Tensions escalate as India-Pakistan announce tit-for-tat measures​

As we wrap up our live coverage, here’s a quick look at the measures India announced against Pakistan following the deadly attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.

• Suspension of the landmark Indus Waters Treaty which allowed for the sharing of river waters between the neighbours
• Shutting of a key border crossing with Pakistan that allowed for the movement of people and goods
• Suspension of all visa services for Pakistani nationals
• Declaring military advisers in the Pakistani high commission in Delhi as ‘persona non grata’, ordering them to leave within a week
• Reducing the number of Pakistani diplomats in India to 30 from 55 from 1 May.

In response, Pakistan has hit back with an almost identical set of reciprocal measures against Delhi:

• Rejection of India’s suspension of the water treaty, saying any attempt to stop or divert the water “will be considered as an Act of War"
• Suspension of all visas issued to Indian nationals under an exemption scheme with immediate effect
• Suspension of all bilateral agreements with India
• Reduction in the number of diplomats in the Indian high commission in Islamabad to 30
• Closure of Wagah border with immediate effect
• Closure of Pakistani air space to all Indian-owned or Indian-operated airlines
• Suspension of all trade with India

India Suspends Indus Waters Treaty, Shuts Attari Border In Strong Response To Pakistan​

Pahalgam Terror Attack: The Indus Waters Treaty was signed on September 19, 1960. The pact was signed between India and Pakistan, with the World Bank brokering the agreement. That treaty withstood three wars between India and Pakistan - in 1965, 1971, and 1999, but is now suspended indefinitely.​

These rivers are the main sources of water supply for Pakistan and impacts tens of millions of people in that country.

Resistance Democrats embrace combative, profanity-laced 'dark woke' rebrand to combat Trump​

I couldn't link because of the profanity - but it is easily found by highlighting it and searching.

Hard to believe intelligent people believe that profanity is a shortcut to authenticity - unless they are authentically profane.

here we are trump refusing to help his own base with natural disasters.

Wagner, R-Spring Garden Township, had told his audience, "I haven't been in a science class in a long time, but the Earth moves closer to the sun every year -- you know, the rotation of the Earth. We're moving closer to the sun."

He also said, "We have more people ... you know, humans have warm bodies. So is heat coming off? Things are changing ... but I think we are, as a society, doing the best we can."

Scott Wagner blames body heat, earth moving closer to sun for global warming

He also said the Earth is inching closer to the sun. (It's not)

www.ydr.com

Wagner is a Pennsylvania state senator and the republican candidate for governor.

The Earth is not spiraling toward the Sun. In fact, it's moving away by a tiny 5 inches or so every year. And human body heat has absolutely no effect on global temperatures.

Pam Bondi Drops the Hammer, Begins Bringing RICO Charges​

On Monday, the Department of Justice dropped two major indictments involving 27 members of Tren de Aragua on Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations charges. The alleged crimes range from sex and drug trafficking to racketeering to firearms crimes

“Of the 27 defendants, 21 are in federal custody, including 16 who were already in federal criminal, immigration, or state custody and five who were arrested last night and today in operations in New York and other jurisdictions,” a Monday media release from the Department of Justice read.

The indictment alleged that the gang’s purpose included “[p]reserving and protecting the power and territory of TdA and its members and associates through acts involving murder, assault, robbery, other acts of violence, and threats of violence, including acts of violence and threats of violence directed at former members and associates of TdA who associated with a splinter organization known as Anti-Tren.”

Harvard University is suing the Trump administration over its freeze on grants to the Ivy League schools as part of what the government says is an effort to eliminate antisemitism and diversity, equity, and inclusion policies on college campuses.

In a letter to the campus community published Monday, Harvard President Alan Garber announced that the school filed a lawsuit over the funding freeze, putting $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 million in multi-year contracts on hold.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, asks a federal judge to declare the funding freezes unlawful and deem demands outlined in two separate letters to the university as conditions for maintaining federal funding unconstitutional.

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My name is Dmitry, I am a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. Opened a channel t.me/rusaint Can you help me, and tell me where it would be possible to post a link to this channel?

Help me find English-speaking Orthodox channels in Telegram.

