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"God has withheld His blessings because His people have not worked in harmony with His directions. Test 7 P18. " I know its not a popular message, but he is right. In the fastest growing division of the church, SSD, we have 1 pastor to every 7-9 churches. That district produces at least 100 baptisms per year. Often a new church plant. It is amazing.

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.

The New Testament has one God who's name is: Father, Son and Holy Sprit. The Old Testament has one God in three pictures: El or God as the great unapproachable power ruling the entire universe. YHWH, The Angel of the Lord who turns out to be the Lord, Michael the Prince, Messiah the Prince, the Fire that burned but did not consume the bush, The Captain of the Lord's Host, etc. which is God as personal and approachable. Then there is the Spirit of the Lord where we do not see an objective revelation as we do in the first two, but God working on the heart and leading the life through the subjective, existential situations. We have all of these as one God, and united in the term "Elohim" the singular plural. Yes, The God of the Old Testament who's name is El, YHWH, The Spirit of God; and the one God of the New Testament who's name is God the Father, God The Son, and God the Holy Spirit is the creator of the entire universe.

Norway is my heritage. I've seen him once when he left a church service and went to his car, and three or four times as he stood on the palace balcony for the 17th of May Children's parade. When my Grandma was a child she marched in that parade for his Grandfather King Haakon. And of course I grew up knowing about his Father King Olav. My heart breaks as he falls to sleep. My prayers to his family, his son King Haakon VIII, and to our country. While many royal families are full of scandal, this family has tended to be devote believers. I hope this continues.

I tell this little goat story to show how the Law saves us from harm..... Jesus used parables to explain things plainly so the people could understand, and I was struck as I worked on my fence this morning, by how the fence was like Gods law, and I thought I would share it. I have many animals but none have given me more grief than my goats. When I first got them, they were a few weeks old and I put up a fence to keep them safe from the various panthers, bears, bobcats and other wildlife that share the woods with us. The fence was more of a marker for the goats as they soon learned to go under it and wander out in the woods were dangers lurked. They got out and indulged in all their little goat desires and ate lantana and other things which wasnt good for them, then at night they would come home through the front gate and lay on the warm hood of my car or the top, causing me great grief. Then I lost some of them from bloating from what they ate and to wildlife, so I did everything I could to save them from the real dangers in the woods. I put a second fence around them so they were in sight of the house so I could go get them if they got out. I sank the bottom of the fence deeper and cemented it at the base, but they jumped over it. I made the fence higher, so they stood on top of stumps or logs so they could get over it. I told my wife we would have to get rid of the goats because they would not stay withing the fence, and getting out where the panthers, bobcats and other dangers in the woods took their toll, so she said to let her try. She went and sat with them and gave them alfalfa hay to clear out their tummys of the bad stuff they had picked up. She talked to them and rubbed their bellies when they were sick and gave them charcoal for the bloating. Soon the goats stopped jumping the fence and waited for my wife in their pen, and let her hold them and clean their fur or between their horns as that is the one place they cant reach. Now they listen for her voice and come running when she calls and sit with her and listen to her little goat stories she tells them. Something happened that changed the goats, I couldnt put my finger on it but on one thing I was clear, the fence didnt save them from the dangers. Did it help, yes as far as it delineated the cleared land of the farm and their little goat pen where it was safe. But somehow the goats changed in their little goat desires and behavior and they no longer wanted to jump the fence and leave the farm, but instead to stay within the safety of the fence and share their happiness with someone who loves them......

She certainly had a huge impact on America. Possibly the person with the greatest impact in my lifetime. Here is some things many don't know. -------------------------- ....Still, Steinem’s upbringing was colored by her mother’s financial anxieties and her mother consequently suffered a nervous breakdown. Steinem’s parents then divorced when she was 10 and her father moved to California, leaving young Steinem and her sister, Susanne, to take care of their troubled mother.... Before Gloria Steinem was the face of second-wave feminism, she was an anti-communist operative for the CIA and went undercover with Playboy to expose their misogynistic practices. Gloria Steinem is a journalist and activist who rose to prominence as the stylish frontwoman of the women’s liberation movement in 1970s America..... https://allthatsinteresting.com/gloria-steinem ---------------------------- Some have questioned when she stopped working with the CIA She certainly was not a christian.

