Valletta said:

They have faith enough to show up.

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Not faith but often an ego-identity attachment, or superstition.

""A report in The Lancet estimates that deep funding cuts to USAID could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, with one-third being children, if the funding isn't restored. The cuts have already caused the immediate shutdown of essential programs, leading to a higher risk of diseases like cholera and a rise in under-five mortality rates in affected areas. As a result, some models already estimate that the dismantling of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths, with two-thirds being children."

USAID cost the average US taxpayer $0.18 per day - Trump, with the support of Elon Musk and American Evangelicals, shut it down which has already resulted in the loss of an estimated 600,000 lives, 2/3 of them children!

How ironic that Donald Trump, a billionaire and Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, were both instrumental in terminating USAID - which is credited with saving over 90 million lives of the world's most desperately poor, in the last 2 decades alone!

Trump and his MAGA supporters are now hoping that the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE COMMITTEE will be more impressed by his White House $300 million golden ballroom than the 14 million additional deaths by 2030 that USAID could have saved!

Trump is currently suing the Department of Justice for $230 million for what he considers politically motivated investigations - despite claims that the White House ballroom will be privately financed, what are the odds that it will be directly or indirectly "bankrolled" by the American taxpayer?

Whether Trump receives the Nobel Peace Prize or not, history will hold him and his supporters responsible for the millions of lives that USAID could have saved!

The White House golden ballroom, primarily built to impress the rich and powerful, will stand as a constant reminder that in "Trumpworld," extravagance took priority over lives - his campaign to receive the Nobel Peace Prize is intended to feed his insatiable personal ego, because in reality he has shown little concern for the lives and welfare of others!

FOOTNOTE: The Department of Justice is under no obligation to inform the American public as to whether President Trump's own loyal political appointees at DOJ followed his instructions and provided him with the $230 million!

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jonojim1337 said:

Yeah America has a lot of problems, such as stealing emblems, buildings from Caesar.

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And leaving people who would be better off enslaved as free enfranchised citizens!

Fervent said:

There's no need for the success of the drawing to depend on force in order for it to create the possibility of success.

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It seems you didn't actually read the argument. What kind of action is "creating the possibility of success"? Does the Father merely attempt to create that possibility, with the real risk of failure? Or is the Father necessarily successful in that act?

The Father's drawing is an enabling action. The conditional statement tells us nothing about who ultimately comes. So if the drawing can fail, then you are saying God can fail in His attempt to create the very possibility of coming. The creation of that possibility is what the drawing is. "No one is able to come unless drawn." The success of the drawing is the precondition for the possibility.

So is the Father's act of enablement necessarily effective, or not? If it is, your definition of ἑλκύω collapses your own position. If it is not, then the possibility of salvation itself becomes uncertain.

You keep trying to leap to a criticism of the Calvinist conclusion that drawing equals being saved, without recognizing that that argument rests on the grammar of the text, not on the semantics of ἑλκύω. The semantic core of ἑλκύω is a decisive movement from one position to another. That is consistent with a non-Calvinist reading of John 6:44, because the decisive movement ἑλκύω describes there is a change of position from inability to ability.

DavidS said:

Jesus said that if as few as "two or three" Christians are gathered together in His name, He is present.
In one sense, He is always present as He indwells, through the Holy Spirit, in every true Christian, but when as few as two Christians come together, He is present in an even greater sense in that a group of Christians gathered in His Name is a manifestation of His corporate body. He is, in a sense, physically present through His corporate body. Furthermore, because all Christians are united in the Holy Spirit, when even two Christians come together in prayer and worship, there is a sense in which the entire church of Christians (both alive and in the Father's nearer presence) are also present through the unity of the Holy Spirit. And Jesus is the Head!
As an aside, I suggest that "church" be taken as a collective noun - a swarm of bees, a murder of ravens and a church of Christians! A "church of Christians" is a gathering of born-again believers to worship God through Jesus. Thinking in this way helps us avoid the tendency to think of "The Church" as either an organisation or a building.

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It provides a way for encouragement for like minded people. Strength in numbers (so to speak)

When God overcomes adversity, those connected to it will also be overcome. Destroy means destroy.

Matthew 10:28 - And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-14/ponzi-schemer-who-got-trump-clemency-faces-50-years-in-new-fraud

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Trump commuted Eliyahu Weinstein's 24 year sentence in the Pardonpalooza at the end of Trump 1.0. After his release, he stole another $44 million from his suckers and has now received a brand new 37 year sentence.

