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Trump says oil prices that spiked because of Iran war likely won’t come down until after midterms WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections. https://apnews.com/article/trump-oil-prices-iran-midterms-22ffe753bb2d60c99024ca6cfbec4142?

Microsoft Is Forcing a Windows 11 Security Feature That Could Slow Down Your PC An upcoming October Windows update will turn on Memory Integrity by default—improving system security, but potentially tanking performance on older hardware and demanding games. https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-is-forcing-a-windows-11-security-feature-that-could-slow-down?

👋 Good morning! The NFL is back, baby. LSU backs down: The battle over former NFL players returning to college appears to be over, for now. LSU has locked its roster for the season, adding DE Gabriel Reliford and CB Aidan Anding to complete its 105-man squad, sources tell Yahoo Sports. This eliminates the possibility of adding any other players, including those who signed pro contracts. In today's edition: What a day of tennis, the past 25 seasons of NFL football, MAC files appeal over Michigan ending, longest homer of the MLB season, Who Am I? (new game!), and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🎾 US OPEN SHELTON WINS LATE-NIGHT THRILLER TO CAP EPIC DAY (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Ben Shelton took down Carlos Alcaraz late Tuesday night in a five-set thriller, beating the defending champion 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7), in the match of the tournament to reach the US Open semifinal. Jack Baer, Yahoo Sports: The US Open men's final is guaranteed to feature a single American, courtesy of the biggest win, and latest night, of Ben Shelton's career. With the final shot landing at 3:33am ET, the 4.5-hour match featured the latest ending in US Open history, surpassing Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner's legendary clash in the 2022 quarterfinals (2:50am). The match ended so late that the cleaners started working inside Ashe in the fifth set. Entering the match, Alcaraz was 14-0 in Grand Slams again Americans and 13-0 against left-handers. He had won 12 straight five-set matches and 18 overall. Shelton ended all of those streaks, picking up his first career Grand Slam win over a top-five player in the process. It all came down to the final 10-point tiebreaker, with Shelton clinching the win on a 146 mph ace. What's next: Shelton's reward will be an All-American match against Frances Tiafoe in Friday's semifinal. Whoever wins will become only the second American man to reach the US Open final in the past two decades (Taylor Fritz, 2024), looking to end a Grand Slam drought that goes back to Andy Roddick's US Open title in 2003. Have a day, tennis fans… Those who had tickets to Arthur Ashe for Tuesday's day and night sessions were treated to one of the greatest single days of tennis in the stadium's history, with the men's and women's quarterfinalists playing 16 out of a possible 16 sets. (US Open)   🏈 2001-2025 THE NFL'S QUARTER-CENTURY STANDINGS (Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports) A quarter-century of NFL football has given us dynasties, droughts and everything in between. Before the Patriots and Seahawks kick off the 2026 campaign tonight, here's how all 32 teams stack up over the past 25 seasons. Pats on top: Any way you slice it, the Patriots have been the team to beat since 2001,* winning nearly 70% of their regular-season games (279-126) to go along with six championships. New England has appeared in 10 of the 25 Super Bowls played this century — a staggering 40% — and will try to avenge their most recent loss tonight in Seattle (8:20pm ET, NBC). The .600 club: The Steelers (256-146-3), Packers (251-151-3) and Eagles (242-161-2) are the only other teams with at least a .600 winning percentage, which has translated to a combined five Super Bowls among them. The .500 club: The Ravens (240-165), Seahawks (237-167-1), Colts (236-168-1), Chiefs (231-174), Saints (221-184), Broncos (220-185), Cowboys (219-185-1), Chargers (214-191), Vikings (212-191-2) and Bills (202-202) have all won at least half their games. More losses than wins: The 49ers (201-203-1), Falcons (201-203-1), Rams (193-211-1), Bengals (191-209-4), Bears (192-213), Dolphins (192-213), Titans (189-216), Buccaneers (187-218), Panthers (182-222-1), Texans (174-214-1), Giants (178-226-1), Cardinals (172-231-2), Commanders (167-236-2) and Jets (167-238) are no strangers to defeat. The cellar dwellers: The Jaguars (159-246), Lions (158-245-2), Raiders (152-253) and Browns (141-263-1) are the only teams with a winning percentage below .400 this century. For context: Cleveland could go undefeated for the next seven straight seasons and still be three games under .500. *The 21st century officially began on Jan. 1, 2001 (not Jan. 1, 2000), so our data is based on regular-season records starting with the 2001 season. It's confusing, we know, but think about it like this: There was no "Year 0." So the first century ran from 1 through 100, the 20th century ran from 1901 through 2000, and so on.   🏈 CONTROVERSIAL ENDING MAC FILES APPEAL, MICHIGAN FALLS OUT OF POLL Western Michigan players after Saturday's shocking loss in Ann Arbor. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Michigan fell out of this week's AP Top 25 after its literal last-second win over Western Michigan — a result the MAC is now asking the NCAA to reverse. It doesn't appear that will happen, but for ranking purposes, it might not matter. What they're saying: "After further study and investigation, it is now evident that replay protocol was not properly followed in determining whether time remained on the game clock," the MAC wrote in a statement. The established replay protocol requires that the game clock displayed on the program feed be used in determining whether time remained. Instead, the Big Ten Conference replay crew relied upon the clock feed embedded within its replay system. As a result, one second was placed back on the game clock and an additional play was awarded. The Mid-American Conference has submitted formal appeals to the NCAA FBS Oversight Committee and the College Football Playoff. The MAC is requesting that those bodies recognize Western Michigan as the actual winner of the game for purposes of their respective rankings, evaluations and selection deliberations and take such other corrective action as may