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Scripture for Today, 10-31-22: Praise the Lord He is Good!

10/31/2022

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10-31-22, Elliott's commentary says it shall be the name of the Lord God's name -  joy. Nations shall sing the praises of the restored city; they shall fear and tremble before the Lord God shall His greatness shall be seen for “fear” (Isaiah 60:5; Hosea 3:5) for the quivering, trembling emotion that accompanies great joy. The voice of gladness as the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; the voice of them that they shall say: “Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good.” Jeremiah 33:1-11  - https://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/33.htm
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Comics, 10-31-22: Reformation Day! Not Halloween

10/31/2022

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October 31, 1517, Priest Martin Luther’s "The 95 Theses"
​Preamble: "
Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and ordinary lecturer therein at Wittenberg, Germany intends to defend the following statements and to dispute on them in that place. Therefore, he asks that those who cannot be present and dispute with him orally shall do so in their absence by letter.
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

  1. When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ``Repent'' (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.
  2. This word cannot be understood as referring to the sacrament of penance, that is, confession and satisfaction, as administered by the clergy.
  3. Yet it does not mean solely inner repentance; such inner repentance is worthless unless it produces various outward mortification of the flesh.
  4. The penalty of sin remains as long as the hatred of self (that is, true inner repentance), namely till our entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
  5. The pope neither desires nor is able to remit any penalties except those imposed by his own authority or that of the canons.
  6. The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring and showing that it has been remitted by God; or, to be sure, by remitting guilt in cases reserved to his judgment. If his right to grant remission in these cases were disregarded, the guilt would certainly remain unforgiven.
  7. God remits guilt to no one unless at the same time he humbles him in all things and makes him submissive to the vicar, the priest.
  8. The penitential canons are imposed only on the living, and, according to the canons themselves, nothing should be imposed on the dying.
  9. Therefore the Holy Spirit through the pope is kind to us insofar as the pope in his decrees always makes exception of the article of death and of necessity.
  10. Those priests act ignorantly and wickedly who, in the case of the dying, reserve canonical penalties for purgatory.
  11. Those tares of changing the canonical penalty to the penalty of purgatory were evidently sown while the bishops slept (Mt 13:25).
  12. In former times canonical penalties were imposed, not after, but before absolution, as tests of true contrition.
  13. The dying are freed by death from all penalties, are already dead as far as the canon laws are concerned, and have a right to be released from them.
  14. Imperfect piety or love on the part of the dying person necessarily brings with it great fear; and the smaller the love, the greater the fear.
  15. This fear or horror is sufficient in itself, to say nothing of other things, to constitute the penalty of purgatory, since it is very near to the horror of despair.
  16. Hell, purgatory, and heaven seem to differ the same as despair, fear, and assurance of salvation.
  17. It seems as though for the souls in purgatory fear should necessarily decrease and love increase.
  18. Furthermore, it does not seem proved, either by reason or by Scripture, that souls in purgatory are outside the state of merit, that is, unable to grow in love.
  19. Nor does it seem proved that souls in purgatory, at least not all of them, are certain and assured of their own salvation, even if we ourselves may be entirely certain of it.
  20. Therefore the pope, when he uses the words ``plenary remission of all penalties,'' does not actually mean ``all penalties,'' but only those imposed by himself.
  21. Thus those indulgence preachers are in error who say that a man is absolved from every penalty and saved by papal indulgences.
  22. As a matter of fact, the pope remits to souls in purgatory no penalty which, according to canon law, they should have paid in this life.
  23. If remission of all penalties whatsoever could be granted to anyone at all, certainly it would be granted only to the most perfect, that is, to very few.
  24. For this reason most people are necessarily deceived by that indiscriminate and high-sounding promise of release from penalty.
  25. That power which the pope has in general over purgatory corresponds to the power which any bishop or curate has in a particular way in his own diocese and parish.
  26. The pope does very well when he grants remission to souls in purgatory, not by the power of the keys, which he does not have, but by way of intercession for them.
  27. They preach only human doctrines who say that as soon as the money clinks into the money chest, the soul flies out of purgatory.
