CCM artist Forrest Frank said he “doesn’t care” that 30,000 people unfollowed him after he posted a clip about late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and publicly repented for the ways he’s used his platform as a “lukewarm highlight reel.”

In a video published on social media last week, Frank said, "30,000 people unfollowed me because I posted about Charlie Kirk and I said that Jesus Christ is Lord."

“Good,” he said. “I don’t want you to follow me. I don’t want you to track my music. I don’t want you to come to my shows. I don’t want you to do any of that if you don’t do this one thing, and that is, follow Jesus Christ, the King of all kings, the Lord of all lords, the one who is, the one who is to come.”

“He’s coming back real soon,” the "Your Way's Better" singer continued. “So if you have not gotten your heart right with Him and dropped down on your knees and repented to him. Today is the day. The hour is at hand.

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Charlie Kirk's Opinions Didn't Deserve Him Being Murdered. Would You or a Loved One Want to Be Murdered for Your Opinions Someone Disagreed With ‍♀️

Before Charlie Kirk was murdered I didn't follow him.
I still don't follow stuff connected to him, but just like most, since he was murdered more of his stuff is coming across the news feed, which is expected.
If it's a snippet, I try to find the whole video of what he's talking about for context. Before his death, I would see snippets of what he said in my feed sometimes, but they were usually out of context.
After his death, some have been sharing some of CK's points he'd make, but in context.
Sadly it seems some are going by the sound bites, snippets that have been out for awhile of him speaking with another. Which I think is unfair after hearing in context things he actually said. It's easy to twist out of context things to mean whatever we want.

Question: For those who didn't agree with Kirk on much, what is it that he said that rubs you wrong?
If you have a link to the full context of the things you disagreed with him on, as in a video/article, that would help for proof.

Since Jesus was the perfect sacrifice, how do you celebrate passover since the lamb slain was for the symbolic reference to Christ and you do not need to kill or sacrifice? Do you still eat lamb? Do you not eat lamb at all? I often wonder how Messianic Jews (I am not one) celebrate certain feast days like Passover, when it has been fulfilled.

I apologize if this doesn't belong here but I need help ASAP. I don't know wether this is an evil spirit harassing me or something else but please help.

Shortly after the 2016 election, I remember that some strange change immediately happened in my life. I was struggling with some type of addiction and issues with changing. I felt immediately that my ability to change and stop that thing and to change for the best completely left me. At the time, I didn't think much of it because it didn't impact my whole life at the time. It felt like some power immediately left from me but I don't know exactly what happened. I was unable to completely stop this issue that I had been struggling with for some time now. Fast forward to the election in 2024, shortly after the election, I suddenly felt something weird happen in my mind.






All throughout my life, I was a person who was curious about everything and anything. I had high ambitions and I had a rich imagination, vibrant and strong inner world, strong curiosity, deeper sense of self-reflection/self-introspection, constantly obsessed and thinking about deeper things than material things such as spirituality, religion, heaven, hell, consciousness, philosophy, psychology, purpose, etc. I was interested in learning new things as well and fascinated by new skills. However, a couple of days after the 2024 presidential election, I felt like some strange change happened to me all of a sudden. Something very weird and strange happened suddenly. I really feel different, in the worst way possible. PLEASE READ THIS VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFULLY! I literally don't care about the president's polices and politics at all. I am not attached to it whatsoever at all. It literally has nothing to do with politics and the agenda of the president. I don't even hate or like the president. I am neutral and don't care about his policies at all. This is not related to politics at all. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS!










I was listening to an audiobook and suddenly, I felt some tingling and some change going on in my mind. I felt some tingling in the left side of my mind and something slowly started to disappear from my head immediately. When this happened, I felt like my intellectual side, my creative abilities, my imagination, my inner self, being and everything that makes up with me as a person slowly disappeared or vanished overnight somehow. I feel like there's some kind of random change or something deeper than this that affected me. The vibe around my world felt different. I am not the same person anymore and it's like everything that I described about myself as a human being slowly disappeared immediately. I feel like my discernment and logical/intellectual guard to discern when people have dark and malicious intentions against me has been diminished or severely weakened. I feel like something inside of me has been weakened or died down or disappeared somehow. It's like my actual inner being/soul/spirit or whatever it is that is the real me has been beaten down and limited and restricted to a certain level. This is hard to explain and describe as well.











