May God have mercy upon him.

I was saved, and discipled through Christian radio in the late 80's early 90's . Many of those programs were Moody Network programs.

One more thing, this took me back to the late 2000s and early 2010s, where I binge watched documentaries on Discovery, National Geographic and History channels, back when the documentaries were focused on real history, instead of entertainment or sensationalism. Thank you @Dave Darling for bringing back my childhood memories of 2009-2012. My dad's parents overseas had a Panasonic Viera plasma TV, and when I was not hanging out with family members overseas, I watched documentaries on it. At the time, my parents only had LCD TVs which did not have the same picture quality as plasmas (but were more energy efficient), but we did have Dish Network at the time back when satellite TV was affordable. When we ditched satellite TV in 2012 or 2013, that was a sad day, but then Netflix had documentaries and good TV.

Now, in 2024, LCD TVs are better than plasma displays of the early 2010s, so when watching this documentary on my LED backlit 43" LG monitor that I use as a TV, this brought back the same memories. Call me an old soul, but my yesteryear(s) just got reignited. Alright, I am done talking about my younger years.

This fact checking article again goes back to the realities of how
the Pandemic made a hash of global supply lines, resulting in
a huge rise in inflation as the U.S. started to come out of the
Pandemic years. This has lead to persistently HIGHER prices in
some consumer goods, after the Pandemic, than before the
Pandemic.

Also, inflation was flat in the U.S., during the Pandemic years,
because no one had cash to spend. As soon as people began to have
cash to spend (after the Pandemic), then inflation went up.

The political candidates should STOP arguing that the effects of the
Pandemic, were actually caused by some President.

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I don't understand what the issue is? Do you feel you were lied to or is it a case that pro-choice candidate can't help the PLM?

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The issue is Trump is a liar.

The Harris - Trump debate was interesting for various reasons:

1) Trump remains unfit for office as he continues to be deceitful about the election and contemptuous of the rule of law when he does not benefit from the court results.

2) Various international claims are simply false: he could not end the war between Russia and Ukraine overnight except by forcing Ukraine to accept unacceptable terms. Israel would not cease to exist within two years of a Harris presidency.

3) His views on immigration were spiced with lies about Haitians eating pets. He suggested that American crime rates were up (They are falling) and that the countries these migrants came from the crime rates were down. The top three countries where migrants come from are Mexico (crime is falling), India (overall rates falling) and China (who can say what the crime rates are there?). The reasons crime is falling have little to do with immigration or emigration in each of these cases.

The things I would suggest Trump won in the debate were on the issue of abortion and Afghanistan.

His main argument on abortion was that the devolvement of the decision to the states was less divisive than having it all decided on a Federal level and then imposed on all states by federal law. Harris is blinded by her passion for this issue. But his victory on this point was also characterized by lies about executing babies. Harris could not overturn the Supreme Court decision without a majority in both houses and if she did so she would undermine the rule of law, the defense of which she has based her campaign on.

Biden did mess up the withdrawal from Afghanistan. This also revealed major failings in the Chinese whisper system of American intelligence and military when it comes to hierarchy which I hope have been addressed since then.

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Exclusive—Frank Pavone: The Trump-Harris Debate Shows Who’s Closer to the Public on Abortion​

The portion of Tuesday night’s debate centered on abortion was an object lesson in how this issue is treated by the radical left. Unsurprisingly, the moderators’ questions were designed to mis-frame the issue and to never pin Vice President Kamala Harris down on any limits she might support. (That’s because she doesn’t support any.)

Exclusive—Frank Pavone: The Trump-Harris Debate Shows Who’s Closer to the Public on Abortion

President Trump and the Republican Party are closer in their views to the average American voter, and Tuesday’s debate showed exactly that.

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Thank you. You gave me another reason not to vote for her.

He said something lewd about Kamala Harris at the debate, too. It is what the more disgusting candidates do.

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I wrote this song some time ago. I had posted it here on CF at some point, but realized the mix was not great, so I redid it and am reposting now. I wrote and performed this, every track and instrument. It's probably not the best, but I gave it my best, so I'm happy to share now with the community.

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My 3rd Party candidate has fears for the country as well. The American Dream was never really a thing, but it has become less attainable in 2024 compared to 50 years ago. The American Solidarity party is worried that Democrats could turn our country woke.

