24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat but swallow a camel! Matthew 23:24 (LSB)
A huge trap that Christians can fall into is self-righteousness. It is a form of idolatry and that always causes spiritual blindness (Romans 1:24-25). Self-righteousness puts all effort towards godliness in the wrong place. It creates a form of piety that is all about outward appearances while putting little or no priority on matters of the heart. It is all about being concerned about appearances and what others think rather than being totally committed to abiding in Christ from within first. The self-righteous are consciously holy. However, that is not what we are called to be. Christians must be consciously repentant and unconsciously holy. The difference is huge for these are totally opposite walks. Continue reading
“Federal officials omitted the list of the airports through which illegal aliens have been entering despite requests for the information from the Center for Immigration Studies.”
(The Dissenter) Transubstantiation is a doctrine that was formalized by the Catholic Church in the 13th century, most notably at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. It posits that during the Eucharist, the bread and wine are transformed into the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ, while their appearances remain unchanged. This belief has been a point of contention between the Catholic Church and many Protestant denominations, which typically hold to a symbolic interpretation of the Lord’s Supper. 
By now you’ve heard that Fani Willis has not been booted from what’s left of the RICO election case against President Trump and more than a dozen other defendants. If you haven’t then you’ll want to read Chris’s 
“The people who’ve handed our country to China are banning TikTok to protect you from China? Probably not. So what’s really going on? Rand Paul joins us to explain.”
(The Dissenter) In a bizarre modern trend, Evangelicals have taken a peculiar fascination with pop idols, Taylor Swift being the most recent glaring example. Whether it be Christianity Today’s 
“Revolutionary evolutionary politics require us to believe that everything came into being by chance — accidentally, without meaning, purpose, or design — from nonliving matter bouncing around in a void. Hence, since man is an accidental emergence from ‘nothing,’ then he is in the image of ‘nothing.’ ‘Nothing’ has no free will, nor should man. ‘Nothing’ owns nothing, nor should man. And since ‘nothing’ is neither male nor female, then neither should man be, rather man ought to be ‘transgender,’ another word for polymorphously perverse non-binary androgyne.”
14 You are My friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would abide, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. 17 This I command you, that you love one another. John 15:14-19 (LSB) Read verses 18-19 on the site. 
(Mary Dowling) Former President Donald Trump is in a Florida courtroom today in the Jack Smith classified documents case. Judge Cannon cited 
“This move comes despite his Jewish roots and his past public support of Israel in the wake of the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas. In November, Schumer admitted that the rise in antisemitism in America after October 7 was coming from the political left.” 
This article by CRN managing editor Marsha West was published April 12, 2012.
“Doctors and politicians have already called on America to follow England’s lead on banning puberty blockers…Sen. Roger Marshall, a physician, said, “[L]et my message to America and the radical gender ideologues be clear: Wake up.”
“Democrats are accusing Republicans of trying to “score cheap political” points by demanding that migrants be vetted before being allowed in the U.S.”
“In our sin-fallen, law-cursed state, all people are in slavery to sin and in bondage to Satan, the prince of the power of the air (Eph. 2:2). Of course, all who sin are subject to death, since “the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23), or as Paul elsewhere writes, “The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law” (1 Cor. 15:56). Blessedly, God does not leave us in our cursed state but has sent His Son to redeem us…” 
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(Sean Moran – Breitbart) The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would ban TikTok if they do not sell the company from its Chinese parent company.
“In short, one purpose of confessions is to provide a “form of sound words,” to borrow Paul’s phrase, that sets forth, in brief, important biblical truth.”
“In the same exchange, Joe Biden not only brought up his son Beau — contradicting what he claimed last month, he not only couldn’t remember the year Beau died, but didn’t even know the year that Donald Trump was elected president.”
“As Breitbart News noted earlier Monday, reports have already emerged that the Biden administration is seeking Israeli consultants to help topple Netanyahu’s coalition.”
“To put it simply, French tells Christians not to believe their own eyes and ears, and especially not to harken to the angry and vitriolic State of the Union speech a few days ago where Biden recommitted his…abortion policies to restore abortion up to birth across the land.”
“The question that I continue to see popping up around the Shepherd’s Conference and other conferences is “why is John Piper even there?” It is a good question, indeed. It’s like Tim Keller—he is elevated to the status of “great thinker” and “superb theologian” when, in reality, so much of what they say is reduced to mere sophistry and casuistry.” 
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