Sorry for the bad English, I'm writing thanks to the translator.


There are also Russian channels, but...

Gospel of Mark, chapter 16, 15

And He said to them, «Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Trump administration says it sent 4 alleged migrant gang members to El Salvador despite court order​

The Trump administration is acknowledging it deported four noncitizens to El Salvador despite a court order barring the removal of people to countries other than their place of origin without an opportunity to raise concerns about their safety.

In a series of court filings overnight, Justice Department lawyers argued that the court order was not violated because the removal of four alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua was carried out by the Department of Defense -- not the Department of Homeland Security, which is a defendant in the lawsuit.

None of the men had orders of removal to El Salvador before they were deported to that country [from Gitmo] on March 31, according to the filings.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted the inaugural meeting this week of a new task force to counter anti-Christian bias in federal government policies, regulations, and practices.

“Protecting Christians from bias is not favoritism,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said ahead of the meeting. “It’s upholding the rule of law and fulfilling the constitutional promise [in the First Amendment].”

The task force’s first meeting on Tuesday was closed to the public and the media but included the heads of multiple federal departments and agencies along with witnesses who provided testimony on anti-Christian bias within the federal government.

President Donald Trump formally established the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias on Feb. 6 by executive order. His order commissioned a comprehensive review of federal departments and agencies, particularly to reverse certain actions of the previous administration.

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HELLO EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I'M MOST LIKELY IN THE WRONG CATEGORY, BECAUSE THERE ARE HONESTLY MANY AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE FOR MY CASE... I'M A CHRISTIAN AND IF I'M IN THE WRONG CATEGORY, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MOVE IT TO ONE IN WHICH ONLY CHRISTIANS CAN RESPOND... THANK YOU.

Let me explain my situation a little. Exactly two years ago, I came to know the love of God. He performed unimaginable miracles in my life, and since then, I believe I've been converted. The point is this: in my early days as a believer, I had immense joy, but then God taught me that I had to abandon certain things I practiced, which weren't sinful in and of themselves, but which removed Him from the center of my life. My joy gradually diminished and became a roller coaster.
I believe that these things I've abandoned were perhaps idols to me and were occupying a large part of my heart, and by removing them, a void began to form.
This emptiness and dissatisfaction, the loss of joy, the fact that I can't enjoy my hobby, have made me gradually lose faith, to the point where I've begun to wonder if Jesus really existed, and also to doubt that those imaginable miracles I mentioned at the beginning were actually performed by Him.
This led me to Google. And that's when I found sites that said there's no proof of Jesus' historical existence, sites that cited testaments like those of Tacitus, Flavius Josephus, Pliny the Younger, Lucian of Samosata, etc. Also sites that said parts of the Bible, from books like Genesis, have been copied, for example, from the Epic of Gilgamesh, because it was written earlier, the Enuma Elish, from which they say the creation story was extracted or "copied," etc. What do you think about this? Or what are the differences between the stories told in these books and the Bible? Above all, these Google searches have shaken my faith and made it much harder for me to believe in God. I assure you that every day I try to pray and read Christian books, but sooner or later these doubts always creep back into my head.
As you've seen, the historical evidence of Jesus' existence that I found on Google, and that you've also mentioned in other threads here, doesn't seem to convince me.
I don't think it's 'historical evidence I need.' The truth is, I'm not entirely sure what it is. Perhaps it's because I feel like God doesn't answer my prayers when I ask for faith or joy immediately, so I get discouraged. Sometimes I'm afraid to give up... I don't want to. Because despite the doubts, I have a certain certainty that only God could have done what He did in my life. Not only do I want to recover my initial faith, but I want to have TOTAL certainty that God exists, that Jesus was crucified, that all my sins were placed on Him, that I can approach the throne of grace with complete confidence without being rejected... such things are priceless. But every time I try to approach God, I do so with a certain guilt, perhaps because of the sin of not being able to believe in Him, or I don't know, but I feel something in my chest that doesn't give me confidence, there's something separating me...
God bless you all richly. I read you.

