The problem with living in a small town is that there aren't many opportunities to meet new people. So I need to know how I could find places involving my interests where I could meet new people. I tried Google, but didn't get much out of it.

I found my faith in Christ in 2015, went to church a lot, and ended up going on a hiatus for a few years. I'm about to return to church but I find it very difficult for some reason. I think besides that an online community could also be beneficial. I'm a land surveyor and multi instrumentalist musician.

The Soccer Tournament (TST) kicked off on Thursday and saw the U.S. Women open their tournament with a 5-0 defeat to Say Word FC.

The U.S. Women team coached by Mia Hamm is the only team consisting of just women on the roster and features household names like Heather O’Reilly, Kristine Lilly and more.

Say Word FC comprises young talent, mostly aged 18 through 20, with college and lower pro league experience. The team is taking this tournament seriously and did a two-week training camp in May with two practices each day.

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This is humilating.

With shocking speed and a blunt-force style, the government spending reform work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by tech entrepreneur and world’s richest man Elon Musk, has been a sight to behold. Musk has undergone a swift cultural and political transformation from the Tesla CEO darling of the Left to a MAGA hat-wearing icon of the Right.

But as Republicans have quickly embraced Musk’s tech-savvy, no-fear approach to combatting government waste, an uncomfortable truth for social conservatives has emerged. Musk, who is currently unmarried, has fathered at least 14 children by four different women, some through in vitro fertilization, with the “true number [likely] much higher than publicly known.”

What’s more, according to an in-depth report from The Wall Street Journal published last week, Musk appears to be consumed by the idea that in order to counteract the world’s decreasing birthrates, humans must increase in population so that they can inhabit other planets in order to “ensur[e] the long-term survival of humanity and all life as we know it.” Musk has therefore taken it upon himself to father as many children as possible with high intelligence, even arguing that babies should be born via caesarean section to allow for larger brains.

Before discussing how alarming this situation is, conservatives can at least appreciate that on the surface, the pro-natalist views of Musk are gaining considerable cultural attention and consideration, and are pointedly opposite of the progressive, mainstream media-pushed culture of death approach that favors abortion and childlessness. Musk has even made it a point to make numerous public appearances with his young children in tow, and has at times spoken movingly about being a parent, remarking that “nothing will make you happier than having kids.”

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The Trump Administration did not deport the 2-year-old American citizen. Rather, the government was generous enough to pay for the child’s transportation back to Honduras at the legal custodian/mother’s request.
The American citizen is welcome to return to the US at a future date.

The judge should not have tried to prevent the mother, the legal custodian, from taking her child home.

In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Abraham and Lazarus are in Paradise, with water and light... on the other side of a chasm that's most difficult to cross, there looking at them is the Rich Man. He was in flames. In Jonah chapter two from the YLT we can read of Jonah, a precursor to Jesus, going down to the depths of the Earth, and he says prophetically, that those who lift themselves up to lying vanities show themselves no mercy. Abraham may have had idols as a boy, but after that, he was righteous and did not lift himself up to lying vanities. He accepted mercy. Jesus mentions that Israel in approximately 30 AD would only be given the sign of Jonah. Peter describes Jesus as preaching to those in gloomy dungeons, and the NT always relies on the OT for verification. Abraham and Lazarus as merely two examples, were not in gloomy dungeons. Believers in NDEs describe a feeling of unworthiness, followed by waves of God's love flooding over them. They are overwhelmed with mercy.

Scripture verses:
YLT
Jonah 2:8
8Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.

NKJV
1 Peter 3:18-22.
18For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring [f]us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20who formerly were disobedient, [g]when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

The Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31.
The Sign of Jonah. Matthew 12:38-42.
Noble Bereans. Acts 17:11.
He led captives and gifted them. Ephesians 4:7-10

I assert that while Jesus cleared out Hell in His resurrection, and this means much mercy and power for salvation now, over that of the OT times, I do not mean to say there is universal salvation, and it would seem some people today are trapped and locked in damnation. It is very unsafe to wait until after death to call on Jesus.

$15 Billion And Climbing: Trump’s Tariffs Deliver Record High Revenue​

Trump US attorney nominee distances himself from antisemitic Jan. 6 rioter he once praised​

Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee for the next U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., apologized in a new interview for his past praise of a Jan. 6 rioter who had a lengthy history of antisemitic statements and infamously posted photos of himself dressed as Adolf Hitler.

Martin's comments come as his nomination faces headwinds in the Senate over his public praise for Jan. 6 rioter Timothy Hale-Cussanelli at a 2024 event at Trump's Bedminster club in 2024.

