That's a well-known saying. Who is the author?

If I said that I hate people such as family members, do you think the proper response should be that I'm not saved ? Well, that's how it is for me. If I complain about my life's problems whether health, job, family, people not caring about it or misunderstanding what I'm saying, all I ever hear is that I can't be saved if I hate people. The person who told this to me, to be specific actually said that no matter what happens, even if I had some rare condition, I should be joyful 24/7 and never be envious or hateful; the fact I admitted I hate people means I'm not saved. This sounds like some kind of weird "entire sanctification" doctrine, where the saved are basically sinless and live in a perpetual state of joy and only do very minor things wrong. This comes out in reflective Bible study questions where the worst thing they did that week is not "loving someone enough" and things of that nature. Is it possible someone can be so convinced they are saved, that they never see them hating other people or other sins, because they believe themselves to be so sanctified already (even at a young age like 25/35)?

Hello folks. This devotional covers on how we must love God and love others, but at the same time, not love wrongdoings.

TISHA ‘B’AV, WHY? HOW?

This is the day when so many tragedies struck the People of Israel. From the time of the destruction of the First Temple until modern times, many tragedies, and hostile attacks, were directed against the People of Israel, Jewish people all over the world remember this date as a time of mourning.

…Tisha ’B’Av, or the “9th of Av” this year, starts on Monday evening (the 12th of August). When it falls on a Sabbath, it is called “Shabbat Chazon” or a “Sabbath of vision and revelation”. It is a time of sadness, sorrow, and remembrance. The question begins with “Eiha? (how) and “Lamah” (why?). The book of Lamentations begins with “Eiha” (how) “How alone she sits, the city (Jerusalem) once great with people….”

…..The voice of Yirimyahu (Jeremiah) after the destruction of the 1st Beit HaMikdash (Temple) and the city of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E the destruction culminated on the 9th of Av, (Tish’B” Av) This date marks the tragedies of many destructions in the history of Am Israel. Here’s a list, the destruction of the 1st temple is the first.

…..70 A.D. the Roman emperor Titus, destroyed the second temple and murdered millions of Israel’s inhabitants and 100,000 were taken captive to Rome, those taken captive to Rome were used as a sport in the arena, and others served as slaves. Many others from Jerusalem fled the country, going to Europe, Africa, and other parts of the world.

…..132 A.D. Bar Kochba revolt against Rome. The Jews lost and many Jewish lives were lost to the Eagle of Rome.

…..1095 A.D. Crusades, started by the church in Europe, the main goal to kick the moors out of Jerusalem, many crusaders were anti-Semitic, and during this time, 40% of Europe’s Jews were destroyed, one important event happened in Mainz, Germany. 700 Jews were living in that city at that time. They sought refuge in a large church to be protected from the crusading murderers. The Bishop at that time was kind and accepted to hide the Jews in the church. The Jews had given the Bishop all their valuables in exchange, to no avail. The crusaders entered Mainz, discovered their hiding place, and murdered all of them including the Bishop. Some say that the Jews there committed suicide rather than falling into the hands of the Crusaders.

…..1290 A.D. Expulsion of the Jews from England. Confiscation of property.

…..1478 The start of the Spanish Inquisition by Pope Nicolas, many Jews had to renounce their faith and accept Christianity, if not, they would be tortured and killed. This of course is not “real Christianity” but rather “Pseudo or false Christianity. Those who were genuine/real believers and followers of Jesus would never do such atrocities against God’s anointed people.

…..1492 The expulsion of the Jews from Spain on the 9th of Av. Many went to England and other countries in Europe, later on, many came to the Americas and settled in Mexico, Central and South America. By that time, many families had lost their Jewish identity, but now, many are finding it again.

…..1635 “Pogroms” or persecutions against the Jewish people starts in Poland.

…..1914. WW1 began and some 120,000 Jews lost their lives in the armed forces.

…..1939 The “holocaust” or “Shoah” begins in Nazi Germany. Result? We all know, that 6,000,000 Jewish people were killed by forced labor, starvation, and just “shot or gassed” in the concentration camps, just for being Jews.

…..1942. Deportation from Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka Concentration/death camp.

