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
Do not let our wisdom be that from beneath, which is earthly, unspiritual, demonic; James 3:15(ESV) but wisdom from above, which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. James 3:17(ESV)
O that we may always behave in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God. 2 Corinthians 1:12(ESV)
Lord, uphold us in our integrity, and set us in your presence forever; Psalm 41:12(ESV) and may integrity and uprightness preserve us, for we wait for you. Psalm 25:21(ESV)
May our hearts be blameless in your statutes, that we may not be put to shame; Psalm 119:80(ESV) and let our eye be healthy, that our whole body may be full of light. Matthew 6:22(ESV)
“But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” – Matthew 6:33
See how the Bible opens: “In the beginning God.” Let your life open in the same way. Seek with your whole soul, first and foremost, the kingdom of God, as the place of your citizenship, and His righteousness as the character of your life. As for the rest, it will come from the LORD Himself without your being anxious concerning it. All that is needful for this life and godliness “shall be added unto you.” What a promise this is! Food, raiment, home, and so forth, God undertakes to add to you while you seek Him. You mind His business, and He will mind yours. If you want paper and string, you get them given in when you buy more important goods; and just so all that we need of earthly things we shall have thrown in with the kingdom. He who is an heir of salvation shall not die of starvation; and he who clothes his soul with the righteousness of God cannot be left of the LORD with a naked body. Away with carping care. Set all your mind upon seeking the LORD. Covetousness is poverty, and anxiety is misery: trust in God is an estate, and likeness of God is a heavenly inheritance. LORD, I seek Thee; be found of me.
We won’t understand Martin Luther’s unwavering defense of justification by faith alone apart from his life-changing encounter with the book of Romans. In this message, R.C. Sproul describes how Luther came to understand the gospel for the first time.
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. (3:17)
The simplest, most basic rule of thumb for living the Christian life is to do everything, whether word or deed, in the name of the Lord Jesus. To do everything in the name of Jesus is to act consistently with who He is and what He wants. Paul expressed the same thought in 1 Corinthians 10:31: “Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” Again, Paul reminds that it is always to be done without reluctance or despair or legalistic duty, but with giving thanks through Him to God the Father. To put on the new lifestyle is to put on Christ. That is the obligation of every believer: “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts” (Rom. 13:14). The goal of the Christian life is Christlikeness. Guy H. King relates the following story:
Years ago I was leading the Children’s Special Service Mission at one of our South Coast holiday resorts. As I was approaching the beach one morning, this little fellow was going along there, too. As he caught sight of me, he said, “Mummie, here comes the JESUS man.” He only meant that I was the man who spoke to the children about the Saviour; but his remark meant far more to my heart that day. What right had I—have I—to be called a JESUS man? What degree of resemblance is there about us?
I wonder if you have read that moving story of Jerome K. Jerome’s called The Passing of the Third Floor Back? Roughly, the tale is of a poor-class lodging house, where lived a heterogeneous company of needy and seedy folk, and where there was a poor, ignorant little servant girl, a good deal of a slut, and ready to sell her virtue for a worthless trinket. Into the place there came one day a lodger who at once seemed to be different, and who occupied the third floor back. He quickly revealed himself to have a very kind heart and way. He always had a kindly word for the little slavey, usually so ignored and downtrodden. She almost worshipped him. The other lodgers, too, owed him much for his many deeds of helpfulness. He was always doing something for somebody, in his kindly, sympathetic way. At last the day came for him to move elsewhere. The little maid watched him, open-eyed, as he walked with his bit of luggage to the front door; and as he turned to her with a smile and a gentle pat on the shoulder, she took her leave of him with the words, “Please, are you ’Im?” (Crossing the Border [Fort Washington, Pa.: Christian Literature Crusade, 1974], pp. 92–93)
Believers should so clothe themselves with Jesus Christ that when people look at them, they see Christ.
MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (1992). Colossians (pp. 160–161). Moody Press.