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As the kids say, "Game recognizes game",

essentialsaltes said:

OK, they were in no danger. Is that relevant? Have you been to a federal courthouse?

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I've personally filed a lawsuit against a number of federal intelligence agencies, so I've spend some time in a federal courthouse. I've even been in a judge's chambers with a judge and numerous government attorneys. It seemed pretty secure, but someone with intent who doesn't care about sacrificing himself could be a real danger. People go in and out of locked doors, but a criminal could slip in. We saw weaknesses in security in regard to protecting President Trump.

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9Rock9 said:

Hello!

I'm undecided about eschatology but doing some research on it. I think good points are made for both amillennialism and premillennialism. The only view I currently hold to with is inaugurated eschatology (or "already and not yet") where most prophecy has double fulfillment. It's normally associated with George Eldon Ladd, who was a premillennialist, but I don't see why one can't be amillennial and also agree with inaugurated eschatology.

I'm wondering if one can hold to a non-literalistic premillennialism?

Like, I don't think the events in Revelation are strictly chronological and probably could be oit of order or just the same events from different angles.

I also don't know if I believe the 1,000 years mentioned in the book to be be a literal millennium.

Could one believe in a Millennial State after the Second Coming, but not think the Millennial Kingdom will be a literal 1,000 years?

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the millennium is the thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven, during which the wicked will be judged and the earth will be desolate.

A resurrection begins the 1,000-year period.

This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection (Revelation 20:5, 6).
It is called the first resurrection. The saved blessed and holy from all ages will be raised in it.

The rest of the dead [those who were not saved] did not live again until the thousand years were finished (Revelation 20:5).
All who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28, 29).

The second resurrection takes place at the close of the 1,000-year period. The unsaved will be raised in this resurrection. It is called the resurrection of condemnation.

Please notice: The resurrection of the saved begins the 1,000 years. The resurrection of the unsaved ends the 1,000 years.

EVENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1,000 YEARS:

• A devastating earthquake and hailstorm (Revelation 16:18–21)
• The second coming of Jesus for His saints (Matthew 24:30, 31)
• The saved dead raised to life (1 Thessalonians 4:16)
• The saved given immortality (1 Corinthians 15:51–55)
• The saved given bodies like Jesus (1 John 3:2; Philippians 3:20, 21)
• All the righteous caught up into the clouds (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
• The living wicked slain by the breath of the Lord’s mouth (Isaiah 11:4)
• The unsaved dead remain in their graves until the end of the 1,000 years (Revelation 20:5)
• Jesus takes the righteous to heaven (John 13:33, 36; 14:2, 3)
• Satan bound (Revelation 20:1–3)

On the Over-Seriousness of Today

The current age, with its technologies, its wars, its uncertainties and anxieties, is a gloomy and worried age. Rates of depression and anxiety have skyrocketed among younger generations and there is an ever-present burden upon everyone’s shoulders. The constant terrible photos and videos of the news cycle weigh upon our minds and hearts, as we are forced to hear about everything happening everywhere, all the time. Our phones and laptops keep us connected, even when we might desire to be left alone. This is, certainly, a very serious age: we take everything seriously. Our jobs, our families, our economy and political affiliations, and, most dangerously, our religion. It has become a Serious Matter to attend Church on Sundays, to receive the sacraments, to profess the Creed. Of course, the Faith should be celebrated and embraced with dignity, but one of the key words is that it should be “celebrated.” Our faith is not meant to only be a dour and depressing hour of our week, in which we all silently sit and wait for it to be over, our minds and hearts occupied with the myriad horrible things occurring around us.

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Please pray and ask God if He could please heal my son Jakeb mind and body and that there is nothing seriously wrong and he isn't underweight. Please ask if it is God's will that I can hear him laugh and talk to friends tonight. Thank you. I ask in Jesus name. God bless you. Carmen.

essentialsaltes said:

More statesmanlike rhetoric directed at the GOP leader of the Epstein files discharge petition effort.

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I wonder what our friends who always tell us Trump only hits back at those that attack him first must feel about this?

When you're worried about your aches and pains, these comforting Bible verses remind you that God is near and cares deeply for you.

We all know how physical ailments – even routine colds or flu – can make us feel vulnerable and anxious. Not knowing what the doctor will say, waiting for test results, or coping with persistent aches can stir up real fear. In those moments, God’s Word can be like a gentle companion, reminding us that we are not alone.

Thankfully the Bible offers many verses about God’s care, strength, healing and presence. Here are five comforting passages and why each one can bring peace to a worried heart.