…..1978 11 Palestinians landed in a small Kibbutz in Israel by sea. They hijacked a bus, killed the driver, and drove towards Tel Aviv. On the way to Tel Aviv, they used weapons fire and threw hand grenades out the windows at people on the street, and the result was 38 Israelis killed.

…..1994. The bombing of the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina resulted in 86 persons killed and 300 wounded.

…..2012 A rabbi in Rutherford, N.J. was at home at night with his wife and 5 children. An Arab boy outside threw a Molotov bomb through the living room window to kill the family and burn down the synagogue that was part of the house. (Molotov bomb: a glass bottle filled with gasoline and a rag, the rag is lit and the bottle is thrown). There are probably many more events that occurred during the time of Tisha”b” Av, these are just some of them. During the time of Tisha B’Av, many will sing this sad song;

“Look from the heavens and see, we have become an object of scorn and contempt among the nations. We are regarded as sheep to the slaughter, to be killed, beaten, and destroyed. But despite this, we have not forgotten your name, we beg you not to forget us!”

…..We regard this time as a time of sadness and grief, but we must also remember this time as a time of survival, and a time to get out of “spiritual exile” It is a time to “return home to Abba” a time of “Teshuvah”. Our ancestors in ancient Israel committed spiritual adultery, going after pagan gods, went away from the ways of the Torah, despite the warnings of God, God looked down and warned our people, finally, the punishment ensued yet Elohim has not, and will NEVER reject his people, the remnant that survived is now in the millions, in every nation of the world. It is time to return, return to G-d, return to the ways of his Torah, return to the “Living Torah”

Many Jewish people celebrate Tisha B’Av during the evening, sitting on the floor of their homes and under candlelight, reading the book of Lamentations, many also fast although the only Biblically mandated fast day is during Yom Kippur. A fast during Tisha B’Av is more traditional than a commandment.

Another question is how is the book of Deuteronomy and Tish’B’Av related. Is there a relationship between the two? Well, we can look at it this way. Before giving up the ghost, Moshe announces from Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerizim both blessings and curses to Israel. In a few words, blessings if they obey G-d and follow his Torah, and curses if they disobey G-d and disregard His Torah.

Of course, all of Israel say “Amen” and wish to receive blessings, yet once dead, a few generations afterward, they departed from the ways of Adonai and the Torah. They went after false gods and corrupted themselves, bringing upon Israel the curse. The tragedies of Tisha’B’Av were part of the curse. Some say that because the “Jews nailed the Messiah to the cross” these tragedies came forth, but this is far from the truth. Adonai had Calvary planned since the beginning of time. It would be the payment for sin for ALL of us.

But for departing from the Truth, from the way of the Torah, for rejecting Messiah (not for crucifying Him) came all these events ( and probably more events not listed). Our Heavenly Father loves Israel, always has, and always will. Yet there are blessings and curses for all decisions made, and Israel is not exempt from them. Pray that more of “Am Israel” will come to Messiah Yeshua and will follow the Way the Truth and the Life, receiving “Yeshuah” by faith.

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Well, that's a great illustration of poetic justice.

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Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks


Scientists have discovered a reservoir of liquid water on Mars - deep in the rocky outer crust of the planet. The findings come from a new analysis of data from Nasa’s Mars Insight Lander, which touched down on the planet back in 2018.

The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Insight's scientific mission ended in December 2022, after the lander sat quietly listening to "the pulse of Mars" for four years. In that time, the probe recorded more than 1,319 quakes. By measuring how fast seismic waves travel, scientists have worked out what material they are most likely to be moving through.

The analysis revealed reservoirs of water at depths of about six to 12 miles (10 to 20km) in the Martian crust.

(Scientists) estimate that there is enough liquid water on Mars to form a layer across the surface that would be more than half a mile deep.


Mars water: Liquid water reservoirs found under Martian crust (bbc.com)

OB

43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

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For some time, I was not able to fit together the character of Jesus, and the character of YHWH, and some do not, and you shall see, fail miserably.

Thus let me give you a clue.

13 And Moses says to God, “Behold, I am coming to the sons of Israel, and have said to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they have said to me, What [is] His Name? What do I say to them?”