Times have changed. Years ago, a young woman gave birth out of wedlock. A group of people from church visited her. They asked her to publicly confess to the congregation and apologize. She agreed, as long as other people who were having illicit affairs did the same. She gave some names. The "concerned" brethren and sisters packed it up and retreated. Another case, different church, a young woman was having an affair. She went to the pastor in contrition. He required her to publicly apologize to the congregation, which she did. Sometime later, the same pastor was caught in an adulterous relationship. An apology couldn't save his job. Can't recall if she was pregnant or not. My recollection is that she was not.

Forgiveness does not require that one escape the penally of their actions. But, sometimes it may require such. I will tell you such a true story in which I was involved. There will be parts of it that you do not understand and I am protecting the privacy of the involved people. But, the story remains true regardless of such. A young, single woman, in the process of committing a crime became pregnant;. No, was was not a prostitute. If she had had an abortion, she likely would not have suffered any consequences. However, she gave birth to the child. The result caused her to be charged with the consequent penalty of being fired from her position. Her Supervisor was a devout Christian. She informed management that she would refuse to testify, and without her testimony the woman could not be convicted.. She simply said that she was willing to be fired herself. She did not believe in abortion and she was wiling to place her job on the line in order to protect a woman who had nor taken the easy way out which was an abortion. A Federal hearing was held before r a Federal Attorney acting as a Judge and with a A Prosecutor. I defended the woman who had been charged. I argued that there was a total lack of evidence of the charged crime, and she cold not be convicted. The Judge agreed and ruled her Not Guilty. Folioing that ruling I had a very specific talk with my client and her Supervisor in which I informed my client of t he debt she owed the woman who had placed her job on the line in standing up for my client. I believe that the result of the trial was what God wanted.

There is no "slipping away" from stealing, which is what you described. Forgiving them is a totally separate issue from their paying back what they took. You have a responsibility to protect other people from thieves, people that you don't even know.

"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us". That being said it doesn't remove the penalty for the trespass. One can be forgiven and still have to pay the price for their sins. I'm certain God forgave Moses for what he did at the rock, but Moses still paid the price for what he did. If a family member stole money from their parents, yes, forgiveness is possible, but that forgiveness doesn't remove the penalty that needs to be paid in all cases.

Truth is not always what we expect it to be. Our prejudice is the set of preconceived ideas we have about something. When we encounter new information, we process that information using this set of preconceived ideas. We see that play out in this episode in both John the Baptist and Simon Zee. Both have preconceived idea about the mission of the Messiah. When the light shines on them, it is difficult for them to adjust their thinking. The creators of The Chosen decided to contrast the teachings of Jesus with the teachings of John the Baptist. This is consistent with the Desire of Ages. John did not grasp the nature of Christ's mission. He felt that part of the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah 40 would be that powerful rulers would be brought low. To him, that is how God would lower mountains and hills. Those were his preconceived ideas that served as a filter when he read Isaiah 40. The words of Jesus did not lead him to that conclusion but rather it was his prejudice. The Chosen did a nice job of capturing that. Simon Zee, in contrast to John the Baptist, accepts that his preconceived ideas are wrong. He listens to Jesus and does not run into the river to retrieve his tossed dagger. Later, he is introduced to the others by Simon the fisherman. They discover that Mary has left the group, which is a topic for another thread - best discussed with the Season 2 Episode 6 discussion. You can watch The Chosen for free here -> Angel

