ThatRobGuy said:

.....It's not a pet issue, but it's one where the perception of "taking the issue seriously" is often packaged in such a way that they make it synonymous with "going with the approach we want"

For example: In your opinion, is there any way a person can perceived as having taken that issue seriously without landing on the conclusion of some sort of single-payer/state run/medicaid for all type of solution?

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For sure! ACA was exactly that. It was not single payer, and it explicitly accounted for:
-pre existing conditions
-preventative medicine
-many pharmaceutical payment issues
-lifetime maximums
-etc etc

It was very comprehensive. The people who devised it took the matter extremely seriously. By contrast the Rs have given us nothing more than "concepts of a plan" - which is being generous.

This is not to say ACA is working well long term. Medical inflation is obviously blowing it up. My point is just that its authors put in the work to devise a scheme that was fleshed out enough for the rest of us to properly analyze. They took the issue seriously.

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Romans 11; while unbelieving Israelites were "broken off," and Gentiles were "grafted in," the text does not state that Gentiles replaced them but that they are now partakers of the promises of the olive tree. Paul's analogy explains that God's plan allows for the possibility of the original branches (unbelieving Jews) to be grafted back in if they turn from their unbelief.

Grafting explained: Paul uses the analogy of grafting a wild olive branch (Gentiles) onto a cultivated olive tree (Israel, God's covenant people) to explain how non-Jews are included in God's promises.

Broken branches: Some branches of the natural "olive tree" (Israel) were broken off due to their unbelief, making room for the "wild olive" branches (Gentiles) to be grafted in.

Not a replacement: This does not mean the Gentiles are a replacement. Instead, it signifies their inclusion in the spiritual blessings and promises of God through faith.

Hope for future inclusion: The passage emphasizes that the natural branches (unbelieving Jews) can be grafted back in if they return to faith, as God has the power to graft them back into their own tree.

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Replacement theology is a misnomer. The church has always been the ISRAEL of GOD. The foundation of the church is built upon the prophets and Apostles with Jesus the chief cornerstone. This entire building is a dwelling place for GODS spirit. The grafting in of the Gentiles means that the Gentiles become part of the olive tree, part of the Israel of GOD, the church. The root of this olive tree goes back before Israel to the patriarchs. The root bears the branches, supports the olive tree. There never was a replacement, the church has always been the Israel of GOD. Today is the time of the Gentiles and blindness covers carnal Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles are called into the church. Hebrew 11 gives the testimony of the faith that was in the people before Christ. These people will not be made perfect apart from us. Abraham is the father of the faithful and had imputed righteousness just like we do because of faith. Abraham was given the promises and his seed was Jesus who confirmed those promises. Those unbelieving Israelites will not be grafted back in until the second resurrection. The Gentiles did indeed replace those unbelieving Israelites. You and I are former gentiles who were grafted in to replace them . This subject requires much study, prayer and meditation. The gospel was preached to Abraham and Abraham believed, he had faith , was imputed righteousness and obeyed GOD, isn’t that what you and I do ? What would you call a person who experiences all these things ? Abraham saw afar off , he saw the day of Christ and rejoiced and was glad. We see Christ in the past, Abraham saw Christ in the future but it’s still the same Christ. Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.

There's a difference between being unemployed and it's out of your control, and being unemployed because you want to leech off the system. There are insane numbers of people who have made it a career to get on government assistance and never work. That's why Trump recently put in new rules that you have to have so many hours of work in order to get government assistance and they'll also help you find work if you have none.

I celebrate anyone who works, or has worked their whole life.

I'm also excluding the group of people that can't work due to health/mental conditions out of this conversation entirely because I have no problem with them getting government assistance.

Dave... said:

Hey bling.

It's important to note that the word baptism simply means to place into, or immerse. I think a mistake that many people make today is that they assume water into the definition of the word baptize. I baptize my French fries with catchup, but catchup is not any more part of the definition of the word baptize than water is. Many times the context will explain what that agent is, or who the baptizer is, like Matthew 3:11. Jesus is the baptizer, and the Holy Spirit is the Agent of that baptism.

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Do you believe John the Baptist was baptizing people with water? John 1:26
Do you believe Jesus was baptized with water?
Jesus' disciples were baptizing lots of people before Pentecost, but Jesus did not baptize anyone.
John 4:1 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.
Acts 8:36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

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Peter in 1 Peter 3:21 made it a point to contrast the "type" water baptism, with the "antitype", or real thing, that being Spirit baptism. The agent of the baptism that saves is the Holy Spirit, rather than water, which is, as you noted, just a symbolic public display of an inward reality that has already taken place. Some people at this point will claim that the water baptism initiates the Spirit baptism, but that's not true either. It's a baptism by faith, as Paul noted over and over in Galatians 3.

