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Bradskii · 2025-12-02T19:33:57-0600

Oompa Loompa said:
Which military code of "illegalities" were broken. Can you cite the reference?

In the second post.

Christsfreeservant · 2025-12-02T19:33:19-0600

“Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.” (Hebrews 2:14-15 NASB1995)

Jesus Christ, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – left his throne in heaven, came to earth, and took on human flesh in being born as a baby to a virgin woman, but conceived of the Holy Spirit, and not of man. So he was not born with a sin nature as we are. And while he lived on the earth he was fully human and fully God (God incarnate), and he never sinned. And at the age of 30 he began his earthly ministry. And so he called 12 men to be his disciples and to work alongside him in ministry.

During his 3 to 3 ½ years of ministry on the earth, he healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, fed the hungry, comforted the sorrowful, and he performed many miracles. He also taught the critical importance of repentance for salvation from sin and for eternal life with God. And repentance, which is gifted to us by God along with our salvation and the faith to believe in Jesus, is a change of heart and mind resulting in a change of behavior away from sin to obedience to our God.

There were many people who followed Jesus for a period of time, but many of them deserted him later on when his teachings became too hard for them to accept. For they were mostly following him because of the miracles he performed. But the religious rulers and people of influence in the temple of God mostly rejected him and fought against him, and tried to find ways to trip him up with his words so they would have cause to accuse him of wrong. And eventually they had him put to death on a cross, hoping to end him.

But it was God’s will and purpose that Jesus Christ should suffer and die on that cross. For in his death, he put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in him, we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands, by the Spirit. For in his death and resurrection he rendered powerless him who had the power of death, that is the devil, in order to free us from our addiction to sin so that we will serve God with our lives, living holy lives pleasing to him.

[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 17:25; John 1:1-36; John 6:35-58; John 8:24,58; John 10:27-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8-9; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]

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

And this is the truth of the gospel message taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, which we can discover for ourselves if we read the Scriptures in their appropriate biblical context, and if we do not rely on other humans to tell us the truth. For many are they who are teaching lies in the name of Jesus, and in the name of the gospel of our salvation, who are teaching that all we have to do is to make a verbal confession of Christ as Lord, and now all our sins are forgiven and heaven is secured us for eternity.

But 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).

So, please be students of the Scriptures who study them in their correct biblical context, and who believe the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles, and who do not rely on other humans and on social media and on preachers to tell you the truth. For many speak lies, either willfully with the intent to deceive, or unknowingly out of biblical ignorance. And please know that the Scriptures teach that if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, that we 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]

Who Believes?

Based off Isaiah 53
An Original Work / October 3, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Gospel message, who believes?
Jesus Christ died on a tree,
Saving us from all our sin,
So we might be cleansed within.

Had no beauty found in Him,
That we should desire Him.
Man of sorrows, suffering;
Crushed for our iniquities.

Surely He has borne our griefs;
From our sadness, brings relief.
Bore the stripes; forsaken, He,
So forgiven we might be.

We, like sheep, have gone astray,
Each of us turned his own way.
Jesus calls, “Repent today;
My commandments, now obey.”

Jesus said, to come to him,
We must die to all our sin.
Crucified with Him, we live,
Walking in His righteousness.

Suff’ring servants, we will be,
Taking His identity on us,
When confessing Him
As our Savior, Lord and King.

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Freeing Us From Slavery to Sin
An Original Work / December 2, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

linux.poet · 2025-12-02T19:32:21-0600

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Dave... · 2025-12-02T19:30:22-0600

Guojing said:
Are the words Covenant and Testament equivalent to you?

For the most part, yes, but there are distinctions. I made a second post that specifically dealt with Covenant instead of Testament. It's still awaiting moderator approval. Is this normal for all new members to need every post approved?

keith99 · 2025-12-02T19:29:58-0600

ThatRobGuy said:
I wasn't necessarily looking to do a trophy comparison, although for the recent years, OSU has made a decent showing in football
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(and have made it to the Final Four in NCAA mens basketball 11 times, and made the sweet sixteen 27 times)

I was more referring to what a university is "known for"

Despite having decent law, medical, and science programs, OSU is known for their athletic programs and being a respected Division 1 sporting school more than any of their other academic programs.

Yes, what a school is known for often is a grossly inadequate reflection of what the school is.

Going into football and the student body, if one watched the Stanford/Cal game they would have noticed the activities around the Axe, as politically incorrect trophy as one can imagine actually being contested. And the super serious way a vanishingly small percentage of both student bodies takes it. More what one would expect from Texas A&M or a military academy.

samaus123456789 · 2025-12-02T19:29:13-0600

Yeh I tried on a different browser not logged in, and nothing came up so I assume it takes some time to show up to others.