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So how does a vote for your 3rd party candidate prevent Kamala from turning our country woke?

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Please pray for the safety of house churches as they become increasingly important for persecuted believers. Pray for local established churches to see the importance of these places and to start supporting them in whatever way they can.
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Pray for Malaysian believers, whether from Chinese, Tamal or Malay backgrounds, to remain strong in their faith and to resist increasing intimidation. Leaving Islam has severe consequences from society and government and in law.
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Pray for tolerance to be shown by the public, some of whom have been urged on by radical groups, throwing petrol bombs at a number of large supermarket chains, creating tension and anxiety among the majority of the population and fear among the minority Christians.
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Pray for wisdom and discernment among the population, particularly Christian voters, as some radical groups attempt to sow disunity within the country, calling for bans and prohibitions. They claim these are in line with Islamic teaching.
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Pray for fairness and acceptance to be maintained within society, especially in light of the recent attempt by a halal chain of bakeries to ban the writing of ‘Merry Christmas’ on their products.
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Pray for the believers, particularly from Malay backgrounds, who are experiencing an increase in intolerance towards them.
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Pray for the Government of Malaysia as it attempts sensitively to handle the growing political pressure from local radical groups.
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I found something very interesting on Youtube, it is a documentary on the third crusade. King Richard the Lionheart of England squared off against the Muslim leader Saladin in holy war to control the holy city of Jerusalem. This is an awesome history lesson and is important to watch in order to understand current events in the middle east, the middle eastern arabs are still bitter about the crusades to this day! This video is 1hr and 30mins but is a good watch! The link to the video is below, you can paste the link into your web browser:
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Micah's prophesied in 3:

9 Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight

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12 Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.

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More than a century later, Jeremiah affirmed that in 26:

18 Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, 'This is what the Lord Almighty says: "'Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.'

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It was fulfilled in 2K 25:

8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. 10 The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

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Micah prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem, and Jeremiah affirmed it and elaborated on it for the temple. It was fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem.

Since this is the propaganda thread I thought I'd throw this off topic response from another thread into this one:

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The Heritage Foundation has basically been a guiding force for Republican policy for decades.

Their newly released radical project 2025 was wildly unpopular on arrival, so Republican politicians are now distancing themselves from it.

The issue here is that the document was straight forward and honest about what intellectual conservative think tanks properly want to do.

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Well, when you delve into it though a lot of what we hear about 2025 is a lie they get away with telling because people don't read 900 page documents to find out what they actually say in context.

Social security is one. I get daily ads on how Trump is going to end Social Security, that's not even in project 2025... Same with abortion bans. Not even in project 2025. Yet the ads from Kamala all blame project 2025.


However, while conservatives mainly and generally agree on many general topics, each conservative has their own ideas as to how that main objective could be best achieved, or even if it needs to be achieved at all.

This is why we elect individuals after hearing what THEY want to do and how they, individually, want to do implement their agenda for their term in office.

We don't elect think tanks. It's the individual the people think have the best vision who wins, not any think tank.

Think tanks only give us stuff to think about .. at best.

Conservatives aren't a collective. We aren't Marxist's or communists. We are individuals operating as individuals do in a Republic.

That's why Trump's Agenda is called Agenda 47..

For many Christians in Vietnam, following Jesus can bring intense hostility and even violence. While historical Christian communities, like Roman Catholic churches, enjoy some freedom, both non-traditional Protestants and those who convert from indigenous religions face intense pressure and violence for their faith, especially in the remote areas of central and northern Vietnam.
Most believers belong to ethnic minority groups, like the Hmong, and face social exclusion, discrimination and attacks. Their homes are sometimes destroyed, and they’re forced to leave their villages. Church meetings face constant surveillance and frequent raids.
The past year has seen a slight drop in pressure on believers from their families and local communities. However, there has also been an increase in violent attacks on believers and church buildings, and in the number of church leaders arrested.

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“My father was my biggest persecutor, but he was also my biggest miracle.”
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• Pray for protection for Christians from ethnic minorities.
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• Pray that Open Doors partners will be strengthened and encouraged in their work.

Of all the things about which I preach, very few (if any) provoke as strong (and usually negative) a reaction as the call to forgive. I get more angry pushback after a Mass at which I preach on forgiveness than when I speak about chastity, greed, or any other challenging moral topic.