be within their authority. The NCAA's response: The association said Tuesday night that it does not have a protocol for overturning the outcome of a game, and that the FBS Oversight Committee doesn't have that authority, either. Once the referee declares the game is ended, NCAA rules state, the score is final. (Yahoo Sports) Beyond the record: Michigan is still officially 1-0 and WMU is still 0-1, which is unfortunate for those who believe the wrong team won. But when it comes to "rankings, evaluations and selection deliberations," which is at the heart of the MAC's appeal, the controversial ending is already baked in. The AP voters know what happened on Saturday, which is why the Wolverines tumbled from No. 16 to unranked despite a win. The CFP committee will know what happened, too. For all the complaints about college football's current ranking systems, this is one of the benefits of relying on humans instead of computers: they can understand nuance and controversy.   💯 STAT SHEET BIG NUMBERS (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) ⚾️ 474 feet Mariners rookie Lázaro Montes annihilated a 474-foot home run on Tuesday against the Rangers in just his sixth career game. The young Cuban's blast is tied for the longest in MLB this season, and is the single longest home run hit at Seattle's T-Mobile Park in the Statcast era (since 2015). Meet the masher: Montes and his family defected from Cuba in 2018 when he was 13 years old. He signed with the Mariners in 2022 and has mashed at every stop, including 38 home runs in 123 games this season across Double-A and Triple-A. Now 21, the September call-up has brought his prodigious power to the big leagues. Messi and Lewandowski during their 2022 World Cup match. (Michael Regan/FIFA via Getty Images) ⚽️ 1,630 goals Two of the most prolific goal scorers in the history of soccer face off in MLS for the first time tonight when Lionel Messi (927 career goals) and Inter Miami visit Robert Lewandowski (703) and the Chicago Fire. And by the way, Messi's teammate Luis Suárez (612) isn't too far behind, ranking 12th all-time. 700-goal club: Messi and Lewandowski are two of just seven men with at least 700 goals for club and country. The others: Cristiano Ronaldo (978), Pelé (762), Romário (756), Ferenc Puskás (725) and Josef Bican (722). (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) 🏀 9th statue The Lakers will honor Phil Jackson with a statue outside Crypto.com Arena this spring, making him the ninth member of the organization to earn such a distinction. The Hall of Fame coach won five NBA championships (2000-02, 2009, 2010) in his 11 seasons with the team. Who will he join? Jackson will be immortalized in Star Plaza alongside statues of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elgin Baylor, Chick Hearn, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Pat Riley, Jerry West, and of course Kobe Bryant, who starred on all five of Jackson's title-winning teams.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 (Mallory Bielecki/Yahoo Sports) 🏈 Patriots at Seahawks 213 days after the Seahawks blew out the Patriots in Super Bowl LX, they meet again in Seattle to open the 2026 NFL season (8:20pm ET, NBC). We are so back. Buckle up: Tonight's game begins a glorious run of six straight days of football, which includes 49ers vs. Rams tomorrow in Australia, college football on Friday and Saturday, the first NFL Sunday of the season and Chiefs vs. Broncos on "Monday Night Football." 🎾 US Open, Quarterfinals The quarters finish up today with No. 2 Elena Rybakina vs. Qinwen Zheng (11:30am, ESPN), No. 4 Coco Gauff vs. No. 5 Mirra Andreeva (12:30pm), No. 28 Alexander Blockx vs. Karen Khachanov (2pm) and No. 1 Alexander Zverev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp (7:30pm). Youngest since Serena: Gauff, 22, is the youngest American woman to make three Grand Slam quarterfinals in one year (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) since Serena Williams in 2003. More to watch: ⚾️ MLB: Rays at Braves (7:15pm, MLB) … First place in the AL East vs. first place in the NL East. ⚽️ Champions League: Liverpool vs. Atlético (3pm, Paramount+); Napoli vs. Arsenal (3pm, Paramount+) … Two of six games as Matchday 1 continues. ⚽️ MLS: Chicago vs. Miami (8:30pm, Apple TV) … Robert Lewandowski's side hosts Lionel Messi's at Soldier Field. 🏀 FIBA Women's World Cup: China vs. Puerto Rico (11:45am, HBO Max); Australia vs. Italy (2:45pm, HBO Max) … Winners advance to the quarterfinals. 🚴 Vuelta a España: Stage 17 (8:30am, Peacock) … Riders travel 117 miles on this flat stage from Dos Hermanas to Seville.   🎾 LET'S PLAY WHO AM I? 36 years ago today, I defeated Andre Agassi to become the youngest men's singles champion in US Open history (19 years old). Answer at the bottom.   🏈 YAHOO FANTASY HAPPY NFL KICKOFF DAY! Fantasy Football is here! With the NFL season starting tonight, this is your last chance to draft a team instantly in a public league and compete against other fans. Need some last-minute tips? Our Fantasy Football blueprint is here to help. 29 Days of Fantasy: We released 29 new features over the past month to celebrate 29 years of Yahoo Fantasy Football.   Who Am I? I am five-time US Open champion Pete Sampras. (Carol Newsom/AFP via Getty Images)

Uthmeier wants penalties for corporations with AI chatbots that contribute to crimes Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called Tuesday for legislation imposing criminal penalties for corporations running chatbots that engage in criminal activity. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/08/uthmeier-wants-penalties-for-corporations-whose-ai-chatbots-commit-crimes/? Donalds, Jolly say their camps are just beginning to discuss debates TAMPA — Byron Donalds says David Jolly “isn’t doing much of anything” on the campaign trail, but Jolly is firing back that it’s Donalds who dropped out of what would have been the first one-on-one events between the two men running for governor of Florida. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/08/donalds-jolly-say-their-camps-are-just-beginning-to-discuss-debates/? Sierra Club Florida calls on voters to oppose Amendment 3 The Sierra Club has become the latest organization to announce opposition to Amendment 3 on the November ballot, saying that if passed it “will effectively gut the buckets of local governments in Florida.” https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/08/sierra-club-florida-calls-on-voters-to-oppose-amendment-3/?

