When a reporter demanded to know why the summer camps along the Guadalupe River weren’t evacuated before its waters reached their deadly peak on July 4, Rob Kelly, the highest-ranking local official, had a simple answer: “No one knew this kind of flood was coming.”

Why not? Kerr County, Texas, had lots of history to go on — as Kelly went on to explain: “We have floods all the time. This is the most dangerous river valley in the United States.” The National Weather Service had even brought in extra staff that night. Most important, the service had issued three increasingly dire warnings early that morning — at 1:14 a.m., 4:03 a.m. and 6:06 a.m.

What Kelly didn’t mention, but which has since become well known, is that the Weather Service employee whose job it was to make sure those warnings got traction — Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” — had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. He was not replaced.

Pommer said:

What? I didn’t know that Al Capone was a bank robber!?

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Capone famously did hang out in St. Paul when things got hot, but I think I should have said it was Karpis and Barker who robbed the Northwestern National Bank. That bank was hit MANY times. It was a way too easy target. The MO was to hit the bank on the east bank of the Mississippi still in Minneapolis and drive east into St. Paul about a mile away through my old neighborhood to St. Paul. St. Paul was a refuge when things got too hot for the gangstas in Chicago, and they didn't allow Minneapolis police in St. Paul.

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The Day Baby Sophia Taught Our Silent Parrot to Talk!​

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Michie said:

We cannot know all the ways that God creates, but we can have fun learning science in the light of faith.

Painting of a late Jurassic scene in northern Germany, showing several iguanodons and an adult and a juvenile specimen of the sauropod Europasaurus holgeri. (photo: Gerhard Boeggemann, / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.5)

Suppose you catechize your children properly and teach them all about Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden and original sin. Suppose you sit on the sofa one Sunday evening, read the Bible with them and explain how God created all of the plants and animals.

On Monday morning, they return to their science classes and learn about fossils and dinosaurs, which have sparked an interest and led them to browse the Internet for more information. It’s not like dinosaurs are taboo or anything. Kids love dinosaurs! Eventually, they ask the obvious question.

“So, Mom, I have been wondering: Did the dinosaurs live before or after Adam and Eve?”

You open your mouth to answer and catch yourself mid-breath, as you consider the path of reasoning. Well, that little question is mighty loaded, isn’t it? You tread carefully.

If the answer is that the dinosaurs lived before Adam and Eve, then it follows that all words and sentences in the first three chapters of Genesis are not to be taken literally. Dinosaurs are believed to have dominated the earth for more than 100 million years, first appearing more than 200 million years ago in the Triassic Period and reigning during the Jurassic Period — until about 60-70 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, when they went extinct.

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Don't send your kids to public schools !

essentialsaltes said:

Los Angeles-adjacent, but

Federal agents clash with protesters during ICE raid at Southern California farm​

The incident occurred outside of an agricultural farm along Laguna Road in the Camarillo area of Ventura County.

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Local news seemed to show a dozen or more people handcuffed, probably detained at the farm site. The farm was a marijuana grow as was the other raid further north.

The agitator side of things went a bit more feral as the feds headed out. Rocks thrown breaking windows, and cars briefly used to impede traffic.

It appears that Job's knowledge of God has been derived solely from observation of creation, not from direct revelation, prior prophesy, or scripture. God never refers to any prior promises to patriarchs, or even to Adam. Rather, God refers to the wonders of creation that Job could have seen or heard about even a continent away from the Hebrew patriarchs.

In this way, Job testifies to Psalm 19, Acts 15, and Romans 1: That God reveals Himself sufficiently in creation itself so that no man has an excuse not to acknowledge His existence and essential virtue.

But Job goes a step further, and this may be the salvationally essential step: He recognizes that he cannot reach God on his own, but needs a mediator who can "lay hands on us both."

Job doesn't know the name of Jesus, but Job knows he needs Jesus.

Dan Perez said:

And what saddens me is this of Acts 2;38 is what is written , be baptized. ( no water here , Hydor }. in the name of of Jesus. Christ for the forgiveness. of sins and you will receive the GIFT of the Holy Spirit. !!

# 1. The Greek for Water /. hydro. , is Not in the Greek Text

# 2 And Acts was Witten to Israel in Acts 3:36 Therefore , let the House of ISRAEL. firmly know that God HAD made. Him
both. Lord. and Christ , this Jesus whom you have CRUCIFIED , and Luke is NOT taking about the Body of Christ !!

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"Water" doesn't need to be in the Greek text.
There was no other way to get baptized, besides with with water.
It is what John used, unto repentance, (and remission of sins).
Nothing changed between John's and Peter's baptisms, other than using Jesus' name during the rite.

Who knew the government helping citizens made life better for all involved? Who knew it was cost effective? Poor Trump. He wants to be great, but he's not.

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There has to be a better way. Didn't Reagan grant citizenship to those who had been here a certain amount of time (IRCA of 1986)? We need something like that and then focus on border control and a more efficient immigration system. Ripping families apart is terrible no matter which president does it. We can do things in a smart, humane way, and actually make America great. This is stupid and mean.

essentialsaltes said:

If the president really felt there was some injustice going on, I think the usual step would be targeted sanctions of some sort. But Trump's favorite hammer is tariffs and now anything he doesn't like looks like a nail.

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Trump will keep wielding his tariff sword...until (if?) a court stops him.

Ted Murphy, a co-leader of the trade practice at the law firm Sidley Austin, said it was not clear “what authority” the White House might cite to impose a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian goods on the basis of that country’s treatment of Mr. Bolsonaro.

“Is a Brazilian political issue a threat to U.S. economic or national security?” Mr. Murphy asked, before offering an answer: “That seems like a bridge too far.”

rjs330 said:

I'm well aware of the story and the lefts spin on it.

