FreeinChrist said:

.....How about how stupid it is to worry that an interpreter hurts a president's image?

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I think its pretty canny actually, for the reason I outlined in post #38.

essentialsaltes said:

Hasn't there been enough about Trump already in this thread?

Let's try to remember the Reiners and their work and how they worked to provide early assistance to all California families with kids under 5.

First 5 offers services such as health care, child care and other programs to the families of California. First 5 have about eight main goals that they strive to address. These goals are school readiness, making sure that all kids have a good transition into elementary school, quality child care in the early years so that each child receives the proper care from child care facilities, emphasis on nutrition and exercise to encourage healthy life styles, health coverage for children to ensure their vaccinations and other health needs are met starting young, dental care so that children maintain a healthy smile and even avoid things such as speech impairments, providing quality pre-schools for good brain stimulation, care for children with special needs, and even the migrant farm workers children.

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Seems like this service was or is plagued with problems concerning money and the correct use of their funds.

essentialsaltes said:

It's 'just' a freestanding monument like the Arch of Titus or Arc d'Triomphe.

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I'm skeptical.

Presumably there will be various inscriptions. In Times New Roman, of course.

ThatRobGuy said:

That's worse than say....

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I'm actually reluctant to say that he's worse than any president in living memory because it suggests that there is something there worth comparing.

I'll say it again. He's beneath contempt.

Oompa Loompa said:

I guess you raise a good point. Guns saving lives is so prevalent that it is no different than someone surviving a car accident due to its safety features. Just remember that next time there is a shooting and people start screaming about gun control.

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Guns don’t save any lives. They are inanimate objects. It’s a bit like saying hammers build houses.

It's a concern. Trump's dementia symptoms are getting worse and worse. And this time, his staff and appointees are not controlling his impulsive actions.

Oompa Loompa said:

Another example on just how effective guns are, and another example of guns saving lives.

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If guns don’t kill people then they don’t save people either.

durangodawood said:

What does this arch support?

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The president’s overinflated ego?

durangodawood said:

or connect?

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Billionaire donors to the levers of power.

Factotum said:

You are incorrect here.

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So a woman calls 911 and says a man forced his way into her house, assaulted her and he is armed with a knife and they send mental health counselors to respond?
Where does this happen at?

There are five critical days on the chart, highlighted each with a yellow box background.

day 1 - when the Antichrist makes a big speech from the temple mount - to begin the 7 years.

day 1185 - the statue image will be placed on the temple mount - to begin the great tribulation

day 1260 - the day when the two witness will be killed.

day 2475 - the day when the sing of the Son of man will appear in heaven

day 2520 - the day when Jesus returns to this earth - ending the 7 years.

durangodawood said:

What does this arch support? or connect?

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It's 'just' a freestanding monument like the Arch of Titus or Arc d'Triomphe.

illegal fentanyl kills hundreds of thousands of Americans. That sounds a lot like a weapon of mass destruction to me.

wing2000 said:

I came from Somalia at 19. Let me tell you about the America I met.​

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"Years passed, and my assumptions about life in America kept collapsing. I enrolled in a federally funded job training program, where I started out learning to be an electrician and left with a path to college. I studied public affairs at a public university while working about 30 hours a week as a bus driver. I interned at a federal agency in Washington. I graduated with high distinction and was chosen to give the commencement speech for my class.

People opened doors for me. They offered mentorship without expecting anything in return. They connected me to opportunities I did not know existed. In college, I spent a semester in D.C. as part of a leadership program funded by a generous American sponsor. Later, I studied abroad, financed by another generous American who did not even know my name. I graduated and started working for a Fortune 500 company. I continued my education further than I ever imagined possible, all the way to a top business school in this country.

Along the way, I eventually accepted a truth that would have sounded impossibly naive to my 19-year-old self: America really does try to live up to its ideals."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/15/somalia-refugee-donald-trump-anti-immigrant/

Most Americans welcome the immigrant....despite what you hear from Donald J Trump and some of his supporters.