  28. It is certain that when money clinks in the money chest, greed and avarice can be increased; but when the church intercedes, the result is in the hands of God alone.
  29. Who knows whether all souls in purgatory wish to be redeemed, since we have exceptions in St. Severinus and St. Paschal, as related in a legend.
  30. No one is sure of the integrity of his own contrition, much less of having received plenary remission.
  31. The man who actually buys indulgences is as rare as he who is really penitent; indeed, he is exceedingly rare.
  32. Those who believe that they can be certain of their salvation because they have indulgence letters will be eternally damned, together with their teachers.
  33. Men must especially be on guard against those who say that the pope's pardons are that inestimable gift of God by which man is reconciled to him.
  34. For the graces of indulgences are concerned only with the penalties of sacramental satisfaction established by man.
  35. They who teach that contrition is not necessary on the part of those who intend to buy souls out of purgatory or to buy confessional privileges preach unchristian doctrine.
  36. Any truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission of penalty and guilt, even without indulgence letters.
  37. Any true Christian, whether living or dead, participates in all the blessings of Christ and the church; and this is granted him by God, even without indulgence letters.
  38. Nevertheless, papal remission and blessing are by no means to be disregarded, for they are, as I have said (Thesis 6), the proclamation of the divine remission.
  39. It is very difficult, even for the most learned theologians, at one and the same time to commend to the people the bounty of indulgences and the need of true contrition.
  40. A Christian who is truly contrite seeks and loves to pay penalties for his sins; the bounty of indulgences, however, relaxes penalties and causes men to hate them -- at least it furnishes occasion for hating them.
  41. Papal indulgences must be preached with caution, lest people erroneously think that they are preferable to other good works of love.
  42. Christians are to be taught that the pope does not intend that the buying of indulgences should in any way be compared with works of mercy.
  43. Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor or lends to the needy does a better deed than he who buys indulgences.
  44. Because love grows by works of love, man thereby becomes better. Man does not, however, become better by means of indulgences but is merely freed from penalties.
  45. Christians are to be taught that he who sees a needy man and passes him by, yet gives his money for indulgences, does not buy papal indulgences but God's wrath.
46. Christians are to be taught that, unless they have more than they need, they must reserve enough for their family needs and by no means squander it on indulgences.
47. Christians are to be taught that they buying of indulgences is a matter of free choice, not commanded.
48. Christians are to be taught that the pope, in granting indulgences, needs and thus desires their devout prayer more than their money.
49. Christians are to be taught that papal indulgences are useful only if they do not put their trust in them, but very harmful if they lose their fear of God because of them.
50. Christians are to be taught that if the pope knew the exactions of the indulgence preachers, he would rather that the basilica of St. Peter were burned to ashes than built up with the skin, flesh, and bones of his sheep.
51. Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell the basilica of St. Peter, to many of those from whom certain hawkers of indulgences cajole money.
52. It is vain to trust in salvation by indulgence letters, even though the indulgence commissary, or even the pope, were to offer his soul as security.
53. They are the enemies of Christ and the pope who forbid altogether the preaching of the Word of God in some churches in order that indulgences may be preached in others.
54. Injury is done to the Word of God when, in the same sermon, an equal or larger amount of time is devoted to indulgences than to the Word.
55. It is certainly the pope's sentiment that if indulgences, which are a very insignificant thing, are celebrated with one bell, one procession, and one ceremony, then the gospel, which is the very greatest thing, should be preached with a hundred bells, a hundred processions, a hundred ceremonies.
56. The true treasures of the church, out of which the pope distributes indulgences, are not sufficiently discussed or known among the people of Christ.
57. That indulgences are not temporal treasures is certainly clear, for many indulgence sellers do not distribute them freely but only gather them.
58. Nor are they the merits of Christ and the saints, for, even without the pope, the latter always work grace for the inner man, and the cross, death, and hell for the outer man.
59. St. Lawrence said that the poor of the church were the treasures of the church, but he spoke according to the usage of the word in his own time.
60. Without want of consideration we say that the keys of the church, given by the merits of Christ, are that treasure.