Global oil prices hit $100 per barrel Wells at the San Ardo Oil Field in San Ardo, California, on March 9, 2026. (Nic Coury/AP) Oil prices are climbing again as the war with Iran continues to disrupt global energy supplies. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose more than 2% early today to briefly trade at $100 per barrel for the first time since July, before falling back slightly. The increase is being driven in part by reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and renewed attacks on oil infrastructure in the Middle East. The rise in crude has also pushed gasoline and diesel prices higher, putting more pressure on consumers. The US national average for diesel hit a record $5.90 a gallon on Tuesday, according to AAA data. + Read more: Global oil prices hit $100 per barrel as Middle East conflict roils markets + US-Iran tensions: US hits five Iranian oil tankers + Pentagon considers ways to destroy suspected Iranian nuclear sites

What NYC’s newly released 9/11 documents reveal New York City released over 170,000 pages of documents revealing that officials misled residents about the toxic air quality levels after the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, just days before the city marks its 25th anniversary. Those living near Ground Zero were repeatedly reassured by officials that the air was safe, despite internal data and residents’ experiences that contradicted their claims, according to the documents. The records also detail failures to protect first responders, including withheld asbestos data and other test results, as well as conflicting public statements about the health risks. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on 9/11, but thousands more — including first responders who spent months working at the site — have since died from 9/11-related cancers and other illnesses, according to the 9/11 Memorial. + Read more: What we know about NYC’s newly released 9/11 records revealing officials misled public about air safety + Video: ‘It’s very clear that the city knew’: Jon Stewart speaks out on 9/11 air quality disclosure

The first GOP midterm convention begins The Republican Party’s first midterm convention gets underway today in Dallas. The unusual two-day gathering comes with just 55 days before elections that will determine control of Congress. President Donald Trump, who helped conceive the event, is expected to headline alongside Vice President JD Vance and a slate of Republican leaders and candidates as the party seeks to energize Trump’s supporters — even though he is not on the ballot. The stakes are particularly high for the GOP, with Trump’s approval rating at 35% and Republicans fighting to preserve their congressional majorities this fall. + Read more: A look at this week’s GOP midterm convention, including which Republicans are staying away + Plus: Trump gets one more starring role at midterm convention + CNN Poll of Polls: 35% approve of Trump, 63% disapprove

Apple to unveil first foldable iPhone today Apple's new CEO John Ternus during an event in March. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Apple will hold its annual iPhone event today, with the company expected to introduce its latest product lineup. Among the anticipated additions is what could be the iPhone’s biggest design change in years: a foldable model. The highly anticipated launch will also put new CEO John Ternus in the spotlight, giving the longtime hardware executive his first major opportunity to lay out his vision for Apple since taking over from Tim Cook last week. Ternus inherits a company at a high point financially but under pressure to deliver its next big innovation and close the gap with rivals in artificial intelligence. Foldable phones are also nothing new, but convincing people they need one in 2026 may be the hard part. After years of swiping and opening the same apps, many of us know our iPhones almost by muscle memory. If anyone can change those habits, though, it may be Apple, with more than 1 billion iPhone users who could help push foldables further into the mainstream. + Coming up: Watch Apple’s product event live at 1 p.m. ET + Read more: The world is about to meet Apple’s new CEO. Here are his biggest challenges

Sacred Circles in Christianity and Buddhism Archaeologists have discovered dozens of eight-spoked wheels scratched into the floors, walls, and architectural elements of Greco-Roman temples, fountains, and street intersections. A circle divided by lines radiating from a central point, an eight-spoked wheel is a simple form, yet also one that has mystified interpreters. It also happens to be one of the most famous religious symbols of Buddhism. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-rome/sacred-circles-in-christianity-and-buddhism/?

Ballots discounted for late postmarks surged in vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon after Postal Service changes Newly released data highlights concerns about recent changes in the U.S. Postal Service operations ahead of this fall’s pivotal midterm elections, especially in some Western states where the method is universal and widely popular. Read more. Why this matters: President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked mail-in voting, falsely claiming it’s riddled with fraud, despite having voted by mail himself. The Postal Service has been consolidating its operations with an emphasis on regional hubs in an effort to save billions of dollars. Some U.S. senators and election officials have warned that the changes could delay the application of postmarks and would prevent otherwise valid votes from being counted. That prediction is being borne out, they say, with thousands of voters having their ballots rejected during this year’s primaries. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ With AI memes, Trump promotes mythical version of himself as challenges stack up ahead of midterms Competing court orders add confusion to Missouri congressional elections Sen. John Fetterman’s isolation from Democrats grows stark in Pennsylvania Former US Sen. John E. Sununu to face US Rep. Chris Pappas in New Hampshire Senate race Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee faces tough challenge from Helena Foulkes in Democratic primary Mistrust of US government information is rising across major issues, new poll shows

