There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. —Soren Kierkegaard. "…truth is true even if nobody believes it, and falsehood is false even if everybody believes it. That is why truth does not yield to opinion, fashion, numbers, office, or sincerity–it is simply true and that is the end of it" – Os Guinness, Time for Truth, pg.39. “He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright.” – Blaise Pascal. "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily" – George Washington letter to Edmund Randolph — 1795. We live in a “post-truth” world. According to the dictionary, “post-truth” means, “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” Simply put, we now live in a culture that seems to value experience and emotion more than truth. Truth will never go away no matter how hard one might wish. Going beyond the MSM idealogical opinion/bias and their low information tabloid reality show news with a distractional superficial focus on entertainment, sensationalism, emotionalism and activist reporting – this blogs goal is to, in some small way, put a plug in the broken dam of truth and save as many as possible from the consequences—temporal and eternal. "The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." – George Orwell “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
MATTHEW 6:21
Water cannot rise above its own level, and neither can a Christian by any sudden, spasmodic effort rise above the level of his own spiritual life!
I have seen in my own experience how a man of God will let his tongue go all day in light, frivolous conversation; let his interest roam abroad among the idle pleasures of this world; and then under the necessity of preaching at night, seek a last minute reprieve just before the service by cramming desperately in prayer to put himself in a position where the spirit of the prophet will descend upon him as he enters the pulpit.
Men do not gather grapes of thorns, nor figs of thistles. The fruit of a tree is determined by the tree, and the fruit of life by the kind of life it is. What a man is interested in to the point of absorption both decides and reveals what kind of man he is; and the kind of man he is by a secret law of the soul decides the kind of fruit he will bear.
The catch is that we are often unable to discover the true quality of our fruit until it is too late!
Of what do we think when we are free to think of what we will?
What object gives us inward pleasure as we brood over it?
Over what do we muse in our free moments?
To what does our imagination return again and again? When we have answered these questions honestly we will know what kind of persons we are, and when we have discovered what kind of persons we are we may deduce the kind of fruit we will bear. If we would do holy deeds we must be holy men and women!1
My soul! now the day is over, sit down, and look back on the employments of it. What a day hath it been? What portion of it hath been engaged in the service of thy Lord, and in the improvement of thy soul? How wholly occupied in the busy and imperious demands of the world, the care of the body, and in procuring the bread that perisheth! Surely the complaint of the Church is thine also. Keeper of the vineyards of others, thine own goeth to waste! And of what avail, in the path of grace, if, though occupied by a thousand things in the aid of others, thou art making no progress in the heavenly road by thine own soul? Are not the peace of thy life, and the glorious expectation of a better, to be advanced in the knowledge and enjoyment of Jesus? If I lose sight of thee, thou dear Emmanuel; if the lively actings of faith upon thee be remitted, will the recollection of attention to others give assurance or comfort? If I lose all that sweet personal communion and fellowship with thee, which is the very life of the soul, and receive none of thy private visits, what signifies the best and most successful public usefulness in thy Church, and among thy people? I do indeed rejoice to say or do any thing which may minister to others in the knowledge of my Lord; but, God forbid, that, like the post to the traveller, I be found merely to direct, but never move a step myself. Rather, blessed Jesus, be it my portion to be like the star to the wise men, which not only lighted to Christ, but went with them, and before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was. Oh! then, with the Church, under the same complaint, let me cry out, as she did: “Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest; where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions!”1
Mr. MacDonald asked the inhabitants of the island of St. Kilda how a man must be saved. An old man replied, “We shall be saved if we repent, and forsake our sins, and turn to God.” “Yes,” said a middle-aged female, “and with a true heart too.” “Aye,” rejoined a third, “and with prayer”; and, added a fourth, “It must be the prayer of the heart.” “And we must be diligent too,” said a fifth, “in keeping the commandments.” Thus, each having contributed his mite, feeling that a very decent creed had been made up, they all looked and listened for the preacher’s approbation, but they had aroused his deepest pity. The carnal mind always maps out for itself a way in which self can work and become great, but the Lord’s way is quite the reverse. Believing and being baptized are no matters of merit to be gloried in—they are so simple that boasting is excluded, and free grace bears the palm. It may be that the reader is unsaved—what is the reason? Do you think the way of salvation as laid down in the text to be dubious? How can that be when God has pledged his own word for its certainty? Do you think it too easy? Why, then, do you not attend to it? Its ease leaves those without excuse who neglect it. To believe is simply to trust, to depend, to rely upon Christ Jesus. To be baptized is to submit to the ordinance which our Lord fulfilled at Jordan, to which the converted ones submitted at Pentecost, to which the jailer yielded obedience the very night of his conversion. The outward sign saves not, but it sets forth to us our death, burial, and resurrection with Jesus, and, like the Lord’s Supper, is not to be neglected. Reader, do you believe in Jesus? Then, dear friend, dismiss your fears, you shall be saved. Are you still an unbeliever, then remember there is but one door, and if you will not enter by it you will perish in your sins.1
MAY our hearts be earnestly attentive while we read our Lord’s own account of the Day of Judgment.
