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Fear, pain and hunger: The dire impact of shutting down USAID in Africa, leaving a vacuum for China and Russia

He saved her life.
Then he told her to not to continue with her sinful lifestyle and deny her the happiness she received having a relationship with her lover. Not very empathetic is it seeing how Jesus had the audacity to tell another person to change their sinful lifestyle instead of just accepting it. Am I right?
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Boy/Girl

This is Post #1 of this thread:

“Ok...so what you do is its all 1st names. One boy, then one girl, then a boy...you get the drift. The name has to start with the last letter of the word before.


So...heres the 1st name...

William (so the next person has to do a girl name starting with m)”
I stand corrected. Thank you.
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Average consumer now carries $6,329 in credit card debt. 'People are stretched,' expert says

Good for you. The person I'm thinking of was known to convert his cash into gold coins, and was murdered by two young men who broke into his cabin to steal it. Left without finding it; it was stuck in the chinking between the logs.
One is more likely to be murdered for their fiat currency.

It's important to be discreet, and to be aware of one's surroundings.

Don't flash cash; and be aware that jugging is on the rise.
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Fear, pain and hunger: The dire impact of shutting down USAID in Africa, leaving a vacuum for China and Russia

Why would you correlate those two things? It makes no sense whatsoever.
Because according to the article, empathy requires accepting and welcoming sinful lifestyles to spare the feelings of others. Therefore, Jesus would have been unempathetic to tell an adulterous women that she should end her affair and remain faithful to her husband. Similarly, it would be unempathetic for a pastor to refuse to officiate a gay wedding.
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Is 'once saved always saved' a biblical teaching?

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But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him.
And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.” From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.
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JPPT1974's Daily Devotions

JPPT1974's Tues Thoughts 10/14/2025:
Knowing pride goes before a fall
When we admit that we are wrong
Shows that we show humility and being
Humbled when we are sincere and not being
Fake and phony and all the work is
God's work and not ours and how
Zeroing in on credit, glory, and praise.
Jesus is the front and center of it all.
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My Recap of the New York City - US Open Outreach

That's great! Prayer makes a massive difference. Also you guys are doing the work on the street. It's good to know that others are supporting you in prayer.

Amen to that! Definitely always need prayer. Just like we'll be at a witchcraft/psychic fair this Saturday to evangelize and need all the prayer we can get!
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The History of the “Two Laws” Theory in Romans 3:20

Romans 3:20 declares, “For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.” Some interpreters have argued that Paul is speaking of two distinct laws: the ceremonial law, which could not justify, and the moral law, which continues to bind believers. This reading, however, is a later development in Christian history rather than Paul’s own intent.


In the early church, figures like Irenaeus, Origen, Chrysostom, and Augustine typically read Paul’s reference to “the law” (nomos) as the Mosaic law in its entirety. They emphasized that the law reveals sin but does not bring righteousness, and they did not suggest that Paul was distinguishing between two different laws.

A more formal distinction emerged in medieval theology. Thomas Aquinas articulated a tripartite division of the Mosaic law: moral, ceremonial, and judicial. The moral law expressed timeless ethical principles, the ceremonial law governed Israel’s worship and sacrifices, and the judicial law regulated Israel’s civic life. Although Aquinas did not claim Paul himself made this division, his framework shaped subsequent readings of Romans.

During the Reformation, Martin Luther and John Calvin emphasized justification by faith apart from works of the law. To preserve the ongoing authority of the Ten Commandments while rejecting salvation by works, they leaned on the moral/ceremonial distinction. Calvin in particular stressed that the moral law still bound believers, while the ceremonial law had been fulfilled in Christ. This approach encouraged Protestants to interpret Romans 3:20 as if Paul were distinguishing between different kinds of law.

In the centuries that followed, Protestant confessions such as the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) codified this division, and it became common for preachers and commentators to read Romans 3:20 through that lens. The two-law theory thus served as a theological tool in debates over antinomianism, allowing Christians to affirm both salvation by grace and the necessity of obedience.

Modern scholarship, however, has largely set aside the two-law framework as an anachronism. Studies of Second Temple Judaism have shown that Jews of Paul’s day viewed Torah as a unified covenant, not as divisible into moral and ceremonial parts. Scholars such as E.P. Sanders and proponents of the “New Perspective on Paul” argue that Paul’s concern was not with distinguishing kinds of laws but with showing that Torah as a whole cannot justify. For Paul, the law in its entirety reveals sin, but righteousness comes only through faith in Christ.

In sum, the theory that Paul spoke of two laws in Romans 3:20 reflects later theological developments, especially medieval and Reformation attempts to reconcile Paul’s teaching with the continuing role of God’s commands. While historically influential, it does not appear to be what Paul himself meant.

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It's strange, both contain gluten. I thought all the hate America Liberal Commy Nazi's treated gluten like kryptonite.
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Average consumer now carries $6,329 in credit card debt. 'People are stretched,' expert says

I have worn gold jewelry, in some pretty rough parts of town, for all to see; and I've never been knocked on the head.
Good for you. The person I'm thinking of was known to convert his cash into gold coins, and was murdered by two young men who broke into his cabin to steal it. Left without finding it; it was stuck in the chinking between the logs.
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