Trump gave $45,000 holiday gifts to Natalie Harp and two other White House aides A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said President Donald Trump “has a longstanding practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit, including at times employees and aides, both in government and in his time in the private sector.” Read more. Why this matters: The administration released details of these gifts in the staffers’ annual financial disclosure forms published last week. Natalie Harp and the two other aides make $150,000 annually, according to the White House’s salary disclosure report to Congress. The official did not say if any other staffers were given similar gifts from the president, but added that the cash gifts were not related to the “individuals’ official government duties, and therefore are entirely permissible under relevant legal and ethical standards.” The disclosures of the gifts were first reported earlier on Tuesday by The Washington Post. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Exclusive: New grand jury subpoenas in investigation targeting Trump-Russia probe, AP sources say US banning dairy products, most alcohol and motorcycles from Canada in growing trade war Trump’s map-making on social media stirs controversy in North Atlantic Lonnie Bunch to retire from Smithsonian leadership following clash with Trump administration Trump’s White House North Portico project nears completion with shroud and scaffolding removed

US military says it destroyed 5 more Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on its warship In response, Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan. It’s the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities. Jordan’s military said its air defense systems intercepted 18 ballistic missiles. It said it has no reports of casualties. Read more. What to know: The latest U.S. strikes are part of a dual economic and military approach by President Donald Trump as he struggles to bring an end to the more than 6-month-old war. The Trump administration on Tuesday also imposed sanctions on additional elements of Iran’s aviation industry, in its new push to isolate Tehran from its remaining trading partners. Both the U.S. and Iran are seeking to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz, where about one-fifth of the world’s oil passed before the war began. Rising energy prices are posing political problems for Trump and his Republican Party ahead of the November midterm elections. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Oil rises past $100 a barrel WATCH: US strikes destroy Iranian tankers Iran is forging a new ring of proxies to threaten US allies in the Gulf, officials say Families grieve in the ruins of an Iranian school where a US strike killed dozens of children US hits remaining parts of Iran’s aviation sector with sanctions in latest move to isolate Tehran Yemen’s Houthi rebels say Saudi-backed forces launched airstrikes, and other key Mideast news UAE warned Netanyahu of major Hamas operation days before Oct. 7 attack, news report says