This is extremely painful with what I am dealing with because I don't feel like I have the capacity to change my life like I always wanted to. The biggest issue that is affecting me so badly now is my personality, identity and way of reasoning has been slowly erasing day by day and I am literally starting to see that I don't reason or think or behave the same way that I always used to. This is all for the worst. I can't imagine, brainstorm, think, be creative, etc at all. I am completely confused and stuck all the time. I have something wrong with me and I am looking for some type of explanation. I used to be into improving myself overall but then it all vanished completely. I will not accept that this is mental illness because this just happened immediately out of nowhere just like that and it's not good. It's no way that this is mental health related. What kind of experience can this be? Can someone please help me?

Both Timothy and Titus use the phrase "sound doctrine" twice in their respective letters.

In the context of each, or all, of these passages of Scripture, what is "sound doctrine?"

What does it mean?

What is the goal of Timothy and Titus by saying this?

....or what the Swamp that needs draining actually looks like:

One would think given Jim Comer's instance that Joe Biden loaning Hunter $3,000 and Hunter paying him back was a crime, he would be all over this. I mean you can't get more quid pro quo than that.

Here is a link to and FBI bulletin from March of this year. It mentions that there are online networks that are potentially targeting underage victims and manipulating and grooming them over time to do self harm and in some cases even commit suicide, often at so called "watch parties" that are live streamed for the members of the group. Other times the victims are encourage to commit various crimes and film it for the group. It is extremely disturbing. The groups are classified as "Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE)."

The bulletin has some recommendations towards the bottom.

In this article from NPR a mother talks about discovering her son was a victim of one of these groups. Though the criminal are in or a part of one extremist group or another their motivations towards there victims are sometimes quite individualistic. Some of the crimes the victims were encouraged to commit were acts of terrorism. Although not specifically mentioned in the article I have read some the the NVEs may even be using AI tools to further their agendas.

Possibly way before Columbus or the Vikings, the people of the Caucasus Mountains near the Black Sea made their way to the Americas (though South America not North). Amazing!!! My question now is, if these people did that 2000 to 3000 years ago did others possible do the same thing. So, the Americas may not have been settled only by the people coming through the Bering straits. Historians are going to have to really come up with some new theories now.

A Baptist pastor was shot and killed in Maryland by a man his family had known for three decades. Police have arrested the suspect and charged him with second-degree murder.

Police in Prince George's County said 59-year-old Benjamin Francis was killed last Sunday following an argument with Herbert Mason Jr., 58, on Rockport Lane in Bowie, as reported by DC News Now.

The shooting occurred after what police described as an argument between the two men, though the nature of the dispute has not been disclosed. Officers responded to reports of gunfire, where they found Francis with fatal gunshot wounds.

Mason was taken into custody the following day and formally charged with second-degree murder.

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KUTV reported that two suspects were arrested after FBI agents and local bomb squads converged on a home in Magna, Utah.

Additional explosives, along with firearms, illegal narcotics and other paraphernalia, were found in the home, according to court records.

Photos and videos from the scene showed anti-Trump signs on display outside the home.

The first Catholic funeral of a member of the British royal family since the Anglican Reformation will take place at Westminster Cathedral on Sept. 16, that of the duchess of Kent, who converted to Catholicism in 1994.

The duchess of Kent — born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley — died on Sept. 4 at Kensington Palace at the age of 92. She was raised as an Anglican and in 1961 was married in that communion to Prince Edward, duke of Kent and grandson of King George V.

Her conversion to Catholicism began in the wake of personal loss and suffering.

In 1975, while pregnant with her fourth child, the duchess fell ill with measles and, following medical advice, had an abortion for medical reasons. In 1977, she became pregnant again and in a speech to the British Congress of Obstetrics, declared that human life was a gift from God and of unique value, as every birth is a miracle. She also paid tribute to those who fight to protect life and family.