14 And God says to Moses, “I AM THAT WHICH I AM.” He also says, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: I AM has sent me to you.”

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15 And God says again to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: YHWH, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, has sent me to you; this [is] My Name for all time, and this [is] My memorial, to generation [and] generation.

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As you can see, there are CLEARLY two names in the bush.

Muslims will never wrap their heads around this one. God can forgive by mere will alone? What if He simply chooses not to? What then will you say?

Thus the final revelation is revealed for those with eyes to see. The commandment, and the prophecy, that existed before the creation of the world:

Hello folks. I am a bit wary of uploading Lifehouse here under the Christian or secular music subforums, as I am not sure if the band is Christian, though the singer is Christian in faith.

Lifehouse info:

Wiki:

Hello folks. This week I am downloading a bunch of rules for sports, such as soccer regulations, swimming regulations, gymnastics scoring and other sports related documents. Sometimes, sports can be confusing, so if you guys have any questions, the AI on my laptop can answer them.

AI RAG Interface


Folders that the AI will access

Cristina Hineman is a 20-year-old woman who filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood and others in April 2024 over allegedly being rushed into harmful sex change procedures.| Screengrab: YouTube/Independent Women's Forum

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood and others, accusing them of “rushing” her into irreversible and disfiguring sex-change procedures.

Cristina Hineman filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood in the New York state Supreme Court in Albany back in April, with the litigation garnering extensive media attention this week.

The defendants named in the suit include: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.; Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, Inc.; Dr. Lee Stetzer, who provides services at the Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood; Maureen Gara and Jacqueline Dall, a nurse practitioners at Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood; Brianna Samson, a physician’s assistant at Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood; Astor Services for Children & Families; Cassidy Robishaw and Kristin Woods, mental health counselors with Astor Services; Dr. Jeffrey L. Rockmore, a plastic surgery provider; and Dr. Jeffrey Rockmore of Rockmore Plastic Surgery.

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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is standing by the comments he made during a Catholic college commencement speech in May that sparked a national news firestorm and criticism as he finalized a four-year extension with the team last week.

In recent comments cited by The Associated Press, the 29-year-old three-time Super Bowl winner opened up about his decision to give the May 11 commencement speech at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, saying he didn't originally plan to do so after having done a commencement speech at his alma mater Georgia Tech University in 2023.

“I feel like, seven years in the league, having this platform, I’ve just decided, you know what, there’s things that I believe wholeheartedly that I think will make this world a better place, and I’m going to preach that," he said. "And if people don’t agree, they don’t agree, but I’m going to continue to say what I believe to be true and love everyone along the way."

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Limestone slabs uncovered in the archaeological excavations in Har Hotzvim neighborhood of Jerusalem have biblical significance | YouTube/Times of Israel

Following earlier reports that excavations have uncovered a large limestone stone quarry, it has now been revealed that some slabs were likely taken to build a road used by Jesus and his disciples 2,000 years ago and in building projects commanded by King Herod the Great and his descendants, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

The intriguing find was confirmed in a press release by the IAA excavating in the Har Hotzvim neighborhood of Jerusalem, and reported by the Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) on Aug. 5. It is believed to be the largest such find from the Second Temple period in the area.

Some of the stones, weighing 2.5 tons each, were used as paving slabs in the Pilgrimage Road under excavation in the City of David — a 2,000-year-old stone road walked upon by Jesus Himself and His disciples, and connecting the Pool of Siloam where Christ healed a blind man to the Jewish Temple, where he prayed.

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Everything that is made normally comes with a set of instructions. Whether it is home appliances, toys, automobiles, pet accessories, clothing, food, etc. Man is no different. Man was created by God and given an instruction manual, that if read and followed carefully, he would be able to make the best of his life given him on earth. Man's instruction manual is called the Bible. The definition of Bible from World Scope Encyclopedia reads: "The book held by Christians and Jews to contain the word of God and to be of divine authority. The word Bible is derived from Medieval Latin,"biblia" in the singular number, and means a book. The Greek form of the word is a plural and means books. As commonly used it signifies the book, in comparison with which other books or writings are unworthy; or if they be called books, then the Bible becomes the book of books. The Latin word scriptura = writing, scripturae = writings, convey the idea that the scriptures are the only writings worthy of being called writings; therefore, they are of higher standing than all other books.”