Here is a interesting description of the issue I just came across.. "The Christian faith stands or falls upon the authority of the Word of God. Faithful Christians should therefore never treat the Bible as merely another ancient document to be reconstructed according to changing theories of scholars or society. “Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth” (John 17:17). The Word of God is the foundation of our faith, doctrine, worship, salvation, educational pedagogy, science, and business practice. This is why the rise of higher criticism and the modern critical-text movement deserves serious scrutiny. In particular, Christians should examine the textual theories associated with Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort, whose 1881 Greek New Testament helped establish a radically different approach as the textual basis underlying all modern English translations. The concern is not as simple as newer translations use more readily understood English in comparison to the Early Modern English used in the King James Version. The deeper issue is the Greek text upon which they are based and the assumptions used to reconstruct it. Westcott and Hort rejected the traditional dominance of the Received Text and elevated a comparatively small group of manuscripts, particularly Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, while developing theories of textual criticism that profoundly influenced subsequent generations. This raises an important spiritual question: What influences shaped the manuscripts, textual traditions, and interpretive assumptions that have increasingly displaced the traditional Received Text? Some Christian scholars have raised concerns about similarities between certain readings in the Alexandrian textual tradition and theological tendencies associated with Gnosticism. Gnosticism radically distorts biblical teaching concerning Christ, His incarnation, His humanity, His divinity, and salvation. Christians should therefore be cautious whenever disputed readings diminish, qualify, or omit passages that have historically testified to foundational doctrines concerning the deity, incarnation, blood, and saving work of Jesus Christ. As one example, the New Revised Standard Version, in Isaiah 7:14 says, “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son and shall name him Immanuel.” There is a vast difference between a young woman and a virgin. Many young women in all ages have found themselves with child due to one sexual encounter with a young man outside of wedlock. Parlance matters. There is another concern that deserves attention. Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, two manuscripts that have exercised enormous influence upon modern textual criticism, disagree with one another in more than 3,000 places in the Gospels. The extent of their differences should cause Christians to consider carefully why these manuscripts have been given such extraordinary weight in reconstructing the New Testament text. There is also a prophetic concern. Many modern translations contain readings in Revelation that differ from the traditional wording in ways that can affect how readers understand the prophetic identification of wordly powers. The Protestant Reformers and Seventh-day Adventists have historically understood the beast power of Revelation 13 and related passages as pointing to the papacy and its opposition to God's law and truth. When modern translations weaken, alter, footnote, or omit wording traditionally used in studying these prophecies, Adventists should take notice. Several individuals associated with modern translation projects have had connections with Roman Catholic scholarship and ecumenical biblical scholarship. The historical relationship between modern textual criticism, ecumenical scholarship, and the growing rapprochement between Protestants and Rome therefore deserves careful examination. A translation that makes traditional prophetic distinctions less explicit can fit more comfortably within an ecumenical environment than the historic Protestant Bible, which generations of Protestants used in identifying apostasy and warning against papal claims. The cumulative effect of textual changes can contribute to a theological climate in which historic Protestant distinctions—including the identification of the papacy in prophecy—become increasingly blurred, softened, or forgotten. For Seventh-day Adventists, that should be a profound concern. We have been entrusted with the three angels' messages of Revelation 14, including the warning concerning Babylon. We should not permit our prophetic voice to become muted because the biblical language upon which generations of Adventists built their understanding has been progressively revised, qualified, or removed. This becomes especially important when we consider our children. Seventh-day Adventists have historically emphasized teaching children Scripture, memorizing Bible verses, learning doctrine, and hiding God's Word in their hearts. We teach memory gems. We teach fundamental beliefs. We teach the words of Jesus. We teach our children to build their lives upon Scripture. But when children are taught one wording of a biblical text and later encounter another translation that phrases it differently, brackets it, footnotes it, or omits it, confusion results. When doctrines are taught from numerous modern translations based upon evolving critical-text decisions, children may eventually wonder whether the words they memorized are permanent or continually subject to scholarly revision. Adventists should take this seriously. Our children should have confidence that when they open the Bible, they are encountering the Word of God—not merely the latest scholarly reconstruction of what scholars believe the original text may have said. The faithful Christian should therefore ask why we should abandon a textual tradition that served the church for centuries in favor of a modern reconstructed text dependent upon comparatively few manuscripts and theories developed by modern textual critics beginning in 1881, and subsequent critics who have by their own admission questioned the authenticity of the scriptures and their authors. The King James Version was translated from the Greek textual tradition commonly known as the Textus Receptus, or Received Text. It represents the textual tradition upon which the King James translators substantially relied. For more than four centuries, English-speaking Christians read this Bible, preached from it, memorized it, built their theology upon it, and carried its message around the world. The King James translators were not perfect, nor was their translation process inspired in the same sense as the original Scriptures. Yet their work represents translating exact words from Hebrew and Greek into English, not just the ideas being conveyed, and therefore deserves serious respect because they approached the Bible with reverence for its authority as THE word of God rather than treating it as a playground for speculative theories or general principles. “Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him” (Proverbs 30:5). Scripture warns: “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it” (Deuteronomy 4:2). That warning deserves consideration when passages found in the traditional Bible are bracketed, footnoted, questioned, or omitted in many modern translations. Examples include the longer ending of Mark, John 7:53–8:11, and the Trinitarian wording of 1 John 5:7. The issue is not simply why a modern translation differs, but what textual evidence and assumptions led scholars to remove or question wording that generations of Christians accepted as Scripture. Human scholarship must remain the servant of Scripture, not its master. Isaiah gives the standard: “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isaiah 8:20). Another danger is ecumenism. Christian unity is desirable only when it is unity in truth. Jesus prayed that His followers would be one, but His prayer was rooted in truth (John 17:17–21), not unity at the expense of truth. Paul warned, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers” (2 Corinthians 6:14). This does not mean Christians should refuse to minister to unbelievers or welcome sincere seekers. Indeed, 1 Corinthians 14:23–25 specifically describes unbelievers entering the Christian assembly and being convicted by the preaching of God's Word. The distinction is vital: We welcome unbelievers to hear the truth; we do not permit unbelief to redefine the truth. Christian charity does not require doctrinal surrender. Cooperation in humanitarian matters does not require merging doctrines, institutions, or worship with those who reject fundamental biblical truth. John likewise warned against those who depart from the doctrine of Christ (2 John 9). Scripture repeatedly illustrates the danger of compromise. Israel was warned that association with paganism could turn hearts away from God (Deuteronomy 7:3–4). Nehemiah removed Tobiah from the temple chambers when sacred things had been compromised (Nehemiah 13:4–9). Revelation declares concerning Babylon, “Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins” (Revelation 18:4). Since 1979 the world has had an ecumenical Bible with the official stamp of the Vatican - Revised Standard Version. For Seventh-day Adventists, this should be taken seriously. Revelation describes God's faithful people as those “which keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus” (Revelation 14:12). We cannot faithfully proclaim the three angels' messages while allowing Babylonian, secularism, higher criticism, or doctrinal compromise to reshape our understanding of Scripture. Ultimately, the issue is authority. If the Bible is the Word of God, scholarship must remain its servant. If a theory conflicts with the testimony of Scripture, the theory—not Scripture—must be examined. Paul instructed believers to “prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Jude commanded Christians to “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3). The King James Bible should not be defended merely because it is old, familiar, or poetic. It should be defended because Christians have a solemn responsibility to preserve confidence in Scripture and resist influences that diminish its authority. We must not allow intellectual fashion to replace faith, ecumenical enthusiasm to replace biblical truth, or higher criticism to place human judgment above divine revelation. When the foundation is the Word of God, faithfulness requires that we guard the foundation. If this blessed you or caused you to think please follow for more inspiring content, then like and share to bless others."

We also need to understand the both Hebrew and Greek are far more expressive than English. So to me it is silly to argue which English translation is better. They are translations.

The Bible I decided that it might be of value to give a background to the book that we call the Bible. Catholic Bibles mainly differ from Protestant Bibles in that they include some ancient writings, generally called by Protestants, The Apocrypha, that is not included in Protestant Bibles Some other differences are very minor and not significant. Origin: All of the Biblical books began as written documents (Autographs) written well before printed documents existed. We do not have any of those documents. All we have are copies of the original documents. Those documents do contain some scribal errors. But, they are highly accurate and the minor errors are commonly seen in comparison with other copies which we have. Chapters and Verses: As first written, the Biblical books did not have chapters and verses. They were mostly written as one document. L Scholars added the chapters and verses at a later time. The New Testament was written in Biblical Greek (Koine Greek) which differs from the modern Greek language of today. Scholars understand that language very well today. Those documents also contain Individual words from other languages that were spoken in Palestine in the time when the writings were prepared. The Old Testament was mostly written in Biblical Hebrew, which differs ftom the modern Hebrew of today. However, a little bit of the Old Testament was written in Aramaic, which is well understood today. Aramaic is a close cousin to the Hebrew of that time. All those who spoke Hebrew were likely able to understand Aramaic. Translation: The Bibles that you purchase today have generally been translated in one to the following three types: Formal Translation sticks very clsely to the original text. It is commonly used for doctrinal study, preaching and by scholars. Dynamic Translation attempts to esent the authors thinking in a manner that is easly understood in the translated language. Paraphrased translation attempts to present what the translator thinks the author wanted to say, into the translated language. The careful student of the Bible will need to understand the background of the Biblical material and the process of producing the copies and the methods of translation. However, that student can rest assured that the Bibles of today do contain what God wanted humans to know.