A fundamental principle for Christian life and conduct summarizes and climaxes this priceless paragraph, namely, And whatever you do in word or in deed, (do) all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. For the expression “Whatever you do” see also verse 23 and 1 Cor. 10:31. In connection with “Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus” it should be noted that the name indicates the Lord Jesus himself as he has revealed himself. “In the name” means, accordingly, “in vital relation with him,” that is, in harmony with his revealed will, in subjection to his authority, in dependence on his power. The clause “giving thanks to God the Father through him” (in connection with which see especially Eph. 5:20; then also John 14:6; 15:5b; Rom. 1:8; 7:25; 16:27; 1 Cor. 1:20) is explained by the fact that it is on the basis of the Son’s atonement that sinners are accepted by the Father, and that they (“together with him”) receive every blessing. Hence, it is altogether just and fair that through him thanksgiving be given to the Father. The main lessons of this closing paragraph should not escape us. As I see it they are the following: (1) “Whatever you do” is very general. In contrast with the many specific rules and regulations which false teachers were trying to impose upon the Colossians (Col. 2:16–23), Paul simply enunciates a comprehensive principle, and permits believers to work it out for themselves in perfect freedom. After all, the child of God of the new dispensation is not under bondage. Let the Spirit within him rule him. (2) This Spirit (hence also the Spirit-indwelt believer) operates in connection with the word, that is, the revelation (“name”) of the Lord Jesus. Man is “free” only when he abides in Christ. Let him therefore always ask himself, “What shall I do, Lord?” (Acts 22:10). Let him diligently and prayerfully study Scripture. It is in that sense that (1) above is to be understood. (3) In connection with any and every word and deed the believer should ask himself, “Am I able to thank God the Father for having given me the opportunity to say or do this?” (Cf. Bruce, op. cit., p. 286). (4) The sovereignty or pre-eminence of the Lord Jesus in relation to the entire universe with all its events and in relation to the believer himself should be joyfully acknowledged. Therefore, too, he should do everything “in the name of the Lord Jesus.” We notice, therefore, that the present paragraph closes as did also the preceding one (see on 3:11), with a reminder of the theme of the entire epistle, Christ, the Pre-eminent One, the Only and All-Sufficient Savior.
Hendriksen, W., & Kistemaker, S. J. (1953–2001). Exposition of Colossians and Philemon (Vol. 6, pp. 163–164). Baker Book House.
For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. (7:15)
Paul’s proof that sin still indwelt him was in the reality that that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do. Ginõskõ (understand) has the basic meaning of taking in knowledge in regard to something or someone, knowledge that goes beyond the merely factual. By extension, the term frequently was used of a special relationship between the person who knows and the object of the knowledge. It was often used of the intimate relationship between husband and wife and between God and His people. Paul uses the term in that way to represent the relationship between the saved and the Savior: “Now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?” (Gal. 4:9). By further extension, the word was used in the sense of approving or accepting something or someone. “If anyone loves God,” Paul says, “he is known [accepted] by Him” (1 Cor. 8:3). That seems to be the meaning here and is consistent with the last half of the sentence. Paul found himself doing things he did not approve of. It was not that he was unable to do a particular good thing but that when he saw the fullness and grandeur of God’s law, he was not able to measure up completely. It was not that he could never accomplish any good at all, nor that he could never faithfully obey God. The apostle was rather expressing an inner turmoil of the most profound kind, of sincerely desiring in his heart to fulfill the spirit as well as the letter of the law (see 7:6) but realizing that he was unable to live up to the Lord’s perfect standards and his own heart’s desire. It was not Paul’s conscience that was bothering him because of some unforgiven sin or selfish reluctance to follow the Lord. It was his inner man, recreated in the likeness of Christ and indwelt by His Spirit, that now could see something of the true holiness, goodness, and glory of God’s law and was grieved at his least infraction or falling short of it. In glaring contrast to his preconversion self-satisfaction in thinking himself blameless before God’s law (Phil. 3:6), Paul now realized how wretchedly short of God’s perfect law he lived, even as a Spirit-indwelt believer and an apostle of Jesus Christ. That spirit of humble contrition is a mark of every spiritual disciple of Christ, who cries out, “Lord, I can’t be all you want me to be, I am unable to fulfill your perfect, holy, and glorious law.” In great frustration and sorrow he painfully confesses with Paul, I am not practicing what I would like to do.
MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (1991). Romans (Vol. 1, pp. 384–385). Moody Press.
15 The slavery extends to the totality of his being. It numbs and blinds him, for he confesses that he does not know what he is doing. It is a graphic picture of many an action carried out by a slave, going through certain motions under the authority and direction of a master. If there appears to be obedience, it is really not a matter of volition but something almost mechanical. Paul’s figure of slavery is cogent here, since he is forced to carry out what he does not want to do, what he really hates, whereas what he would like to do he never manages to accomplish.
Harrison, E. F., & Hagner, D. A. (2008). Romans. In T. Longman III &. Garland, David E. (Ed.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Romans–Galatians (Revised Edition) (Vol. 11, p. 122). Zondervan.
