Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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True Evangelism
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
In St. Paul’s mighty Epistle to the Romans he declares “the gospel [good news] of God… concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom. 1:1-3).
The good news which Paul proclaimed was essentially about Christ. He was always talking about Christ. His epistles were filled with Christ. In his message Christ was everything.
This is in striking contrast to much of modern evangelism, which is not Christ-centered, but man-centered. Dr. A. W. Tozer, shortly before his death, wrote:
“The flaw in current evangelism lies in its humanistic approach… It is frankly fascinated by the great, noisy, aggressive world with its big names, its hero worship, its wealth and pageantry… This gross misapprehension of the truth is back of much… of our present evangelical activity…
“This concept of Christianity is a radical error, and because it touches the souls of men it is a dangerous, even deadly, error… It is little more than a weak humanism allied with weak Christianity to give it ecclesiastical respectability… Invariably it begins with man and his needs and then looks around for God, while true Christianity reveals God as searching for man to deliver him from his ambitions.”
Tozer was right in this. God’s good news for the world is about Christ and His power and love in defeating Satan, overcoming death, nailing the Law to His cross and paying for man the just penalty for sin, so that all who believe might be justified. This is why Paul’s gospel is called in Scripture “the gospel [good news] of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24) and “the gospel of the glory of Christ” (II Cor. 4:4).
To enter experientially into the truth of this good news is the greatest blessing one can possibly enjoy.
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/true-evangelism/
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
2Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
✝️ God’s Plan to Save You
From the first chapters of Genesis through the closing scenes in Revelation, the Bible is the book of God’s salvation. From start to finish, its one unifying theme is that of grace and forgiveness for sinners through God’s redeeming work in Jesus Christ. Whatever else you gain through the reading of the Bible, it would be tragic if you missed the heart of its message for you—God’s gracious provision of Jesus Christ as the atonement for sin.
In the Beginning
When God created the heavens and the earth, His work was perfect and pure. God looked upon all He had created and judged it to be “very good” (Genesis 1:31). He took great pleasure in what He made, and the culmination of His creation came with Adam and Eve. They were made in the very image of God, which made them capable of having fellowship with God and bringing glory to His name (Genesis 1:27).
In the Garden of Eden, however, through deception and disobedience Adam and Eve sinned against God, causing a break in their relationship with Him. Sin is real, and sin is deadly. The guilt that resulted from their disobedience caused Adam and Eve to hide from God and attempt to cover their personal shame. Because they had disobeyed God’s command, they were now flawed and shameful in God’s presence.
Adam deliberately chose a path of self-will and rebellion, which brought sin and death—including spiritual death—into the world. “Sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned” (Romans 5:12)—the whole human race is affected by Adam’s sin.
To cover the shame and nakedness of Adam and Eve, the Lord made coats from an animal’s skin for them to wear (Genesis 3:21). God thus made the first sacrifice, and it followed the clear promise of a Redeemer when God pronounced these words of judgment upon the serpent, or Satan: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel” (Genesis 3:15). This prophetic word speaks of Jesus Christ and His death on the cross of Calvary.
Part 2 (of 7) continues tomorrow, God willing: The Story of Redemption
Sorry I missed Cursday. I’m a day late and a dollar short . . . I thought these two video complimented each other and told a story. Sure hope the images appear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HELAJmHIFwI
Sorry, guys.
The videos are quite good, very moving.
So far I don’t think any images in comments are appearing. Same for tweets, etc. That’s a feature probably coming later, provided the new software can handle images.
I missed greeting WeeWeed yesterday, so your not alone.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
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The U.S. government has spent more on Covid than World War I and I, combined (even after adjusting for inflation). The government has overspent on Covid by epic proportions. How much they’ve overspent and how much they should’ve spent is detailed in this article:
https://wrongthinkmedia.com/covid-cases/
And where has it gotten us ?
This whole scam has been in process for some time and the fraudulent installation of the tyrants in 2018 was the shield to let loose whatever this is.
I WROTE THIS EARLIER THIS YEAR:
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Does a Mask Glorify God?