This is interesting research as many friends and family and others have issues with memory, including dementia, Alzheimer's and or runs in the ancestry . Foods and eating patterns that research has linked to memory decline A plain-language summary of peer-reviewed studies on diet and forgetfulness: which dietary patterns have been associated with poorer memory performance, what the proposed biological mechanisms are, and where the scientific consensus currently stands. Section 1 Eight dietary patterns associated with poorer memory Each item below summarizes what a specific study found, the type of evidence, and its limits. "Associated with" means the study observed a statistical relationship; it does not establish that the food causes memory loss in any individual. Ultra-processed foods were associated with faster global and executive cognitive decline in a cohort of 10,000+ adults. Ultra-processed foods In the ELSA-Brasil cohort (10,775 adults followed for ~8 years), participants whose calories came ≥20% from ultra-processed foods showed a 28% faster rate of global cognitive decline and 25% faster executive-function decline than those who ate the least. Trans fats and diets high in saturated fat have been linked to poorer word memory and higher Alzheimer's risk in observational studies [2][3]. Trans fats Among 1,018 adults, higher dietary trans-fat intake was associated with worse performance on a word-recall memory test; each gram per day of trans fat was linked to roughly 0.76 fewer words recalled, after adjustment for age, education and mood. Saturated fat–heavy diets In the Chicago Health and Aging Project (815 older adults), higher intake of saturated and trans-unsaturated fats was associated with an increased risk of incident Alzheimer's disease, while unsaturated fats were not. High-glycemic, sugar-heavy diets were associated with a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment in older adults [4]. High-carbohydrate, high-sugar diets Among 937 older adults in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, those with the highest carbohydrate intake had a higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment over ~4 years; those with the highest sugar intake also showed elevated risk. Artificially sweetened drinks In the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort, daily consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks was associated with a higher risk of stroke and dementia over 10 years. Sugary drinks were not significantly associated in the same analysis, and the authors called for further study. High-salt diets In mice, a high-salt diet reduced blood flow to the brain and impaired memory through an immune signalling pathway that begins in the gut. The effect reversed when salt intake returned to normal. This is animal evidence and has not been confirmed in humans. Fried and high-heat processed foods (AGEs) Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) form when foods are fried, grilled or roasted at high heat. In mice, a diet rich in AGEs led to brain changes resembling those in Alzheimer's disease; in a small human cohort, higher circulating AGEs were associated with cognitive decline. Alcohol, including moderate intake In the Whitehall II study (550 adults, 30-year follow-up), even moderate alcohol consumption (14–21 UK units per week) was associated with a higher risk of hippocampal atrophy, a brain change linked to memory, compared with abstinence. Section 2 How diet may influence memory: proposed mechanisms Researchers have proposed several biological pathways. Most were characterized in animal or laboratory studies; the degree to which each operates in people is still being investigated. Reduced BDNF in the hippocampus Brain-derived neurotrophic factor supports learning and synaptic plasticity. Rats fed a diet high in refined sugar and saturated fat for two months showed lower hippocampal BDNF and impaired spatial learning [1]. Insulin resistance and glucose handling Diets that repeatedly raise blood glucose may impair insulin signalling, which the brain uses for memory formation. This is one proposed explanation for the association between high-glycemic intake and mild cognitive impairment [4][11]. Inflammation and oxidative stress Reviews of animal and human data suggest that diets high in saturated fat and sugar increase inflammatory markers and oxidative stress in brain regions involved in memory [11]. Vascular effects and the gut–brain axis High salt intake in mice reduced cerebral blood flow via a gut-initiated immune response; ultra-processed diets and alcohol have also been linked to vascular changes that affect the brain [5][7][9]. Reading the evidence responsibly. Observational studies can be affected by confounding: people who eat more ultra-processed food may also differ in income, education, exercise or sleep. Good studies adjust for these factors, but residual confounding can remain. Randomized dietary trials on cognition are still few and mostly short. Memory changes have many causes. Forgetfulness can relate to sleep, stress, medications, hearing loss, thyroid or vitamin B12 status, depression, and normal aging. Diet is one factor among many. Persistent or worsening memory problems should be discussed with a qualified clinician. Section 3 Where the scientific consensus currently stands Major health bodies do not endorse any single food as a cure or cause of memory loss. The strongest agreement concerns overall dietary patterns. Mediterranean and MIND patterns In the Rush Memory and Aging Project (923 older adults), closer adherence to the MIND diet, which emphasizes vegetables, berries, nuts, olive oil, whole grains and fish while limiting red meat, butter, sweets and fried food, was associated with a lower incidence of Alzheimer's disease [10]. Human · prospective Whole-diet patterns in other populations In the Hisayama Study in Japan (1,006 adults, 15-year follow-up), a dietary pattern high in soybeans, vegetables, seaweed and dairy and low in rice was associated with reduced dementia risk, supporting the idea that overall pattern matters more than any single item [12]. Human · prospective What is not established No individual food, supplement or "superfood" has been shown in rigorous trials to prevent or reverse memory loss. Claims that a single ingredient causes or cures dementia are not supported by current evidence. Modifiable risk factors identified by the 2020 Lancet Commission include education, hypertension, hearing loss, smoking, obesity, depression, inactivity, diabetes, alcohol, head injury, air pollution and social isolation.

🧡 Parting shot: Vineyard in gold Photo: Laine Hern Axios' own Laine Hern sent us this shot of the Aquinnah Cliffs on Martha's Vineyard from her recent trip.