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While Hamas attempts to prevent residents of Gaza City from evacuating the city, as instructed by the IDF, the terror group’s leaders are scrambling to get their own families out of the enclave, COGAT revealed in a post on Sunday.

In a post to X, COGAT (Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories) showed several Hamas officials who made requests to Israel to allow their families to leave the Gaza Strip, and some even requested permission to leave themselves.

This comes amid repeated reports from Gaza City residents that Hamas has been instructing them not to leave the city, despite IDF instructions to evacuate, and amid indications that Hamas has even attempted to mislead residents into entering active combat zones by distributing fake IDF evacuation maps, instructing residents to enter areas already closed off by the Israeli military.

“While Hamas calls the residents of Gaza City NOT to move south, its operatives fear for their own lives and are seeking to leave the Gaza Strip,” COGAT posted to X. “They are using residents of northern Gaza as human shields while looking out for their own interests.”

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I have been in Rome for the past two weeks—actually, I’m here for the entire month (not a work trip per se, but I’m working while I’m here). During that time there has been quite a bit of horrible news from the States, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk (which Peter Wolfgang wrote about for Catholic Culture today). It has been a somber couple of days as I wonder where our country is headed.

There have been some strange goings-on in Rome while I’ve been here, too. I was at the canonization of our two new young saints, which was a lovely experience, but I was unpleasantly aware of the gay invasion of St. Peter’s which had taken place the evening before.

Today I was in St. Peter’s Square again, and suddenly there was a bandstand set up with music blasting—a sound check for a concert tomorrow by Pharrell and a bunch of other pop stars. It felt like such a violation of the space, and I couldn’t help but think about the people making their first and only visit to St. Peter’s, confronted with what sounds like the Latin Grammies... Will they think this is the norm, that St. Peter’s is regularly used as a kind of hip concert venue?

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WO CRIMINALS, TWO DECISIONS, ONE SOLUTION: (Luke 23:39-43)


It happened more than 2000 years ago; we all know the story. It was on one of the sadder Passover celebrations, yet the thousands of Passover lambs sacrificed years prior all led to this one sacrifice, the Lamb of God, who would take upon himself the sins of the world. He would accept the curse of sin and death, being "accursed," hanging from the cross, suspended between Heaven and Earth.

Between "God as man" were two criminals, two malefactors, who both received death sentences by Roman authority. Three men hanging on three crosses. Two were guilty as charged, and the other carried the guilt of the other two. Two were evil doers, and the other bore the evil of the other two. All three were suspended between Heaven and Earth. Those in Heaven looked down with heavy hearts, and those on Earth looked up with jeers and prideful hearts.

The Son of Man paying the ultimate price, the price of His own life, His life for ours. Our sin debt paid in full. Yet the scene was not over, not over yet. The criminals spoke, and the Son of Man listened.

"If you are the Messiah, save yourself and us too." Words of doubt, words of self-preservation, "IF" the word of doubt, words of "prove yourself to us." He decided on "IF"

The other spoke: "Are you not afraid of God? Because even you are in that judgment, and we are deserving justly, for as we have done. We are being repaid. But that which is hateful has not been done by this man. Remember me, my Master, when you come into your Kingdom. (Aramaic-English New Testament).

This criminal expressed words of rebuke: "Are you not afraid of God?" words of recognition of sin; "We are deserving justly for what we have done." Words that recognized the Messiah as "innocent and just" (this man has not done that which is hateful (sinful)). Words asking for mercy; Remember me, my Master, when you come into your Kingdom." He recognized Yeshua as the Messiah, whose Kingdom was in Heaven. He decided on "faith," "confession," and "mercy. The Son of Man heard, forgave, and spoke the words of comfort and assurance;

"This very day, you will be with me in paradise."

These two criminals represent the whole world. There is a part of this world that holds on to rebellion and sin. There is another part of this world that cries for mercy, repents, turns back to God, and receives mercy and forgiveness. What a message for this time of year, for the time of "Elul", turning back to God, or turning to God for the first time.

Two criminals, two decisions (one made a wise choice, the other, very unwise). One recognized the only solution, the other ignored the solution. One would feel the love of God; the other would feel the fire from God's wrath. Messiah paid it all, but will you accept his payment in full?