15 In one of the most famous passages of the epistle, Paul now graphically portrays his failure to do what he wills. The conflict between “willing” and “doing”40 dominates the narration of this conflict (vv. 15–20) and the inference Paul draws from it (v. 21). What Paul wills is that “good” required by God’s law; the “evil” that he does, which he hates and does not acknowledge, is, then, a collective term for those things prohibited and in conflict with God’s law. As I have argued above, the conflict Paul depicts here, leading to defeat (v. 23) and despair (v. 24), is a conflict he experienced as a Jew under the Mosaic law. To what extent Paul was conscious of this conflict and his failure at the time of that conflict is difficult to ascertain. Undoubtedly his perspective as a Christian enables him to see that conflict more clearly and more radically than he did at the time. This helps explain why Paul can be so pessimistic about Jewish failure to keep the law. Surely Paul knew that he, along with other Jews, succeeded in keeping many of the commandments and infringed only a small percentage of the whole. It is this knowledge, coupled with his pre-Christian, Jewish interpretation of “righteousness,” that enables Paul to claim that he was “blameless according to the righteousness of the law” (Phil. 3:6). But, as a Christian, Paul has a new perspective on God’s law. He now sees it as a unity, an expression of God’s will for his people that, when broken in any part, is broken in the whole. That which Paul “willed” to do was keep the law; and it is just this, in the light shed on God and his law by Christ, that he failed as a Jew to do. The fact that Paul is describing the experience of the Jew under the Mosaic law does not mean, of course, that the conflict described here is peculiar to the Jew. All non-Christians are in a similar situation, and many—probably most—Christians can find in this description of nagging failure to do what is good an all-too-accurate reflection of their own experience. But, without denying the similarity, I must say again that the conflict Paul describes here is indicative of a slavery to the power of sin as a way of life (v. 14b) that is not typical, nor even possible, for the Christian. Verses 15–20 are related to v. 14 in two ways. First, they show how, in willing to do the good the law demands, Paul attests to the divine origin of the law (v. 16). Second, and more important for Paul’s purpose, the conflict between willing and doing reveals that he is indeed “fleshly,” and under sin’s power; for only the presence of such an alien influence—“sin dwelling in my flesh” (vv. 17b–18a)—can explain his radical failure to do what he wills. Recognizing the close parallelism between vv. 15–16 and vv. 19–20, some expositors divide vv. 15–20 into two parts, each of which explains a different part of v. 14—vv. 15–16 the “spirituality” of the law (cf. v. 16b—“the law is good”) and vv. 17–20 the “fleshiness” of egō. But no such neat division is possible, for the paragraph is pervaded throughout by the conflict between willing to do the right (e.g., what the law demands) and the failure to put it into practice. With these overall perspectives established, we can turn to the specifics of the text. Paul begins with a general assertion that he does not “know,” or, better, “approve,” what he “does.” In v. 15b, Paul explains in what sense he does not “approve” what he is doing: “For it is not what I will, this I am practicing, but what I am hating, this I am doing.” Paul’s confession is similar to others found in the ancient world, the most famous being that in Ovid’s Metamorphoses 7.21: “I see and approve the better course, but I follow the worse.”
Moo, D. J. (1996). The Epistle to the Romans (pp. 455–457). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
15 This verse is closely connected with verse 14. It can be regarded as confirmatory or explanatory of the indictment which he registered against himself in the preceding verse. As such it focuses attention upon the discrepancy between that which his will and affection dictated, on the one hand, and what he was able to bring to effective fruition, on the other. What he did he did not know; what he willed he did not practise. It is difficult to ascertain the precise force of the word “know” in the first part of the verse, “For that which I do I know not”. The simplest solution is that he uses the word “know” in the sense of loving or delighting in, as frequently in Scripture and as the opposite of “hate” which appears in the latter part of the verse. In this event we must not suppress the cognitive element so as to exclude it. There is still emphasis upon the intelligence and understanding with which the apostle set his heart upon that in which he was frustrated by a contrary power. And there may be reflection upon the confusion and bewilderment which overtook the apostle in his failure to bring to effective fruition the ideals on which he had set his heart. In the apostle’s word, occurring here in verse 15 and substantially with variation of terms in verses 18, 19, 21, “For not what I would, that do I practise”, we have posed for us the question of the psychological quality of “I would”. The version has adopted this rendering and thereby suggests that the apostle distinguishes between his determined wish and that which is executively willed and effected. This interpretation of the Greek term finds support in Paul’s usage (cf. 1:13; 1 Cor. 7:7, 32; 2 Cor. 5:4; 12:20; Gal. 4:21). On this interpretation it has much the same quality as our word “wish” or “desire”. It is doubtful, however, if this is strong enough to express the thought. There appears to be the determined resolution and volition, that is to say, will to the fullest extent of volition, though not of executive volition, for in that event it would pass into the sphere of practice which in this instance is excluded. What passes into execution is what he hates, the opposite of his delight and characteristic volition. Therefore that which comes to fruition in practice is that which he does not will in the sense of the determinate volition contemplated.
Murray, J. (1968). The Epistle to the Romans (Vol. 1, pp. 261–262). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
7:15 / The crux of the problem of being “sold as a slave to sin” (v. 14) is explored in verses 15ff. There is within the Christian a division caused by knowing the good but not doing it. I do not understand what I do, sighs Paul. I do not understand (ou ginōskō) apparently means, “I cannot figure myself out,” or “I am a mystery to myself.” With one foot in the kingdom of God and the other in the world, the believer is a bewilderment to self. At the cognitive level there is a discernible good which one ought to do. This extends also to the volitional level, for Paul exclaims, what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. Paul is not depicting a split personality or a battle between Spirit and flesh; the devil is not to blame here for Paul’s problems. There are not two command centers of personality, not two “I’s,” but only one, the same “I” which wills the good yet does the bad. Above all, Paul is not thinking of base and wicked people who neither know nor value good. The individual under discussion is the moral person, indeed the godly person, who knows and wills the good but is frustrated by an unwillingness and inability to do it.