September 9, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning from London, which enjoyed its rainiest day in months yesterday: proper pleasure and pain. There’s more news below — including the outcome of a match at the U.S. Open that ended, like, four hours ago. But today I want to start in Germany. Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, faces pressure from the far right. Nadja Wohlleben/Reuters On the right You may have missed it. I almost did, amid the pleasures of a long weekend: The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party won big in a small state election on Sunday and could become the first far-right party to govern a German state since the end of World War II. How big a deal is that? Our Berlin bureau chief, Jim Tankersley, offers one way of looking at it: The AfD’s win puts the mainstream conservative who is the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, into a fight for political survival. Merz is supposed to hold power until 2029, and his allies aren’t trying to get rid of him. But pressure is rising on his right flank, and more regional elections this month may show that voters see him “the wrong man for the job at this time,” as a major German newsmagazine put it. The AfD’s success, however isolated, is clearly a problem for Germany’s leadership. It is also a problem for Germany, my colleague Katrin Bennhold wrote yesterday. I appreciated the wide view she took: When I was growing up in Germany, the conventional wisdom was that the far right would never again gain a meaningful foothold in our politics. Our Nazi past, the argument went, had immunized voters against the appeal of such parties. And our post-Holocaust constitution had powerful tools to help prevent it. The rise of the anti-immigrant, far-right AfD over the past decade has made clear the first argument was wrong. The second? We’ll see. Katrin crunched some numbers. On Sunday, the AfD didn’t just win more than twice as many votes as its nearest rival. It also won with the biggest regional voter turnout that Germany has seen since reunification in 1990. In a lot of places, those facts would add up to a mandate to govern. But not in Germany, which has for nearly eight decades used a kind of firewall to prevent the rise of parties that the political mainstream deems extreme. It doesn’t want another authoritarian, another Hitler, to gain power. But now it faces a question. Here’s how Katrin put it: Are these efforts to sideline the AfD in the name of democracy actually undermining democracy? The AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund raising a thumbs up after Sunday’s election. Matthias Schrader/Associated Press AfD’s rise It’s an interesting question, perhaps a scary one. The AfD came into being in 2013, a year when Angela Merkel, the center-right chancellor at the time, went back into coalition with her party’s traditional opponents on the center left. That meant, basically, that whatever party a German voted for would result in the same government. The AfD, with its angry, nationalist, populist stance, represented a protest vote — functionally meaningless. No longer. Its ranks swelled in number and passion. Now it’s the most popular party in the country. In other words, the firewall could be falling. And that, Katrin writes, suggests that the AfD’s victory on Sunday could mark a new phase in German politics, one “in which mainstream parties accept that the way to defeat the AfD is to offer voters a platform they actually want to vote for.” THE LATEST NEWS War in Iran The United States said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. Iran retaliated by launching missiles at Jordan. The global price of oil reached $100 a barrel this morning. That’s nearly 40 percent higher than at the start of the war. Iran is taking a more aggressive approach to the war. It fears its hold on the Strait of Hormuz is slipping. More on the Middle East Britain, Canada and France announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israeli opposition politicians called Benjamin Netanyahu “unfit” for office after the newspaper Haaretz reported that he had been warned of major Hamas plans before the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. Netanyahu said he would sue the paper. Saudi Arabia said it would retaliate against the Houthis after attacks by the Yemeni militia that Saudi authorities said had injured 73 civilians. Artificial Intelligence Gary S. Settles/Science Source OpenAI said its newest model had solved one of the great unanswered questions in mathematics, the “Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem.” The problem looks at equations that describe the movement of liquids, like water, and gases, like air. They’re important for weather forecasting. In the Courts The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it use a federal citizenship database before the midterms to screen voters. The Supreme Court denied a request from Missouri officials to use a redrawn congressional map that would give Republicans an edge. Soon after, a judge in Missouri ruled the other way, ordering the state to use the map. Politics Naval pilots worry that their job, with its catapult takeoffs and high-G-force turns, causes traumatic brain injuries. The Navy refuses to investigate, a scathing House report said. Iceland condemned a social media post from President Trump that showed the American flag covering the country — as well as Greenland, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean states. The secretary of the Smithsonian is stepping down, after months of criticism from the White House over how the institution presents American history. Lindsay Clancy Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asked Trump for a pardon on murder charges she faces in the killing of her three young children even though the president cannot grant clemency for state-level charges. The case ended in a mistrial because one juror refused to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity. Other jurors described their frustration. Other