1- Isaiah 41:10 -- GOD’S PRESENCE IN OUR FEAR​

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with the onset and the global reach of the internet the gospel going out has never been more available than it is right now ... pretty amazing. Everything is escalating.

Yttrium said:

Then let's put social pressure on our leaders to change their corrupt practices.

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We keep trying to do this .... however the corruption is wide and deep. Government is way way too big ... the bigger something gets the more difficult it is to manage and/or have proper oversight. The only way corrupt practices will be curtailed is if the people involved in them are actually prosecuted for their dastardly deeds and so far that hasn't come into fruition.

Judge orders ICE to allow immigrant detainees in downtown LA to see lawyers​

U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong issued the permanent injunction Thursday requiring that detainees confined in the basement facility known as B-18 in the federal building be given access to lawyers as required by the Fifth Amendment right to counsel.

At a hearing last month, Frimpong heard that immigrants were detained for extended periods at B-18 in conditions that prevented private communication with attorneys. Lawyers reported that clients were denied access to phone lines, turned away from in-person meetings, and pressured to sign legal documents before speaking with a lawyer.

In her written ruling this week, the judge converted an existing temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction to ensure continued compliance while litigation proceeds.

B-18 was designed to hold people only temporarily for processing before release or transport to a longer-term detention facility, evidence shows. It has no beds, showers or medical facilities, and is limited in size.

But, plaintiffs argue, ICE transformed B-18 into a de facto long-term detention facility for detainees swept up in immigration raids and mass arrests over the summer, and individuals held there have had their contact with the outside world purposely obstructed.

Mystical unity of persons​

Bryan Melvin is a Protestant NDE experiencer whose testimony went viral after his claim to see Hitler in Hell. Martin’s testimony was that Hitler’s punishment was to experience the anxiety, suffering, pain and death he caused in others, from the moment his policies first affected them till their death in the camps. Hitler had to live each of the lives of each of his victims, experiencing each life as his own.

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Darwin's great discovery was how it happens. Nothing in evolutionary theory is about "it just happened." It's a sad commentary on science education in the U.S. that so many people actually believe that story. Darwinian theory turns out to have useful applications in engineering, as engineers are now using evolutionary processes to solve problems that were not possible to solve using design. Turns out, God knew best.


It's directly observed today. It happened the way we see it happening now. God is a lot smarter and more powerful than most creationist think He is.

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It's "interpretation" of things seen ... God does state His creative power is seen and we are without excuse.

Romans 1:20

20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

"just happened" ... meaning there were (according to evolution theory) millions of things that just somehow randomly happened over a significant period of time.

While it (the theory) can describe what happens, the ultimate "why"—the origin of the chain of events or what drives the universe—is a question science cannot answer and may lie outside the realm of natural science.

“He reaches up to grab it — and as he does, his hand is literally thrown off. And he screams..."​

Whoa! This is incredible!

In a viral reel published by Parousia Media, Father Chris Alar of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception tells an amazing story of his experience while leading a Eucharistic procession on an Indian reservation in Canada.

Father Alar says he visited the Cree Indians in Canada and decided to process through the reservation with the Eucharist. He said he processed through all the roads, blessing about 1200 homes.

As he held the monstrance, Father Alar says the Indian reservation’s ringleader yelled at him, demanding he remove the Eucharist from the reservation.

The ringleader screamed, “Get that [blank, blank] out of here!” multiple times.

Father Alar says he “keeps on walking” with the monstrance and affirms he will not let go of the Eucharist.

After his third demand, the ringleader approached Father Alar and attempted to grab the monstrance. The ringleader then grabbed the monstrance, but immediately let it go because it burned his hands.

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ROME – When he addressed an international congress on the pastoral care of the elderly yesterday, Pope Leo laid out the demographic premises for an honest assessment of Catholic life these days, but he didn’t quite draw out the logical pastoral consequences – in part, perhaps, because there’s only so much you can do in a brief 900-word address.

Leo clearly acknowledged that rapid aging of societies is one of the key hallmarks of our time: “The growing number of elderly people is an unprecedented historical phenomenon that calls us to discern and understand the reality in new ways,” he said.



Basic demographic data backs up that observation.

In the United States, the median age was 30 in 1950, but it will reach 41 by 2050. In Europe it will be 47.1, and in Japan a staggering 52.3. Fully a third of all Japanese will be over 60 within a decade, creating a potentially serious shortage of elder care facilities and personnel. One leading Japanese politician actually has proposed exporting retirees to the Philippines in order to relieve the pressure.

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