With that established, let me say that any knowledge that man has of God he got it out of the Bible. All preachers preach, or teach their congregations from the Bible. If you really look close, you will see that all of man's laws have the Ten Commandments as their foundation. Now before we go any further, let's establish this very important point. "Knowing this first that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” (2Peter 1:20-21)

Also, let me show you that God's word is contained in a book. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success". (Joshua 1:8) "Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read". (Isaiah 34:16)

"The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book". (Jeremiah 30:1-2) "In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.” (Daniel 9:1-2) "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” (Revelation 22:18-19)

Let's look and see what the writings in the Bible are good for. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

Words are what man uses to communicate with, one to another. Words are powerful, and Jesus is called the Word of God. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men".(St. John 1:1-4) "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.” (Revelation 19:11-13)

The Bible contains the truth, and the truth is the Word of God, which is the real life of man. "I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." (St. John 17:6, 8, &17) And Jesus answered him saying, "It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God." (St. Luke4: 4) "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." (St. John 6:63)

One good thing about the Internet, is that it makes it easy to compile and demonstrate the immense propaganda campaigns that exist. Witness below just how many venues are talking about "joy" with the Harris campaign. Last week's word was "weird". This week's is "joy". Stay tuned to find out what next week's propaganda campaign will foist upon us.

Back in the 1950-s one of the ways of treating mental illness was a lobotomy. Since they didn't know how to cure the brain, and they wanted to "get rid" of the problem, they decided to destroy the brain instead. While lobotomy itself is no longer legal, other treatments of mental illness that still exist today can be viewed as "much smaller versions" of lobotomy. The first psychiatric drug, Thorazine, was officially termed "chemical lobotomy". The reason being is that it was blocking the nerve endings in the same area of the brain that the lobotomy was targetting! In today's psychiatric language, the "politically correct" term for this is "neuroleptic". But if we care enough to look at what the words say we see the concept is sill the same: "lept" stands for "block", so "neuroleptic" blocks the nerve endings. Now, neuroleptic is not "smart", so it can't selectively only block "bad" nerves; it blocks all nerves good and bad, indiscriminately. In other words, the real goal is the same as the one of lobotomy. In today's society, the psychiatrists call the negative effects as "side effects". But in reality these are not side effects at all, but sought-for effects. If you look at the early accounts of the drug, the doctors were openly describing their patients became docile as evidence of a "success" of the drug! Only later on did anyone started vieweing it as "side effect"!

Even worse and far more damaging than psychiatric drugs is "shock therapy". In this case it seems quite clear that there is no way simply shocking a brain can cure a person at all. The purpose is, again, a deliberate brain damage. Yet regardless of how obvous this might seem, they call it a "side effect". And they even claim that today's versions of ECT machine are somehow "safer". Well my question to them is this: if today's ECT machines are "safe", what is the purpose of ECT at all? The one and only effect ECT can do is brain damage. So if it doesn't damage the brain (as doctors claim it doesn't) why are they insisting so hard on continuing the practice? By the mere fact that they do it they acknowledge that whatever they do is enough to cause brain damage! And the very fact that they stop after enough sessions are administered is a proof that they think a patient in question is so hopelessly damaged that htere is no reason to damage them any more.

Similar concept to "lobotomy" is seen in culture as well. When one culture disapproves of another culture, the former deliberately tries to create some negative influences upon the latter in order to get rid of it. For example, Jews do not approve of Christianity because they see the worship of Jesus as idolatry. As a result, they attempt to promote gay rights, liberalism, and so forth, in order to corrupt the Christian faith. Now, don't forget: Jews DO believe in Old Testament, and that is where most of Chrisian morals come from. So Jews know, for example, that homosexuality is wrong; but they "pretend" to think that homoseuality is okay while speaking to a Christian in order to weaken the faith of the latter. On the one hand, Jews attempt to influence public education in such a way that it promotes homosexuality. On the other hand, they cleverly take their kids to privite schools, which oppose homosexuality. What makes it even more ironic is that most of the verses against homosexuality come from the Old Testament rather than New Testament. This means that Jews are probaby far stronger opposers to homosexuality than Christians would ever be. Yet, this very "awareness" among Jews of the true evil of homosexuality is what allows them to view "gay rights" as a "weapon" and, thus, use it against Christians.