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I specifically in my post: Water baptism is not a “requirement” for salvation, since God does the saving, but is something Christians get to do to help them and others.
1 Peter 3:...In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The water (and Peter is talking about real water here) is not to cleanse (wash the body), but the water (coming up out of the water) represents Christ resurrection.

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R.C. Sproul believes that water baptism replaced circumcision. It sounds right but I don't really know. The types only point to the spiritual truths. unfortunately, when a person is not seeing the spiritual truths, for whatever reason, they sometimes try to apply the power to the types, and not the truths that those types point to. False teachers do this all the time, knowing that many people who cannot see will fall for these things.

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Circumcision was not done away with (replaced) on Pentecost water baptism. Paul never said Jews should not be circumcised and/or baptism replace circumcision. I think we can agree John's water baptism stopped, so did Christian water baptism replace John's baptism?
Again water baptism does not save you, but does it help you?

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President Donald Trump's Cabinet sang his praises during a televised meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2
As the president appeared to be frequently closing his eyes, his secretaries showered him with compliments on everything from his sacrifices for the American people to his apparent influence on the weather.
"Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, as Trump quietly said, "Yeah."
"Even you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that," she continued.

https://people.com/kristi-noem-tells-donald-trump-he-kept-hurricanes-away-11860541

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I would like to see the video, to see if she was joking or serious when she made that statement.

I went many years thinking, I need some supernatural event to prove I’m on the right track. And I do have one charismatic event that was a turning point for me. But now as I am wiser I understand it’s not about those things. It’s a about the relationship you have with other people.

God is going to answer your prayers and he will reveal himself to you. But it’s most likely not going to be in the form you ask of.

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"Healthy at any size!" "Big is beautiful!"

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That is what I scream halfway round 3 of my kettlebell workout.

Guojing said:

So by this, you would agree that the OT church as described by Stephen (Acts 7:38), cannot be the Body of Christ since Jews and gentiles were not equal then?

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Any true OT believer was predestined to be conformed to Christlikeness (Romans 8:28-29). The true Church existed, but in Christ alone, and for believers, in promise alone, since no one was in Christ. These believers from Acts 7:38, are they all true believes? The difference between physical Israel and spiritual Israel is God separating the wheat from the chafe. Are all Israel Israel? It has nothing to do with Jews and Gentiles being equal. If a Gentile believed, like in Nineveh, they were children of the promise.

Galatians 3: 22-29 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Iran advances '7 October' scenario against Israel

Although the war lasted only 12 days, it has shaken the regime in Tehran, which is now being forced to reshape its security doctrine and reassess its preparations for a strategic confrontation with Israel. Iran is rebuilding its missile program and extending the range of its missiles, promoting a rehabilitation and rearmament plan for Hezbollah, and senior regime figures are pressing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to authorize the development of nuclear weapons.

Nearly five months after Operation Rising Lion, the severity of the threat Israel poses to the Iranian regime has become deeply internalized. Despite the war's short duration, it rattled the Islamic Republic and compelled it to reconsider its national security strategy.

The war damaged not only Iran's missile and nuclear programs but also government and law enforcement institutions in Tehran. The regime is experiencing a trauma that it is trying to offset by repairing its image among the public. Yet this trauma is not driving Iranian leaders toward despair, at least for now. Instead, it has strengthened the motivation within the regime to revise its national security outlook.

Iran is therefore restoring its missile program, expanding missile ranges, advancing a long-term plan to rebuild and strengthen the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist organization, and seeing growing internal pressure on Khamenei to authorize the development of nuclear weapons.

One prominent point in the regime's internal lessons-learned debate is the call by senior security analyst Mehdi Mohammadi to promote a multi-front massacre attack against Israel. Mohammadi, who also serves as an adviser to Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the speaker of the Majles and a member of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, published a post on November 1 in Iranian media arguing that conditions are ripe for such an offensive. He wrote that in "Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Iran a new generation of resistance fighters has emerged, one that is bold and willing to pay any price in the fight against Israel."

Mohammadi added that this is a war of survival between Israel and Iran, which means the regime must "think in a more creative, large-scale and multidimensional way than it has over the past three decades." His meaning was clear: a coordinated, multi-front massacre operation.

The headline of his article, "The next Octobers: the new nightmare of the Zionist regime" left little doubt about his intent. Last night he again pushed his call for a multi-front assault and urged the regime to prepare an operation in which every component of the resistance axis takes part together in a "decisive, prolonged and extensive battle." A limited confrontation, he warned, would not achieve the desired result because it only benefits Israel.