61. For it is clear that the pope's power is of itself sufficient for the remission of penalties and cases reserved by himself.
62. The true treasure of the church is the most holy gospel of the glory and grace of God.
63. But this treasure is naturally most odious, for it makes the first to be last (Mt. 20:16).
64. On the other hand, the treasure of indulgences is naturally most acceptable, for it makes the last to be first.
65. Therefore the treasures of the gospel are nets with which one formerly fished for men of wealth.
66. The treasures of indulgences are nets with which one now fishes for the wealth of men.
67. The indulgences which the demagogues acclaim as the greatest graces are actually understood to be such only insofar as they promote gain.
68. They are nevertheless in truth the most insignificant graces when compared with the grace of God and the piety of the cross.
69. Bishops and curates are bound to admit the commissaries of papal indulgences with all reverence.
70. But they are much more bound to strain their eyes and ears lest these men preach their own dreams instead of what the pope has commissioned.
71. Let him who speaks against the truth concerning papal indulgences be anathema and accursed.
72. But let him who guards against the lust and license of the indulgence preachers be blessed.
73. Just as the pope justly thunders against those who by any means whatever contrive harm to the sale of indulgences.
74. Much more does he intend to thunder against those who use indulgences as a pretext to contrive harm to holy love and truth.
75. To consider papal indulgences so great that they could absolve a man even if he had done the impossible and had violated the mother of God is madness.
76. We say on the contrary that papal indulgences cannot remove the very least of venial sins as far as guilt is concerned.
77. To say that even St. Peter if he were now pope, could not grant greater graces is blasphemy against St. Peter and the pope.
78. We say on the contrary that even the present pope, or any pope whatsoever, has greater graces at his disposal, that is, the gospel, spiritual powers, gifts of healing, etc., as it is written. (1 Co 12[:28])
79. To say that the cross emblazoned with the papal coat of arms, and set up by the indulgence preachers is equal in worth to the cross of Christ is blasphemy.
80. The bishops, curates, and theologians who permit such talk to be spread among the people will have to answer for this.
81. This unbridled preaching of indulgences makes it difficult even for learned men to rescue the reverence which is due the pope from slander or from the shrewd questions of the laity.
82. Such as: ``Why does not the pope empty purgatory for the sake of holy love and the dire need of the souls that are there if he redeems an infinite number of souls for the sake of miserable money with which to build a church?'' The former reason would be most just; the latter is most trivial.
83. Again, ``Why are funeral and anniversary masses for the dead continued and why does he not return or permit the withdrawal of the endowments founded for them, since it is wrong to pray for the redeemed?''
84. Again, ``What is this new piety of God and the pope that for a consideration of money they permit a man who is impious and their enemy to buy out of purgatory the pious soul of a friend of God and do not rather, beca use of the need of that pious and beloved soul, free it for pure love's sake?''
85. Again, ``Why are the penitential canons, long since abrogated and dead in actual fact and through disuse, now satisfied by the granting of indulgences as though they were still alive and in force?''
86. Again, ``Why does not the pope, whose wealth is today greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus, build this one basilica of St. Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers?''
87. Again, ``What does the pope remit or grant to those who by perfect contrition already have a right to full remission and blessings?''
88. Again, ``What greater blessing could come to the church than if the pope were to bestow these remissions and blessings on every believer a hundred times a day, as he now does but once?''
89. ``Since the pope seeks the salvation of souls rather than money by his indulgences, why does he suspend the indulgences and pardons previously granted when they have equal efficacy?''
90. To repress these very sharp arguments of the laity by force alone, and not to resolve them by giving reasons, is to expose the church and the pope to the ridicule of their enemies and to make Christians unhappy.
91. If, therefore, indulgences were preached according to the spirit and intention of the pope, all these doubts would be readily resolved. Indeed, they would not exist.
92. Away, then, with all those prophets who say to the people of Christ, ``Peace, peace,'' and there is no peace! (Jer 6:14)
93. Blessed be all those prophets who say to the people of Christ, ``Cross, cross,'' and there is no cross!
94. Christians should be exhorted to be diligent in following Christ, their Head, through penalties, death and hell.
95. And thus be confident of entering into heaven through many tribulations rather than through the false security of peace (Acts 14:22). Source: https://www.luther.de/en/95thesen.html
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Scripture for Today, 10-30-22: Repent & God Will Forgive