Matthew 25:31–46
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. (Here we are mixed together, but the keen eye of the Great Shepherd will detect our real characters and place us in one or other of the two flocks into which all mankind will be divided. There will be no middle company, we shall be placed either with saints or sinners in that day. To which do we now belong?)
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. (All these are deeds of love; not one of them consists of words, or ceremonial acts. The truest worship of God is charity to the needy: does not the apostle James say, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”)
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? (They were modest, and had never set so high a value upon their own virtues as to have seen that excellence in them which the Judge had long ago discovered, and which he now declares publicly before men and angels. They had only been kind to poor and afflicted men and women, and were surprised to hear that the Lord regarded their actions as rendered to himself.)
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. (How this ennobles charity! “He that giveth to the poor lendeth unto the Lord.” Who would not show kindness to his Redeemer?)
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
They were not condemned for what they had done amiss, but for what they had not done. Sins of omission are glaring evidences of want of grace, especially the omission of those duties which common humanity requires of us.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? (They were self-righteous and had no eye to see their faults. Fain would they have justified themselves. Those who deny their sins may be sure that they are of the goats.)
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
There is no temporary punishment any more than temporary reward. As sure as heaven is everlasting, so also is hell. Flee, O flee from the wrath to come.
7 Most commentators agree that 6:7–9 has at least a loose connection with 5:6–6:6 (English 5:7–6:6) in that it concerns seeking meaning and satisfaction through material wealth. Verse 7 presents another reason to discourage the attempt. In a proverb, Qohelet instructs his reader that the only reason why humans work is to satisfy their sensual desires, but also that such a goal is impossible to reach because the appetite or desire is never filled, in the sense of satisfied. Thus, the search for contentment is never ending, and so is the speaker’s frustration.
This verse, therefore, stands in tension with the so-called carpe diem passages (see the list with comment on 3:22). Qohelet there recommends the pleasures associated with toil, eating, and drinking. These enjoyments are the best that life has to offer. At the very least, we see here that he does not believe that these pleasures lead to contentment. Human life is characterized by continual striving.
Peter Ackroyd and Mitchell Dahood135 have offered a suggestive alternative interpretation of the suffix on the word mouth. Ackroyd argued first that the suffix refers to the “one place” of 6:6, thus Sheol. While it is true that Sheol is at times personified as an open mouth in both Hebrew and Ugaritic poetic texts, it is much more natural to take humans as the near antecedent. It makes perfectly good sense in the context, and the book of Proverbs provides analogies:
The laborer’s appetite works for him;
his hunger drives him on. (Prov. 16:26)
The sentiment expressed in this verse was seen earlier in part in 6:3 and also 1:8. That sentiment is well paraphrased by Christian Ginsburg when he writes that Qohelet perceived “his life to be a protracted scene of toil, turmoil, and dissatisfaction, ever labouring to satisfy his soul, which cannot be satisfied.”1