Big Stories The pilots of the Amazon cargo jet that overran a runway in Miami were not fully in control of the aircraft and appear to have considered aborting the landing, according to federal investigators. An air traffic control problem in Britain has caused the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights, sending disruptions rippling across the globe. A FRIGID SHORTCUT Sources: Kpler; NASA Earth Observatory. Pablo Robles /The New York Times This week, a container ship is finishing a journey across the top of the world. It’s part of China’s plan to shave two weeks off the Asia-to-Europe trip — a plan that requires special vessels and higher insurance premiums. Many experts say that’s not commercially feasible. But climate change and instability in the Middle East could change their calculations. OPINIONS Charlie Greene’s father died on United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11. The solidarity he saw in that day’s aftermath demonstrated what a country that comes together can look like, he writes. A new child care policy championed by JD Vance shows that he doesn’t want to help married parents so much as hurt single mothers, Jessica Grose argues. The Anniversary Sale is on: Morning readers, enjoy our best offer. Celebrate 175 years of The Times with savings on unlimited news, puzzles, recipes, sports and more. $1/week for your first year. Save now. MORNING READS Jean Chung for The New York Times We’ve made these links free for you. You just need to log in. Virtual taekwondo: Is it anything more than a glorified video game? Gaping hole: A sinkhole opened at Nicolas Cage’s home in Malibu. See the photo. Your pick: The most clicked link in The Morning yesterday was about Senator Roger Marshall, who as an ob-gyn sued more than 700 of his patients for debts. TODAY’S NUMBER $3,000 — That is how much money, per book, Anthropic must pay to authors whose works it pirated in training Claude, its chatbot. Authors would split the proceeds with their publishers. Which is a nice windfall when you weren’t expecting to be flush this weekend, but lemme tell you: It’s a pittance in reward for writing a book. U.S. OPEN Ben Shelton Matthew Stockman/Getty Images It was the latest-running night in U.S. Open history. After nearly four-and-a-half hours of play, Ben Shelton, an American, beat the defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, at 3:33 a.m. Eastern. It was a big day for the Americans. Frances Tiafoe came back to defeat Alex Michelsen. Tiafoe will face Shelton in a semifinal Friday, guaranteeing that an American man will reach the final. On the women’s side, the top seed, Aryna Sabalenka, retained her No. 1 ranking by beating Linda Noskova. She’ll next face Jessica Pegula, who won her own all-American match against Emma Navarro. RECIPE OF THE DAY Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times I had an outrageously good dinner at Ballymaloe in Cork, Ireland, this past weekend, and now all I want to do is hack a recipe for the restaurant’s blini with dressed Ballycotton Bay crab. Or, at least, I want to make blini tonight and put something on top of them. The blini alone — buckwheat nutty and tangy with buttermilk — are superb. And what a canvas! If you don’t put fresh crab on them, then how about smoked salmon and crème fraîche, or smoked haddock with a little drained yogurt? Maybe just diced cucumber and crumbled marinated goat cheese? You’ll feel like a million dollars eating those. IN ONE CHART Note: Includes Jan. 1 to Aug. 15 each year. Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence, U.S. Census Bureau International Database. Christine Zhang/The New York Times The movie industry boasted that this summer was one of its most lucrative ever. That’s true. But it’s also misleading: Box office records don’t take inflation into account. Judged by another metric — ticket sales — this summer looks much less impressive, as the chart above shows. Read the full story, which puts the season into context. A NEW ALBUM Sara Bareilles Meghan Marin for The New York Times Sara Bareilles, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who successfully detoured from the music industry to musical theater and then to television, released her first album in seven years last month. “Good Grief” is a song cycle in 14 tracks: plaintive, bristling piano ballads haunted by the deaths of close friends, including Gavin Creel, the beloved Broadway actor who died in 2024. Melena Ryzik, a culture reporter, profiled Bareilles. There are a lot — a lot — of tears. More on culture A mature live oak tree on its way to a new home in Los Angeles. Environmental Design The latest flex in rich-people horticulture? Getting big trees installed where once there were no trees, as quickly as landscapers can plant them. It’s “boys and toys,” a landscape designer based in Newport, R.I., told The Times. “It’s, My tree is bigger.” The photographs are fragrant with money. “Taipei Story,” R.F. Kuang’s seventh novel in eight years, is “her most sophisticated by a mile,” Lauren Christensen writes in a rave review. It’s the story of a Chinese-born, American-raised college student spending the summer in Taipei, and it skips the genre influences of Kuang’s earlier work. “What’s left,” Lauren writes, “is pure literary fiction,” narration that “is just what thinking feels like.” Not sure what you feel like reading? In the video below, the Book Review’s MJ Franklin recommends books based on your mood. Click to watch. The New York Times THE MORNING RECOMMENDS Listen to Miley — Cyrus is just Miley now — as she delivers a meta-throwback to the synthesizer-driven dance-pop of MTV’s heyday. That’s “Bass Persuades,” available on the apps. Harness the post-Labor Day back-to-school energy and set some goals. Shield yourself from the elements with the best umbrellas tested by the stylish, practical pluviophiles at Wirecutter. (I’m feeling very 🇬🇧 these days.) GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were facelift and facilitate. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands.