Likewise, Jews attempt to promote multiculturalism in public schools and among other things they try to build schools in mixed neighborhoods so that kids of different cultures and races learn to live among each other and downplay the cultural values of their own race. At the same time, Jews take their own kids to privite schools; a lot of such privite schools are so expensive, that blacks can't afford to go there. Thus, they own kids don't get a chance to learn to tolerate blacks. Interestingly enough, Jewish parents don't encourage their own kids to be among blacks either. Why not? I thought, based on what Jews do to Christians, Jews were all for multiculturalism? Well they aren't! They only use "multiculturalism" as a form of "lobotomy". In fact, among all the other groups of people, Jews are probably the ones who value cultural segregation the most -- as evidenced by the fact that the Jewish preference to marry other Jews is much stronger than, say, a Frenchman's preference to marry another Frenchman. That is probably why Jews are the only ones to realize that "multiculturalism" is "bad enough" to be a weapon -- and, consequently, they use it as such!

To summarize what I just said, it seems like

a) Jews have more awarenness of evils of homosexuality than Christians are, since most of the verses against homosexuality come from the Old Testament
b) Jews have far stronger drive AGAINST assimilations than Christians are (as evidenced by the fact that Christians are far more likely to intermarry
c) Jews are the ones who try to preach gay rights the most
d) Jews are the ones who try to preach multiculturalism the most

Now don't you see the obvious contradiction between parts a,b and parts c,d? Well, the reason for this is that Jews don't approve of Christianity. Since they don't know how to "cure" Christianity, they try to lobotomize it instead by doing something that they know is detrimental.

But don't get me wrong, Jews DO have a "good" alternative, which is Noahide laws. You see, according to Judaism, a person who was born a Jew is bound by 613 laws in the Torah; on the other hand, a person who is not a Jew is bound by 7 Noahide laws. So if a non-Jew follows these 7 laws, he is "righteous" and he has a share in the world to come without the need to convert. Now, prohibition against homosexuality is part of these 7 laws, which again leads to a question why do Jews preach violation of that specific law? Well, if the non-Jews were to follow the rest of the 7 laws, then the Jews would NEVER preach gay rights for this exact reason. But the issue is that Jews don't believe that the non-Jews are following the rest of the laws. In particular, one of the other Noahide laws prohibits idolatry; and Jews view worship of Jesus as idolatry. Thus, Jews say "since Christians break Noahide laws anyway (idolatry) it makes it okay to enourage them to break one more law (prohibition of homosexuality". This is strikingly similar to the way lobotomists think: "since the patients are screwed up anyway (with schizophrenia) it makes it okay to screw them up some more (with lobotomy)".

It is possible, however, that Jews have bigger plan. Probably their plan is something along the following lines:

(i) Destroy Christianity by preaching gay rights
(ii) Once Christianity is destroyed, preach Noahide Laws, EXCEPT for the one law that touches upon homosexuality (in order to avoid obvious contradiction)
(iii) Once people have been conversted to SIX noahide laws (part (ii)) and had enough time to forget about gay rights issues (part (i)), PREACH the law AGAINST Homosexuality.
(iv) If by any chance people still remember (i), just claim that (i) was taught "by someone else" and isn't true. This should be very easy to do since "officially" the public education program is American rather than "Jewish" and Jews are only there "behind the scenes", which makes it very easy for them to deny their own involvement in it. It is true that some individuals who identify themselves as Jews are promoting gay rights; but in this case they can just claim that these "individuals" happened to be "secular" and thus deny any affiliation with them.