BobRyan · 2025-12-02T19:26:23-0600

Hentenza said:
Which you are not using. If you want to discuss apollumi in Greek then go right ahead.

BTW- all language is high context because context relates to a body of work and the author’s intended meaning. It’s about the elements of hermeneutics.

meaning is determined by context in English and even more so in Hebrew and Greek.

Meanings of apollumi

To destroy completely: This is the core meaning, implying total ruin or demise, both literally and figuratively.

To ruin or abolish: It can mean to render useless or abolish something entirely.

To lose: The word is also used to describe something being lost, such as a lost sheep.

To kill: In a literal sense, it can mean to kill or put to death.

another_lost_guy · 2025-12-02T19:26:04-0600

NxNW said:
She's a public figure who is a convicted felon, which you seemed to think is a difficult combination.

Pelosi has not even been charged with any felonies, much less convicted. Everything that's been posted is pure speculation based on incomplete information.

Again with the slipperiness. I don't care, man. Just answer the question.

Dave... · 2025-12-02T19:23:36-0600

Dan Perez said:
And it not funny as it is not A PARABLE as many believe

AS. the rich man body is in. the GRAVE !!

The rich mans SOUL is. in HELL !!

And his SPIRIT. GOES back to CHRIST that gave it to. him. ECC 12:7. for UNBELIVERS

And for those saved BELIVERS their BODIES go. to a Grave

So where does a BLIEVERS , SPIRIT AND SOUL go ??

dan p

Hey Dan, I would say, not hell, but Hades. Hell, as understood by 16th century Christians who translated the KJV, carried the same idea as Hades does today, called Sheol in the OT. The NKJV Bible fixed that. I agree that it's not a parable. Abrahams bosom, that's where OT believers who where physically dead waited for Jesus and the cross. Promises don't justify, nor do they make born again, only in Christ do we have those things that save us. Without the Holy spirit indwelling (baptism with the Holy Spirit, we are not in Christ and not saved.

Oompa Loompa · 2025-12-02T19:22:50-0600

rambot said:
I'm not sure you'd be aware of how frequently or infrequently you'd seen that very thing.

All of this aside, I have seen females (identifying) that are very masculine looking and males that look quite feminine. If they just exist as themselves is that worthy of your derision or do you think they have a societal obligation to put on make up, or for feminine looking men to bulk up thwir musculature?

They can dress however they want. I may still think they are weird. But if anyone expects me to agree to their "gender identity" delusion, I will not hesitate to stand my ground.

#superstraight

Tom D · 2025-12-02T19:20:22-0600

Who was the real Thief in Disguise?

Richard T · 2025-12-02T19:19:07-0600

Actually non citizens have a lower crime rate than U.S. citizens including the number of rapes per 100K. So if you were to ship all non-citizens out of America the rape rate per 100,000 people would go up not down.
Here is what google AI suggests on the rape rate between non-citizens and U.S. citizens in America.

Research consistently shows that
non-citizens have lower crime and incarceration rates for various offenses, including rape and other violent crimes, compared to U.S.-born citizens.

Key Findings:

Lower Incarceration Rates: Multiple national studies, including one by the National Bureau of Economic Research, have found that immigrants (of all legal statuses) are significantly less likely to be incarcerated than native-born individuals.
Lower Felony and Violent Crime Arrest Rates: Immigrants have lower felony arrest rates and are roughly half as likely to be arrested for violent crimes as U.S.-born residents.
Specific to Rape/Sexual Assault:
- State-level studies, such as an analysis of data for all 50 states and Washington, D.C., found that increased concentrations of undocumented immigrants were associated with lower rates of reported rape.
- Texas-specific data from the Cato Institute found that undocumented immigrants were 37.1% less likely to be convicted of a crime overall than U.S.-born citizens.
- - One study noted that U.S.-born citizens were five times more likely than immigrants to be incarcerated for violent offenses.

Of course, the USA should ship out or jail all known non-citizen criminals. But to lower overall rape rates, the citizen crime rate for rape would need to go down.

linux.poet · 2025-12-02T19:17:13-0600

Welcome to CF!

another_lost_guy · 2025-12-02T19:14:14-0600

PloverWing said:
I think that the abortion question is a difficult balance between the rights of the embryo which (if all goes well) will develop into a healthy child, and the rights of the person who carries that embryo inside her body. It is further complicated by the many ways that pregnancy can go wrong.

Once viability has been reached, in late pregnancy, every effort should be made to save the child, delivering early if need be to save the child and also protect the mother's health. Earlier than that, I see it as varying shades of moral gray.