Ver. 7.—All the labour of man is for his mouth;i.e. for self-preservation and enjoyment, eating and drinking being taken as a type of the proper use of earthly blessings (comp. ch. 2:24; 3:13, etc.; Ps. 128:2). The sentiment is general, and does not refer specially to the particular person described above, though it carries on the idea of the unsatisfactory result of wealth. Luther translates strangely and erroneously, “To every man is work allotted according to his measure.” Such an idea is entirely foreign to the context. And yet the appetite is not filled. The word rendered “appetite” is nephesh, “soul,” and Zöckler contends that “ ‘mouth’ and ‘soul’ stand in contrast to each other as representatives of the purely sensual and therefore transitory enjoyment (comp. Job 12:11; Prov. 16:26) as compared with the deeper, more spiritual, and therefore more lasting kind of joy.” But no such contrast is intended; the writer would never have uttered such a truism as that deep, spiritual joy is not to be obtained by sensual pleasure; and, as Delitzsch points out, in some passages (e.g. Prov. 16:26; Isa. 5:14; 29:8) “mouth” in one sentence corresponds to “soul” in another. The soul is considered as the seat of the appetitive faculty—emotions, desires, etc. This is never satisfied (Ch. 1:8) with what it has, but is always craving for more. So Horace affirms that a man rightly obtains the appellation of king, “avidum domando spiritum,” by subduing his spirit’s cravings (‘Carm.,’ ii. 2. 9).2
6:7 spend their lives scratching for food. This is the NLT’s colorful translation of the proverbial statement “all toil of humans is for their mouth.” Humans spend their energy just to satisfy their needs. The search for contentment is never ceasing, and so is the speaker’s frustration. Ackroyd (1967) and Dahood (1968) wrongly argue that the “mouth” for which one labors is the “mouth of death.” Though the “mouth of death” is a known ancient Near Eastern metaphor and the idea fits in with Qoheleth’s thoughts elsewhere about death, it seems a strange idea to import into this particular text.3
6:7. Solomon concluded his description of the tragedy of unenjoyed wealth with a recommendation that one be content with what he has. With a word play on his earlier use of the word “heart” (lit., “soul”) in verse 2, Solomon warned that there is always a danger of a man’s desire (lit., “soul”) outstripping his acquisitions. The soul of a man who “lacks nothing his heart [lit., soul‘] desires” (v. 2) is not satisfied (cf. v. 3). Similarly though a man must indeed work to meet his basic needs, to fill his stomach (all man’s efforts are[lit., “work is”] for his mouth), his desires (appetite, lit., “soul”) may never be satisfied.4
4 Glenn, D. R. (1985). Ecclesiastes. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, p. 990). Victor Books.
Jeremiah 8:8 — This is truly a sad verse. The scribes spent their entire lives preserving God’s Holy Word; we’ve definitely benefited from their labors! The Word of God that you hold in your hands was preserved through scribes like this. But the scribes did not follow the Word they preserved! Romans 1:18 describes such men as those who touch the truth (in fact, they literally hold the truth), but they are forcing it down when it could shine through them! The wrath of God is coming against them.
Jeremiah 8:10 — The tenth commandment (Exodus 20:17) is a unique one. Western society has adopted commandments 6-9 (even though commandment 7 fell out of favor in the twentieth century), but adopting the 10th was difficult since it deals with a heart issue as opposed to a physical act. The 5th (obey parents) is the first commandment with promise, but it’s not the only commandment with a promise. In this verse we see that everyone was committing covetousness, presumably by coveting their neighbor’s estate and wife. Because of that, God promises to give their estates and wives to others. Those that try to gain, end up losing. One of the many “opposites” found in the Bible (Luke 6:38).
Jeremiah 8:22 — What is the Balm of Gilead? From GotQuestions.org:
A balm is an aromatic, medicinal substance derived from plants. Gilead was an area east of the Jordan River, well known for its spices and ointments. The “balm of Gilead” was, therefore, a high-quality ointment with healing properties. The balm was made from resin taken from a flowering plant in the Middle East, although the exact species is unknown. It was also called the “balsam of Mecca.” Myrrh is taken from a similar plant—Commiphora myrrha. The Bible uses the term “balm of Gilead” metaphorically as an example of something with healing or soothing powers.
Jeremiah 9:1 — This is the verse that gave Jeremiah the nickname “the Weeping Prophet.” We talked earlier about the “weeping patriarch” (Joseph).
Jeremiah 9:24 — Paul echoed Jeremiah. Don’t boast in your wisdom, might, or riches, but boast in the LORD!
Colossians 3:2 — Paul is not saying to quit your (earthly) job. What are the earthly things he says to avoid, though?