Does God Want Us To Wear A Mask?
11 June 2020
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In regards to complying with the dictates of an executive order – not a law passed by the NYS Legislature in accordance with the NYS Constitution – as a requirement for permission for the body of Christ to meet in NYS, this is my response:
The Holy Scriptures, found in the Authorized Version in the English Language, is to be our final authority that each one of us will give account for at the judgment seat of Christ. Therefore, this response be constrained to using verses from the KJV and will not include the voluminous number of links that I have assembled in regards to the issues at hand (wearing of masks, “social distancing”, etc.) from a scientific, medical and societal perspective. Individuals who have placed a saving faith in the blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, I suspect, also wrote many of those articles published, most in the last three months.
First of all, I would like to address the subject of government. I would like to cite examples of individuals not complying with an order. Bishop Alex Kurz did several messages on that topic a few years ago. I can no longer find them on the new website of Shorewood Bible Church:
( http://www.shorewoodbiblechurch.org )
Ex 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Ac 5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Heb 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
Briefly summing up brother Alex’s messages, if we choose to take a stand for biblical principals, we must also suffer the punishment doled out to us by an unjust, evil government. Some recent examples would be:
1) Losing your job as a clerk because you would not issue marriage licenses to sodomites.
2) Legal and civil repercussions for refusing to bake a wedding cake for sodomites.
3) Losing a job because you refuse to process driver’s licenses for illegal aliens that are in this country unlawfully.
Daniel 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Paul himself did not subject himself to every whim of governmental “authority:
2Co 11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
Second, I would like to cover the issue of masking the face and covering/disguising ones identity. The word “face” occurs 444x in the KJV. Many of those occurrences do not involve the human face.
Ge 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
I have found only two instances where the covering of one’s face was not associated with a negative connotation.
Exodus34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
Genesis 24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
The face is what distinguishes each one of us from the billions of other humans that have lived, as well as are currently living on earth.
Ps 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Here are a few instances where covering of the face is associated with shame, mourning, fear, deception, judgment, or intentional hiding one’s individual identity that was given to them by God.
Ge 38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
1Sa 28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
2Sa 19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
1Ki 19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
1Ki 20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
1Ki 22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
2Ch 35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Ezr 9:6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Es 7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
Job 13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Job 24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Eze 12:6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
Eze 12:12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
Mr 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
Lu 22:64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
Third, in Scripture we find that when the Lord is displeased with the children of Israel, very frequently the phrase is used of “hiding his face” from them. I will only cite this briefly with examples. Time constraints prevent me from counting them:
Le 20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
2Ch 30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
Ps 27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Fourth, the face is important in human interactions, including fellowship in the body of Christ, in Scripture:
Ge 32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
Ge 44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
2Ki 14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
2Ch 25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
Ga 1:22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
Col 2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
1Th 2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
1Th 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
2Jo 1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
3Jo 1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
Fifth, since we are the “body of Christ”, my position is that we are NOT to cover our face from the world, outside of established, scientific medical reasons –such as working in an operating room in a hospital setting.
Masks are generally useless against viruses. Today virtually all boxes of masks have that disclaimer on them. As members of the body of Christ, we are to shine forth as lights in a lost and dying world. How do we do that with our faces covered by a mask?
Mt 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
1Co 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
2Co 3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Ro 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
How are we “conformed to the image of his son” by publicly covering our faces?
Sixth, Paul the apostle to the gentiles, states that the man ought not to cover his head:
1Co 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
I have already provided an example of a woman covering her face:
Ge 38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
Seventh, we know satan is the god of this world. He seeks to corrupt and destroy all that is good. This wearing of masks is another satanic attack on mankind, just like corrupting the human gene pool. This virus scare is being used by Satan in too many ways for me to continue elaborating on here.
Ge 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Ge 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
How does our light shine onto the unsaved if our faces are covered, just like them?
Ro 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
In conclusion, these are my verses and rational for refusing to wear a mask and acquiescing to unlawful and unreasonable dictates of a governmental authority. The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the land.