I don't see viability as a variable. Sure, the more viable the fetus is, the more tragic an abortion is, but viability is achieved years after birth.

Delvianna · 2025-12-02T19:06:31-0600

jonojim1337 said:
While the southern to northern border is outlined as Nile to the Euphrates, can you tell me where the east to west border is?

For the boarder's that Israel will eventually be again?

Numbers 34:6 (NIV): "Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west."
Exodus 23:31 (NIV): "I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines..."
Genesis 15:18 (NIV): "On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, 'To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.'"
Numbers 34:10-12 (NIV): The eastern border is described as running from Hazar-enan south to Shepham, continuing along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee (Chinnereth), and then running along the Jordan River to the Salt Sea (the Dead Sea).

iluvatar5150 · 2025-12-02T19:02:14-0600

ThatRobGuy said:
Are you suggesting that this was done on purpose to signal to some nazis? Or just an unfortunate mistake like this:

It’s just funny.

Richard T · 2025-12-02T18:59:05-0600

Great gift by the Dell's. It is a decent program though I have some reservations. First, the government portion is given with borrowed money, except for the Dell's money. So more government debt but still a good program. The second reservation I have is whether it will be counted as assets by those applying for financial aid. If so, then the money plus any earnings could reduce future financial aid for those going to college. It is billed as a retirement account but says it can be used for college. Lastly, a quote from article:

"Private contributions will first be able to be made on July 4, 2026. The accounts will allow for private contributions of up to $5,000 a year. Employers can contribute up to $2,500 of that amount."

I edited this because it is in the Big Beautiful Bill and from what ai tells me there are no thresholds. So clearly the higher the income the great chance at maxing the savings.

If I were an employer I would offer to fund the 2.500 a year instead of giving raises for a year or two. That way I would not have to pay my portion of FICA taxes and it still could count as an expense, I would assume for the business.

An example from my brief study. I used an investment calculator. https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calculators/compound-interest-calculator
First for the first 18 years, then that sum for an additional 40 years at a assumed interest rate of 7% which is very conservative.

A child of a family maxing the account, gets the 1000, but the family or employer can also provide up to 5000 a year to the account.
If you maxed it for 18 years. that is 91K plus the investment earnings. Assume 7% growth from inception, with payments of 400 a month for 18 years, and the child would have roughly 166k. At 9% they would have just over 200k.

Meanwhile a child whose folks or single parent is poor, would likely have little help except from the government so they fund the 1000 and at the end of 18 years they have 3,379 dollars.

Making the divergence even more pronounced, the fully funded account might go ahead and keep the account tax deferred. So lets assume they funded the account to the max for 18 years and had 166k, if you compound that for 40 years you would get 2.5 million. Here I assume that no more contributions are paid after the 18 years.

That is a great retirement for those who can max the account out. The poor would have 49K if they left their 3k plus in until they are 58.
The poor get a fair deal, it is better than nothing. Of course there are already tax deferred savings accounts for college. This however can be used for a home purchase or retirement.

I would conclude that this tax free account and baby bond money is tiled towards those that can afford to fund it.

Hentenza · 2025-12-02T18:58:16-0600

Bob S said:
The object of Jesus coming to Earth was to free Israel from the Law and provide them with salvation by their faith. We see this over and over in the writings of Paul. This leaves us with the question; if Jews are still under the Law, was Paul's admonition that they were freed from it false?

Corporate Israel rejected the Messiah. Paul preached the gospel to them and they rejected it. Christ fulfilled the whole law but they rejected Christ so they still need the law to point them to a savior (Gal. 3:24).

““Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭23‬:‭37‬-‭39‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

Matthew 23:37-39 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you | New American Standard Bible -

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you

bible.com

They rejected the Messiah so they won’t see Jesus until they have faith in Him.

“For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.” “This is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.””
‭‭Romans‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬-‭27‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

Romans 11:25-27 For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of | New American Standard Bible - N

For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of

bible.com

Israel is under a partial hardening right now and simply continue in the law waiting for the messiah to come but they will be saved after the fullness of the gentiles has come in. They are not partakers of Christ redemptive sacrifice. However, just like all that were saved under the old covenant, salvation is by faith (Rom. 4:3).

Valletta · 2025-12-02T18:51:33-0600

BCP1928 said:
I think almost all countries have a Constitution. The thing that actually enables totalitarian states of the left or the right and irrespective of religion, is single party rule.