Colossians 3:5 — Among this list of sins is the sin of Jeremiah’s day – covetousness! Paul doesn’t have a problem with you having an earthly job or earthly possessions, but he has a big problem if your desires are directed to the earth. In the same way that Jeremiah 8:8 warns about wrath, Paul warns in Colossians 3:6 that this still happens today.
Colossians 3:8-14 — God calls for a married man to leave and to cleave (Genesis 2:24). God commands separation then adoption (2 Corinthians 6:17-18). God calls for a Christian to put off and put on. Otherwise, it will be seven times worse (Matthew 12:44) if you put off but don’t put on, separate but don’t adopt, leave but don’t cleave.
Colossians 3:16 — Why do I embed songs that relate to Scripture? So I can help you let the word of Christ dwell in you richly through “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs!”
Psalm 78:38 — The Old Testament “God of Wrath” was so “full of compassion” that He “forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not.” Just once? NO … the Scripture says “many a time!” Thank God for His mercy!
Proverbs 24:27 — Build the revenue side of your operation (“the field”), then you can build the expense side (“thine house”).
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When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.Isaiah 43:2
Bridge there is none: we must go through the waters and feel the rush of the rivers. The presence of God in the flood is better than a ferryboat. Tried we must be, but triumphant we shall be; for Jehovah Himself, who is mightier than many waters, shall be with us. Whenever else He may be away from His people, the Lord will surely be with them in difficulties and dangers. The sorrows of life may rise to an extraordinary height, but the Lord is equal to every occasion.
The enemies of God can put in our way dangers of their own making, namely, persecutions and cruel mockings, which are like a burning, fiery furnace. What then? We shall walk through the fires. God being with us, we shall not be burned; nay, not even the smell of fire shall remain upon us.
Oh, the wonderful security of the heaven-born and heaven-bound pilgrim! Floods cannot drown him, nor fires burn him. Thy presence, O Lord, is the protection of Thy saints from the varied perils of the road. Behold, in faith I commit myself unto Thee, and my spirit enters into rest.
“But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant. And you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp.”
It is always easier to hang back in fear than to move forward in faith: easier, but never better.
Gideon knew a lot about fear and the hesitation it birthed. He hesitated when God’s angel called him to lead Israel (Judges 6:13, 15). He hesitated when Israel’s enemies gathered to oppose him (v 36-40). And, it seems, he hesitated again the night before the battle in which God had promised victory (7:9-10). And into this fear and hesitancy, God spoke. Notice God’s grace and patience with Gideon as He says, “But if you are afraid…” and encourages him to take his servant down to the camp with him. This is a sensitive way to address Gideon’s fear. It recognizes that, humanly speaking, there was great reason to be afraid! He was about to go into battle against an opponent whose soldiers outnumbered his by tens of thousands. God didn’t rebuke him for his fear; instead, He gave him a reason to be confident.
Like Gideon, we need such kind words from our Lord. We are often slow to remember that we can cast all our cares on Him (1 Peter 5:7). We can lay down all of our burdens and fears at His feet. We’re permitted to come to Him and say that we don’t know what to do. And His response is always filled with grace and sensitivity towards us.
What makes this story even more beautiful is Gideon’s response to God’s gentle suggestion. During his discreet visit to the enemy camp, he overhears two men discussing a dream, which one soldier interprets as meaning that they will fall under “the sword of Gideon” because “God has given into his hand Midian and all the camp” (Judges 7:14). When Gideon hears that and realizes that God has indeed gone before him to do what is impossible for him to do alone, what does he do? “He worshiped” (v 15). There’s such wealth contained in that response. Facing impossible odds but assured of God’s promise, this fearful, fragile, unlikely leader poured out his heart in praise, and then utilized his God-given courage to rally his troops. His boldness came from a private, secret moment between him and the Lord.
There’s a difference between personality-driven schemes for manipulating people and genuine, Spirit-filled boldness. One is produced on a purely human plane and is apt to crumble; the other can be discovered only as we humble ourselves before God, acknowledge our inadequacy, and remember His sufficiency. That is a firm place on which to take our stand. The antidote to fear isn’t to think more highly of yourself, as so many claim. It’s to think more highly of God. It’s to trust in God’s enablement, which can grant you a holy, humble boldness beyond compare.