Statements by senior Iranian officials, from Khamenei to the spokesperson of Iran's armed forces, Abu al-Fadl Shekarachi, show clearly that Tehran remains committed to its ambition of destroying Israel.

Therefore, alongside intelligence monitoring and defensive preparations, Israel would be better served by formulating a crushing, preemptive multi-front strike and applying it at the right moment.

Israel Hayom 2/12/2025

Hentenza said:

Within this wall of text there still is not a post crucifixion verse that requires the Christian to keep the 4th commandment. Also, within the same wall of text, there is not a verse prior to Moses that shows anyone keeping the sabbath. Still waiting.

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Actually, I think his wall of text defeated his apparent purpose. As I noted in my prior post, it is quite evident that Jesus Christ gave only two commandments - love God and love your neighbor. Only by extreme efforts of implication can one hoist obsolete rules and regulations into these passages.

When I have managed to fulfill these two commandments to God's satisfaction will I be interested in straining at gnats.

Benaiah468 said:

I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. Jer 30:3b

He will bring us home. Jacob was afraid of meeting his brother Esau:

Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed (yatsar). Yatsar can mean to be in distress, a strait, as it is a primitive root that can describe being pressed, narrow, or vexed.

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A strait is a place in the sea where two land masses come close together, forming a narrow passage. The image conveys confrontation. It is reminiscent of the situation when the Israelites were at the Red Sea, with the sea in front of them and the Egyptians behind them. An existential threat.

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Funny you should say that. This is the kind of river you would expect the Jordan to be. Implying there’s no way around.

Aryeh Jay said:

The Orinoco will flow free!

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We should blast some Enya at Maduro's compound.

Armed Muslim bandits attacked Ejiba, a community in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi state, on Sunday morning, abducting a pastor, his wife, and several worshippers during a church service.

The incident occurred at a newly established Cherubim and Seraphim Church, where congregants had gathered for worship before the gunmen stormed the building.

Eyewitnesses shared on the Egbe Mekun Platform that the attackers surrounded the small church shortly after the service began. The worshippers were forced to flee in different directions as the gunmen entered the sanctuary. Adegboyega Oguns, who was present when the attack occurred, said the pastor, known as Orlando, was seized along with his wife and multiple members of the congregation. He described the moment as chaotic, with people running into the nearby bushes to escape.

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Our Lady's image on the Tilma​

Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in Mexico as the pregnant Mother of God to Blessed Juan Diego, and Aztec Indian, on December 9, 10, and 12, 1531. She left a Miraculous Image of her appearance on his cactus fiber cloak, or tilma, which still exists today for all to see in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.
Our Lady came to offer faith, hope and consolation to the oppressed natives of Mexico and to reconcile them with their Spanish rulers. She put an end to the bloody human sacrifice of the Aztecs and converted ten million natives in the next 10 years!

Analyzing the Tilma​

The Image of Our Lady is actually an Aztec Pictograph that was read and interpreted quickly by the Aztec Indians.

• THE LADY STOOD IN FRONT OF THE SUN: She was greater than their dreaded sun-god "Huitzilopochtli".
• HER FOOT RESTED ON THE CRESCENT MOON: She had clearly vanquished their foremost deity, the feather serpent "Quetzalcoatl."
• THE STARS STREWN ACROSS THE MANTLE: She was greater than the stars of heaven that they worshiped. She was a virgin and the Queen of the heavens for Virgo rests over her womb and the northern crown upon her head. She appeared on December 12, 1531 for the stars that she wore are the constellation of stars that appeared in the sky that day!
• THE BLUE-GREEN HUE OF HER MANTLE: She was a Queen for she wears the color of royalty.
• THE BLACK CROSS ON THE BROOCH AT HER NECK: Her God was that of the Spanish Missionaries, Jesus Christ her Son.
• THE BLACK BELT: She was with child for she wore the Aztec Maternity Belt.
• THE FOUR-PETAL FLOWER OVER THE WOMB: She was the "Mother of God." The flower was a special symbol of life, movement and deity - the center of the universe.
• HER HANDS ARE JOINED IN PRAYER: She was not God but clearly there was One greater than Her and she pointed her finger to the cross on her brooch.
• THE DESIGN ON HER ROSE COLORED GARMENT: She is the "Queen of the Earth" for she is wearing a map of Mexico telling the Indians exactly where the apparition took place.

And then there's what Modern Science has to say about the tilma:​

• The image, to this date, cannot be explained by science.
• The image shows no sign of deterioration after almost 500 years! The tilma or cloak of Juan Diego on which the image of Our Lady has been imprinted, is a coarse fabric made from the threads of the maguey cactus. This fiber disintegrates within 20-60 years!

