BPPLEE said:

in my own experience it was a problem. They just went to another agency

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I LOVE unions.

But dang if they do far too much to protect bad eggs.

(I don't see it as much as a teacher but when I was working as a counsellor at a govt. facility for youth, there were people being protected and coddled. I did not like that).

Clare73 said:

That is the logical consequence of the sovereigny of God (Ro 9:19-24).

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Ok so God created them in a fallen state knowing that they are incapable of meeting His expectations unless He was to intervene and enable them, then punishes them for failing to meet the expectations that He already knew that they were incapable of meeting when He created them?

AV1611VET said:

Christ died on the cross for him, didn't He?

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I think that's a moderatorable offence to comment either way.

So, final FINAL words: Matthew 7:20. Anyone with eyes and the internet knows Hovind's fruits and we know them well.

Rep. Bryan Morse, a 31-year-old Republican, was taken into custody Thursday. He was released on $200 cash bail, and is scheduled for arraignment on Dec. 18 in a Nashua courtroom.

According to Nashua police, an investigation into Morse began in May when the victim, who has not been identified, told authorities that he had posted explicit images of her on social media platforms without her consent.

In a statement, Morse denied the allegations and said he intended to fight the charges. “I am pleading not guilty and will be fighting vigorously to clear my name,” he said.

During his first year in office, Morse has spoken repeatedly about what’s described as the dangers of pornography in schools, including claiming in social media posts that New Hampshire public schools are providing students access to books with graphic content.

On his public Facebook page, Morse has said allowing trans people to use the bathroom of their choice is a threat to women’s privacy.

JohnB445 said:

I am learning more about the Bible.

What happens in the future? Where there be an eternity of people being on Earth then dying later to be judged or will there come a point where there is no longer a need to judge and either people are in heaven or hell. And there are no more people left for God to judge?

If that is the case, what happens next? Is it possible for another rebellion to occur and people get kicked out of heaven? Remember the angels rebelled from the very beginning.

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Peter taught that when Jesus comes again unexpectedly as a thief in the night, the heavens and the earth as we know it will be burned up and there will then be "new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells".

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Jesus also talked about that event when "heaven and earth will pass away" unexpectedly at His second coming.

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. 36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

RDKirk said:

Romans 7:7–11 is the classic passage where Paul identifies the dynamic that the giving of a law creates an occasion for sinful desire. To put it another way, the command itself provokes the impulse to violate it.
Sin as a reality precedes knowledge. Wrong actions are objectively wrong, even if the person does not yet know.
Moral responsibility begins with knowledge. Once awareness arrives, the person is accountable for the wrongdoing. This principle appears dozens of times in Scripture.
Legal guilt is tied to command + knowledge. The command creates the standard. Knowledge triggers accountability. Before knowledge, there is sin but not accountability.

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Before existence of command, there is no sin of which to be guilty. There was no command between Adam and Moses.

'Where there is no law, there is no transgression." (Ro 4:15)

CoreyD said:

It's all up to us, yes. You are right on that point.
We all have the choice to do, or not to do... As you repeatedly quoted... Deuteronomy 30:19
Joshua, who succeeded Moses, told the people, "if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve... As for me and my house[hold], we will serve the LORD!” Joshua 24:15
Pretty simple and straightforward. No one is forced, but freely, and willingly make a decision.

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Joshua’s Stipulation​

• In Joshua 24:15, Joshua says: “If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve…”
• Notice the stipulation: the “choice” only exists for those who think serving God is evil.
• For Joshua himself, there is no choice — “As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
• This means the “choice” is not a neutral free will option, but a testimony of heart orientation.
  • Those who see God as wicked presume they have alternatives.
  • Those who love God see no alternative — serving Him is the only reality.

This is why the term "will" has to be desire/intent and NOT the ability to choose in the moral/immoral paradigm of good/evil.

essentialsaltes said:

Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship, CNN reports​

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Birthright citizenship returns to Supreme Court as justices meet to weigh Trump's restrictions​

The justices could say as soon as Monday whether they will hear Trump’s appeal of lower court rulings that have uniformly struck down the citizenship restrictions.​

Doesn't seem like there's an issue.