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Trump rally highlighting January 6 case of alleged Nazi sympathizer sparks criticism

[A] speaker at Trump's Pennsylvania rally was Cynthia Hughes, the leader of a support group for January 6 defendants like Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, whose case went viral after the Justice Department released photos of him sporting a distinctive "Hitler mustache."

During the Saturday rally, Hughes pointed to the fact that Hale-Cusanelli, whom she called her nephew

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Timothy Hale-Cusanelli was a special guest at the Eagle Council conference that was held in Bedminster, NPR investigative reporter Tom Dreisbach has discovered.

At one event, Trump sent a video praising the attendees as 'amazing patriots.' At the other, [Hale-Cusanelli] won an award."

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"I'm sorry," Ed Martin said in an interview with the Jewish publication Forward. "I denounce everything about what that guy said, everything about the way he talked, and all as I’ve now seen it ... At the time, I didn’t know it.”

Video casts doubt on Ed Martin’s apology for praising Nazi sympathizer​

Trump’s pick for top D.C. federal prosecutor said he didn’t know about the man’s statements, but Martin had discussed the antisemitism allegations in podcasts.

But in videos and podcasts, Martin has defended the man since at least 2023, calling him a friend who was “slurred and smeared” by antisemitism allegations.

[The two got friendly since Martin served on the board of the Patriot Freedom Project, the organization referred to above founded by Cynthia Hughes, the 'aunt' of Hale-Cusanelli, to support her nephew and other Jan 6 hostages.]

“I’ve gotten to know him really well,” Martin said of Hale-Cusanelli during the show. “I’d say we’re friends.”

doesnt wine hurt the bod which is the temple of God? And yet Jesus turned water to wine? why

Hi everyone, I am a Christian and have autism and I opened a forum to share really some of the posts I have done in the past like a collection of archives. It was really to highlight my witness of my faith testimony that I wrote it a few years ago. It was part of that project. It is a Christian forum and I don't expect it to be used much. I still will post here as well. I am not a minister in church and I am doing this for fun and a bit of highlighting for my faith.

I will be starting a new voluntary job soon as a hospital chaplain volunteer and may not get near my desk that much. It is out there though to be read and if anyone wants to use it.

There is an autism section as well.
This is the link-

26 April 2025 – Burkina Faso​

Pray for the large numbers of Christians and others who are living in camps on the edge of cities and for those trying to provide for their needs – both material and spiritual. Pray for the churches that are starting in these camps and for those hearing the gospel for the first time.
YES - I will Pray

25 April 2025 – Burkina Faso​

Pray for ‘Annette’, whose story featured in Voice (October-December 2024), ‘Juliette’ and other widows whose husbands were martyred for their faith, often in their own churches and in front of their congregations. Pray for God’s comfort on those who mourn, and for our projects helping to restore their livelihoods.
YES - I will Pray

24 April 2025 – Burkina Faso​

Pray for protection, wisdom and guidance for our partner and his team, particularly for safety in travel as they move around the country, supervising the projects and encouraging and praying with persecuted and displaced Christians.
YES - I will Pray

23 April 2025 – Burkina Faso​

Pray for the many pastors who have been internally displaced; that God would guide them about whether they should return to their homes or stay where they are and minister to others who have also been displaced.
YES - I will Pray

22 April 2025 – Burkina Faso​

Pray for the displaced Christian children who are receiving schooling thanks to the financial help of Release International supporters and the work of our European sister ministries. Ask God to bless their studies and help them to grow in confidence and hope for a brighter future.
YES - I will Pray

21 April 2025 – Tanzania​

Pray for the Tanzanian Government which is trying to stop the formation of radical Islamist cells in the northeast of the country. Pray that these cells do not get a stronghold that would facilitate al-Shabaab, the terrorist group, potentially entering the country via the coast of Kenya.
YES - I will Pray

Easter Sunday – Tanzania​

As we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection and the new life we have in Him, pray that our partners across the globe would be strengthened in the work He has called them to. Pray particularly that our partners would be able to support church leaders in Tanzania who are burdened by the pressures of ministry and are […]
YES - I will Pray

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Did anyone see this coming last November?

How bad does it have to get for Trump supporters to acknowledge the economic catastrophe he alone is creating??

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Details: My husband has a grown son by a prior marriage. We, and the vast majority of the family, are Christians. Different denominations represented, but all Christians. Except my husband's grown son, who is an angry and militant atheist. He has threatened to discontinue contact with my husband unless my husband renounces Christianity, which of course he's not going to do.