What are you fearful of right now? In what way are you tempted to hang back even though God is calling you to walk forward in obedience? Bring your fears to God. Ask Him to show you His ability to do what you cannot. Then trust Him, worship Him, and obey Him.
IDF Confirms Killing of Hamas de facto PM, Sinwar’s Right-Hand Man, in Strike 3 Months Ago The IDF and Shin Bet have confirmed that Rawhi Mushtaha, Hamas’s de facto prime minister in Gaza and a close associate of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, was killed in an Israeli airstrike three months ago. Mushtaha was one of the key architects of Hamas’s deadly October 7 attack, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,200 Israelis.
Israel must strike Iran now to destroy wicked regime, former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett tells ALL ISRAEL NEWS Israel is now facing the most dangerous and decisive moment in its war with Iran since October 7th. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, his War Cabinet, and top IDF generals are actively discussing how to best respond to the nearly 200 missiles that the Iranian regime fired at the Jewish state on Tuesday. The Israeli leadership is also actively discussing the best way to win the year-long war against Israel that Tehran has waged
‘Iran is the existential threat to Israel. Biden knows it, but Biden is weak’ and not providing essential support, says Joel Rosenberg Rosenberg provided an overview of the threats Israel faces from Iran and its proxies, as well as the broader regional implications. His message was clear: Israel is in a precarious position, and the world – especially Evangelicals – must be aware. Rosenberg, who holds dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship and lives in Jerusalem with his family, noted that “two of our four sons have served in the Israeli army, including one of them in a special forces unit and one of them up on the Lebanon border.”
Rare IDF airstrike in Palestinian Samarian town kills Hamas commander planning terror attack on Oct 7 anniversary The rare, large-scale strike by Israeli Air Force (IAF) jets in the western Samarian town of Tulkarm, located just about 14 km (9 miles) east of Israel’s coastal city, Netanya, killed Zahi Yasser Abd al-Razzak Oufi, the commander of the local Hamas cell. In the past, Oufi had been actively involved in planning and executing several significant terror attacks in Judea and Samaria,
American airstrikes launched on Yemen’s Sanaa and Hodeidah The US military said it carried out 15 strikes on Friday against targets linked to Iran-aligned Houthi fighters in Yemen, where residents reported blasts at military outposts and even an airport. Central Command, which oversees US forces in the Middle East, said the targets were tied to Houthi offensive military capabilities but did not detail whether that included missile, drone, or radar capabilities.
250 Hezbollah Terrorists Including 21 Commanders Eliminated in Ground Op The Israeli military eliminated 250 Hezbollah terrorists including 21 commanders in four days of ground combat, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Friday. IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon have uncovered vast caches of weapons and munitions in civilian residences,
Iran’s Khamenei Urges Allies to Step Up Struggle Against Israel Khamenei said Israel’s adversaries in the region should “double your efforts and capabilities… and resist the aggressive enemy.” The deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the country’s most powerful military force, said meanwhile that Iran would strike Israeli energy and gas installations if Israel attacked it.
A Threat To Privacy And Freedom: Gov’ts Are Not Using Biometrics To ‘Increase Security’ I explain that the Mark of the Beast will not happen until the Tribulation time, and believers today will not be here to experience that system of control. However, the Antichrist will not create or establish the systems used to control humanity in the last days. Everything he will need to rule the world with technology will be in place before he arrives on the world stage. believers today, although they won’t be faced with taking the Mark of the Beast, may experience some of the pains involved in setting up that Antichrist system. For example, the world is moving quickly into the mandatory Biometric National ID stage.
White people banned from food pantry in Midwest state the food pantry shows a sign that states, “The resources found in here are intended for Black & Indigenous Folx. Please refrain from taking anything if you’re not.” Tim Walz’ Minnesota food pantry bans white people, says ‘resources’ are only for ‘Black & Indigenous Folx’ Is this Minnesota 💩what you want for America?
The Four Horsemen of Sustainable Development They are no longer figures from the vision of Saint John, rooted in tradition, faith, and a pious conviction of the invincible power of God…. They hide behind banners that arouse respect in the unwitting: the World Economic Forum [WEF], the United Nations [UN], the World Health Organization [WHO], countless non-governmental organizations [NGOs] and charities. They deliver speeches and messages, smiling from under the yellowed complexion of evil, pretending that their ideas are sublime, with only the good of the Earth and humanity in mind.