10/30/2022

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10-30-22, In the latter days the people will turn to the Lord in faith and repentance. God will forgive.
Jeremiah 31:1-4, 12, 33-34, 32:19, 39-42
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Comics, 10-30-22: Halloween is Evil

10/30/2022

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The Dark Chilling History Behind Halloween  [here]
10-30-20, Business Insider -- Halloween arose from a confluence of pagan, Celtic & Roman Catholic influences. The observance of the creepy event has changed. [..] In the Middle Ages, black cats were often portrayed as the familiars of witches, which is likely to be the origin of the distrust with which they are regarded in America. Early Puritan Christian settlers rejected anything associated with the Devil and witch.
[..] Samhain is a pagan religious festival in Wicca [here]. It originated from an ancient Celtic Satanic spiritual tradition. Celebrants believe that the barriers between the physical world and the spirit world break down during Samhain, allowing more interaction between humans and denizens of Satan's "Otherworld." We should avoid all appearance of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:22 And that includes Halloween. More here
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Sunday Worship Hymns, 10-30-22: God Reigns!

10/30/2022

 
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Our God Reigns!
Non-stop Playlist here

Scripture for Today, 10-29-22: Write in a Book!

10/29/2022

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10-29-22, The Lord God told Jeremiah to write in a book what's to happen in latter days. The call to turn from evil ways to the worship and service of God, and for sinners to trust in Christ, and partake of His salvation, concerns all men. God keeps an account how long we possess the means of grace; and the longer we have them, the heavier will our account be if we have not improved them; we must turn from sin to God to live. Personal and particular reformation [Jesus said you must be born again John 3:3, 7] we must  each turn from his own evil way. Yet all was to turn away the wrath of God. Deuteronomy 31:6-8; Isaiah 35:9; Jeremiah 26:1-3, 30:1-24, 33:16

-- Matthew Henry, https://biblehub.com/commentaries/mhc/jeremiah/25.htm

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"And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. ...The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter His voice from His holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth... A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, He will plead with all flesh; He will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD of hosts, "Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth." Jeremiah 25:26-32
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Comics, 10-29-22: Ole Joe the Liar

10/29/2022

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​Biden: If Republicans Win, 'Inflation Will Get Worse' [here]
10-13-22, DailyCaller -- While speaking in California, Ole Joe Biden recently said that if Republicans win the November 8, 2022 midterms,  then inflation is "going to get worse." 
[What a liar!] He said: “We’ve got an election in a month... Democrats are working to bring down the cost of things... Standing up for working people, the right to get a raise and get a better job. Republicans are campaigning everyday, on an agenda to raise your costs.”
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Scripture for Today, 10-28-22: Fake Dreams!

10/28/2022

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10-28-22, Matthew Henry Commentary - Men cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Let them consider what a vast difference there is between these prophecies and those delivered by the true prophets of the Lord Jesus. Let them not call their foolish dreams Divine oracles! The promises these prophets make are no more to be compared to God's promises than chaff to wheat. The unhumbled heart of man is like a rock; if not melted by the word of God - it is as a fire that God will break to pieces. How can they be long safe with the power of almighty God against them? The word of God is not a smooth, lulling deceitful message; by its faithfulness it certainly can be distinguished from false doctrines. Jeremiah 23:1-39; Isaiah 9:15; Matthew 24:24

-- https://biblehub.com/commentaries/mhc/jeremiah/23.htm
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Comics, 10-28-22: Olympics Weightlifting

10/28/2022

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Olympic Winners Get Paid!
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/beijing-winter-olympics/olympic-medal-bonuses-heres-how-much-olympians-can-make/2917013/

Olympic chief backs trans participation, but not Russian [here]
10-27-22, RT.com -- Intl Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has given his thoughts on trans [man as woman] participation in sports during an interview in which was he was also asked about the sweeping bans imposed on Russia... Hubbard didn't win this year: 
misbar.com/en/factcheck/2021/08/16/weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-did-not-win-gold-at-the-olympics
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Winning athletes in the Olympics win thousands of dollars - no wonder some men claim to be women - they have better lung capacity, stronger bones and muscles
- easy win. More here: www.womanandhome.com/life/this-is-how-much-an-olympic-medalist-actually-makes/
Transgender weightlifter’s gold medal sparks fierce debate
7-30-19, NYPost --  Laurel Hubbard’s gold medal sparks fierce debate. The transgender weightlifter who competed for New Zealand in men’s weightlifting before transitioning from male to female in her thirties, won two golds ... “Kiwis (New Zealanders) know that males competing in women’s sports is blatantly unfair.” ... "Her" golds at the Pacific Games against women have renewed her profile and her status as a contender at international events.
=== More here ===

