst, eating the flesh of swine and the abominable thing and the rodent, They shall be swept up together, averring is Yahweh;
18 I know their deeds and their devisings; I shall come to convene all nations and tongues, And they will come and see My glory.

Note: Averring definition: to state positively ; to assert

If you prefer the NKJV:

Isa 66:15 - 18

15 For behold, the Lord will come with fire And with His chariots, like a whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by His sword The Lord will judge all flesh; And the slain of the Lord shall be many.
17 "Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together," says the Lord.
18 "For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.

My understanding of the above is this. The reference to 'Those who sanctify themselves and who cleansed themselves for the gardens, going after one in their midst' speaks to those that set up and decorate Ashtaroth poles (also know as Ashtar and Ishtar) (e.g., decorate evergreen trees and place offerings [presents] beneath them) in their homes and in their gardens.

The above refers to a tradition found in Ashtaroth and Tammuz mythology where cakes and presents were placed (bowing down) under these decorated trees for the annual resurrection of Tammuz at the Winter solstice, which is also tangential to the celebrations of Saturnalia and the Bacchanal. Ashtaroth is a fertility, sexuality and war goddess. For an image, look at your Starbuck's logo. (I know, it's supposed to be a mermaid. But we all remember where Venus came from, right? It's worthy of note that Roman mythology is based on mythologies of various older civilizations and cultures.)

So apparently, the phrase, 'Eating the flesh of swine and the abominable thing and the rodent' is a direct reference to the Enviropig (made from the DNA of pigs, rodents and the bacteria of human excrement), over three thousand years before it was created in a lab in Canada.

Evidently, the people that celebrate the winter solstice with decorated trees, bowing down to place and retrieve presents and then sitting down to enjoy a honey roasted ham, are going to be judged with fire and the sword, by our Creator! This is a direct warning to the followers of Ashtaroth and Tammuz. Beware!

Blessings,

Jamie Dimon warns ‘all these very powerful forces’ will impact U.S. economy in 2024 and 2025​

KEY POINTS

• JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said he remains cautious on the U.S. economy over the next two years because of a combination of financial and geopolitical risks.
• “You have all these very powerful forces that are going to be affecting us in ’24 and ’25,” Dimon told Andrew Ross Sorkin on Wednesday in a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
• Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon added that he was concerned about soaring U.S. debt levels.

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Jamie Dimon warns ‘all these very powerful forces’ will affect U.S. economy in 2024 and 2025

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said he remains cautious on the U.S. economy over the next two years because of a combination of financial and geopolitical risks.
“You have all these very powerful forces that are going to be affecting us in ’24 and ’25,” Dimon told Andrew Ross Sorkin on Wednesday in a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“Ukraine, the terrorist activity in Israel [and] the Red Sea, quantitative tightening, which I still question if we understand exactly how that works,” Dimon said. Quantitative tightening refers to moves by the Federal Reserve to reduce its balance sheet and rein in previous efforts including bond-purchasing programs.
Dimon has advocated caution over the past few years, despite record profits at JPMorgan, the nation’s largest bank, and a U.S. economy that has defied expectations. Despite the corrosive impact of inflation, the American consumer has mostly remained healthy because of good employment levels and pandemic-era savings.
In Dimon’s view, the relatively buoyant stock market of recent months has lulled investors on the potential risks ahead. The S&P 500 market index rose 19% in the past year and isn’t far from peak levels.
“I think it’s a mistake to assume that everything’s hunky-dory,” Dimon said. “When stock markets are up, it’s kind of like this little drug we all feel like it’s just great. But remember, we’ve had so much fiscal monetary stimulation, so I’m a little more on the cautious side.”

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Wednesday that while the market environment excluding geopolitical issues “feels better today” than a year ago, he was troubled by soaring U.S. debt levels.

“I’m very concerned about the growing debt,” Solomon said. “It’s a big risk issue that we’re going to have to deal with and reckon with, it just might not happen in the next six months.”
Dimon is no stranger to dire predictions: In 2022, he warned investors of an economic “hurricane” ahead because of quantitative tightening and the Ukraine conflict.