How do YOU choose?

This is one of those passages of Scripture which must be read and understood in the larger context, in this case, in the context of the whole of 1 John, and in the context of the whole of the teachings of the New Testament writings. Why? Because by itself it can easily be misinterpreted to say something it does not teach in the correct biblical context. For a verbal confession of Christ can be done without any sincerity at all, and it can be faked for the purpose to deceive, to trick, and to lead people astray.

For in the Scriptures we learn of false apostles, deceitful workmen, who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ. So they claim to be of Christ, but they are not. And we are to beware false prophets who come to us in sheep’s clothing (disguising themselves as believers in Jesus), but inwardly are ravenous wolves out to deceive the sheep. And Jesus said that not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one doing the will of God the Father. So lip service alone is not evidence.

See: [Matthew 7:15-23; Matthew 24:11-14; Luke 6:26; John 10:1-15; Romans 16:17-19; 2 Corinthians 11:3,13-15; Ephesians 4:11-16; Philippians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22; 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 1 Timothy 6:3-10; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 1 John 4:1-6; Jude 1:1-25]

For we learn in 1 John 1:6-7: “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” And in 1 John 2:4-5: “The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected.”

And in 1 John 3:7-8,10: “Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.” “By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.” So we need to take this to heart.

So, what we learn from this is that a verbal confession of belief in Jesus Christ, by itself, is not evidence that someone is from God and not from the devil. Especially in the times in which we now live, we must not assume they all are of genuine faith in the Lord, for many false believers and teachers exist among us today. And so many are claiming faith in Jesus, but their faith never results in death to sin and living for the Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, in surrender to his purpose for our lives.

So, this is why it teaches us here that we are not to believe every spirit, but we are to test the spirits (of human beings) to see whether they are from God. And this is where we check the Scriptures as a whole which teach us what to be on the lookout for, which we learn about in the whole of 1 John. For it lets us know that a verbal confession alone is not evidence. But the evidence is in us dying to sin, and in us walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, and in us living righteously, all in the power of God.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

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The World Listens To Them
An Original Work / September 15, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Trump says ‘we have to beat the hell’ out of ‘radical left lunatics’ after Kirk killing​

Trump, who also had some more measured comments about Kirk’s killing during the roughly 10-minute exchange with reporters, said: “We have to be brave in life, in all fairness, we have a life. I probably shouldn’t be out here talking to you in all fairness but we will be brave. And we have a great country. We have radical left lunatics out there and we just have to beat them.

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I have a problem with this. Because Trump is advocating violence, instead of help or piece. To Trump, a radical left, is someone that tells the truth about, how bad Trump is. If Kirt said something that Trump didn't want to hear. Kirt would have outcasted and labeled as a terrorists radical left.

Today is a wondrous feast day commemorating the elevation of the cross; the finding of Christ's true cross.

My question is a peculiar one I haven't really seen addressed: how should Orthodox feast?

Is it 'mandatory' to feast, or, if you don't feel like eating much, should you not? If you don't, are you failing to get into the spirit of the day and thus displeasing God?

It's a question I don't think I've ever seen addressed, instruction from spiritual fathers greatly appreciated as are quotes & other material from the Saints, Elders & monks in general.

Another question: On feast days, did Saints mostly feast or did they keep to their own strict fast regardless?

Pray that Jesus Christ sends forth The Holy Spirit to give the persecuted Rohingya ethnic people group a place of refuge & safety

Timeline of America's political violence dating back to 2011​

From here: MSN

If you think that ALL political violence is wrong, whichever side of the political fence you are, then just say so. Don't pick and choose. Don't comment on individual examples. Don't rate them or excuse them. Don't blame any one person or group. Just say that it's wrong. Please let's all get on the same page.

Jan. 8, 2011-- 6 killed, 13 others including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded in Tucson shooting​

Six people were killed and 13 others wounded, including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, during a constituent meeting outside a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords, a Democrat, was shot in the head at point-blank range, critically injuring her, before the shooter unleashed a spray of bullets. Giffords survived the shooting.