Hi, I'm someone who may procure a book and then leave it on the shelf indefinitely - this is one such book. I'm not saying that the book has false teachings but then again, I'm not sure. Maybe no one here has read this. I'm not even on page 20 and I'm kind of struggling with feeling hopeless and scared, when I don't think that these are healthy feelings to have. It is not until literally page 131 of this book that it finally starts talking about heaven, but a few "decades" of pages before that, you "have to" read the complete description of what hell will be like, and even if the description is true, I'm not sure if I can handle reading it. I don't want to feel so terrified every day, just because of reading it. I do like that the reading style is very articulate and interesting, but then what? Something tells me that this is not a book I will read from cover to cover (or at all).

After I have rebuked the sickness and released a healing into my body in Jesus' name, should I daily thank God for my healing, or daily keep releasing healing in the name of Jesus'?

What to do if the symptoms return?

Thanks!

Shalom

Today I'm bringing the German rapper Lacazette (Emanuel Karageorgoudis), a "superstar" among young people.

Please pray for his salvation, may God give him new life in His Son, Jesus Christ (John 3).

"Lord Jesus, you reap where you have not sown and gather where you have not planted. (Matthew 25:24)

Please pray that the Lord will reap a mighty harvest of souls through Emanuel, in Jesus' name. Amen.

Thank you for your prayers!

May the Lord bless you abundantly (Luke 6:38; Job 42:10) and may He bless Israel in Jesus' name. Amen!

Soli Deo Gloria

PS And I pray that the Lord will send out harvesters into His harvest (Matthew 9:38).

Helping one another
Is a thing that’s kind to do.
Seeing what is needed
So our giving’s not too few.

Seeing smiling faces
When their needs are being met,
Causes much rejoicing,
Even helps some out of debt.

It gives us much pleasure
Knowing we helped meet some needs.
Giving them some groceries
Helps some mouths we get to feed.

We are now encouraged,
For in giving, we are blessed,
Knowing that we helped them
When in them we did invest.

Sharing now with others
What our Lord has given us,
Follows His example,
And this now should be our thrust.

Loving them like Jesus,
How He sacrificed for us,
Gave His life up for us
So in Him we’d put our trust,

Ministers to others,
Shows them love of Jesus, too,
How much He does love them
And their lives he would renew.

On that cross He suffered,
Put our sins to death with Him
So we’d die to our sins,
So in love, we’d live for Him.

An Original Work / April 23, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

I didn't write this, I'm not a poet.
I have hardly read mote than 3 poens in my life.

Might be the worst poem you've read...
When life is hard and skies are gray, It feels like joy has gone away.

But deep inside each trying test, A hidden gift will show its best.

The struggle bites, it can feel rough,
But you grow strong through things so tough.
And as you climb, you start to see, The sweetness of adversity.

Its lessons bloom, its wisdom stays, And paints with light your future days.
For bitter turns to sweet, you’ll find,
And peace will fill your heart and mind.

The very definition of saving faith is actively trusting in the sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice.

Is He the perfect Lamb Who lived a sinless life and fulfilled the law for us sinners? Yes.

Is His blood enough to purchase our adoption and secure us firmly as *one with Him* from this day unto eternity? Yes.

Did He not promise that HE HIMSELF is the Author and *Finisher* of our faith? Yes.

Did He Himself not promise that HE who began a good work in us WILL COMPLETE it unto the day of Christ Jesus? Yes.

Did Jesus not say that the one who comes to Him He will not cast out - and that no man is able to snatch us from His hand or the Father's hand? Yes.

Indeed, cognizance that we are, though in spirit a new creation, and yet still burdened by the old sinful nature, the flesh, the body of death - grieves us immensely - and causes us to groan in eager anticipation for the day of our final redemption.

But let us not be deceived until then into worrying that if we don't overcome sin sufficiently in our *own* effort, and bear enough fruit in our *own* effort (and particularly according to our *own* judgement) - that we will nullify His Covenant of Grace with us.