The time draws near for the Judgement:

2 Esdras 7:70 When the Most high was making the world and all that is in it, He made Adam and Eve, but first of all, He planned the judgement and what goes with it.

2 Esdras 6:18-20 A Voice from heaven spoke; The time draws near when I shall come to judge the earth’s inhabitants, the time when I shall enquire into the wickedness of wrongdoers, the time when Zion’s humiliation will be over, the time when a seal will be set on the age about to pass away. Then, I shall perform these signs: the books will be opened out against the vault of heaven and all will see My judgement at the same moment.

2 Esdras 6:25-28 Whoever is left after all that I have foretold, will be saved and see the salvation that I bring, with the culmination of My plans for this world. Then will the earth’s inhabitants have a change of heart and wickedness will be blotted out. Faithfulness will flourish and truth, so long unfruitful, will be revealed.

2 Esdras 2:10-14 These are the words of the Lord to Ezra; Tell My people that I shall give to them the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which I once offered to Israel. I shall also withdraw the splendour of My presence from Israel and the home that was to be theirs forever, I shall give to My [faithful Christian] people. The Tree of Life will spread it’s fragrance over them, they will neither toil nor grow weary. Ask and you will receive; pray to shorten your time of waiting. Even now, the Kingdom is ready for you, be vigilant! All witness – I have cancelled evil and only good prevails; for I am the Living One, says the Lord.

2 Esdras 7:55-61 The Lord says; Those who have kept My commandments, will shine bright as the stars, but not those who, in a lifetime of iniquity, never give a thought to the sufferings in store after death. This is the thought for every person on earth to keep in mind during the battle of life – if you are defeated, you must accept the penalty and if you are victorious, great will be the rewards. Moses said to the people; “Choose life and live”. But they believed neither him or the prophets after him. There will be no sorrow over their damnation, but there will be joy for the salvation of those who have believed.

2 Esdras 2:24-29 Be calm, My people, your time of rest will come. Teach your children the right paths. Do not be anxious when the time of trouble and hardship comes, others will lament and be sad, but you will have happiness and plenty. My power will protect and save you.

2 Esdras 8:38-39 I shall not give thought to the death, judgement and damnation of sinners, but I shall have joy in the just, their pilgrimage through this world, their salvation and their final reward.

2 Esdras 2:42-48 I, Ezra, saw on Mount Zion a throng too vast to count, all singing hymns of praise to the Lord. In the middle stood a young man. He was taller than the others and He was setting crowns onto the heads of the others. I asked the angel; My lord, who are these and who is the young man? They are the people who acknowledged the Man, who is the Son of God and stood valiantly for Him in their mortal life. Go, tell My people of the great and wonderful acts of the Lord God that you have seen.
Ref: REB Apocrypha. Some verses abridged.

The Vatican published on Dec. 4 the summary of the work carried out by the commissions studying the possibility of admitting women to the diaconate, presented to Pope Leo XIV by Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi.

Petrocchi, the president of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate created by Pope Francis, stated that — with seven votes in favor and one against — the possibility of admitting women to the diaconate as a degree of the sacrament of holy orders is ruled out.

However, he emphasized that for the moment it is not possible “to formulate a definitive judgment, as in the case of priestly ordination.”

Historical investigation into so-called ‘deaconesses’​

This second working session — following the one held in 2021 — ended last February, and the conclusions were presented on Sept. 18 to Pope Leo XIV, who ordered that they be made public on Dec. 4.

In a seven-page document, the cardinal stated that, based on a historical investigation, the commissions agree that the so-called “deaconesses” existed in the history of the Church but with diverse functions and not equivalent to the male diaconate.

Petrocchi emphasized that this question cannot be resolved solely with historical data and that, ultimately, it is up to the magisterium to issue a doctrinal judgment.

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JM said:

That is the KJV Premier Collection Reference Bible in Goatskin. I also use the NKJV Premier Reference Bible in Goatskin.

Anything with comfort print is worth buying. Comfort print is a font designed for easy reading and it really helps when reading for long periods of time.

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Thanks for the response! Peace

eleos1954 said:

The moral law is written on everyone's heart.

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It’s actually repeated into Jesus two love commandments, however, the 4th commandment is not a moral commandment and it was not repeated.

eleos1954 said:

ALL will be judged by the moral law ... those in Jesus will be fully pardoned.

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Those in Christ are justified which is something that the law cannot do. Also, define “the law”.

eleos1954 said:

The Ten Commandments were spoken directly by God and written on stone by his own finger, while the Law of Moses was written by Moses in a book and includes civil, ceremonial, and sacrificial laws. It was the civil/ceremonial/sacrificial law that was nailed to the cross

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And both were given to Moses during the 15 century BCE to give to Israel. This was 430 years after Abraham. The law has never been given to the gentiles.