I am having a really weird thing happen. Certain thoughts will trigger a very sharp "Prick" somewhere on my body. It feels like ive been stung. Something in my head tells me this prick means whatever I was thinking about is false and it is God letting me know its false. The issue is, these things are ACCURATE and are always right. Even when im not thinking about them, if "God" doesn't like something I think about, ill get one. And, I gotta admit they are starting to scare me.

Has anyone else experienced this? Could this be from God?

Hobbs said when Homeland Security identified media literacy as a “promising practice” for addressing the need for society to be resilient against propaganda, she noticed that government officials had read her book.

Homeland security should not be involved, monetarily or otherwise, in public education. That is not their job and not what they are supposed to be doing with the money they said they needed. The $700,000 could be spent to prevent terrorists and other criminals from entering and setting up shop in our country. The Biden administration had to back down on the their ministry of truth so they get their initiatives implemented through the back door. Teach the kids math and English.

We who are followers of Jesus Christ are called to suffer for the sake of Christ and for the sake of his gospel. For if truly we are becoming like him in his death, we are going to be hated and rejected and cast aside and treated like we are dirt underneath other people’s feet for them to stomp on, for that is how Jesus Christ was treated when he walked this earth. But suffering is for our good to make us holy and patient and steadfast in faith and to bring us to maturity in Christ and to keep us from falling.

Through suffering, if we respond to it in faith, we draw closer to God in our walks of faith in Jesus Christ. And we are being conformed to the likeness of character of Jesus Christ in mind, heart, thinking, attitudes, words and deeds. And we are becoming much less like the world around us, and we have less and less desire for the pleasures that the world has to offer us, and we become less earthly minded and more heavenly minded. For this is all about us dying with Christ to sin daily and obeying his commandments.

But this is a life-long journey that we are on, and none of us will be absolutely perfect (complete, finished) until Jesus comes back to take his faithful and pure bride to be with him for eternity. But we should all be moving in a forward direction, and none of us should be in the practice of sinning against our Lord and ignoring his commandments. We should all be living holy lives in moral purity, honesty, integrity, faithfulness, godliness, uprightness and in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his ways.

Therefore, lack of perfection is never to be used as an excuse for continued and deliberate and habitual and sometimes premeditated sin against God and against our fellow humans. But we are to be those who are pressing on in our walks of faith in the Lord in pursuing all that is godly, holy, pure, righteous, and obedient to our Lord. We are to be our Lord’s sheep who listen to him and who follow him in obedience, who daily deny self and take up our cross (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him (Luke 9:23-26).

And when this talks about forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, it is not saying that we are to forget everything we have ever done in this life, for we still have our testimonies to share, as did Paul, and the Lord has allowed us to have the experiences we have had in our lives to teach us lessons which we then can pass along to others who may be going through similar circumstances (see 2 Corinthians 1:3-14). But we should be moving forward and not still living in the past.

And that really is the point that he is making to us here is that our past lives should not be our present lives, too, at least the part that we have control over. We should no longer be walking in sin and living selfish lives. But now we should be walking according to the Spirit so that we do not gratify the sinful cravings of the flesh. Sinful practices should be put to death in our lives so that we can now live holy lives pleasing to the Lord, and so that we can now be his witnesses in sharing his gospel with the people of the world.

Those of us who are mature in our thinking and in our faith will understand this, for we are those who are daily putting these truths into practice. Those who are immature and childish and self-indulgent will not get this. So please be among the mature and don’t remain in living according to the flesh and not according to the Spirit. For our eternity depends on us walking in obedience to our Lord and not in sin. So we need to hold true to the word of God taught in the appropriate context and keep on obeying our Lord.

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

My Lord, What a Morning

Spiritual, United States, 18th or 19th Century

My Lord, what a morning!
My Lord, what a morning!
Oh, my Lord, what a morning
when the stars begin to fall.