Edwards, J. R. (2011). Romans (p. 191). Baker Books.
Indeed, that which I am accomplishing I do not approve of. For not what I want (to do), that do I practice, but what I loathe, that I do. In view of the fact that the speaker (“I”) is serving “in newness of the Spirit” (verse 6) and heartily confesses God’s law to be holy, and his commandment holy, righteous, and good (verse 12, and cf. verses 22–25, to which reference has just been made), it is again obvious that Paul, the sincere and humble child of God, is continuing to speak. As a grateful, warm-hearted believer, his ethical standard is nothing short of moral-spiritual perfection. Cf. Phil. 3:12–14. But when—shall we say at the close of day—he reviews what he has accomplished, he is disgusted with himself: God has done so much for him. He (Paul) has done so little in return. Not only that, but the little he has accomplished is tainted with sin. His aim is so much higher than his reach. It is indeed wonderful to say with Longfellow: Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way, But to live that each tomorrow Finds us farther than today.
But what if that ideal is not always realized? The merely moral man may be able to deceive himself into thinking that he is, after all, doing quite well. It is precisely the Christian who will say with Paul, “Indeed, that which I am accomplishing I do not approve of. For not what I want (to do) do I practice, but what I loathe, that I do.” And is not this the very conflict also mentioned in Gal. 5:17, where the same apostle states, “… the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: for these are opposed to each other, so that these very things you may wish to be doing, those you are not doing”? There are those, however, who have objected that Gal. 5:17 and Rom. 7:14–25 cannot be referring to the same inner conflict, because while the former passage mentions the Spirit, the latter does not. But why would it have been necessary for Paul to repeat his mention of the Holy Spirit, as the Author of sanctification? Are not the references to the Spirit in Rom. 2:29; 7:6 sufficient? They are, unless they are interpreted as indicating a “spirit” other than the divine. But in view of such parallel passages as 2 Cor. 3:6, 17, this position would be difficult to defend. I repeat, therefore, what I wrote in N.T.C. on Galatians, p. 215: “Paul, writing as a converted man (Rom. 7:14–25) and recording his present state of grace experiences … complains bitterly about the fact that he practices that in which his soul no longer takes delight; in fact, practices that which his regenerated self hates.”
Hendriksen, W., & Kistemaker, S. J. (1953–2001). Exposition of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (Vols. 12–13, pp. 232–233). Baker Book House.
Trump’s Unmatched Diplomacy Frees Historic Numbers of Wrongly Detained Americans Continuing a trend from his first term, President Donald Trump has freed dozens of Americans wrongfully detained abroad throughout the first nine months of his second term. In total, the Trump administration has secured the release of at least 73 Americans since January, including some who had been held in foreign prisons for multiple years. Though the corporate media has been reluctant to report on it, freeing American citizens remains one of Trump’s most underappreciated legacies that underscores his expertise as a negotiator – his famous mastery of “the Art of the Deal.”
IDF strikes several Hezbollah sites in northern and southern Lebanon, says group in ‘blatant violation’ of ceasefire terms Lebanese newspaper warns about potential escalation of strikes if Hezbollah not disarmed The IDF on Thursday struck several sites belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Bekaa region of Lebanon. Among the targets was a military camp used for training Hezbollah terrorists. Several terrorists were observed at the scene of the strike before the operation. The site that was attacked was reportedly used by Hezbollah to conduct training and education in the use of various types of weapons, including live-fire shooting drills, as well as for planning and executing terror plots against IDF troops and the State of Israel,
Anti-Israel activists at university in London threaten to ‘behead’ Israeli professor Anti-Israel students at City University of London threatened to behead Israeli economics professor Michael Ben-Gad during his lecture on Wednesday. According to Sky News, a group of masked activists stormed into Ben-Gad’s classroom, covering their faces with keffiyehs and accusing him of being a “terrorist” and a “war criminal” for his service in the Israeli military between 1982 and 1985. Like most Israeli citizens, Ben-Gad was legally required to serve in the army at age 18. “They came right up to my face and threatened me,” he told Sky News. “I finished my lecture and it was invaded by protesters who called me a war criminal and a Nazi. They refused to leave; they were masked. One of them made a threat about having my head chopped off.”
Pastor Dumisani Washington: “If Your Pastor Gets Israel Wrong, Find Another Church” “I don’t care what else your pastor gets right,” he told the congregation. “If he gets Israel wrong, find another church.” The founder and CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) repeated the statement for emphasis, making clear that a church’s position on Israel is not a peripheral issue but strikes at the heart of Biblical truth itself.
Knesset Defies Netanyahu and Trump, Advances Sovereignty Bills for Judea and Samaria In a dramatic political showdown that exposed rifts within Israel’s governing coalition and triggered rebukes from Washington, the Knesset on Wednesday advanced two bills to extend Israeli sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria—despite fierce opposition from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and explicit warnings from the Trump administration.