Migrants Enrich UK With Massive 51% Surge In HIV Cases To 15-Year High Though “Diversity is Our Strength” is a cornerstone mantra of woke leftist ideology, it’s been steadily crumbling as people across the West observe the many real-world downsides of uncontrolled migration. Health officials in the United Kingdom have just hit that cornerstone with another sledgehammer, reporting that HIV cases in the UK soared by 51% last year to a 15-year high.
We’re on the brink of World War Three – and only one country can stop it Israel must be allowed to attack Iran’s evil regime, and the West must support it. The regime is the original Islamist extremist state; it is the fount of almost all trouble in the Middle East, the foremost exporter of terrorism, an ally of Russia, a friend of China, a cancer eating away at humanity’s common destiny.
The Ill-Fated Ideology Behind Iran’s Goal of Destroying Israel After decimating Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel has now turned its attention to Hezbollah in the north. These two terror proxies of Iran have been a thorn in the side of Israel for decades now. They had grown so large that it was once unthinkable that Israel would be able to defeat them. At least that’s what Hamas and Hezbollah had fooled themselves into believing.
Battery storage for solar farms poses a growing threat of catastrophic and uncontrollable fires Lithium-ion batteries tend to overheat. When these batteries overheat, they spontaneously combust causing fires that cannot be put out. Yet, large solar farms have large battery storage stations containing hundreds of large container-sized lithium-ion batteries close to each other. What have governments and solar farms done to mitigate or deal with this catastrophic disaster in waiting? If the US solar farms are anything to go by – nothing.
Globalists target the US First Amendment as freedom of speech is obstructing their agenda The US First Amendment is considered a barrier by those who seek to determine truth and falsehood and suppress disfavoured speech. John Kerry, the former presidential climate envoy, spoke at the World Economic Forum’s sustainability impact meeting held during the week of 23 to 27 September 2024. He expressed frustration about the First Amendment obstructing the Globalists’ agenda.
Brian Mark Weber Joe Biden’s FCC has fast-tracked the purchase by Soros of more than 200 radio stations featuring on-air talent such as Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin.
Can’t Fix Stupid “[‘Basket of deplorables’] was an unfortunate choice of words and bad politics, but it also got at an important truth. Just look at everything that has happened in the years since, from Charlottesville to Jan. 6. The masks have come off, and if anything, ‘deplorable’ is too kind a word for the hate and violent extremism we’ve seen from some Trump supporters.” —Hillary Clinton The BIG Lies “It is not right that the teachers and the firefighters that I meet every day across our country are paying a higher tax than the richest people in our country.” —Kamala Harris “In the four years that Donald Trump was president, he did nothing to fix our broken immigration system.” —Kamala Harris “[Immigration] is something that’s on the mind of American voters … which is why Vice President Harris visited the border. … Somebody is actually putting in the work.” —Harris-Walz Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks “People are better off than they were four years ago.” —former Clinton White House aide Keith Boykin “Their Project 2025 is going to have a registry of pregnancies.” —Tim Walz “I found out in the first debate Kamala’s a hunter.” —Tim Walz “No one’s trying to scaremonger and say we’re taking your guns.” —Tim Walz Non Compos Mentis “I’ve become friends with school shooters.” —Tim Walz A Blind Squirrel Finds a Nut “I’m a knucklehead at times.” —Tim Walz Double Standards “In a moment like this, we put politics aside. At least we should put it all aside, and we have here. … Nobody can deny the impact of [the] climate crisis anymore. At least I hope they don’t. They must be brain-dead if they do.” —brain-dead Joe Biden, putting aside politics… Hot Air “The severity and frequency of extreme weather events are only increasing.” —Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “Supercharged by climate change: [Hurricane Helene’s] intensity was fueled by warm waters due to fossil fuel use.” —CNN “Big Oil and their mouthpiece, Fox News, would rather us burn fossil fuels until entire cities get wiped out than have us confront the climate crisis. They do not give a damn about people losing everything.” —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Useful Idiots “The answer is no.” —Joe Biden when asked, “Would you support an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites by Israel?” “I’m comfortable with [Israel] stopping.” —Joe Biden regarding the IDF’s Lebanon operation “[Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah] maintained that there should be one Palestine with equality for Muslims, Jews and Christians. A powerful orator, he was beloved among many Shiite Muslims, a historically marginalized group in the Arab world, and created a state within a