Son has been known to flood Hubby's inbox with emails railing against Christianity. When asked to please stop sending Hubby those types of emails, Son will respond, "You've been shoving the opposite down my throat since I was a child. This is payback." Yes, Hubby raised Son in church. But now that Son is grown, and on his own, it's entirely up to him. Hubby has friends who don't believe, and he will back off respectfully if asked to drop the subect and not discuss religion. Son most definitely will not. Son will be in your face about it.

One of the things Son objects to is that any time Hubby sends an email--it doesn't matter to whom--he will place a cross emoji after his name. It's simply part of his signature. That's how he signs all of his emails, regardless of who he's writing to. This makes Son very angry. He feels that using the cross emoji is virtue signaling, and it deeply offends him. In his most recent email, Son asked Hubby, "How would you like it if I signed my emails with a satanic symbol?" The answer is, of course, it's entirely up to Son, if that's what he wants to do. It's not a Christian's job to MAKE others believe the message. Only to state that we believe it, and why, and to live by it as best we can, asking forgiveness when we inevitably fail.

Son seems to think being a Christian is all about how great we think WE are, that God is going to reward us with Heaven because we've earned it. We're just so morally superior, so upstanding, so high and mighty, so far above everyone else. That is, of course, not what Christianity is. Hubby doesn't think he's superior to anybody because he's a Christian. Hubby simply has a Savior who forgave him, that's all. But Son doesn't see it that way. In Son's eyes, Hubby has an inflated ego and thinks he's special. That cross emoji is virtue signaling. Wearing an article of clothing with a Christian message on it is virtue signaling. Going to church is virtue signaling. Reading the Bible is virtue signaling. Talking about what he reads in the Bible is virtue signaling. Actually living by what he reads in the Bible is CERTAINLY virtue signaling. To Son's way of thinking, Hubby can't possibly be doing these things because he wants to, because he feels blessed by it, and because he loves the Lord. Naw, it must be because he wants to play "look at me!" and show off what a holy Christian he is. In Son's eyes, Hubby is an awful person (Son actually used the words, "you're an awful person") for being a Christian rather than a secular humanist who denies the existence of God.

So is any of the above virtue signaling?

And is simply not responding to these hateful emails the best course of action?

Revelation Twenty:
7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison
8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth,
Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city.
And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.

To War, or not to war
Micah Four:
1 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And peoples shall flow to it.
2 Many nations shall come and say,
“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
For out of Zion the law shall go forth,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He shall judge between many peoples,
And rebuke strong nations afar off;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.

Joel Three:
9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war,
wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war
draw near; let them come up:
10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning
hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen,
and gather yourselves together round about:
thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.
12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the
valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down;
for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision:
for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

No war! Until one final battle!
Revelation Twenty:
7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison
8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth,
Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city.
And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.

A sigh of relief from California victims, courtesy of the Trump administration.

I read in 1 Thessalonians 4 13 Jesus will return….and the dead in Christ will rise first…i thought our loved went to heaven at the resurrection of Christ… how then do they need to rise when the have already risen with Christ?

It's a doozy!


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The FBI arrested a Wisconsin judge and former Catholic Charities administrator on Friday for allegedly obstructing a criminal investigation and impeding the arrest of an accused illegal immigrant at her courthouse in Milwaukee earlier this month.

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested after she allegedly hid Mexican national Eduardo Flores-Ruiz in a nonpublic part of the courthouse when federal law enforcement attempted to arrest him on April 18, according to the criminal complaint.

Flores-Ruiz had been appearing before Dugan that day for a pre-trial conference on three misdemeanor battery charge that included allegedly punching someone more than 30 times on March 12, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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It’s good to see Republicans so eager to give felons a second chance.

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Wow. If Biden had done this, or any other Democratic President, he'd had been 'tarred and feathered ' in the news.

The Fiery Darts of the Wicked One in Ephesians 6:10-18 Are Involuntary Thoughts and Feelings both Physical and Emotional as a form of Temptation, Torment and Harassment caused by unseen invisible demons / fallen angels.

That's why we need to ask The lord Jesus Christ to put The Spiritual Armor of God on Us because It's An Invisible Spiritual War. That's why it's so strange when people become Christians and they start experiencing spiritual warfare and they don't understand what is happening to them. Demons can mess with people's feelings and thoughts to try and Trick them into thinking it's themselves. :



"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on The Whole Armor of God, that you may be able to stand against The Wiles of The Devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, Against Spiritual Hosts of Wickedness In The Heavenly Places.

Therefore take up the whole Armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all The Fiery Darts of The Wicked One. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—"

- Ephesians 6:10-18