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/olympics/2021/08/tokyo-olympics-new-zealand-gold-medallists-financial-reward-more-than-rivals-australia-united-states-of-america.html
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New Zealand Man to Woman [aka 'Trans'] Weightlifter, Laurel Hubbard Wins Coveted
"Sports Woman of the Year!
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10-2-21, GatewayPundit -- For the first time in 113 years, a trans [biological male] woman won sportswoman of the year award from the University of Otago. Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard this year qualified ... The Queenstown athlete became the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympics when she contested the women’s 87+kg at the Tokyo Games this year although failing to make the 'snatch' and was  knocked out of Olympic competition this year after failing on her third lift attempt. [here].
So the failure is the winner?? yep.
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Jan 6th Capitol Riot and Oath Keepers

10/27/2022

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More here: https://canadafreepress.com/article/trial-of-oath-keepers-will-turn-on-two-old-laws
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Scripture for Today, 10-27-22: Hear the Word of the Lord!

10/27/2022

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10-27-22, Almighty God calls thrice "OH, EARTH, EARTH, EARTH..." to signify the deafness of this people and unwillingness to hear and believe what HE SPOKE; calling the whole earth. Deuteronomy 30:19 32:1; Isaiah 1:2 34:1; Jeremiah 6:19, 22:29

The wickedness of God's people was unending - therefore God told them:

"I will visit upon you - judgment..." = punishment.

It was administered according to the fruit of their doings;
God punishes the fruit of our doings - if it's wicked.
Jeremiah 21:12; 2 Kings 7:1; Isaiah 1:10; Ezekiel 13:2; Jeremiah 21:1-14, 22:10-28 

-- Matthew Poole Commentary, https://biblehub.com/commentaries/poole/jeremiah/21.htm
and here https://biblehub.com/commentaries/poole/jeremiah/22.htm​

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Comics, 10-27-22: Cruel to Old White People

10/27/2022

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Sarah Jeong wrote in July 2014:
“Oh man it's kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men.” 

New York Times stands by Sarah Jeong
8-2-18, FOXNEWS -- Despite several derogatory tweets of SARAH JEONG aimed at white people.  Her Twitter feed is filled with a host of messages that are considered racist and offensive. She compared “dumbass f-----g white people” to dogs, said that white people would “go extinct soon,” and used the hashtag  #CancelWhitePeople.
Are white people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live underground like groveling goblins,” she wrote in 2014 before adding a graph claiming that “whiteness” resulted in being “awful.”
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Sarah Jeong leaves New York Times editorial board [here]
9-28-19, Sarah Jeong whose old racist tweets of "white people" is no longer employed by the NYTimes.
Sarah Jeong tired of hearing white suburbanite homeowners [here]
10-20-22, Twitchy --  Remember Sarah Jeong?

​She’s the woman who was hired by the New York Times despite a long history of racist tweets.  The Verge argued that her hiring was “not a good-faith conversation” but rather “intimidation.”
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Jeong will have white suburbanite homeowners know that she’s a small Asian woman who takes public transit everywhere — don’t tell her about not feeling safe. 

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US GOVT REPORT COVID VAX ADVERSE EFFECTS, 10-7-22

10/27/2022

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​https://openvaers.com/covid-data
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Scripture for Today, 10-26-22: Forgive Not!

10/26/2022

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10-26-22, We see that the vile anti God people of Jeremiah's day rejected God's warnings. Jeremiah 17:23 When the prophet called them to repentance they devised plans to kill him. Thus he suggested to the Lord God - not to forgive them. Jeremiah 18:23 The prophet did his duty to the wicked people warning them of the consequences to come; yet they continued in their disobedience. Sinners call it liberty to live at large; whereas for a man to be a slave to his sinful lusts is the very worst slavery. Today lost sinners blaspheme the great Intercessor and Savior Jesus Christ; crucifying Him afresh [Hebrews 6:6] speaking against Him on earth, while His blood is speaking for them in heaven. Blessed are the people who trust and obey almighty God; cursed are they who do not. Jeremiah 15:21, 16:21, 17:1-5, 18:1-9, 11-17

-- Matthew Henry, https://biblehub.com/commentaries/mhc/jeremiah/18.htm
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Comics, 10-26-22: Schools Test Scores