Bob8102 said:

We will have to agree to disagree. OCD experts and OCD sufferers say that that is not true of people with religious OCD. I have done a fair amount of reading about religious OCD. Even with biblical logic on the side of their salvation, Christians with OCD are in a storm of doubt that can take years of hard work to overcome.

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Yeah, the addition of mental illness can definitely complicate questions like this. I still routinely find myself having to fight off spirals at times due to my bipolar 1.

Jermayn said:

Looking to get a little more insight from multiple people from multiple backgrounds on this. Thank you in advance to anyone who responds.

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I started as Catholic, then got "saved" in a missionary servicemen's outreach chapel. Then I fell from my so-called faith as I was so busy with mainly criticizing everybody, Christians or not. Then I got into a mess and thought of the thief on the cross, how he only knew he needed Jesus and to trust in Jesus, and Jesus would know what to do with me. And since then I have trusted God to makes me submissive to Him so at each moment I can discover what He does with me. So, in case I became a Christian by getting into more ongoing personal submission to Jesus, here is what I have been discovering >

Jermayn said:

-When you first became a Christian, what did you expect life in the church to be like?

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I understood that there are people to help me, and I need to be ready to love and deal with ones who are not being good to me. Because Jesus expects us to love any and all people >

"And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved." (2 Corinthians 12:15)

Love and give and help without requiring anything in return, I understood Jesus to mean. And in case I was refused somewhere . . . leave them and discover what God does with me.

Jermayn said:

-What were your hopes or assumptions about how things would go?

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The ones who are Christian would be good with me, and others would not and were there for me to reach them for Jesus. And Jesus says God is in control of what happens to me, and God takes care of me.

Jermayn said:

-What was your first experience with the church community?

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If "first" was the missionary church, I was glad to be able to give testimonies and invite people to church so they could be saved. And the people were pretty good to me, but warning me not to be so critical and showing off.

If my real conversion was the thief on the cross approach . . . then I went with a lot of churches that I pretty much integrated by being there. And I had a chance to discover how each group could have people who were not right but others were with it and my good examples of how I need to worship God and relate in love. Then I went homeless, on purpose, and discovered outreach people who could be different ways, and in various churches I visited on foot from Boston to North Carolina it was pretty much the same: the functional church of Jesus is honorable and good in example, wherever Jesus sheep are, while church culture people can be a problem, but are there to be reached for Jesus.

Jermayn said:

-Did those expectations match reality, or were there surprises?

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My biggest surprise was how I was my main problem. As I learned how to love in sharing with God, things have grown much better, including now I have had my lady friend for about thirteen years. And I can stay in the same church without leaving in a huff. One "joke" was I supposed I had the teaching gift, but ones did not accept me and I would leave in a huff. Then it came to me that if I had the teaching gift, it was going to first and mainly teach *me* how to love!!! And I could see how I was not loving each person the way Jesus expects.

And then, as I got into praying to find and honor and learn from ones who were genuinely loving, I could discover people like this and feed on their good example. But then, yes, surprise!! Ones who seemed like good examples could turn out to have issues I did not expect. But this is why God's word says to be always ready with "longsuffering" > in Ephesians 4:2 > and forgiveness, never to give up on anyone > love "hopes all things" > in 1 Corinthians 13:7.

At times, after I left a place where I felt I was rejected, I might go back and visit and be surprised at how ones missed me and even might be more courteous with me, like they realized they had not related with me like they should. And I discovered how ones could be right by criticizing me, not rejecting, but caring about how it would be to have me with them and trying to help me so I could do better with other people. I was the one who could be the wrong way.

Jermayn said:

-How do you feel now about your place in the church?

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Glad to be here. But I need to keep alive with hope for any and all others . . . never giving up on anyone. And the Sunday culture is not the church. Jesus and His sheep are all the time.

essentialsaltes said:

Women, in my GOP, representing the interests of women? Can't have that.