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lol ok. What about that was “spin”?

Akita Suggagaki said:

I have always though in terms of a continuum. That is from gross (physical) to subtle (Spiritual). We draw a line at the limits of physical perception.

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One thought I had about it was, maybe it's not a spirit at all but a part of the original creation. It may be severely deteriorated from overuse.

FaithT said:

My mind is busy like that, too.

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I’ve described it to my husband saying that it’s never quiet in there. (in my head) There’s always something going on in my mind. When it’s not thoughts it’s songs.

I‘d never given any thought to the need for seminarians to have mental help support but yes, after reading this article I realize that it’s very much needed.

GoldenBoy89 said:

What were you expecting her to do?

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Lol that’s a loaded question. How about stop just being stupid.

Yarddog said:

Hermaphrodite is also objective but there are many ways it appears in humans.

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Defective biological expressions shouldn't be made into normative specimens. Sex expression is binary, even if there are variable expressions. And pointing to aberations is a poor defense for general treatment, particularly when it is being used as a means of undermining distinctive objective categories.

A New Dawn said:

I am just telling you the historical context behind the scripture involving baptism for the dead (1 Cor. 15:29) That particular scripture has nothing to do with Romans 6:5.

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Why not. give me the Historical CONTEXT with bible KJV. ??

dan p

Your experiences are not dissimilar to a lot of Christian's experience, except perhaps in the degree to which you swung to the extremes. There is for most a sort of honey moon period with regard to the faith, where things are comfortable and maintaining the desire to please God is easy. But a tour through the Bible would show you that all manner of ugliness can come from people whom are used powerfully by God and have a deep relationship with Him. The reality is that the Christian life is filled with peaks and valleys, times where God's presence is fully felt and times where it is difficult to care what God has to say. There are times where we're in the oasis, lying in green pastures. And other's where we're in a spiritual desert, far from God. All of this to say you cannot hate yourself into a version of yourself you can love, and becoming what Jesus sees in you is not always going to be pretty. The most difficult thing to learn in the life of most Christians is that while God sets boundaries and allows us to do good works, Christianity is not about jumping through hoops and working ourselves to death avoiding sin of all stripes. Rather than focusing on yourself, cast your eyes upon Jesus. Rather than worrying about what you are or aren't doing to please Him, realize that the words God said to Jesus at His baptism are true of everyone who He gives the power to become sons and daughters. "This is my child, in whom I am well pleased." When you accept that your Father is pleased with you, the works flow from there. Trying to do it the other way around is a recipe for frustration and burnout.

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I just addressed it.

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not really. You stated that it was an isolated verse even though it is more than one verse stated in context and that YOUR interpretation in light of scripture including Paul’s own writings (which you dont cite) and then you go into your own rant with no additional proof. Even if it is one passage in scripture you still have to interpret it based on scripture. You did not do that.

fhansen said:

And I’ve already listed a plethora of verses, and I can list a plethora more but it obviously won’t matter.

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So have I. If you want more just let me know.

fhansen said:

You are not interested in either the whole counsel of Scripture, the teachings of the ancient churches, or the teachings of the ECFs-only your own private interpretation of a limited number of passages supported by novel interpretations from a few centuries back.

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You are not interested in what scripture actually states but what the wrong teachings of the “ancient: churches actually teach. If you want to discuss the history I’ll be happy to.

fhansen said:

As I've said over and over, God does justify apart from works, And it's real justice. And you must now walk in it if you want to see Him in the next life. And He won't force you to do so, to remain in Him.

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I walk in it but from salvation but FOR salvation. It’s called sanctification. I will see him in the next life because I believe in the Lord Jesus.

““For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

No works required here.

Overall failure in both parties. We need a third. ASD

Canuckster said:

You still stuck on 1/3 of my first point too? It's India/Pakistan's word vs Trump's. Big surprise: Trump haters believe India/Pakistan.

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India and Pakistan haven’t lied to me that I know of.

ozso said:

Other than asking someone to not attend church there, what form of discipline is being talked about? Grounding them? Sending them to bed without supper? Taking away their video game console? Public shaming them?

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When I was a young, the original records of our church surfaces. I remember being at the house of some friends of my parents as they read them. I don't recall how far back they went. The congregation dated to the early 1800. What I recall was the term "run off" used for some members. Later, realized that that was likely a reference to the church discipline commanded by Jesus in Matthew 18:15-20, and recommended by Paul in ! Corinthians 18:5-13. Paul also described in 2 Corinthians 2:5-8 restoring a disciplined member. Apparently, when the church noted a member was "run off," that was turning them out of the church.

I'm also aware of some who weren't buried in the cemetery proper. That goes back at least to Medieval Europe.

Paul, in warning that a little yeast will spread through the whole dough, illustrates the problem of lack of church discipline. The closest I saw to it and realized what I was seeing was when a store came up for a liquor license. Under state law, if a store was within such-and-such miles of a religious establishment, the religious establishment could veto the license. The deacons decided they could not oppose it. That's because there was a church member within that same distance who sold liquor and no one said boo about it. Partaking of alcoholic beverages is no big deal in many denominations, but is frowned on in others. By not taking a stand with a church member on something the church disagreed with, the church could no longer decry the same thing done by others.

I am reading Proverbs 6:22 in the NKJV:
22 When you roam, they will lead you;
When you sleep, they will keep you;
And when you awake, they will speak with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light

I am pondering whether "they will speak with you"
involves more than being spoken to. That is, is
there a dialogue going on between the soul and
the Lord, as the soul receives light from Torah by the Spirit?

In the Interlinear of Proverbs 6:22 at biblehub.com,
the "with you" is reinforced instead of "to you", which makes me wonder
if the picture is one of interaction. On the side, the Interlinear says "she will speak with you".
What is the "she"?