3 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. Genesis 45:3 (NASB)
The emotional climax to Joseph’s story was this sudden revelation to his brothers. They had thought Joseph was a horrible, terrifying tyrant because he had treated them like strangers and scared them to death…. Continue reading
“Much of what we see in today’s charismatic movement is identical to that of the Montanists, including the ecstatic utterances (babbling, gibberish), direct revelation, and uncontrollable movements which appear to be more of along the lines of demon possession than anything from God.”
(Reformation Charlotte) Montanism is a heresy that was denounced by the 2nd-century Church after its founder, Montanus, began a movement that he referred to as “New Prophecy.”…. Continue reading
“Tracking only some data and not releasing it sooner or more fully, critics say, leaves a gaping hole in the nation’s understanding of the disease at a time when it most needs information.”
(Jenny Deam and Bianca Fortis – ProPublica) Meggan Ingram was fully vaccinated when she tested positive for COVID-19 early this month. The 37-year-old’s fever had spiked to 103 and her breath was coming in ragged bursts when an ambulance rushed her to an emergency room in Pasco, Washington, on Aug. 10. For three hours she was given oxygen and intravenous steroids, but she was ultimately sent home without being admitted. Continue reading
(Frances Martel – Breitbart) A senior Taliban spokesman told the U.K.’s Sky News on Monday that the United States and its ally Britain will face “consequences” if they seek to extend their military presence in Afghanistan to ensure the safe evacuation of their citizens.
American President Joe Biden announced this summer that he would withdraw all American troops from the country by August 31. Biden had previously announced in April that the withdrawal would end on September 11, the 20th anniversary of the jihadist attacks that prompted the Afghan War…. Continue reading
“It’s not a mystery why this is happening. Very early on, we were told that the reason mRNA vaccines never got past the animal research stage was that, while the vaccines worked wonderfully against a specific virus strain, they made the animals more vulnerable to any related virus strains. Now the vaccinated won’t get one form of the virus (yay!) or, at least, won’t get too sick from that form (rah!), but they’re super vulnerable to everything else (booooo).”
(Andrea Widburg – American Thinker) Leftists are escalating their efforts to force vaccines on people who do not want them, whether they resist as a matter of principle or because of health concerns…. Continue reading
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 (NASB)
Truth is not relative. Truth is not found through some synthesis process through which one concept of the truth is ‘synthesized’ with that which opposes it until some sort of compromise can be reached…. Continue reading
(Landon Mion – Townhall) More than 250 Australian residents were apprehended by police Saturday amid the country’s anti-lockdown protest.
People across several Australian cities defied the coronavirus stay at home orders and were arrested following altercations with police officers. At least cops endured injuries from the protests and Melbourne saw the most violent demonstrations, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading
“To spend so much time and money, to have blood shed and lives lost only to come to this, is a failure almost impossible to understand.”
(Julius Young – Fox News) Angelina Jolie finally joined Instagram in an official capacity – and is using her enormous reach to share the voices of those who are facing the crisis in Afghanistan head-on.
In the “Maleficent” star’s first-ever post to the popular platform, Jolie shared a letter she said she received from a teenage girl in Afghanistan. Continue reading
“These kids will be as ignorant as a bag of hammers. Notwithstanding, I will not be surprised if upon evaluation the program is deemed to be a smashing success.”
(Mark Ellis – PJ Media) The liberal Oregonian, Oregon’s newspaper of record, was surprised by a new law signed by Governor Kate Brown that suspends the requirement for basic skills testing of students as a prerequisite for graduation from high school through the 2022-2023 school year.
But I wasn’t. Continue reading
“When proclaiming what those Scriptures teach is “godly,” believers should be dutifully committed to speaking only where it speaks, and identifying as our opinion where it doesn’t.”
(Peter Heck – Not the Bee) A lot was made recently of a state senator in Texas bastardizing the Word of God in spectacular fashion as she made her case for securing election integrity.
There’s nothing quite like ripping a Bible verse out of context to support one’s political agenda to get a bevy of online Twitter theologians worked into a lather. It’s not that I don’t think such a galling misapplication of Scripture needs correcting; it’s more that I’m perplexed at the selective application of outrage and contempt over the offense.
Consider that just a few days after the Texas clip went viral, well-known Bible teacher Beth Moore decided it appropriate to use her own social media account to adulterate a teaching of Christ Jesus Himself.
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“That’s where Lara Logan comes in. What she told Tucker will confirm your worst fears: things are playing out as they are, complete with violence, death, chaos, and a massive risk of a hostage crisis, because that’s what the government wants, much as it wants an open border…”
(Andrea Widburg – American Thinker) Biden’s pullout from Afghanistan has been the worst managed event in American history. With Saigon as an example, the administration knew exactly how bad it would be…. Continue reading
“What’s worse, they lie about some of the most absurd and demonstrably false things. For example, one woman who believes she’s a “prophetic deliverance minister” says Jesus crawled up in bed with her and played with her hair as he was giving her a direct revelation. So dumb.”