Trump aims to clinch deal with China’s Xi during Asia trip -U.S. President Donald Trump will test his deal-making capabilities on a trip next week to Asia, a region battered by his hardball trade policies, while doubts hang over his highly anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping. Trump, who leaves Washington on Friday night, is set for a five-day trip spanning Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, his first to the region and his longest journey abroad since taking office in January. The Republican leader hopes to pile up trade, critical mineral and ceasefire deals before turning to the toughest challenge, a face-to-face with Xi on Thursday in South Korea.
Anti-Christian incidents are on the rise in Europe A new report from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe indicates that while the problem is being clearly documented mainstream media outlets are ignoring it. Christians on the Continent are increasingly the victims of violence attacks and their churches are being vandalized. The OSCE report urges European journalists to report these cases and to consider whether they harbor anti-Christian bias that is impacting their story selection.
Report: US launches drone missions over Gaza to track ceasefire According to two Israeli military officials and a US defense official, … the drones are monitoring ground activity in Gaza with Israel’s consent. The officials declined to disclose the drones’ flight paths. The surveillance missions are being conducted in support of the newly established Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel, set up last week by US Central Command.
US State Dept appoints career diplomat to lead Gaza coordination hub The US State Department on Friday appointed a career foreign service officer and the current ambassador to Yemen, Steven Fagin, as the civilian lead for a new center working to implement a peace deal in Gaza and get humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave, the department said in a statement. The announcement came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel, and pledged that more US diplomats would be joining the roughly 200 US military personnel posted there. “Ambassador Steven Fagin will serve as the civilian lead of the Civil-Military Coordination Center, which is supporting the implementation of the President’s 20 Point Peace Plan for Gaza,” the department said.
‘Real human beings’ spreading Jew-hatred on political right, Cruz says “If I pick up my phone and send out a tweet, if I say ‘good morning,’ within minutes I will have hundreds of blatantly antisemitic responses,” the Texas Republican said at an event hosted by Hagee Ministries. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned of rising Jew-hatred on the right during a speech at Hagee Ministries’ 45th Annual Night to Honor Israel at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio on Sunday evening.
Northwestern provost resigning admission ‘something went terribly wrong,’ Jewish group says Kathleen Hagerty’s decision to step down comes as Northwestern faces a federal investigation over its handling of Jew-hatred. Her resignation comes amid a U.S. Department of Education probe, announced in February, of the school over its handling of Jew-hatred on campus. Hagerty’s resignation “must be the beginning of a reckoning,” Schwartz said. “Northwestern has a chance to start again. It must not waste it.”
‘Bigger Than Watergate’: New Testimony Reveals The Biden Administration’s Corrupt Surviellence Of Republicans When you launch a full-throated attack on a United States president in the middle of his re-election bid, then you indict him and try to throw him in jail… you’d better be prepared for the consequences that could follow. This is especially true when you allegedly use the federal government to illegally spy on him and his allies.
October 31st And The Biblical Call To Flee From The Dark And Demonic I live and minister a few short miles away from both Anoka, Minnesota, the witch and Halloween capital of America, and Plymouth, Minnesota, the yearly destination of Paganicon. This is a “celebration” of the dark arts observed by every form of pagan imaginable. Olive Tree Ministries founder, Jan Markell, has attended this convention more than once to share the gospel with these very lost pagans.
“Like Giving A Map To A Hitman”: Democrats To Launch ICE Tracker In a move clearly designed to help illegal aliens avoid the authorities, the Democratic Party has proposed adding an ICE tracker to its website to allow anyone to track the movements of agents.
“Suitcases Filled With Dollars”: Venezuela Reportedly Propped Up America’s Radical Left To Sow Chaos Some have described the drug death crisis as a “reverse Opium War.” Last week, President Trump authorized covert CIA operations inside the country, an escalation that only suggests command and control structures of drug cartels will be targeted. He noted, “No to CIA-orchestrated coups d’état.” Venezuela has been exporting left-wing political influence operations, some of which may be linked to dark-money-funded NGO networks. If accurate, the report suggests that stopping the radical left from destabilizing the U.S. and attempting to collapse capitalism to install a socialist or Marxist system may require scrutinizing foreign-linked networks. And perhaps that’s why Venezuela is front and center with the Trump administration.
Reality Vs Garbage: Has AI Already Lost The ‘I’ Part First of all, get this: A-I has already quit operating as-advertised. It has lost the “I” part. A-I does its thing by rapidly combing through the Internet to evaluate and seize information that you request. Increasingly, A-I colonizes the Internet with second-hand, third-hand, and so forth A-I-generated information. The more territory A-I seizes on the Web, and the more it trains itself on recursive feedbacks of its own garbage, the more distorted the output gets. As that occurs, A-I becomes increasingly abstracted from Reality, which is exactly what happens when a person goes insane.