Three female GOP state senators who filibustered S.C. abortion ban lost their primaries​

Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn and Penry Gustafson lost to three male candidates and were among a bipartisan group of five women state senators who filibustered a near-total abortion ban. They were nicknamed the "sister senators."

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They got rid of the women, but still can't get the law passed.

South Carolina's near-total abortion ban fails to advance out of subcommittee

The controversial bill creates new definitions for human life, contraception and makes abortion a felony.

State Sen. Billy Garrett, one of the bill's original sponsors, abstained. At one point in the meeting, he said he wants to protect the unborn. However, he was against criminalizing mothers.

"I'm extremely in favor of saving babies' lives," Garrett said. "I'll always be that way. My constituents are that way. They asked me to be that way, and I am, but I have never intended, nor should any of us ever intend to, to punish or be punitive towards our moms."

Oompa Loompa said:

Mandami has not even sworn in yet and is already on track to becoming a lame duck mayor.

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In much of the country that isn’t New York City, si.

rambot said:

These posts are just kinda sad.
And now you'll reply trying to suggest my posts are also sad.

And the wheel will continue while we turn...

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Takes two to tango. . .

Dikaioumenoi said:

I'm not going to take the time to engage you if you won't even acknowledge what Luke wrote:

... ἐπίστευσαν ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Acts 13:48b)​

ὅσοι introduces a relative clause ("as many as") and governs the participle τεταγμένοι ("appointed, assigned"). The verb in that relative clause is ἦσαν ("were"), not ἐπίστευσαν ("believed"). ἐπίστευσαν is outside the relative clause.

SUBJECT: ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον
PREDICATE: ἐπίστευσαν

The subject is:

ὅσοι (those who) ἦσαν τεταγμένοι (had been appointed)

the predication is:

"those who had been appointed" --> "believed."

You cannot dispute plain grammar. You can dispute the meaning of τεταγμένοι (if you want to argue for the middle voice "disposed themselves" rather than the passive "appointed"), but you cannot re-write the syntax of the verse. Either you acknowledge the grammar, and we can go from there, or you do not believe what Luke wrote, in which case there is no point to me taking the time to wade through the rest of your comments.

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I'm not going to continue to engage you if you continue to act like you are the ultimate Greek expert while insisting on interpreting Acts 13:48 in a way that contradicts many other scriptures. Scripture is very clear that God loved the whole world enough to send His Son to die for their sins (1 John 2:1-2, John 3:16) and that He wants all people to be saved (1 Timothy 2:3-6) and commands all people everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30) so that He makes His mercy available to all people (Romans 11:30-32) because of His gracious offer of salvation to all people (Titus 2:11). Your interpretation of Acts 13:48 and your Calvinist doctrine in general contradicts all of those verses I referenced and many more.

You think that God alone chooses who will have eternal life and that man has no responsibility in the matter. If that was the case, then why does scripture say that God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked and wants them to repent before they die (Ezekiel 18:32, Ezekiel 33:11)?

BelieveItOarKnot said:

Dan, I really don't get your point. Are you trying to condemn me for some reason you can't quite pin down???

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And all that you quote ANY verse is correct but not ALL is for us. !!

Like 1 COR 10:2 And all were BAPTIZEDV unto MOSES. in. the CLOUD and. in the SEA !!

Moses has THOUSANDS. of ISRAELITES. ready to cross the RED SEA and with thousands of EGYPTIANS pursuing them !!

Explain how all those JEWS BAPTIZED unto Moses and all. it means that the word BAPRIZED does NOT ALWAYS means WATER

IN. EPH 4:5. reads ONE LORD , ONE FAITH. , ONE BAPTISM. and IF there is ONLY ONE // HEISI. BAPTISIM do you

know. THAT. there is. the Greek words BAPTO , BAPTIZE , BAPTIMA. , BAPTISM. , SPRINKING. , BAPTIZED. , BAPTISTES

and BAPTISMA is used 22 Times from. MATT 3:7. THROUGH 1 PETER. 3:21. so all have always check. the Greek TEXT ,

My job is not to CONDEMN. and my ONLY JOB is in 2 TIM 2:15. Be diligent to present. yourself ACCEPTED by GOD

a workman. having no cause for SHAME RIGHTLY. DIVIDING the Word of. TRUTH and you have to PLEASE GOD

and NOT ME and check Rom 10:9 and 10 is for TODAY. and Paul is the Apostle for the GENTIES. and 1 Cor 11:1

says You become IMITATORS. of ME , just as. I. also am. of CHRIST.