state in Lebanon that provided social services.” —The New York Times “Among his followers, Mr. Nasrallah was seen as a father figure, a moral compass and a political guide.” —The Washington Post “Nasrallah was regarded by supporters as a charismatic and shrewd leader.” —Associated Press Faux Pas “The Biden administration’s strategy has put the United States in a much stronger geopolitical position today than it was four years ago. … We increased diplomatic pressure and strengthened the U.S. military’s force posture to deter and constrain Tehran.” —Secretary of State Antony Blinken (“The op-ed hit the web just a few hours before Iran launched ballistic missile strikes against Israel.” —Nate Jackson) Baghdad Bob “This administration has not lifted a single sanction on Iran. We cannot forget that. Rather, we continue to increase pressure. That’s what we have seen. Our extensive sanctions on Iran remain in place, and we certainly will continue to enforce them.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Race Bait “Latinos want to be white. They want to be with the cool kids. … They don’t want to be identified with all of those other immigrants that Donald Trump speaks so badly of.” —NPR’s Maria Hinojosa Village Idiot “I think Biden should dissolve the Supreme Court.” —leftist author Fran Lebowitz Dumb & Dumber “Your role has reshaped the perception of masculinity.” —MSNBC’s Jen Psaki to Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff “Our First Amendment stands as a major block to the ability to be able to just, you know, hammer [disinformation] out of existence.” —John Kerry Belly Laugh of the Week “In terms of [the debate], what can you say? You saw the difference between truth and trust in terms of Walz and con and slick in terms of [Vance].” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
(John Nolte – Breitbart) Most of the areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene are filled with Trump voters. Asheville, North Carolina is a notable exception, but we’re four weeks and change away from a consequential presidential election and two weeks away from the start of early voting in these hurricane-hit states of Georgia (October 15), North Carolina (October 17), and Tennessee (October 16).
Two of those states (Georgia and North Carolina) are swing states. So I ask you…
What incentive do Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have to get Trump voters back on their feet when getting them back on their feet means they will be able to go out and vote against Kamala? View article →
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 400 soldiers and 16 pieces of military equipment in clashes in border areas of Russia’s Kursk Region over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
News from sources you can trust. It’s Crosstalk and the Friday News Round-Up! Dalton presented content that focused primarily on news related to Hurricane Helene. Here are some highlights from the first half of the broadcast:
–As of Thursday, more than 2,100 have been rescued in North Carolina as the death toll from Hurricane Helene has reached 200. This has been the fifth deadliest hurricane in the last three-quarters of a century.
–A volunteer firefighter from South Carolina was threatened with arrest after using his private helicopter to help the rescue efforts in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s devastation.
–Audio of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp who ripped in to the Biden/Harris administration for their lack of response and even ignoring several counties and communities.
–Audio of people who share their extreme frustration with the lack of government response to the storm over 4-5 days. In spite of this, the major media insists on concentrating on new allegations against President Trump.
–A grieving mother talks about her son’s last moments during the storm as he called out for Jesus.
–The Harris/Walz campaign is blaming Trump for gutting FEMA and therefore blocked disaster relief funding when he was president.
Hear the rest, including what listeners had to say, on this edition of Crosstalk.
The knock on Christian films has always been two-fold: poor production values, and a shallow depiction of good and evil with the good guys simply too good and the bad guys utterly soulless. There are some bad folks who are simplistically wicked – I just saw a chilling bit about a euthanasist in Canada who reveled in her death-dealing – but as the Bible shows us with the wise and weak Solomon, the righteous and murderous David, the believing and mistrusting Abraham, God’s people sure aren’t saved by their own merits! Even the best people are seriously flawed.
Now, I’ve only watched the trailer for Average Joe (see below), so I can’t speak to the characterization. But I wanted to share it for the production value side – it shows a level of skilled playfulness that we haven’t seen often in Christian films. Coming out later this year, Average Joe is the true story of a public high school football coach who got in trouble for praying publicly after games. Funnest bit of the trailer is when the coach and his wife break the fourth wall, the two of them sharing their different recollections of a kiss.