Elite ‘Night Stalkers’ forces spotted near Venezuela amid military buildup: President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly deployed the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as the “Night Stalkers,” in the Caribbean region near Venezuela. The deployment of the “Night Stalkers” comes as the Trump administration continues to carry out military strikes against drug cartel vessels off the coast of Venezuela and continues to increase the number of military assets in the region,
Pappert Outlines Senator Marsha Blackburn’s Plan to Sue Biden-Era DOJ for Spying on GOP Lawmakers Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, detailed U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn’s plans to sue former Special Counsel Jack Smith, specific FBI agents, and Biden-era DOJ officials over allegations that these officials illegally surveilled her and several other Republican members of Congress by obtaining their private phone records without proper justification. Earlier this month, it was reported that Smith was allegedly tracking the private communications and phone calls of the Republican lawmakers as part of his “Arctic Frost” investigation into the January 6, 2021, Capitol protest.
One dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa brings severe weather across the Caribbean At least one person has been reported dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa continues to bring severe weather across the Caribbean. The system is forecast to reach hurricane strength by Saturday, October 25, 2025. The storm threatens Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic with heavy rainfall and possible hurricane-force winds later this weekend.
Germany Warns Of Dangerous ‘Boom’ In Hard Drug Use Germany is suffering an “alarming” increase in hard drug use, authorities warned Friday, with narcotics more accessible as production in Europe is on the rise. There has been a “boom” in the use of drugs such as cocaine, crack and synthetic narcotics, Hendrik Streeck, the German government’s drug tsar, told a press conference.
Democrat Oyster Farmer with Nazi Tattoo Running for Senate in Maine Taught Course for Pro-Trans Far-Left Socialist Gun Club Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is the embodiment of what the Democratic Party stands for these days. He sports a Nazi tattoo, went to an elite boarding school (but claims to be working class), he’s anti-LBGTQ and anti-cop, and he reportedly once provided tactical firearms training to members of the far-left pro-transgender Socialist Rifle Association. You know… communist, trans domestic terrorists.
Unlimited immigration: A policy of destruction Unlimited immigration in Western countries is causing native infrastructure to collapse, leading to overcrowding and strain on public services. The policy of unlimited immigration is deliberate. The aim is to erase nations, families and communities, and create social unrest and conflict. The goal is to advance the New World Order.
Taxpayer-Funded Sharia: Florida’s School Choice Program Is Rapidly Building a Parallel Islamic Power Structure Florida’s school-choice program has become a taxpayer-funded engine for Islamic expansion — financing Sharia-run schools led by actors embedded in Muslim Brotherhood–linked networks, which enforce a rival legal order, attract and consolidate Muslim migration, and convert public dollars into permanent parallel Islamic infrastructure on American soil.
Genocide in Nigeria: Islamic terror groups are killing en masse and aim to eliminate 112 million Christians and 13 million others by 2075 Intersociety reports that approximately 125,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria due to Islamist militant attacks since the Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009. More than 7,000 Christians were killed in the first 220 days of 2025 alone. This is part of a broader pattern of violence that has led to the displacement of millions and the destruction of thousands of churches, with Intersociety warning that Christianity could be wiped out in Nigeria by 2075 if the current trend continues.
Basic Civics for the No King Protesters Picture this: thousands of Americans standing in the streets, screaming that they live under tyranny. They’re holding professionally printed signs. Television cameras capture every chant. Social media amplifies every accusation. Police stand by, doing nothing. And yet these protesters are absolutely convinced — down to their bones — that they’re living under a king. Welcome to Trump Derangement Syndrome, where self-contradiction becomes performance art…. The protesters reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of how the American government was designed to work.
Rubio at Gaza coordination HQ: Israel has met its ceasefire commitments, Hamas must disarm US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “there is no plan B” for Gaza, only President Trump’s broad peace plan, and that annexation of the West Bank by Israel would be “a threat to the peace process.” Rubio said Israel has met its commitments under the first phase of the 20-point Trump plan, and that Israel would have to be “comfortable” with the makeup of the international force that will enter Gaza in the second phase, which is still being hashed out. Hamas will have to release the remains of deceased hostages and disarm, he said, adding that UNRWA will not be permitted to help deliver aid to Gaza because it is a “subsidiary” of the terror group.
‘No Kings’ = No Clue Douglas Andrews The Left’s lame nationwide anti-Trump protest was populated by the usual suspects and produced the usual impact.
Exposing Margaret Sanger Emmy Griffin A new documentary from The Daily Wire, “The 1916 Project,” gives historical context to the leftist culture of death that has a stranglehold on American culture.
TDS Sets in With Ballroom, DOJ Settlement Sophie Starkova President Trump doesn’t take a paycheck, is privately funding the ballroom project, and will donate any money he receives from a settlement with the DOJ to charity.
Maybe There Are Nazis Everywhere Nate Jackson You can tell a lot about a political movement by how it handles its fringes, and Democrats and Republicans have dealt with that test very differently.
Dems Stir Brouhaha Over Trump’s Big Ballroom Thomas Gallatin With the now $300 million project expanding into tearing down and rebuilding the entire East Wing, Democrats insist that President Trump is destroying the White House.