The very fact that 1) We *still* hear His Spirit testifying with our spirit that we are His children (Romans 8:16), and 2) we *still* hunger and thirst for righteousness (Matthew 5:6) and 3) we *still* find our true joy in pleasing Him with the exercise of our FAITH (His Gift that is *still* free and necessary to even do so), and 4) delight in greater intimacy with our Father as we journey toward our Heavenly Home (even despite occasional dry spells to test our faith), and 5) can perceive being further cleansed from our impurities after every refining fiery trial, and 6) *appreciate* when the Holy Spirit convicts us in order to *free* us - not condemn us, and finally 7) find immense satisfaction in watching God bear fruit through us, His broken vessels - as that is Jesus' stated desire and we long to please Him - well...

Is this all not enough for us to remain at peace under the secure wings of our Heavenly Father - safe from accusations from without and from within?

Yes, Jesus teaches that those who love Him: do the will of the Father, obey His commands, and love His laws. And He is our High Priest Who intercedes when we fail.

And Scripture guarantees that there will be a day when we sin no more. Most poignantly though, it is our Righteous Judge Who determines when we, like the Apostle Paul, have finally finished the good race, kept the faith, and fought the good fight - and awards us our crowns of righteousness.

*Not we ourselves*.

What then is the source of our occasional fear and doubt? What disturbs our faith in His promise? Is it God condemning us? Is it Jesus? Is it others? Is it ourselves? (see all of Romans 8).

Or is it the Accuser of the Brethren, appearing as a being of light, trying desperately to discourage and muzzle us from sharing, you know, Good News?

Does God not say that the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy?

The Father of Lies has been ironically accusing Almighty God of being a liar Himself since the very beginning - that amongst His temptations to doubt God's goodness - is that God will betray His promise to us on some technicality we haven't foreseen. This, and all of the devil's deceptions in this world (blinding the eyes and deafening the ears) will only perpetually work on the ultimate permanent unrepentant - who truly wants to remain separated from and unaccountable to God - who loves their secret sin (or not so) and remaining in darkness.

Is that our desire? No.

In fact, we desire to be perpetually welcome in His presence - set *free* to always boldly appear before His Throne of Grace - as *He Himself* encourages us to do. What joy!!!

With God's children, the Accuser cannot stand in the full Light of God's Grace - personified by the presence of His Son within us. Thus why there is such power in the Name of Jesus - and that old serpent must flee when we flash our signet ring and declare Jesus' Name before him.

Who is conforming us into the image of Christ - ourselves in our own effort and initiation - or the Holy Spirit of Promise Who has sealed us, indwells us, and confers upon us the very Godly desire that we now possess to be like Jesus?

2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV

"And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."

Full confidence in the goodness of God. And dogged determination to declare as much before men until our last breath. To love the Lord our God with all of our mind, body, soul and strength - and our neighbor as ourselves.

Saved by grace, sustained by grace. There is absolutely no other scenario that could possibly work to guarantee we have eternal life *right now.*

Our assurance is all upon the faithfulness of the Great Covenant Keeper alone.

Need additional ammo to wield against our enemy? Check out the following 133 NT Eternal Security passages below and be blessed! The offer extends to all brothers and sisters in the Lord!

We can trust the Personal Voice of the Author of Scripture and Shepherd since we recognize Him and *continue* to follow Him. And encourage our brethren to have the same confidence for all of the same reasons.

Those who do not overcome and endure to the very end were tragically never really His - as He will declare.

As Paul tells the faltering Galatians though - we have every reason to be persuaded of better things - His voice!

God bless us who do, and will, believe!

This is what the APOSTLE to the GENTILES WROTE TO THE BODY OF CHRIST !

# 1 BUT // ALLA is a conjuncation

# 2 AS // KATHAS is an ADVERB

# 3 IT IS WRITTEN // GRAPHO , is in the Greek PERFECT TENSE , in the PASSIVE VOICE , in the INDICATIVE MOOD , in the SINGULAR

# 4 EYE // OPHTHAIMOS , in the NOMINATIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR

# 5 HATH // EIDO , is in the Greek AORIST TENSE , in the ACTIVE VOICE , means Christ is speaking , and in the INDICATIVE MOOD ,

means you better m belter believe it , in the SINGULAR , means it will happen

# 6 NOT // is a DISJUNCATIVE PARTICILE NEGATIVE , that no one has seen

# 7 SEEN // EIDO , in the AORIST TENSE , means seen in past time , in the ACTIVE VOICE , in the INDICATIVE MOOD ,

in the SINGULAR .