A follow-up on yesterday’s article. The post Faith, Fact, and Pretext: Further Examination of the Fetal Cell Argument Against COVID-19 Vaccines appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

According to these statistics, adverse effects from vaccination are not common: Vaccine Injury Statistics (2026): Latest Data

Some koff ou will recognize two of the listed, but not ll of them. https://spectrummagazine.org/news/how-some-of-adventisms-wealthiest-built-their-empires-and-cemented-their-legacies/

Celestial treat The same trio of planets was visible in March 2020, as seen in this photo from Alberta, Canada. Photo: Alan Dyer/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Early risers can spot three bright planets stretching across the morning sky for the rest of the month — and they won't need a telescope to see them, Axios Seattle's Christine Clarridge writes. Why it matters: Saturn, Mars and Jupiter can all be seen, weather permitting, in September's early morning hours, according to EarthSky. How it works: The planets will spread in a long arc along the ecliptic — the path the Sun, Moon and planets follow — like lights strung across the sky. To see all three, head outside before dawn and scan from east to west: Jupiter will be the bright one in the east, followed by reddish Mars and Saturn farther west.

Should be going before a firing squad. A guy kidnaps and sexually assaults a 13 year old girl and gets 3 years in prison? He'll be lucky of he makes it out alive

Because all the manufacturing has moved out of the country, young people have no engineering background. They do not understand physics. So when so many young people publish these stories, there is no counter argument. It all makes sense to them, because they don't see the engineering problems with the official narrative. They don't see the laws of physics being broken in the official report. Fascinating.

Members of Parliament in the House of Commons voted against the proposed assisted dying legislation during its second reading, halting legal changes for England and Wales. The post UK: Westminster Lawmakers Reject Assisted Suicide Measure in 286 to 270 Vote appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

I have often wondered, if Ellen White was alive today, what would her opinion be about how people have treated her writings. I think she would be shocked.

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📸 Pic to go! Photo: Bob Schumacher North America's highest peak — designated Mount McKinley by the U.S. government and Denali by the state of Alaska — was captured by reader Bob Schumacher of Wheaton, Ill., this week.

This is going to be an interesting one.

We've seen or even heard of some that have committed the crime of killing someone and the family forgave that person. But that person still needs to pay the penalty of his crime!! As far as forgetting, some might, but some wont or just forget as time passes bye! The forgiving is for all not just for the doer of the crime but for the one that the crime was committed against!!

🏞️ Parting shot! Photo: Joe Capraro Finish Line readers and newlyweds Madi and Joe Capraro are on their honeymoon through the national parks. This stunner is from their first stop, Grand Teton National Park. Next up: Yellowstone.

🌄 Parting shot: Alpine glow Photo: Ashley Mahoney A sunrise lights up Lake Bled and its island church in Slovenia, seen from Ojstrica. Axios Charlotte reporter Ashley Mahoney and her husband hiked up the mountain during their two-week honeymoon in Slovenia, the Dolomites and Venice.

MUSCAT, Oman -In the shadow of the rugged limestone cliffs of the Musandam Peninsula, a high-stakes maritime shift is underway that could reshape the strategic balance of the Persian Gulf. The post Breaking: Oman Opens Sovereign Maritime Bypass Amid Iran Standoff appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