Government has no business telling the church, the body of Christ, how and when we are to meet and imposing conditions and restrictions upon us. Paul himself stood up for his rights as a Roman citizen:
Ac 16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
Ac 22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
. I am not willing to compromise my beliefs and convictions in this matter. I
Man is a spirit, soul and body. Indiscriminate wearing of masks is not only unhealthy physically, but also has mental and spiritual consequences as well.
Sincere regards in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ,
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Another example of Lyle Lovett’s songwriting genius. A chance encounter in a 7-11 turns into a song of loneliness at Christmastime. People who make a living on the road are often away on Christmas. And we can all fill in the blanks about that experience . . .
Reading the complete Psalms every month…
Morning Psalm reading: 18, 19, and 20 (LXX numbering); 19, 20, and 21 (Masoretic numbering)
Evening Psalm reading: 21, 22, and 23 (LXX numbering); 22, 23, and 24 (Masoretic numbering)
Hummm, got another comment put in moderation on the overnight thread.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/12/joseph-mercola/landmark-study-finds-masks-are-ineffective/
“…The so-called “Danmask-19 Trial,” published November 18, 2020, in the Annals of Internal Medicine,3 included 3,030 individuals assigned to wear a surgical face mask and 2,994 unmasked controls. Of them, 80.7% completed the study.
To qualify, participants had to spend at least three hours per day outside the home and not be required to wear a mask during their daily work. At the end of the study, participants reported having spent a median of 4.5 hours per day outside the home.
For one month, participants in the mask group were instructed to wear a mask whenever they were outside their home. Surgical face masks with a filtration rate of 98% were supplied. In accordance with recommendations from the World Health Organization, participants were instructed to change their mask after eight hours…”
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2020/12/03/welcome-to-micromobility/
“…You can see these things in urban areas all over the country – as they are being heavily nudged via sweetheart contracts with the providers, who profit from a corollary campaign to kick cars out of urban areas via “road diets” (the reducing of traffic lanes, as from two to one each way so as to make traffic worse) and even by the outright elimination of asphalt for cars, replaced by “walkable” (and electric-pedal-bike-able) downtown cores.
It’s easier to corral the cattle this way.
Note that none of this is organic – the result of market forces, of people freely choosing that it makes sense. Instead it is being forced on the people, to thwart their free choice – of a piece with the “mandates” to wear the Holy Rag and (soon) the “mandate” to submit to a vaccination.
To several vaccinations – as there will be more than just one, once the principle is normalized that it is acceptable to force people to submit to this injection. To believe it will be limited to just this injection is to believe that allowing the government to tax one thing won’t mean it will tax other things….”
It should be understood that the leftist will effectively legislate you out of their hospitals and off their roads. They will drive you out of their chosen cities and states through taxes and even more onerous regulations. Driving out their tax base does not concern them. It’s a zero sum game with the leftist and they’ve gone all in this time to steal the election for the Democrats.
Xiden’s plans include bailing out NY/NYC, CA, IL, using taxpayer $$ (read loot the treasury), and printing the rest which will become the largest stealth tax in US history. #stopthesteal
In washington they’re going after peoples’ private water wells.
For all their power, Big Tech and the Main Sewer Media do not have a military.
Forty-five (45) days after November 3 is Zos Chanukah.
“Big Tech and the Main Sewer Media do not have a military.”
Depends on what you mean by “military”. CIA, FBI, NSA and other deep state entities seem to be doing a fine job filling in.
Good morning. Yesterday I tried to post, but I think it was unsuccessful. Hopefully today works!
Is the Prayer Requests going to open up again? It still shows comments are closed when I go to it.
Just asking, as that was part of my routine every day the last few years. And for a crusty old Marine, it’s hard to change your habits!! LOL! Reveille= 0530 PT= 0545
Colors! = 0800!!!! My neighbor went two years before he screwed up enough courage to ask why I blew a whistle when I raised the Colors every morning!!