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The warnings from Doha and Riyadh sounded loud and almost desperate: Israel was jeopardising the ceasefire, both capitals said after the IDF attacked several Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip this week. Qatar was particularly harsh in its message, speaking of a ‘dangerous escalation’. Saudi Arabia joined in and also condemned the Israeli prime minister's trip to southern Syria. But the outrage obscures the crucial fact: the IDF attacks came after Hamas fighters fired from areas clearly under Israeli control.

The exact sequence of events highlights how fragile the current ceasefire is and how consistently Israel is trying to do what a state must do: protect its soldiers and civilians.

On Wed Nov 19th, a group of armed terrorists opened fire near IDF forces operating along the yellow separation strip in the Khan Yunis area. The IDF responded with a precision strike on a building in the Zeitun neighbourhood of Gaza City, which Israeli sources said was housing a senior Hamas terrorist. This was followed by further attacks on Hamas operational structures after additional terrorists approached the yellow control strip in several areas. Some of them were identified and eliminated across the line; an indication of the ongoing threat, even in the midst of an agreed period of calm.

Qatar stated that the attacks had claimed ‘martyrs and casualties’ and posed an immediate threat to the ceasefire. At the same time, Doha reaffirmed its ‘firm and unwavering commitment’ to the Palestinian cause, a phrase that has been more of a political signal than a realistic analysis for months.

However, neither Doha nor Riyadh mention the key point: the ceasefire does not oblige Israel to allow itself to be fired upon. In international law, the term ‘ceasefire’ never means the suspension of self-defence. When armed terrorists cross a control line or operate directly on it, a real threat arises. Since Oct 2023, the IDF has made it unmistakably clear that it will neutralise any immediate threat, regardless of political timelines.

Qatar and Saudi Arabia present their statements as warnings. But in reality, it is more of a reflex: both states must maintain their respective regional roles, serve their political alliances and assert their position in the Arab discourse. At the same time, they know that the ceasefire only exists because Israel has operated with maximum restraint despite numerous violations by Hamas.

What makes the current reactions so remarkable is that they completely ignore the fact that Hamas repeatedly breaks this ceasefire, whether through shooting, approaching Israeli posts or continuing to use civilian areas for military purposes.

The Israeli government and military have been emphasising this for weeks: Every attack, every approach, every armed movement that threatens lives will be responded to. This is not a breach of agreement, but the only responsible course of action in the face of a terrorist organisation that traditionally uses ceasefires as tactical pauses.

The current dispute shows once again how distorted the view from the outside can be and how necessary it is to consider the actual situation on the ground before making moral judgements.

BCP1928 said:

Not all mambers of a religion interpret their founding documents "fundamentally." The same thing happens in Christianity. Christian Nationalist groups may base their ugly politics on what they think of as the "fundamental" truths of the Christian faith, but that doesn't't lead me to suppose that all Christians are a threat.

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You're comparing apples with oranges, since Christian nationalists don't begin with theology/questions of Christian praxis but begin with religious tokenism where their "faith" is little more than an identity token not a genuine source of ideology. On the other hand, it is by sticking as close to the actions and mandates of Muhammad that fundamentalist Muslims draw their practices. And it's not that Muslims, in general, are a threat but the Islam is a threat. The difference is important, though it is of course Muslims who carry out the ideology of Islam that is the source of the problem.

The word kurios corresponds to the tetragrammaton YHVH with the gematria 26.