It would seem that the anger is rooted in two things: first, that the call to forgive implies some dishonoring or diminishing of the pain or injustice someone has experienced, and second, that it seems to imply that there is a requirement to stay in or resume relationships that are poisonous or dysfunctional. But forgiveness need not imply either of these.

Forgiveness is a concept that is often misunderstood. Many people interpret it to mean that they must stop having negative feelings about something that happened to them, or toward someone who hurt them. Many also think of forgiveness as a work they must do out of their own power, rather than as a gift to be received from God. No! Forgiveness is a work of God within us, whereby He acts to free us from the poisonous effects of bitterness and grief that often accompany the harm that was inflicted upon us.

Forgiveness is letting go of the need to change the past. Obviously, we cannot change the past; we cannot change what has happened. But we too easily think that ruminating over past hurts will somehow change what happened or even “get back at” the other person. It will not. Refusing to forgive is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Clinging to our hurt and anger, understandable though it may be, only harms us.

Thus forgiveness is first for us, more so than for the other. In calling us to forgive, God is offering us the gift to be free of a great deal of poison and of a costly emotional state that robs us of joy and strength. Carrying anger and hurt is like lugging around bowling balls all day long. What a relief it is to just be free of that weight! And this is what God offers when He gives us the grace to forgive, to let go of the need to change the past, to let go of the desire for others to suffer because of what they have done to us.


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Pray that Jesus Christ somehow miraculously Stops the war and famine in Sudan:

COMMENTARY: We commemorate the Crucifixion on Good Friday, but on Sept. 14 the cross itself is praised.
St. Francis receives the stigmata, by El Greco, 1585-1590 (photo: Public domain)
Eight hundred years ago, around the feast of the Triumph of the Cross (Sept. 14), Francis of Assisi received the “stigmata,” the five wounds of Jesus in his own body. He bore the wounds until his death in 1226, two years later. The Franciscans mark the feast of the stigmata on Sept. 17.

St. Francis received the stigmata at La Verna, where the Franciscans maintain a shrine today, just nine months after he created the first Nativity scene at Greccio. The Franciscans celebrated the 800th anniversary of that last Christmas.

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I stood at the podium looking into a sea of faces at a loss for words. I had just concluded my remarks addressing the question “Is the Culture Toxic?” and I was fielding questions for the Q&A portion of our diocesan pro-life conference.

The very first question caught me off guard. After hearing my summary of the challenging and disheartening developments in medical research today, one audience member asked not about the precise moment that new life begins or the ethical ins and outs of reproductive technologies, but a question far more pressing and practical: “How do you stay joyful?” The incredulity in her voice was palpable.

I was thrown off by the unanticipated question. As I regained composure, I relayed to her the most joyous part of my life: my children. Their bright optimism and enthusiasm for each new day were always a stark contrast to the medical and ethical complexities I had just laid bare.

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Stay at the church you are at unless you have a very good reason to leave.

Pray that Jesus Christ sends forth Christians & Christian missionaries so that they are guided by The Holy Spirit to comfort & heal Syrian Refugees who are rejected by the world:

Please pray Jesus Christ guides Nigeria's politicians, bureaucrats and business men to allocate financial spending properly, effectively, efficiently and quickly so that it benefits Nigerians:

" I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands." - Psalm143:5

Muse means to commune, converse with ones self, study, ponder, speak; to say to one's self in a thoughtful manner, gaze thoughtfully, to think about something carefully and thoroughly.
We're not talking about the mythological goddesses called muses, nor some personal creative force. The Biblical meaning is clear: it's a deep contemplation and pondering the works of God's hands, of all things natural in creation, and of all things spiritual - for even the evil must be considered, and how it became that way, and how God's mighty power overcomes evil. We muse upon all things God has done, "I remember the days of old." And also, we must muse upon the Word of God in all it's aspects from the written scriptures to the living Word became flesh who dwelt among us, full of grace and truth: Jesus, Yeshua.

We're going to take a look at several passages on wisdom, for wisdom will consider a matter, musing over it, and this scripturally is the will of God as revealed in His Holy Word.