Well, this is interesting as it shows there are even older manuscripts than the Codex Vaticanus, considered the oldest written in the 4th century (around 325–350 AD) and used to create some of the Modern Versions being used today. The Alexandrian codices, including Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus, and Codex Alexandrinus are among the manuscripts of the New Testament with many changes and their textual reliability is widely contested. The Codex Vaticanus in conjunction with Codex Sinaiticus, form the basis for most modern Bible translations. However, these two manuscripts differ substantially from the text of the bulk of the manuscripts based on the Byzantine based Greek texts (Textus Receptus). Here is what has surfaced which shows the older manuscript: "Long before biblical texts settled into the forms familiar to modern readers, they circulated in several languages and in slightly different versions. Among the most important witnesses to that early period are Syriac gospel manuscripts, including the Curetonian and Sinaitic traditions, which preserve some of the oldest translations of the New Testament. A newly deciphered fragment now adds to that picture, after scholars uncovered a hidden passage from the Gospel of Matthew beneath the writing of an ancient manuscript in the Vatican. Early text layers According to WP Tech and Live Science, the discovery was made by Grigory Kessel of the Austrian Academy of Sciences while studying ultraviolet images supplied by the Vatican Apostolic Library. The results were later discussed in New Testament Studies. Live Science reported that the manuscript contains several overwritten layers, with later texts masking older ones beneath. Rather than discard expensive writing material, scribes often reworked parchment by clearing older script and using the surface again, a practice that has left many ancient texts partially buried. In this case, ultraviolet imaging exposed four layers of writing. One of them turned out to be a previously unknown Old Syriac passage from Matthew, hidden below Greek text and later Georgian writing. WP Tech reported that Kessel dates the surviving copy to the sixth century, while the translation tradition behind it may go back as far as the third century. That makes it part of the earliest known phase of gospel transmission outside Greek. “This fragment is so far the only known trace of a fourth manuscript testifying to the Old Syriac version,” Kessel wrote in New Testament Studies. Why it matters The recovered passage corresponds to Matthew 12:1, where Jesus and his disciples move through grain fields on the Sabbath. In many modern versions, the disciples simply pick grain and eat it. The newly revealed Syriac wording adds another action, saying they “began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.” Live Science also cited Sebastian Brock, a retired Syriac scholar at the University of Oxford, who called it “an exciting discovery, and a brilliant piece of decipherment.” That difference may appear minor, but textual variants like this help scholars track how the gospels were copied, translated and interpreted across early Christian communities. Kessel has also suggested the fragment may once have belonged to a larger codex, raising the possibility that more pieces of the same manuscript still survive." Sources: WP Tech, Live Science, New Testament Studies https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/other/hidden-bible-passage-discovered-in-vatican-manuscript-using-uv-light/ar-AA1YEvGO?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a9408b7639e4390accd4cf1069fead5&ei=16

Actually it is. If people who refuse vaccination infect others, that would be immoral. One solution would be deporting anti-vaxxers.

It's a mistake to use the issues described in Romans 14 to excuse anti-vaxxers. If I refuse to eat food offered to idols because of my conscience, no one is impacted but me alone. If an anti-vaxxer falls ill, others are endangered by that illness. That's a huge difference. This is typical "religious" nonsense. My religion exalts me personally beyond my fellows. If you get Covid because of my conscience, that's your problem. My conscience is clear. Not sure what religion that is beyond "me myself and I."Reminds me of the "What is yours is mine, what is mine is mine" philosophy of life. Contributes to the hatred certain governments manifest towards Christianity.

I posted many things about Dolly Parton in the obituaries section. It got me thinking. We are different than most people. To me the purpose of this life, is to serve God and go to heaven. By serving Him, I mean following His instruction book, living a life of love with the focus on God and His principles. Children have been important to me, even though I started later in life. Their salvation, and my teaching to them have been important. Evangelism has been a big part of my life. But most people don't feel the way I do.

Her donation funded the critical early stages of development of the Moderna vaccine.[270] In March 2021, Parton was vaccinated against COVID-19 at Vanderbilt University. She labeled social media accounts of the occasion "Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine."[271] Parton strongly encouraged everyone to get vaccinated when eligible and performed a song celebrating her vaccination, set to the tune of her song "Jolene".[272][273][274]

She was the 4th of 12 children. Yet she had no children of her own. Parton was diagnosed with endometriosis and had a partial hysterectomy in her 30s, which affected her ability to have children, however she was married at 20, so we may never know what happened there. Seems sad, she was married to the same man for her whole life, a rare thing for an American celebrity, yet had no children. She was raised in the Church of God, but did not seem to have any affiliation as an adult.

The Trinity is: God the Father = All powerful, almighty, all glorious, final authority, universal. Old Testament term "El" God the Son = Personal, approachable. Old Testament term "YHWH" The Angel of the Lord who turns out to be the Lord, the Captain of the Lord's Host, Michael and other manifestations. God the Holy Spirit = God working with our subjective/existential experience Old Testament term "The Spirit of the Lord" and pictures of the Lord's leading. All three are seen as one God, We use the term "Trinity" The idea is in the Old Testament term "Elohim" a singular plural.

Sorry, that link is blocked. Anyway, if the "issue" has to do with the NIV being a bad version, I'll keep that in mind. My wife and I read it together [gospel of John] most nights. We have both been blessed by the reading. For study purposes, I use the KJV,ESV, NRSV, NASB, and YLT, consult the OL for word meanings and word range. The Online Bible has proved to be a real blessing for study, providing all of the above plus many more with just the click of a mouse.

This seems to be the best way.