10/26/2022

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Student Test Scores Plummet,
10-24-22, CNSNews -- USA nationally the average mathematics score for fourth-graders fell five points since 2019, while the score for eighth-graders dropped eight points. They were the largest ever recorded in that subject. In reading, average scores for both grades fell three points.
More here: 
​www.themainewire.com/2022/10/student-test-scores-plummet-after-union-backed-school-closures/

The Natl Assessment of Educational Progress  (NAEP) released its findings ... blaming the Covid virus for poor test scores. The feds want to throw more money at the problem [here] .... The lockdowns, which were vigorously supported by teachers‘ unions in Maine and across the country, forced students out of schools and into chaotic home learning environments. The decline in test scores over the last three years was most severe among black and hispanic students ... [Note: ... so are white people to blame? Racism!]
Science shows transgender and Woke Brain Washing Have Replaced Educating on Math & English & doesn't belong in schools [here]
4-20-22, NYPost -- 
The US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled that an Ohio public university could not force a professor to address transgender students using their chosen pronouns ... However, Human Rights and other LGBTQ+ advocacy groups ignore science insisting that someone with “boy parts” can become a girl and vice versa.
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IRAN, 10-26-22: TERROR ATTACK 15 DEAD

10/26/2022

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At least 15 dead in armed attack on Shia shrine in Iran's Shiraz City [here]
10-26-22, Alarabiya -- At least 15 people were killed and 40 were injured in an armed attack on worshipers in a Shia pilgrimage site in Iran's city of Shiraz, ... The attack took place on the same day that clashes broke out at the burial site of Mahsa Amini in Saqqez, a city in the Kurdistan province...
EU Official Blacklisted Accused of Inciting Terror [here]
10-26-22, Aljazeera -- The Iranian foreign ministry said it imposed sanctions on 12 individuals and eight organisations for their "intentional actions in supporting terrorism and terrorist groups,..."
This is the first time Iran has officially sanctioned EU officials and institutions, a move that comes as a reaction to the bloc’s sanctions on Iran’s so-called morality police and others earlier this month over their alleged roles in what it called the “brutal killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini" 40 days ago.
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Comics, 10-25-22: Hispanics Going Red

10/25/2022

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​GOP [Republicans] make gains among Hispanic voters 
2-22-22, NYPost -- 
According to 2020 exit polls, Hispanic voters nationwide voted Democrat over Republican in congressional races by a wide margin. However, since the election ...
 ... now Democrats only hold a slight advantage over Republican. Seventy-four percent of Latino respondents in a recent poll agreed that parents should have a say in what is taught at their children’s schools — a key Republican view and part of its platform.​
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Scripture for Today, 10-25-22: God's Wrath?

10/25/2022

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10-25-22, Is after conversion and rebirth in Christ [John 3:3, 7] - obedience to His commands - practicing legalism? Has the omniscient, holy and righteous God changed so much since His love was manifested in the sacrifice of the Savior Jesus for forgiveness of sin - that He no longer cares about wicked depraved anti God behaviors? Jesus said if you love Me - obey Me. [John 14:15]

Now, do we truly believe that the God who punished the disobedient blaspheming people of old -- won't punish today or in the future?

Oh how foolish can we be?

Jeremiah 7:16, 13:27, 14:11, 15:6, Luke 13:3; John 2:16; Hebrews 11:10
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God’s Reward

10/25/2022

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Revelation 6:21
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Scripture for Today, 10-24-22: Strong Nations

10/24/2022

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10-24-22, In history, the very first family Adam and Eve and their sons ran into trouble. Genesis 3:17 They listened to the enemy’s lies; and evil has been stalking their descendants ever since. 
Today in 2022, it’s way past time to decide whether we place our priorities and loyalty to the things of the world or to the things of God - hopefully it's not too late. 
In the Book of Jeremiah we see the trouble Israel had when they turned against God. He told them to amend their ways - if they didn't - He'd cast them out; and they didn't - resulting in much suffering.
When the prophet Jeremiah tried to pray for the wicked blaspheming people, God said: 'stop praying, I will not hear you!' Jeremiah 7:16 He said there'd be no peace as the people were so wicked they weren't even ashamed. Because the nations were adulterers​  forsaking the Lord God and His Laws ... the nations would wail and tremble; the nation of gladness will cease.
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Sure sounds like today's world !
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Read more here: Jeremiah 7:15, 23, 34, 8:11, 9:13, 18, 10:9-10
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Comics, 10-24-22: China Joe's Morals