Perhaps if a lobotomist had an option of "having everything his way" he won't "stop" at a lobotomy either. After the lobotomy (analogue of part (i)) is done, he will then proceed to "replacing" the "broken" brain with a "healthy" one (analogue of parts (ii), (iii) and (iv)), so that at the end of the day a person will be fully functioning. But since a lobotomist doesn't know "how" to carry out that second step, he is forced to only do the first step (lobotomy) and then leaving their patient disabled (and in lobotomist's eyes being disabled is "not as bad" as mentally ill which is precicely why he is doing lobotomy to begin with). Similarly, a Jews might not succeed in carrying out (ii), (iii), and (iv). In this case, they would carry out (i) and leave a "lobotomized culture" that neither follows Christian morals NOR Noahide laws. Just like "lobotomized patient" is not the perfect scenario in the doctor's eyes, the "lobotomized culture" is not perfect in Jewish eyes either. But in both cases, the lobotomy is viewed "not as bad" as the original problem. Perhaps Jews think that the prohibition against homosexuality in 7 noahide laws is somehow "not as bad" as prohibition against idolatry (which they view Christianity to be an example of); hence they view the former to be a legitimate weapon of fighting the latter.

By the way, Jews are not the only ones who use the "cultural lobotomy" as a way of fighting the cultural war. In fact, that same weapon is being used AGAINST the Jews, by Europe. In case of Israeli Palestinian conflict, Europeans never openly say they dislike Israel. Instead, they "claim" that they are "promoting tolerance" towards Palestinians. Now, when Islamic terrorism takes place in their own land, they are not nearly as "tolerant" as they want Israel to be. This tells us that Europeans are simply using "tolerance" as a tool to "lobotomize" Israel. This, in fact, is very similar to Jews preaching "tolerance" in order to "lobotomize" Christian culture. Both sides are wrong in this respect. Europe should openly acknowledge that Palestinians are at fault when it comes to Israel. If they have issues with the Jews (some of which are legitimate, as described in this post) they should try to address them directly, OUTSIDE of the context of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Likewise, if Jews have an issue with Christianity (as a Christian I don't agree with them, but still a lot of their arguments are worth trying to adress and shouldn't just be dismissed) they should discuss these issues directly (validity of Jesus' claims to be messiah, definition of idolatry, and so forth), instead of trying to go behind the scenes and preach gay rights. I think open communication will always help.

As a matter of fact, all three lobotomy practices (doctor-on-patient, Jew-on-Christian and Christian-on-Jew) are detrimental to the cause. If a doctor administers neuroleptic drugs to a patient, the patient will no longer remember what the "issues" were that "bothered" him. Thus, a rational discussion about these issues (with the goal of logically explaining to a patient why he approached them the wrong way) would no longer be effective. Likewise, if a Jew "lobotomizes" Christianity by convincing them that homosexuality is okay, it would no longer be possible to explain why Jesus is "not okay" because of some "fine points" that Jesus "misses". If something like homosexuality is "okay" why care about "finer points" altogether? And, finally, if Christian lobotomy upon the Jew "works", then a Christian would convince the Jews that "muslims worship the same God" (after all this claim has always been a part of pro-Palestinian propaganda). Since that claim runs counter to True Gospel, this would, in fact, create one more problem of converting a Jew to Christianity if/when other barriers would be dealt with. In light of this, I think the right solution is for doctors to stop using psychiatric drugs, for Jews to stop preach gay rights, and for Christian to stop preaching Palestinian rights. All three groups should simply be honest: a doctor should try to explain to the patient a "healthy" way of dealing with things in drug-free psychotherapy sessions; a Jew should explain to the Christian his arguments against Messiahship of Jesus (and also give Christian an apportunity to respond to them so that they can have a rational discussion with a rational conclusion), and a Christian should try to explain to a Jew why he believes Jesus IS a messiah (without resorting to "Palestinian rights" when he gets frustrated of a Jew not wanting to listen to him).

In 2020 in response to sending the National Guard in to deal with fallout from the riots, Walz referred to the National Guar as "19-year olds who are cooks".

Humanity spoke the same language and agreed to build a tower to reach heaven. Ge 11:

5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building. 6 And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them. 7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

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Why did the people in Babel not try to learn each other's language?

God did not let them. They could try but they would fail to learn another language.

8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

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They could not communicate and cooperate on the same project.

9 That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

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Each language group moved away from Babel.

Why did the people in Babel not try to learn each other's language?

It wasn't the will of God for them to acquire a second language.