# 8 SEEN // is another DISJUNCATIVE NEGATIVE

# 9 EAR // OUS , in the NOMINATIVE CASE , in the SIGNULAR in the NEUTER , meaning MALE or FEMALE , ear ever heard

# 10 HEARD // AKOUO , in the AORIST TENSE , ACTIVE VOICE , in the INDICATIVE MOOD in the SIGNULAR

# 11 HAVE ENTERED // ANABAINO , in the AORIST TENSE , in the INDICATIVE MOOD , in the SINGULAR

# 12 INTO // EPI , is a PREPOSITION

# 13 THE HEART // KARDIA , in the ACCUSATIVE CASE , in the SIGNULAR

# 14 OF MAN // ANTHROPOS , in the GENITIVE CASE , in the SIGNULAR

# 15 THE THINGS WHICH // HOS , is a RELATIVE PRONOUN , in the ACCUSATIVE CASE , in the PLURAL , in the NEUTER

# 16 GOD // THEOS , in the NOMINATIVE CASE in the SIGNULAR

# 17 , HATH PREPARED // HETOINAZO , in the AORIST TENSE , in the INDICATIVE MOOD , in the SIGNULAR

# 18 FOR THOSE THAT LOVE // AGAPAO , in the PRESENT TENSE , in the ACTIVE VOICE , is a PARTICIPLE , in the DATIVE CASE

in the PLURAL .

# 19 HIM // AUTO , is a P;ERSONAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUN , is a ACCUSATIVE CASE , in the SINGULAR .

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It is time to end ALL racist policies set by the federal government.

Recently there has been a couple of threads in the Spiritual gifts section that advocated the use of AI technology into understanding certain Spiritual gifts. One thread advocated the use of this technology to try and understand what was being said by the gift of tongues, and another here popped up within the last week or so showing how a person was trying to train one of these programs to sort out what prophecies from people were true or not.

It seems that this has become a new distraction for the body of Christ, at least for some people, but as scripture says, Spiritual gifts require The Holy Spirit to discern them,....

1Co 2:12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but The Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which The Spirit teacheth; comparing Spiritual things with Spiritual.
1Co 2:14 Now the natural man receiveth not the things of The Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are Spiritually discerned.

GOD has already provided the means into properly understanding Spiritual things from Him. GOD provided the gift of interpretation to understand the gift of tongues, and He has also provided the discerning of spirits gift to know what is being spoken by The Holy Spirit.

I would say this really amounts to people who are not filled with The Holy Spirit improperly trying to make sense of the Spiritual things from GOD, and in turn failing in the process because they are immature spiritually and not dedicated to scripture.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has put out a detainer for his arrest following his likely release by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. However, the Golden State’s sanctuary laws lead to questions about whether the state will adhere to that detainer. CDCR does typically cooperate with ICE detainers.
Before the tragedy, Ortega-Anguiano had multiple felonies on his record, as well as several convictions for driving without a license. Border czar Tom Homan vowed on Fox News to honor the detainer and swiftly place him into federal custody upon his release.

I don't understand the liberal approach to crime.

WASHINGTON — Wael Elkoshairi, a Muslim parent who unenrolled his daughter from a Montgomery County, Maryland, public school last year, believes his local school district is "watering down" parental rights and trying to indoctrinate children.

He was among several parents of varying religious backgrounds who spoke outside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to advocate for the right to opt their children out of lessons featuring books that celebrate gender transitioning and same-sex relationships, which they say contradict their religious convictions.

Speaking before oral arguments in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor, they say that the Montgomery County Board of Education violated their rights by refusing to provide an opt-out for their children, although the county provides opt-outs for other reasons.

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As a non-Catholic, I find the history of the different names Popes have chosen to be interesting.

Some have chosen a characteristic, like Pius, Innocent, or Honorius.

Others chose a name reflecting someone important in Christendom, like John or Paul.

But there have been many Popes with, at least to our ears, names which are unusual. What prompted Popes like Urban, Conon, or Zosimus to choose those names? And, with the obvious exception of Judas, why have only a handful of names of the other Disciples had their names used?