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the "spirit of the law" refers to the underlying intention and principles behind God's commandments, emphasizing heartfelt obedience and love rather than just outward compliance. This is contrasted with the "letter of the law," which is the literal, outward application of the rules without regard for their deeper meaning. The spirit of the law is seen as the principle of love for God and love for others, which is the foundation of all commandments.

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Jesus gave the Christian two love commandments which included all if the 10 commandments except for the 4th commandment which He fulfilled by becoming the Lord of the Sabbath. We now rest in Him not on a day.

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• Mosaic Law: The law of Moses was given to the Israelites through the Sinai Covenant, but it was not given to the Gentiles.

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eleos1954 said:

• Natural Law: Gentiles demonstrate an instinctive knowledge of God's law through their conscience, which functions as a moral guide. This is what Romans 2:14-15 refers to when it says they "do by nature the things contained in the law".

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This is also called providential law because God is supreme.

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• New Covenant: With the establishment of the New Covenant through Jesus, the Mosaic Law is no longer the binding standard for either Jews or Gentiles, and both are now brought into the fellowship of believers through faith

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• The phrase "if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law" means that those who are led by the Spirit are no longer under the condemnation of the law, not that the law is irrelevant.

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The Christian is no longer under the guardianship of the law but walks in the Spirit which guides and convicts the believer as well as lead the believer in their lifelong sanctification process. The law remains to lead unbelievers to Christ.

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• A higher calling: Instead of being a burden, the law becomes a benefit to those guided by the Spirit, helping them desire to do what is right

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There is a nuance here that you missed. See above.

Seattle Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones is rejoicing now that he's gotten his “Lord and Savior Jesus Christ back,” and suggested that his recommitment to Christianity has played a role in his team’s athletic success.

The Seahawks posted a video on the team’s X account Sunday featuring Jones' locker room speech from the linebacker. Jones detailed how he had “been through a lot this year” and revealed that he “found myself feeling stuck.”

“I found myself feeling like I was missing something, and what I was missing was God,” he added. “I got back on my knees, I started back praying.”

Jones also shared his belief that his newfound embrace of Christianity was having an impact on the team’s athletic success: “Just look at what we got, man. Look at what’s real.”

As Jones’ teammates erupted into applause, the athlete remarked, “It’s bigger than this interception. I got my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ back, and I’m with my boys.”

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An appeals court panel has ruled that efforts to stop pro-life pregnancy centers in New York from informing patients about abortion pill reversal are unconstitutional, as such organizations find themselves increasingly subject to investigations from Democratic politicians.

In an opinion on Monday, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously upheld a lower court ruling siding with two pro-life pregnancy centers, Gianna’s House and Options Care Center.

The pro-life pregnancy centers filed a preemptive lawsuit against Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James after she sued 11 similarly situated pro-life organizations, alleging fraud for promoting abortion pill reversal.

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Yes, I had a college professor in a maybe Christian college who used to pray "...as we pillow our heads in slumber..." as class ended and he wished us the best for the upcoming night.

I think this stuff, as minor as it may seem, might actually be pretty important. As with the experience you referred to, people seem to go KJ English only uner certain circumstances, pretty much connected to church and gatherings of fellow believers.

Aren't we expected to be who we are, in truth and all the time? Why slip on KJ English as though it was some kind of vestiment? Well, I'd suggest that maybe unconsciously, people different when they use that language. More spiritual? More connected to God?

I obviously can't speak for them, but I'd love to hear what they've got to say. When I've had a chance to bring this up in person all I've got back is sort of blank faces.

His Will be done, not ours.

Those of the Kingdom will be reunited with the tree of life while the rest will not. No different than the elohim, where to loyal remain with the tree of life while the fallen will not.

Critics say changes could lead to silencing 'offensive' speech

Canadian legislators are on the cusp of eliminating key religious protections from the nation's hate speech statutes, potentially paving the way for prosecutions over biblical teachings on marriage, sexuality and other faith-based views.

Under a reported bipartisan deal between the ruling Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois, religious exemptions from Canadian hate speech laws would be eliminated in order to advance support for Bill C-9, which would criminalize the display of the Nazi swastika and other antisemitic expressions.

Canadian law currently exempts any hateful or antisemitic speech "expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text." Such speech is also exempted when it is "intended to point out, for the purpose of removal, matters producing or tending to produce feelings of hatred toward an identifiable group in Canada" or if "they expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text."

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