June 14, 2017 -- Rep. Steve Scalise shot during congressional baseball game practice​

Four people were shot -- including then-House majority whip and Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise -- when a gunman opened fire on Republicans practicing for a congressional baseball game at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia.

Oct. 8, 2020 -- 13 men arrested for plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer​

Thirteen members of a militia group were arrested and charged for planning to storm the Michigan statehouse, kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and start a civil war.

Jan. 6, 2021 -- January 6 attack on the US Capitol, pipe bombs at RNC and DNC​

A mob of pro-Trump protestors stormed the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers met to ratify the results of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021.

Feb. 14, 2022 -- Kentucky mayoral candidate targeted in attempted shooting​

While running for office, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg was the target of an attempted shooting at his campaign headquarters. No one was injured in the incident.

Oct. 28, 2022 -- Paul Pelosi attacked with hammer in his home​

Former Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer in their San Francisco home. David DePape was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a state trial over the attack. He had broken into the Pelosi home seeking to hold the then-speaker hostage.

Dec. 4, 2023 to Jan. 3, 2024 -- New Mexico state legislature candidate orchestrates shootings, murder for hire​

A New Mexico man who ran for the state legislature as a Republican and lost his bid is serving an 80 year prison sentence for allegedly orchestrating attacks at the homes of four Democratic lawmakers. No one was injured in his attempts.

June 13, 2024 -- 1st attempted assassination of Donald Trump​

Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, after a gunman opened fire from the roof of a nearby building.

Sept. 15, 2024 -- 2nd attempted assassination of Donald Trump​

Trump faced a second assassination attempt at the Trump International Gold Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prosecutors said suspect Ryan Wesley Routh allegedly put together a plan, including purchasing a military-grade weapon, researching Trump's movements and using a dozen burner phones in an alleged attempt to kill Trump based on political grievances.

Oct. 6, 2024 -- Kamala Harris campaign office in Arizona shot at 3 times in a month​

An office shared by then-Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign and the Democratic Party in Tempe, Arizona, was damaged by gunfire three times in less than a month, according to police.

Dec. 4, 2024 -- Murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson​

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson died after being shot multiple times at point-blank range by a gunman outside a Manhattan hotel, according to police. The shooter appeared to have been lying in wait at the hotel where he shot Thompson, authorities said.

April 13, 2025 -- Arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence​

A mechanic who has expressed disdain for Democrats on social media was arrested for starting a fire at Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence.

May 21, 2025 -- Killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C.​

Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed while exiting an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

June 1, 2025 -- 13 people injured in Colorado firebombing attack, 1 later dies​

A man threw Molotov cocktails during a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, injuring 13, authorities said. One person later died of their injuries.

June 14, 2025
-- Minnesota lawmaker shootings​

A masked gunman disguised as a police officer shot and killed Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in their home, Gov. Tim Walz said.

Aug. 8, 2025 -- Shooting at CDC headquarters​

A police officer was killed when a gunman opened fire near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters and the Emory University campus in Atlanta, authorities said. Suspect Patrick Joseph White had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him sick and depressed, according to law enforcement. He had increasingly focused on the vaccine as a source of his grievances, they noted. He was found dead after the shooting, officials said.

Sept. 10, 2025 -- Shooting of Charlie Kirk​

Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. President Donald Trump confirmed Kirk’s death on social media.

Some churches have disagreements over matters of consequence — doctrine, governance, or leadership. This article is not about such cases.

We’ve encountered some strange reasons for church conflict.

• There was the time a church fought over the appropriate length of the pastor’s beard.
• Or the case of a church fighting over whether to build a children’s playground or to use the land for a cemetery.
• We witnessed a conflict over people leading worship with their eyes closed during a portion of the song.
• One church held two business meetings to determine which weed-eater to purchase.
• Lastly, a church had a 70% affirmative vote to excommunicate a deacon who threatened to kill the pastor. The running joke was, “30% of this congregation wants the pastor dead.”

Some of these examples may seem petty. Well, they are. And all of them could have been avoided. Just about every church has multiple examples of fights over inconsequential matters. What leads to this point? The problem is too pervasive to ignore.

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