Sheriff Boudreaux doesn't support Kamala Harris at all, and calls her out for trying to use him in her campaign ad. The Sheriff also implies she was a dishonest state Attorney General.

PSALM 14

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
there is none who does good.

PSALM 53

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
there is none who does good.

WHY I AM NOT AN ATHEIST

When someone repeats themselves, you need to sit up and take notice.

Well in two of the wonderful psalms , God repeats himself. We have many today, who call themselves atheists, and it is to them, that I address this message.

In the Hebrew, the true meaning is:

THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART, NO GOD

So, let's get this straight, you aren't an atheist, you are an idolater. You are someone who worships an idol, which is anything that takes the true place reserved for God and you won't let it go.

Romans 1 verses 18-32, gives a clear outline, why people are idolaters, they love sin and they won't let it go.

At the start, let me, pull no punches, the evidence is clear and I wish to tell you, Why I am not an atheist, by the end of this message, you won't be either.

First of all, I don't believe in Chance, Atheism is strongly linked to evolution, which says that we came about through some explosion many millions of years ago.

That is like looking for a ten-dollar bill in a stack of hay, the chance of finding it is so remote, you wouldn't waste your time even trying.

Secondly, I don't believe in chaos, if there was an explosion, all explosion, lead to chaos, they leave everything in disorder, look at the order in the world, the earth is spinning on its axis, if it moved off its axis a small amount, we would be all burnt alive by the sun rays. We have seasons, we have order in our universe. We have order and not disorder.

Look at the evidence:

Creation and the cosmos

Atheists believe that we have slowly evolving over millions of years, that we came from monkeys or that we climbed out of the sea. Look at the beauty of creation, look at a flower, so many beautiful flowers/animals and birds, brightly coloured. Do you think, this just happened over millions of years?

Yes, I believe in intelligent design, because all designs need a designer. God created all we see around us in six literal days, he did it all, I know it astounds the mind, but our finite minds are unable to grasp this, it is almost too wonderful for words. Look at the human body, everything, we even have the most advanced waste disposal system, God thought of everything.

Look at the cosmos, it would take us 1000 years to reach the end of our galaxy flying at the speed of light, and there are many millions of galaxies, did they happen by chance?

Look at man's conscience, man is the pinnacle of creation, he is the only one, with a moral conscience, he is capable of regret, of compassion, he/she has emotions. Again, I ask you, did these unique features come about by chance or evolve over millions of years.

Look at man's chasing, every single people group, worships something, there are people all over the world, that worship trees, spirits, rivers and animals, why?. There are tribes in deepest China, that worship nature, everyone seeks something to worship, even so-called Atheist's worship something, even if it is themselves!

Because they know deep inside them, that there is something else, something outside them.

Look at Man's crisis, he surely is in trouble, the deeper he/she goes and the further we go into history, the worse it gets. History goes from one disaster, everyone worse than the last. Wars and disease are now man's daily battle, it is like a chain weight around his neck. What disaster will it be next? Covid has surely shown man's complete impotence, he is helpless, but still, he seeks to handle things on his/her own, he/she refuses to hand things over to God and acknowledge who God is, and that he has made a complete mess of things.

It would mean man would have to humble himself, and believe me, he is far too proud to do that!

Look at man's condition, man hates the S word. He/she hates the word sin, every atheist, right at the bottom of them, will tell you, that there is no God, because they want no moral responsibility.

If there's no God, like they argue, there is no judgement, we can live how we like, but there is a God and there is judgement Hebrews 9:27

These are the facts, look around you, look inside of you. You have all the evidence, The uniqueness of the universe, the uniqueness of man, his utter helplessness and his deep need.

I am not an atheist, because every time, I see a flower or an animal, I see God's hand, every time I see another human, I am reminded that they are uniquely created by God.

Why believe in something like atheism, that gives people NO HOPE?

Let's eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die, but there is more to life.

There is a purpose and that is a God who created you and loves you.
I am a Christian, I wasn't always a Christian, something or someone changed me. I met and know the Living God.

He is a moment-by-moment reality, it is not some religious fantasy, I know his presence, I have seen and am seeing his power, not just in my life.

In my second message, I will share Why I am a Christian.