Yes, in fact the Soviet Constitution of 1936 on paper gives more rights than the U.S. Constitution:

C1936 Constitution of the USSR, Part IV

1936 Constitution of the USSR, Part IV

www.departments.bucknell.edu

I think of our Declaration of the Independence as our core founding document and the Constitution as the framework.

RocksInMyHead · 2025-12-02T18:47:45-0600

Servus said:
According to what I've read Hernandez was unfairly prosecuted — that his trial was politically motivated.

What, exactly, have you read? Because the only people I've seen saying that Hernandez was unfairly prosecuted are Hernandez himself and Trump (who claims that some unnamed people told him that). No serious analysis of the case that I've seen has indicated that it was unfair or otherwise not completely airtight.

The Drug Case Against the Former Honduras President Trump Wants to Pardon

US President Donald Trump’s plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández belie the evidence used to convict him.

insightcrime.org

Murder, Corruption, and Drugs: The Ledgers That Could Sink Honduras’ Ex-President

Damning drug ledgers will once again be presented as evidence in a US drug trafficking trial – this time against the ex-president of Honduras.

insightcrime.org

Servus said:
Trump has said many Hondurans told him Hernandez was “set up” and wrongly portrayed as a “drug dealer because he was the president of the country.”

"Many people are saying" is a common Trumpian turn of phrase, and is basically meaningless. I'm sure there are Hondurans who think that he was unfairly prosecuted, but the whole point of a trial is to get past public opinion and discern the facts.

essentialsaltes · 2025-12-02T18:46:49-0600

Servus said:
Yeah I get that now. But not by the actual FBIAA right?

You quoted the by-line in the image.

Always in His Presence · 2025-12-02T18:42:19-0600

Dan Perez said:
And Paul was not part of Israel. , PERIOD.

Phil 3:5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, ofthe tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

I am aware of your opinion on Paul and completely disagree with it. No point in engaging.

eclipsenow · 2025-12-02T18:35:33-0600

keras said:
The Lord’s people will enter the holy Land with joy and thanksgiving:

Isaiah 35:10 The Lord’s people, set free, will enter Zion with shouts of triumph… Gladness and joy will come upon them, while suffering and sorrow will pass away.

Psalms 149:4-5 For the Lord accepts the service of His people and crowns the lowly with victory. Let His loyal servants exult in triumph!

Jeremiah 33:6 & 25 I shall restore the Land, My people will live there. They will shout: Praise the Lord of Hosts, for He is good and His love endured forever.
Psalms 69:36 Those who serve the Lord and love His Name, will inherit the Land.

Psalms 37:9 Those who trust in the Lord, will inherit the Land.

Isaiah 57:13b but, he who makes Me his refuge, will possess the Land.

Psalms 85:9 Certainly, His loyal followers will soon experience His deliverance, then glory will appear in our Land.

Isaiah 61:3-6 My righteous people, planted in the Lord’s holy Land, to display His glory.

Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the humble, for they will inherit the Land.

All true verses that I affirm!

They just don't say what you WANT them to say!

You have no authority given your 2025 model is your third attempt at this.

As much as you hate the animations, when you realise all your writings are yet ANOTHER attempt to chase after the wind - try "The Bible Project" on YouTube.

Unlike you, the guy has a Phd in Theology focussing on the Hebrew writing genre of Apocalyptic Symbolism.
Pick ANY book of the bible and watch them. I agree with about 80 to 90% of what they say - depending on the book.

Good, reformed Amil theology.

Or try Dr Paul Barnett's "Apocalypse Now and then." These really will help you.

BPPLEE · 2025-12-02T18:35:06-0600

RDKirk said:
Well, the US military is certainly not a Christian organization, so it's strange and saddening that actions even the military considers unlawful are justified by persons who claim Christ.

I don't know if any of the strikes were lawful. It seems to depend on who you ask

eclipsenow · 2025-12-02T18:22:13-0600

The Liturgist said:
When I’m in pain, specifically arthritis and tendonitis, which appeared in my 30s due to the hereditary illness I have, my normally epic attention span (at age 14 I sat through the Soviet SF film Solaris, watching both reels on our VCR, during the day, and thoroughly enjoyed it, and found myself never looking at water the same way again) becomes shorter, to a frustrating degree. Indeed I use my attention span as a key metric in determing how much pain I’m in.

That's rough!

The idea of pain as we age scares me.
I have a mild case of trigger finger and it's messing with my optimism as I age.

I also loved the Russian Solaris - but I think I was about 16.
I went to my public school (a good one in Sydney) the next day. My art teacher was a German man with a great accent!
We had a class chat about the movie and he loudly proclaimed,
"Oh - that movie vas so scarrrrey! That woman, she kept coming back!"

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