The Most Delusional Demo of All Mark Alexander While Connecticut Demos Chris Murphy and Rosa DeLauro are leading the race for the craziest members of Congress, Murphy has already lapped DeLauro — twice.
The Meaning of ‘Right-Wing’ Michael Smith Leftists accuse anyone who questions their agenda of being a “right-wing extremist,” but the truth is that “Right” has become synonymous with “truth.”
No Kings — Just Effective Presidents Jack DeVine Must we choose between canonizing Donald Trump and hating him? Why can’t we just be happy that he’s doing what we hired him to do?
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KJP’s Feet Get Held to the Fire Emmy Griffin While on her book tour, the former Biden spokesparrot got grilled by a usually friendly media about her old boss. Times are changing.
UN Punts on Shipping Carbon Tax Michael Swartz After pushback from the Trump administration, the United Nations decided — for now — not to pursue its latest climate change income redistribution scheme.
Policing Erika Kirk’s Grief Is Heartless and Hypocritical Samantha Koch The internet busybodies who’ve made it their business to decide how a widow grieves are not truly showing compassion or curiosity. Instead, they’re just mean.
The GOP Strategy for ObamaCare and the Shutdown Thomas Gallatin Are Republicans going to cave to Democrat demands on extending expiring ObamaCare subsidies? The answer is a likely nuanced yes and no.
Why NBA Gambling Arrests Matter Douglas Andrews The FBI arrested more than two dozen people in a multifaceted gambling operation that included current and former NBAers and the old-school Mafia.
Profiles of Valor: SSG Ty Michael Carter (USA) Mark Alexander Specialist Carter’s heroic actions and tactical skill were critical to the defense of Combat Outpost Keating, preventing the enemy from capturing the position and saving the lives of his fellow Soldiers.
QUOTES Projection “I don’t know what’s happened to the Republicans in the United States Senate. It’s as if they have all had their spines surgically removed.” —Sen. Elizabeth Warren “He needs to get off the sidelines, get off the golf course, and actually decide to end the shutdown that he’s created. … Donald Trump clearly wants the government shut down. He wants to inflict pain on the American people.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries “If anybody shouldn’t be paid, it’s Mike Johnson and the Republicans who are not doing their job.” —Rep. Jamie Raskin Spin Doctor “House Republicans are nowhere to be found. Literally have been on vacation for three consecutive weeks, have canceled votes for three consecutive weeks. They are in the legislative witness protection program.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries, whose party shut down the government Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud “Shutdowns are terrible, and of course there will be families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have.” —Democrat House Whip Katherine Clark “This does suck, and I’m sorry that we’re actually putting you in this situation.” —Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) admitting that Democrats are harming their constituents Pot Calling the Kettle Black “It’s hard to fathom someone more out of touch and oblivious to our nation’s struggles than the current president.” —Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer, a 74-year-old millionaire and career politician The BIG Lies “The idea that politics would play a role in big cases like this — it’s absolutely ludicrous.” —former Special Counsel/anti-Trump inquisitor Jack Smith “Democrats are not for open border[s].” —Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Grandstanding “I’m not gonna just sit back while [Trump is] literally turning this country into a dictatorial regime.” —Gov. JB Pritzker Godwin’s Law “This is what happened. People’s rights started getting taken away. People got accused of being ‘immigrants.’ This is before the Holocaust really took place. … This is how authoritarian regimes do it.” —Gov. JB Pritzker Stranger Than Fiction “The tables will turn someday. [Immigration agents] should recognize that maybe they’re not going to be prosecuted today, although we’re looking at doing that, but they may get prosecuted after the Trump administration … because the statute of limitations won’t have run.” —Gov. JB Pritzker wanting to prosecute enforcers of U.S. sovereignty “Black people, brown people of all stripes, whether you’re an Indian American or a Mexican American or whoever you are, go out in your place where you live and get a gun legally. Get a license to carry legally. Because when you have people knocking on your door, and taking you away without due process as a citizen, isn’t that what the Second Amendment was written for?” —Don Lemon arguing for armed people to fight back against ICE Lack of Self-Awareness Award “The notion … that the Democratic Party consists of terrorists, violent criminals, and undocumented immigrants just … makes no sense.” —Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Weird Flex “[Andrew Cuomo] couldn’t name a single mosque at the last debate we had that he visited. And what Muslims want in this city is what every community wants and deserves. They want equality and they want respect. And it took me to get you to even see those Muslims as part of this city.” —New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani “My dad would not have pardoned me if President Trump had not won.” —Hunter Biden “You could almost make a case that the true inheritor of the Sanders revolution is Trump. He’s the most socialist president of my lifetime.” —Jon Stewart Inciting Violence “We gotta turn around the guns on this fascist system. These ICE agents gotta get shot and wiped out.” —a Chicago “No Kings” protest speaker “My fantasy dream is that this nightmare ends in 2029, and I think we ought to have radical things. I think they all ought to have their heads shaven, they should be put in orange pajamas, and they should be marched down Pennsylvania Avenue, and the public should be invited to spit on them. All of