God bless you

KK

Romans 8

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

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Now, I have heard that for some, we should be utterly reverent of God when speaking to Him, when addressing Him. God has a lot of titles, and we should approach Him by all those titles.

and I think about that, and I feel.. awful.
I feel a loveless, empty, "professional" relationship, coldness. It's like every one of those titles you jam in there yes they magnify God but they distance yourself from Him, and to me, it's almost a sensation of pain, and I just start losing hope and wishing I'd never been born. To just be seen as nothing but a slave, or a bondservant and yes the bible does use those terms, but it also uses terms of family intimacy, such as what I quoted above, which Jesus also used in prayer, calling God the Father an affectionate term, Abba "Daddy"
Like many people's pictures of heaven, just.. almost like an eternal liturgical worship service.. it's like a second version of hell. There's no intimacy in that, you're a background voice in a group to something totally distant and transcendent and untouchable to you. I hate that.

Your Earthly father might have a distinguished career, he might have all kinds of titles and honorifics. To a stranger he might be "Doctor" or "Captain" or "Admiral" or "General" or "Your Honor" or "Mr. President" or "Your Highness" or "Your Grace" or "My Lord".. but to friends? First name basis.. and to family? "Daddy" or "Papa" or at least "Dad" or "Pa".
Is God so distant and transcendent that we refer to Him the way we refer to esteemed strangers?
Or are we close to God (not close in Glory or Power or Importance, but I mean in relationship)?

I know I for one at the very least, want the closeness that the Disciples had with Him on Earth, where they traveled with Him, spoke with Him as individuals, asked Him questions, ate at the same table with Him and hey, one of them would even lean against Him, would it be so far out to want a hug from time to time?

There is no question that the nation of Israel could be facing an unprecedented attack coming from all sides — Iran from the east, Hezbollah from the north, the Houthis from the south, and Hamas (what is left of it) from the west. In fact, by the time you read this article, that attack may have already been launched. But is Israel on the verge of an apocalyptic war prophesied in the Bible? In my view, the answer is clearly no.

To be sure, there are some Bible teachers who believe that Ezekiel 38-39, containing the famous Gog and Magog prophecy and following the even more famous prophecy of the dry bones coming to life in Ezekiel 37, should be interpreted symbolically rather than literally. In other words, whatever the chapters meant in Ezekiel’s day, more than 2,500 years ago, has no bearing on the current situation in the Middle East. The correct interpretation today is spiritual only.

Other Bible teachers scour the Scriptures, looking for prophecies that tie in with today’s headlines or that help predict tomorrow’s headlines.

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There are many people that do keep the 10 commandments , and when very young , pork was a no-no .

Here is what the Holy Spirit had Paul write in Rom 13: 9 .

# 1 For you You shall not commit adultery

# 2 You shall not commit murder

# 3 You shall not steal

# 4 You shall not Testify falsely

# 5 You shall not desire after

# 6 and if there is different commandment , it is summed up in this word , namely , love your neighbor as your self .

Then Paul wrote this in Col 2:16 , Therefore , do not let anyone judge you in eating , or in drinking or in respect of a feast day or a new

moon , or SABBATH .

I can then say that The OLD COVENANT has been set aside by MANY verses and here is just one in Acts 28:25-28 .

So what comes NEXT ??

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Exclusion and the existence of cliques are the most common reasons why Americans don't want to get more involved in their churches and houses of worship, even though most don't report any negative experiences with their congregations, a new survey suggests.

The American Bible Society released the fifth chapter of its "State of the Bible USA 2024" report Thursday. The latest installment focuses on Americans' involvement with worship communities and what factors lead them to increase or decrease their involvement with their own congregations.

The data is based on responses collected from 2,506 United States adults between Jan. 4 and 23, 2024. The sample has an error margin of ±2.73 percentage points.

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Hi Everyone,

I need some advice. My LCMS Church would like to use Byzantine style icons in the Sanctuary. We can't afford the enormous sanctuary size ones that we need, but we do have a professional Printer. I was wonder if anyone here knows of a store or iconographer that will sell to us small prints (approx. $30.00 a print) and allow us to enlarge them for our use? (We're looking to attain 4 or 5 prints over time).

Thanks ever so much!
C.