"All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them." (Proverbs 8:8)
This is spoken by wisdom, who is the wisdom of God with God and brought up by God in the beginning, who is Jesus Christ the wisdom of God. Search the scriptures that these things be so. (Prov 8:22 & 30, 1 Cor. 1:30)

James 1:5-8,
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."

Daniel 2:20-23,
Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his.
He changes times and seasons;
he deposes kings and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.
He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him.
I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors:
You have given me wisdom and power,
you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.”

Daniel 12:19,
"Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand."

Who is the wise? They who have Jesus Christ, Yeshua Messiah, and that means abiding in him so that you as a branch feed daily from the vine, as Yeshua said, I am the vine, and ye are the branches (John 15:5)

Psalm 111:2,9 & 10,
The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever."

Those who are wise will seek after God, and His righteousness. They will be filled with the Spirit, and completely forsake the lusts if the flesh. They will not only reverence God, but will fear God, as in trembling, being afraid of, as Job said, and as the Hebrew word yare and Greek word phobos mean to fear, dread, be terrified. This in a healthy way, not paranoia.

Again in Proverbs 9:10, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."
And Proverbs 14:27,
"The fear of the LORD is a fountain if life, to depart from the snares of death."

Luke 21:15, "For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist."

In wisdom we can muse on the mighty works and ways of our great and majestic LORD, as here in Job 40:9-14,
"Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee."

Pride is the antithesis of wisdom. And if you become proud because you've been given wisdom, watch out, because of Satan it is said, "thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness." (Ezekiel 28:17)

Hosea 7:11 -13
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

This is talking to Israel, a people who knew God, but did not know God. Israel had the law of God and the Prophets, much like the church has the entire Bible and preachers, but yet how many truly walk with Christ and obey Him?
Egypt = idolatry & occult, Assyria = violence & bloodshed, murder, assault, abortion. All of this we are seeing people embrace today, and in my lifetime of 63 years, I have seen this wickedness explode upon society, making the revolution spirit of the 1960s and 70s look tame!

Psalm 9:7-8,
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

So, let's take a look at pride, and it's associated sins, because this is one issue we must be on guard against at all times, for it is the sin our enemy, the devil, loves to beset us with. This is such a serious matter. It does well to muse upon these things. We can look at Daniel again, where King Nebuchadnezzar was humbled and after being chastised said,
"Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.:

Proverbs 6:12-19,
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."

When God says He hates something, you do well to take notice. These are strong words, hate and abomination. Do you understand what abomination is? It's utterly reprehensible, vile, loathsome, something you can't stand, something horrific, something that makes you sick.

Not only these 7 things are abomination to the LORD, but also unclean things, Idolatry, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, the occult - and I'll say it again, that's rock music, and a whole lot of movies and TV shows: nothing but witchcraft. You call it entertainment? It's witchcraft. Might as well go to a pagan ceremony and watch thinking it's cool, cuz it's the same. Homosexuality, beastiality, these also are abomination. It's right in Leviticus 18. God didn't change it; God didn't say it was OK now.

"Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor." (Prov. 14:9)
They think it's funny and fun. They make myriad of wicked comedy shows mocking sin, and practicing sin, to promote their sin, and make it funny. Now we can have fun in life, we can laugh - as it is written, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." And, "A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenancd: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken." (Prov 17:22 & 15:13)

Jeremiah 17:9 - A "good heart" doesn't exist apart from God. None measure up to His holiness and purity, and that is why Jesus must save, for without Him we are wicked, and vile, and we are lost headed to hell!
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"

Desperately wicked! How terrible and frightening this should be. Put away that pride and realize in your soul you are a fallen sinner, depraved and corrupt, dead while you live, heir to the Adamic nature going back to Genesis 3; ye shall surely die, for the wages of sin is death.

Jesus said "out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulterous, fornication, thefts, false witness, blasphemous. These are the things which defile a man..." (Matt 15:19-20)

In Revelation 9:20-21 there are people who refuse to repent no matter what. You don't wanna go along with this croud.

"The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" You do not have to die. MUSE upon these things, seek the wisdom that comes from above, that is the gift of God, for there is even the gift of the word of wisdom in 1 Corinthians 9.

Let us consider in deep thought what has been said here, and seek the Lord while He may be found, while the day of grace is still day, for the night cometh when no man can work, and a time shall come when the door shall be shut.