The 26th Fibonacci number has 6 digits

f26 =
121393

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Fittingly, the number 26 appears in both π and the 3168th Fibonacci number in the 6th position!

.1415926

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f3168=
5288826

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The number 26 in the 3168th Fibonacci number is preceded by the 3 numbers 888, the isopsephy value of Iésous! The Greeks used the word isopsephy for gematria



The number 26 appears a second time shortly afterwards.

f3168 =
52888263726

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The sequence of numbers

f3168 =
...263726

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again gives the sum 26!

The verse

Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. Ps 111:1
הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ אוֹדֶ֣ה יְ֭הוָה בְּכָל־לֵבָ֑ב בְּס֖וֹד יְשָׁרִ֣ים וְעֵדָֽה

has a gematria of 931

Total = 931
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הללו 71
יה 15
אודה 16
יהוה 26
בכל 52
לבב 34
בסוד 72
שרים 560
ועדה 85

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931 = 72*19

931 is the 772nd composite number.

The sum of the first 772 composite numbers is 367,382 (three hundred and sixty-seven thousand, three hundred and eighty-two).

At the 367,382nd position in Φ, starting with the first decimal place, the 3 digits are 888!



Regarding the second coming of Christ, the prophet Malachi writes

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, Mal 4:2a
וְזָרְחָ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם יִרְאֵ֤י שְׁמִי֙ שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ צְדָקָ֔ה וּמַרְפֵּ֖א בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ

Total = 2220
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וזרחה 226
לכם 90
יראי 221
שמי 350
שמש 640
צדקה 199
ומרפא 327
בכנפיה 167

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The verse has the gematria 2220!

In the 2220th Fibonacci number, the number 888 appears twice,

f2220 =
4009371997129951342825430796402581327869102699895698839012750064579809639792128854301830807134613648
8318907294003029681178901445803007071082556952959151583518368984688857558701923138459932501931369906
5077375330717961525911361858342660934545640653900945780960334366299216431822263421304512354529724887
7987136901701140958314424326278825163732481734311351418883943716832232408738330421815222200437386656
5000523266273524751967934587472021616779226794319285179148929040

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once in 166th place, another time in 355th place.

166 is the gematria of elyown, meaning the Most High (G-d), and 355 is the verse number in which this expression is first mentioned

Number of verses per chapter Genesis 1 to 14:18
31+25+24+26+32+22+24+22+29+32+32+20+18+18 = 355

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eloywn (Most High)
עֶלְיוֹן
16. ע Ayin 70
12. ל Lamed 30
10. י Yud 10
6. ו Vav 6
14. נ Nun 50
∑ 166

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high G-d. Gen 14:18
ומלכיצדק מלך שלם הוציא לחם ויין והוא כהן לאל עליון

The two numbers 888, including all numbers in between

f2220 =
400937199712995134282543079640258132786910269989569883901275006457980963979212885430183080713461364 8
831890729400302968117890144580300707108255695295915158351836898468885755870192313845993250193136990 6
507737533071796152591136185834266093454564065390094578096033436629921643182226342130451235452972488 7
798713690170114095831442432627882516373248173431135141888394371683223240873833042181522220043738665 6
5000523266273524751967934587472021616779226794319285179148929040

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add up to a total of 839.

The expression

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall! Mal.4:2
וְזָרְחָ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם יִרְאֵ֤י שְׁמִי֙ שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ צְדָקָ֔ה וּמַרְפֵּ֖א בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ וִֽיצָאתֶ֥ם וּפִשְׁתֶּ֖ם כְּעֶגְלֵ֥י מַרְבֵּֽק

has a gematria of 839!

Total = 839
Original Text
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שמש 640
צדקה 199

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timothyu said:

In today's world, let alone in history, we have a perfect example of how narcissism can taint good intentions.

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Conscience is not ‘good intentions’ but we are all capable of deforming our consciences over time.

Why Democracies Prefer Docile Secularists by Jeb Smith

...The authorities ensure the populace has the worldview and mindset enabling the maximum accumulation of power to itself and providing the least resistance to its expansion of control. Despite what American conservatives tell you, propaganda is not a modern, liberal, or Marxist development, it arose as soon as parliamentary forms of governance began....