10/24/2022

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Ole Joe Biden’s Moral Compass is Broken
10-24-22, Biden’s moral compass is spinning out of control. If he DID have a moral compass it'd look like our cartoon. Did you know this year marks ole Joe Biden's fifty years in USA Democrat politics? What has he done to help or improve the lives of American citizens? Nothing. Although he did improve the lives (and bank accounts) of his big banker backers as well as his own family — especially his son Hunter. Graft flows freely in the Biden family and it enriches them all. Biden has used his political positions to sell out the country to the globe's highest bidders. Everyone knows that China Joe is an illegitimate President. There's no way he could've received 81 million legal votes from actual American voters. He finished in 4th place in Iowa primary and 5th place in New Hampshire. After those disastrous drubbings the Democrat Party string pullers decided to rig things as they wanted him to win because they knew he'd make a good puppet.
The Democrats are full-blown Communists and they're running our country as if they were Stalinists.  Look at how they weaponized the IRS, DOJ, CDC and of course their political enforcers, the FBI. Every part of the Federal government has been taken over and corrupted.

Time is running out.

Every American must now stand up and fight to save the Republic. We must overwhelm the polls with a red tsunami so gigantic that any cheating will be drowned out. Get out and vote on November 8, 2022 [hoping that - IF enough conservatives vote - they can't cheat THIS TIME~! Become a ballot box or poll watcher. Spread the news on social media.

God willing we'll not fail.

-- BEN GARRISON, Independent and self-funded political cartoonist and Libertarian full report here https://grrrgraphics.com/bidens-moral-compass-is-broken/
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Scripture for Today, 10-23-22: See & Hear!

10/23/2022

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10-23-22, Many places in scripture God speaks of people who have eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear. [Deuteronomy 29:4; Psalm 135:16; Ezekiel 12:2; Jeremiah 5:21, 6:10; Isaiah 5:7, 6:9-10; Matthew 13:14; Mark 8:18; Romans 11:8] Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God said to the saints: May the Father of glory give you the spirit of wisdom & revelation in the knowledge of Him; & your eyes of understanding be enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling.” Ephesians 1:17-18
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Comics, 10-23-22: Israel Funnies

10/23/2022

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Is Iran's Islamic State on Shaky Grounds? [here]
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Can the people of Iran free themselves from the Religious Fascism that rules their lives?
​Women in Iran Are Protesting the Mandatory Hijab [here]
10-14-22, ForeignPolicy -- The recent death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman in Iran who had been visiting the capital of Tehran, triggered a series of protests...
According to eye witnesses she died after being arrested and beaten by Iran’s morality police for the apparent crime of not wearing a headscarf...
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Sunday Worship Hymns, 11-14-21: Unbroken Circle

10/23/2022

 
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The late great Stephen Hill

'WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN?'

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Comics, 10-22-22: Trump & Hershel

10/22/2022

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​President Trump files lawsuit against Congress Jan 6 Committee and National Archives to block subpoenas for White House record s [here]
​10-18-22, BusInsider -- 
  • Lawyers for President Trump sued on to block congressional subpoenas 
  • Trump  intended to use 'executive privelege' to reject subpoenas.
  • The lawsuit calls Congress subpoenas  unconstitutional and illegal.
Trump WANTS to testify before Jan. 6 committee
10-15-22, DailyMail -- The US Congress January 6 Committee unanimously voted to subpoena President Trump to testify about his knowledge of the violence on the Capitol on Jan 6th. He wants to testify to convince investigators it was a witch hunt. But only if it's on live TV - expert lawyers say the only way they can force Trump is go get a court order as was done when Bill Clinton testified - which they've not done. More here
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Georgia Republican Senate Candidate Hershel Walker Retakes Lead in Georgia [here]
10-12-22, Breitbart -- The internal poll for Republican and Trump supported Senate Candidate in Georgia, Hershel Walker, released on Twitter by Moore Information Group, Walker in the lead by two points. He is at 46 percent compared to Warnock’s 44 percent. The poll also showed Chase Oliver, the libertarian candidate, with four percent.
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