Oh, you will hear the trumpet sound
to wake the nations underground,
Looking to my Lord's right hand
when the stars begin to fall.

Oh, you will see my Jesus come,
His glory shining like the sun,
Looking to my Lord's right hand
When the stars begin to fall.

Oh, you will hear all Christians shout,
'Cause there's a new day come about,
Looking to my Lord's right hand
When the stars begin to fall

My Lord, what a morning!
My Lord, what a morning!
Oh, my Lord, what a morning
when the stars begin to fall.

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Like the guy just can't help himself, even if what he was saying was true, or he truly believes it, is it a good idea, to continue to defame the person DURING the trial your accused of defaming? How is this a winning strategy to lower damages, or least not make it worse.

Yesterday he defamed her 22 times during the jury selection, today he's muttering under his breath and banging his hand so that the jury can hear him after being told not to do it multiple times.

I know the guy can't help himself, but you would think if nothing else, narcacism and self preservation would stop him.

Reminds me of how during his second trial alex jones was on air defaming the defendants and at the end of the trial they just ran a 5-10 minute clip of everything he said, and I wouldn't be surprised if a big part of that 1 billion dollar loss was just his continual contrition showing no remorse or even feeling bad about it.

How much of world history as well as current events hang on this prophetic word?

Genesis 16:
1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid;
it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan,
and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that
she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.

6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleases thee. And when Sarai dealt
hardly with her, she fled from her face.

7 And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said,
I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;
because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell
in the presence of all his brethren.

13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked
after him that seeth me?

14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

This thought sprung to mind on seeing the last pair of threads that got quite quickly (and rightly) shut down that... the Creationist and Intelligent Design side does not really have anything new that they can try and levy against evolution as a science.

Unless I can be proven wrong...

"Claims that [Texas Military Dept] prevented Border Patrol from saving the lives of drowning migrants are wholly inaccurate. At the time that Border Patrol requested access, the drownings had occurred, Mexican authorities were recovering the bodies, and Border Patrol expressed these facts to the TMD personnel on site," the Texas Military Department said in a statement.
Abbott blamed lawmakers and some media outlets for being "so eager to point [the] finger at Texas for [the] drowning of migrants, they forgot to get the facts."
Sadly, I must say this comes as no surprise to me.

“NBC and CNN refused to air my victory speech. Think of it — because they are crooked. They’re dishonest, and frankly, they should have their licenses or whatever they have: Take it away.” Those networks should be recognized as political arms of the Democrats.

Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666379123005402

One never sees the peaceful Gaza scenario these days - as was there prior to Hamas' unprovoked assault on Israel at the start of the Hamas' war against its neighbor -- Hamas' great plans for Gaza. As if getting Israel to attack Gaza was going to be such a great outcome for Gaza.


"The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on Israel on 7 October, with hundreds of gunmen infiltrating communities near the Gaza Strip.

About 1,200 people were killed, while the Israeli military says more than 200 soldiers and civilians, including women and children, were taken to Gaza as hostages."

Oct 6 - no state of war existed and Israel did not seem to be too concerned with the idea that Hamas terrorists would launch 2500 missiles into Israel and then rush across the board to take women and children hostages back to Gaza.

The massive tunnel network in Gaza shows the intent to let all the citizens "above ground" suffer the brunt of any efforts to rescue hostages or rid the place of terrorists.

To many people Hamas looks like 'evil' with a capital "E".

So now let's consider all 'the good Hamas has done for Gaza" in its scheme to totally ruin the place.

hmmmm... can't think of one good outcome for Gaza in this "brilliant" plan by Hamas.

So given their F minus result on their last initiative - what were they thinking should happen "now" to make Gaza an even better place to live. Oh wait maybe Hamas could simple leave the ruins of Gaza and go back to Iran/Syria etc. It is king of interesting that the neighboring countries don't want Hamas and all the Gaza citizens -- to go there.

So then it is really puzzling to see how they get any support at all