(Reformation Charlotte) One of the most nefarious movements in Christianity–apart from the woke movement–is the charismatic movement…. Continue reading
“But one source said there has been little, if any, recent discussion by senior Justice Department officials of filing charges such as “seditious conspiracy” to accuse defendants of trying to overthrow the government. They have also opted not to bring racketeering charges, often used against organized criminal gangs.”
(Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch – Reuters) – The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials. Continue reading
(Emma Colton – Fox News) A father in Colorado Springs who is the descendant of slaves slammed critical race theory during a public school district’s board meeting, saying racism in America would “by and large be dead” if not for institutions such as the education system “keeping it on life support.”
“I am a direct descendant of the North American slave trade. Both my parents are black. All four of my grandparents are black, all eight of my great great grandparents, and all 16 of my great greats…. Continue reading
(Spencer Brown – Townhall) They were elementary and homemade at first before becoming commercialized and mass-produced, but plastic dividers became as commonplace during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic as the paper masks that now litter city streets.
Put up with the aim of blocking droplets from the noses and mouths of the COVID-infected among us, they became a sort of virtue signal for businesses to show that they cared about the safety of their customers and employees…. Continue reading
3 For You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
4 You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth. Psalms 31:3-5 (NASB)
I doubt that I am alone in experiencing the pressure coming primarily from our enemy about all the evil going on in the world that seems to indicate that “everything is falling apart.”…. Continue reading
Is Donald Trump in control of the United States military as some “prophets” claim he is? Watch Justin Peter’s video.
(Protestia) Those Charismatics are not having a good few years. Not a single one predicted/prophesied COVID-19 or the destruction of our liberty that accompanied it, showing themselves to be poorly suited for the task. Then once it did come, half of them predicted it would be gone by the end of the year (You’ll recall that Dr. Michael Brown made a wager based on this very thing.)…. Continue reading
These are the people to whom your president and your party capitulated. These are the people to whom your president and your party forced our country to show the back of our neck. This is the situation that your administration is contorting itself to spin.
(Lincoln Brown – PJ Media) With the eruption of left-wing has-been celebrities mewling for attention by comparing American conservatives to the Taliban, maybe it is time for a little perspective. Or perhaps a metric ton of perspective. Continue reading
“Since taking Afghanistan, the Taliban has already killed a woman for failing to wear a burqa, they’ve beaten Afghans, including women and children, trying to get to the airport, and they reportedly fired into a crowd of protesters, killing at least two and injuring a dozen others.”
(Lea Barkoukis – Townhall) Even a casual observer of the United Nations knows the international body is a joke…. Continue reading
“In a sane world, the Joint Chiefs and the secretary of defense would resign. We have heard for too long their careerist boasts about assigning climate change as their chief challenge. For too long they have virtue signaled their critical race theory credentials to Congress. For too long, they have bragged about rooting out alleged “white supremacists” from their ranks. For too long they have sparred with journalists, while fighting twitter wars and issuing cartoonish commercials attesting to their woke credentials.”
(Victor Davis Hanson – American Greatness) The American-nurtured Afghan military of the last 20 years that had suffered thousands of prior casualties evaporated in a few hours in the encirclement of Kabul. Continue reading
14 I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; 15 but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. 16 By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory. 1 Timothy 3:14-16 (NASB)
The best place for Christians to be is at the Cross, before the Savior, in complete agreement with God that without His saving Grace they would be on their way to Hell, and without His sustaining Grace they would lose all ability or desire for His godliness…. Continue reading
“The gospel is not simply the term used to reference the good news of what Christ has done and the biblical truths that surround this magnificent, saving work. Instead, the “gospel” is a separate, malleable, conceptual entity that does things on its own (often subverting the teachings of the Bible) and is a tool to be used to accomplish the goals of popular culture and anti-Christian worldviews.”
(David Morrill – Protestia) On their new podcast You’re Not Crazy, Koran-promoting pastor Ray Ortlund and “I’m deeply sexually attracted to men but I’m not gay” Sam Allberry fill the first episode with a masterclass of scripture twisting, Gospel redefinition, and wedge their unholy foot very firmly in the back door of the church with their promotion of so-called Gospel Culture. Continue reading
“Kessler slapped Three Pinocchios on Biden’s assertion, stating in his analysis how Biden barely escaped the worst rating of Four Pinocchios.”
(Fox News) The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler accused President Biden of inflating the numbers after claiming Afghanistan‘s military is bigger than many NATO allies in a fact check on Wednesday.
Biden was forced to return from Camp David this week to deliver a speech on the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of U.S. troops…. Continue reading
(OAN) Communist China has sent warships to the Taiwan Strait in an act of aggression against both Taiwan and the U.S. According to Tuesday reports, China has been holding assault drills involving warships and military jets near its maritime border with Taiwan.
Beijing claimed the drills came in response to unspecified “provocations” and “external interference.”…. Continue reading