“The Bible’s ‘big picture’ seems to preclude intelligent life elsewhere” but it wouldn’t seem to preclude something like bacterial life, or even animals, on other planets. So why haven’t we found any?
Might it be because, while the Bible would allow for alien life, evolution needs it? Evolutionists argue that life from non-life is plausible, and if it is, and it has happened here in abundance, then of course it must have happened elsewhere amongst the billions of stars and planets. So the lack of alien life is a message from God – another blessing from Him – highlighting just how impossible life from non-life, without an Omnipotent Creator, really is.
Today Christians treat many words as absolutely forbidden – you won’t find a Christian novel using the F-word, and Christian movies don’t have anyone, even farmers, using the other four-letter word for “poop.” But you will regularly find both using God’s name in vain.
Thousands of years ago, the Israelites had it the other way around, being so careful about God’s Name that the pronunciation of it was lost – no one living today knows how to pronounce YHWH. So, “why did the Israelites go from swearing by Yahweh’s name, and using it in prayer, song, and greetings, to forbidding its use altogether?”
You probably didn’t get drunk this past week. But you likely succumbed to other forms of escapism whether it was hours of video games, Netflix binging, or swiping through your phone’s feed.
Here’s one for Church History teachers when you’re tackling Athanasius. And here’s one for politicians when the media, or your party leader, directs their attention your way. And here’s one for all the rest of us when we are tempted to back down, not because we are wrong, but only because we are standing against the room.
We Wouldn’t Know It If It Hit Us In The Face California has banned (with 3 other states) “legacy admissions” — giving priority to admissions of the children of alumni, worrying about favoring “white or wealthy students.” I suppose that assumes that no alumni who are minorities are wealthy? And I assume that they’ll still give preferential treatment to minority applicants? So it’s not preferential treatment or even “white” that is the issue, but the stereotypical “all whites are bad” concept here. Reversing racism doesn’t make it any less racist.
(As an aside, my title of this section reminded me of a line. “I saw something hurtling toward me. I wondered what it was. Then it hit me.” But … I digress.)
Ultimate Antisemitic Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel as a “revenge attack” for Israel killing Hezbollah leaders. Mind you Hezbollah leaders are not Iranians. Mind you, Hezbollah leaders (along with Hamas) have been working hard for the genocide of Israel. Mind you, almost all the missiles were shot down. But, hey, if you have the world on your side in favor of genocide against Israel and you think that gives you the moral high ground, fight on, Iran. It’s not true, but … (And, oh, Iran, that particular enemy has a serious bite … and their missiles are effective.)
Pushback A teacher in Virginia, fired for something he didn’t say, will receive $575,000 from the school board in compensation. He wouldn’t use transgender pronouns because they violated his faith. He couldn’t use pronouns that were “inconsistent with the student’s sex.” And, of course, despite the complaints, the statement is absolutely correct. Our culture confuses “sex” with “gender,” but, no matter what you think, sex doesn’t change, regardless of what the expression of that sex (“gender”) may be. This victory pushes back on the current position that truth is no longer acceptable.
Message Received Home Depot has an ad out for a fancy thermostat. The tagline is, “Be comfortable in your own home.” The wife turns this thermostat to 72°. The husband, sitting in his chair with smartphone in hand, surreptitiously turns it down to 69°. The wife frowns and takes his phone away. The message is clear. “Be comfortable in your own home” … as long as you’re a wise wife who knows what’s best and certainly not if you’re one of those stupid, useless, “male” types. You’re out of luck. Got it. Thanks.
Another Yawn The VP candidates debated. I couldn’t have cared less. We clearly have no more standards of dialog, decency, or honesty. I can’t imagine what listening to this banter would tell me.
Fake News You Can Trust Seriously, I lovedthis Bee headline. “Idiot Noah Builds An Ark When He Could Have Just Paid More Taxes To Stop Climate Change.” Perfect. Spot on. The states hit by Hurricane Helene are apparently out of luck. FEMA is reporting they spent their funding on a sweet PowerPoint presentation about racial equity. And now, it seems, the Ayatollah is frantically googling to find out “how to build one of those Iron Dome thingys … fast.”
What is your worldview? Fewer Americans base their beliefs on the Bible and it’s leading to a mental health crisis. George Barna unveils the findings from his latest research. CBN News. Because Truth Matters™
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