Pepperdoodle said:

Never heard of Nick Fuentes until the Tucker uproar started coming through my feed.
This Fuentes kid, yes aware he's 27, sounds like an unbeliever in need of salvation.
From the little I've heard from him I'm not impressed.

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Same. He sounds like a very angry, spiteful person.

This is a crucial topic that Christians must approach with divine wisdom and insight. Jesus taught about several godly principles from Matthew chapters 5 to 8. Jesus rebuked the hypocrisy of the Pharasees and today we are also commanded not to be judgmental. If you know you are a fornicator, drunkard, liar etc, fixed them before you point hands on others doing them. However, it doesn't mean we can't talk against sin. The Bible says the Word of God is for training, correction and reprimanding to bring one to righteousness. The one who preaches must strive to be blameless...

David Hunter said:

"Judge not lest ye be judge!" Oh, if you're an evangelist, you've heard that one too many times, but what is Jesus actually mean when He says judge not? In today's series we'll see what Jesus said and what's he actually mean!
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Now that I'm no longer in a city I never really run into them. It has been literally years since I saw a street preacher.

But, I did see a few. Ones that were effective and ones that were not.

One going back many years to my university days still sticks with me.

He was a somewhat chubby man, mid to late 40's. Preaching / Yelling with zeal in the middle of the campus square during the school flea market.

The crowd was honestly respectful, most passed by, a few were listening but none were heckling.

In an effort to reach the young men in the crowd, he began preaching / yelling about how God would give you not just spiritual strength but physical strength. He went on to claim that through God he could do more push-ups than anyone in attendance. Going as far as to call the young men listening spiritual and physical weaklings.

A young college athlete stepped forward to take him up on his offer. The street preacher tried to back down, tried to deflect, etc. But, the young man would have none of it. He, called the preacher a coward and asked him to prove what he just claimed or go home because he was just full of hot air.

The portly, middle aged preacher said a prayer then and he and the young athlete had a push-up contest.

The street preacher lost. Not just lost by a little. He lost badly. The young man was still doing pushups like a machine when the preacher gave up in a red faced, huffing and puffing heap.

The crowd laughed and left, the preacher gathered up his stuff and left.

Obviously lessons were learned that day. Likely not the ones the preacher intended, but perhaps one he needed.

If you street preach, be sure you are called, be sure you are prepared, be sure you do not stray from the Word into self...

partinobodycular said:

Ah, you're lucky then, because I don't get that. Notice that I mentioned windswept, which means that the snow blows across those miles and miles of wide open fields until it encounters some type of windbreak where it forms a sort of white concrete around anything unlucky enough to be more than three feet high.



Ah, now you're speaking my language. Outsiders think that you're crazy if you tell them that what we need to dry the ground out is a nice warm rain. They're like... how does rain dry the ground out? Because until it rains the ground is frozen, so all that melting snow has nowhere to go. Then the rain thaws out the ground, and what was nothing but a lake one day is gone the next. It just magically disappears.

Then the spring comes and the northwesterly winds turn into southwesterly winds and rain. Everything turns green, and eventually the rains stop. At which point everything is beautiful for about two weeks, and then the bugs come.

Yeah, life in the Upper Midwest, it's so much fun!

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MidWest eh? Nice! I've always wondered what that part of the US looks like.

I'm really surprised you guys don't have windbreaks. In the canadian prairies they were installed in the "dirty 30s" to stop soil loss. Did you guys not do it up there?

DaisyDay said:

Am I reading this right? This probe sounds independent, very off-brand for this administration. I fear heads will roll.

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It does seem strange. Bish wanted to dish on Schiff, but instead...

Bish said she kept trying to return to the Schiff allegations, but that the officials “are trying to, in my opinion, investigate the investigators.”

The AP story notes one of the people who may or may not have impersonated a federal agent is Robert Bowes, a Trump 1.0 official.