these [Trump] collaborators should be shaved, pajamaed, and spit on. It’s a moral judgement.” —Democrat strategist James Carville “Donald Trump has changed things, and people trying to do what’s always been done is not going to work. … If you hit me in my face, I’m not going to punch you back in your face; I’m going to go across your neck, because we can go back and forth fighting each other’s faces. You’ve got to hit hard enough where they won’t come back. … If they’re going to try to wipe us out in Texas, we need to wipe out every Republican in New York, in California, in Illinois.” —Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones Pearl-Clutching “People are actually upset that [Trump is] getting rid of DEI? He’s erasing white history, too, by tearing down the East Wing of the White House. He is attacking everyone. He is attacking U.S. citizens. He is at war with America, and we need to stand up. We need to bow up.” —Jolanda Jones Non Compos Mentis “That is not your building. You don’t own that building. … That is the people’s building.” —”The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg complaining about Trump’s White House renovations “JD Vance wants to be president more than anything else. I always wonder what’s going on in the mind of his wife. Like, are you OK? Please blink four times. We’ll come over here. We’ll save you.” —former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki “He’s scarier in certain ways [than Trump] … and he’s young and ambitious and agile in the sense that he is a chameleon.” —Jen Psaki on JD Vance “Stephen Miller is a white supremacist. … And even though he’s Jewish, he’s like a Nazi Jew.” —podcaster Jennifer Welch “He’s the Goebbels of the Cabinet, Stephen Miller. He’s a Nazi. Yes, he is, and he’s Jewish and he should be ashamed of himself.” —actor Robert DeNiro “[Trump] is literally wiping his ass with the Constitution.” —Lenard “Charlamagne” McKelvey “The fact that I have to spend even a moment’s time talking about somebody else’s text messages from years ago … is something that I am deeply unhappy about.” —Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger on AG candidate Jay Jones’s call for the deaths of Republicans “There’s a lot of people who’ve never met a trans person. … And so there’s a real effort to engage in some level of fearmongering.” —Abigail Spanberger “My politics is built on a belief in human rights for all people, and that extends … to queer and trans Ugandans.” —Zohran Mamdani Tone-Deaf “It’s carefully thought through. … We’re confident it’s going to be a great [halftime] show.” —NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell regarding crossdresser “Bad Bunny” Race Bait “We haven’t felt the same since Obama. And something broke in white people … when there was a competent, wonderful, black president … that was eating off the china, sleeping in the bed at the White House.” —Jennifer Welch Yellow Journalism “In Tel Aviv, watching the sunset at the beach on Sunday, hours before the expected exchange of hostages between Israel and Hamas.” —a New York Times image caption asserting Israel had Palestinian “hostages,” not Islamic terrorists Who Wants to Tell Him? “It especially bothers me being brought up Catholic … that Christianity has been co-opted and perverted in such a way. … I think about what Jesus would think of this stuff.” —Jimmy Kimmel
What Could Go Wrong? In California, the U.S. Marine Corps put on a demonstration during a celebration and fired live rounds near Interstate 5 to detonate in Camp Pendleton. I mean … what could go wrong? Well … one round exploded early and sent shrapnel into a CHP patrol car. That’s what could go wrong. Nice job, guys.
No Kings Stupidity Another “No King” protest this week. They’re angry about the democracy that elected the man they love to hate and to attack everything he does because he does it (because all their own people have done the same sorts of things). Ignoring the facts (like the checks and balances provided by the legislative and judicial branches), they intend to overthrow the democratically-elected government in favor of the government of their choice … not because they represent a majority, but because they want it. They are an existential threat to democracy.
PC Gone Crazy The San Jose Sharks apologized for an offensive message displayed on the arena’s scoreboard. What was this horrible message? “SJ Sharks fans love ice!! Get ’em boyz!” Because, they … you know … play on ice and are an ice hockey team and … clearly are supporting ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Come on. This is a case of people unable to think looking for an offense. It demonstrates the impossibility of communication with people bent on prejudice rather than dialog. (Like the whole Platner tattoo kerfuffle.)
Your Best Source for Fake News I liked the story about the Blue Jays starting the World Series with a 7-run deficit because Trump imposes a tariff on foreign teams. There were a lot about Trump’s plan to remodel the White House. In one, Trump is on his 73rd trip to Home Depot since the start of the renovation. I’d say that number is low. Then, combining the “No Kings” protests with the renovation story, they write about his renovations to the White House Throne Room. My favorite story, of course, was about how successful the “No Kings” protests were. America will now still not have any kings.
Strip away the lies about Obamacare subsidies set to expire this year, and a big part of the Democrats’ excuse for shutting the government goes up in smoke.
Fox News’ William La Jeunesse and Peter Doocy provide details on growing tensions between protesters and law enforcement agents in California and Illinois. Fox News contributor Byron York weighs in. #foxnews #politics #immigration #ice #california #illinois #bondi #pritzker
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joins ‘America Reports’ to break down a fatal California crash, allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant, and how the suspect was able to obtain a driver’s license.
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