🛢️ Charted: Heating oil sticker shock Data: FactSet, Axios research. Chart: Axios 📈 Oil hit $100 a barrel this morning as the war with Iran inflames tensions across the Middle East. Go deeper. Home heating oil bills are likely to be massive this winter in the Northeast, Axios' Matt Phillips writes. Benchmark U.S. home heating oil futures have leapfrogged highs hit in late 2022. U.S. heating oil futures are up just shy of 30% over the last three months. And they're up about 120% since the start of the year.

💰 Vance's secretive donor network Network skyboxes line the GOP midterm convention at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP DALLAS — A secretive donor network closely aligned with Vice President Vance drew Cabinet members, lawmakers and major GOP donors to a "cowboy-chic" bar last night for a marquee pre-party ahead of the Republicans' midterm convention, Axios' Alex Isenstadt reports. Why it matters: The donor group, Rockbridge, has become an influential hub for conservative donors and operatives as Vance prepares for a likely White House run in 2028. 👀 Inside the room: Between 200 and 250 people attended the private welcome reception at The Rustic. Attendees included Dallas businessman and major GOP donor Ray Washburne, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HUD Secretary Scott Turner, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Trump 2024 co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita, former Trump White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, investor Hal Lambert and professional bareback rider Rocker Steiner. 💰 Trump today will host an RNC fundraiser where admission to a "roundtable" is $250,000 per person, according to an invitation obtained by Axios. A photo with Trump will cost $88,600. Share this story. 👉 You heard it here first: Paige Willey, the top deputy to National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, is leaving the White House for a private-sector job at month's end, Axios' Marc Caputo has learned ... Go deeper.

⚡ Insiders warn AI could kill all humans Via X Three Anthropic researchers went public last night with chilling concerns about out-of-control AI, warning it could destroy humans this decade. Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon wrote on X, after resigning yesterday to sound the alarm: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger." Anthropic alignment-science lead Evan Hubinger responded: "Jacob is correct here — we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to." (When I went to bed, this tweet had 1 million views. When I woke up, it had more than 10 million, and still soaring.) Samuel Marks, Anthropic scalable-oversight lead, added: "AI developers believe their technology could cause human extinction (or similarly bad outcomes). This could happen in the next few years. In general, the more senior the employee, the more concerned they are." Why it matters: They're hardly alone. Their warnings came just days after top OpenAI leaders, including CEO Sam Altman, said AI is speeding into a scary, uncontrollable phase. Via X Warnings from inside the AI giants point to an epic shared dilemma: Slow down and risk falling behind, or press ahead and risk losing control. The companies are full speed ahead, even as they practically beg for regulation or a global pause, Axios' Maria Curi, Madison Mills and Ina Fried report. The big picture: Calling this unprecedented would be a gross understatement. You basically have the fastest-growing companies in human history warning their products could harm or even destroy humanity. Critics say Anthropic and OpenAI are hyping their products to raise their valuations and invite regulation that would benefit them alone as the dominant incumbents. But we've been talking with dozens of people inside these companies for months, and they've sounded increasingly spooked and concerned. Given they see models not yet released to the public, it seems reckless not to take them seriously. 🏛️ Context for readers from Mike & Jim: This is self-evidently scary stuff — and these vague warnings are impossible to validate or appraise. But we think readers, especially members of Congress and those in relevant federal agencies, need to be aware that the AI creators themselves see potential catastrophic outcomes absent a shift in how America, China and others review and release more powerful AI models. 💡 How to think about this: Nobody is warning AI is an imminent high-level threat. What they're saying is that the technology keeps improving faster than they thought possible and will soon be able to self-improve (recursive self-improvement). Once that happens, it gets even better, faster ... and much harder to predict or control. Go deeper.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 9 1956 Elvis Presley makes first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” Elvis Presley appears for the first time on the popular "Ed Sullivan Show." With 60 million viewers tuning in, the appearance garnered the show’s best ratings in two years and became the most-watched TV broadcast of the 1950s. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1850 California becomes the 31st state in record time 20th Century 1919 The Boston police department goes on strike 21st Century 2002 72-year-old Buzz Aldrin punches a moon landing conspiracy theorist in the face American Revolution 1776 Congress renames the nation “United States of America” Arts & Entertainment 1939 Audiences are shown a surprise preview of “Gone with the Wind” Asian History 1976 Mao Zedong dies Crime 1971 Uprising at Attica prison begins Sports 2007 NFL nabs New England Patriots in “Spygate” scandal U.S. Presidents 1893 President Cleveland’s child is born in the White House Vietnam War 1969 Ho Chi Minh laid to rest in Hanoi 1967 Sergeant Duane D. Hackney receives Air Force Cross World War II 1942 Japanese bomb U.S. mainland

Oil surges above $100 a barrel as US and Iran launch new attacks, while gasoline prices also jump NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices shot past $100 a barrel Wednesday as fighting between the U.S. and Iran escalated, threatening to increase costs for consumers and businesses worldwide. https://apnews.com/article/oil-prices-iran-attack-saudi-brent-crude-7538e6386a819bcdc2547d530ec3472e?

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How do national parks affect the economy? National park visitor spending contributes to local GDP, jobs, and wages. https://usafacts.org/articles/how-do-national-parks-affect-the-economy/? Analyst Notes: Are e-bikes dangerous? It’s surprisingly hard to know. Injuries and fatalities for e-bikes and e-scooters have increased over the past several years, but does the data exist to help us understand why? https://usafacts.org/articles/analyst-notes/just-how-dangerous-are-e-bikes-its-surprisingly-hard-to-know/? One last fact Milk production in the US has doubled since 1975, but people drink nearly half as much milk as back then. Yet, people are drinking 48.6% less milk now than they did back then. Where’s the other half of the milk going? Yogurt! (And other dairy products!) Today, people eat more than seven times the amount of yogurt than they did in 1975.

Alaska, reflected Photo: Bob Schumacher Thanks to reader Bob Schumacher of Wheaton, Ill., for another dispatch from his trip to Alaska! Bob captured the Johns Hopkins Glacier in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The tidewater glacier stretches roughly a mile across and rises 225–300 feet above the water at its terminus.