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We welcome legal immigrants who assimilate themselves into our nation. That particular Somalian is a high achiever and I applaud his success.

RandyPNW said:

I think I only recently answered these questions. Nevertheless, I'll give it a go again.

I'm a big fan of GE Ladd, and share his brand of Postrib Premill. There are some areas I've disagreed with his positions, but are insignificant compared with how I've valued his contributions.

Yes, Revelation is filled with symbolism. I think the genre relates to the fact that God wanted His People to somewhat hide their positions towards the ungodly world in order to not mislead them to conclude our atttitude is hateful. Also, keeping things in symbols and parables gives enemies less ammunition to go after us.

The 2 major Postrib authors in my era were Ladd and Rober Gundry. Gundry takes some views that assumes some Dispensationalistic ideas are true, such as the future of Israel. But both men were non-Dispensationalist Postribulationists.

Ladd did see how Jesus applied his Gospel of the Kingdom as something that is immediately effective in our time, even though it speaks of a future Kingdom. I would not call the present impact of the Kingdom any sense of being the actual *future Kingdom.* But God's Kingdom eternally exists, past, present, and future. As such, God's judgments are always active, even though in the future human civilization will reach a place of final judgment.

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How do you understand verses that imply the kingdom is already here, like Colossians 1:13?

BPPLEE said:

They don't respond to reports of assault.

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You are incorrect here.

Say it aint so said:

...and you know this how? Read her response. It's a non denial denial.

But in the mean time, 12pm is still noon. I mean she isn't saying anything people don't already know.

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LOL. You have misunderstood her response. But, I am sure that you believe Vanity Fair because you want to.

Wow, that's awesome

What does this arch support? or connect?

ACA shoppers face sticker shock as Congress dithers on health care​

According to a KFF poll released in December, about half of current enrollees who are registered to vote said that if their overall health care expenses — copays, deductibles, and premiums — increased by $1,000 next year, it would have a "major impact" on whether they vote in next year's midterm elections or which party's candidate they support.

"Before I sign up, I will wait and see what happens," said poll participant Daniela Perez, a 34-year-old education consultant in Chicago who says her current plan will increase to $1,200 a month from about $180 this year without an extension of the tax credits. "I'm not super hopeful. Seems like everything is in gridlock."

"They said, based on our salary, we don't qualify," said Debra Nweke, who, at 64, is retired, while her husband, 62, still works. They live in Southern California and are looking at coverage going from $1,000 a month this year to $2,400 monthly next year if they stay in the same ACA plan. "How can you have health insurance that is more than your rent?"

"Our prices are going up, but even at that, I don't have any other options," said Andrew Schwarz, a 38-year-old preacher in Bowie, Texas, who gets ACA coverage for himself and his wife. His three children are on a state health insurance program because the family qualifies as low-income.

Schwarz said that while the health system overall has many problems, Obamacare has worked out for his family. They'll just have to take the additional cost out of somewhere else in the family budget, he said.

Meanwhile, the clock is ticking for shoppers. People needed to choose their ACA plan by Monday for coverage to begin Jan. 1. Open enrollment continues in most states until Jan. 15 for coverage beginning Feb. 1.

SabbathBlessings said:

Hebrew 4 is quoting Old Testament. It has 5 OT references in a short passage. Without knowing and understanding these references one will come to the wrong conclusion of this passage.

God already promised He would not change the words of His covenant Psa 88:34 Deut 4:13 Isa 56:6 not a jot or tittle Mat 5:18-so no Scriptures can say otherwise what God promised clearly He would not be altered. The author of Hebrews did not change God’s times and laws, that’s what He warned us about would happen but not by God. Dan7:25 Isa 8:20.

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One has to take it in the context of the argument that Hebrews is makeing. At any rate, since you insist that Exodus 20:8-11 is spicifically calendric and must be observed as such and that those who rest in Christ as their sabbath are still disobedient to God then how can you dismiss Exodus 35:1-3. Any argument that you can think of for ignoring God's unchangeable law in this case can also be applied to Exodus 20:8-11. No one gets to have their cake and eat it too.