Oh, and congratulations on the successful transfer to the new site. Admins here are wonderful!. I e-mailed a question to the TCH and Menagerie responded in about 5 minutes!
BZ Sundance and crew.
Thank you, daddy – THANK YOU!!
Mornin’ infidels!
https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob1/status/1334455892234940418
That is a riot! Mornin’ WeeWeed! It’s a great job you folks are doing.
Mornin’ WeeWeed! Frost on the pumpkin this morning. I will win because that thing is roasting in my oven.
Mornin’ WeeWeed
TGIF
Good mornin WeeWeed
Back on the road yet? Still moving cans of garbage. More restrictions out here from comrade innslee.
No. I have surgery on the 9th. At least three days in the hospital after that and then two weeks bed rest at home.
I do not expect to be back to work any earlier than the end of the 2nd week of January.
I am miserable now and am to the the point where I can’t wait for the day of surgery.
LOL! Afternoon, Wee.
the photo of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is still connected to word press. i get a 404 error when expanding photo to refleck and pray before reading the daily news. thank you for all you do.
Prayers for the treehouse and all American patriots today. May the Lord smile on your lives and efforts to do what is right in His sight. May the Lord reveal the truth through the work of His followers so that our nation may return to Him and seek His favor.
I opened my CTH yesterday and was in the year 2011. I started reading and found some interesting blogs and posts, not all by Sundance. ZMalfoy had a long reflection on her spiritual journey, which I found compelling and honest and a little frightening because I have encountered some of the forces she was writing about in much the same way she did. Only, I ran from those spirits after commanding them in God’s name to leave me alone. They check in occasionally, but leave promptly when told. I now understand the term “unclean spirits” from personal acquaintance. The world as described in the Old Testament is not a metaphor for man’s ego.
I think that when one realizes the evil in this world is really and actually embodied in
Satan and his demons, it wakes you up to the real spiritual war we are all involved in, whether we know it or not.
Our country is involved in this war . Our whole culture is shuddering under Satan’s rule. Pray for help. These forces are deceitful but powerless against prayer.
People must recognize evil before it can be defeated. Most people don’t believe in evil and Satan anymore, and thus are powerless to defend themselves.
I agree Menagerie! I would add, that when the Evil one shows you who he is, believe him. Facing the ugly truth gives you spiritual armor.
If there’s any silver lining to the situation we are in, a great many people are now firm believers in the existence of “good & evil”. My own faith is stronger than its ever been
My thoughts exactly, sneakers!
True, but that is kinda like preaching to the choir. I want us to evangelize the ones who are succumbing to secular poison.
old sneakers…I am in complete agreement. The “gray” area is slowly shrinking, and more and more people are seeing that there really IS a vast difference between the good and the bad. I personally believe this is one reason Donald Trump is our President at this point in time…to sharpen the contrast between good and evil…
Just say’n… 😉
An oldie; but still true…
Satanist Pope Francis Sides With Bill Gates And Says COVID Vaccine Must Be ‘Universal And For All People’ Despite Being Made From Aborted Baby Parts
https://humansarefree.com/2020/08/satanist-pope-francis-sides-with-bill-gates-and-says-covid-vaccine-must-be-universal-and-for-all-people-despite-being-made-from-aborted-baby-parts.html
I agree Menagerie too!
I recall the late Paul Harvey stating Satan’s greatest triumph was getting people to believe he doesn’t exist.
I been saying for years that Satan walks the Earth. The events of the last 20 years have only strengthened this belief.
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Menagerie, What happened to all the people who commented here in earlier years? These spiritual questions that CTH dived into remain with us today and are even more relevant. I see you here, and wee weed. Quite eloquent, I must say.
The pat answer that God loves us may be true to some extent. God loves us but He expects us to not only return the favor, but carry the ball forward no matter what the cost.
I wonder, God wants us to love Him even more than country, family, children. That is His expectation.
THE LAW OF ANTAGONISM
“To him that overcometh…” Rev. ii. 7
Life without war is impossible either in nature or in grace. The basis of physical, mental, moral, and spiritual life is antagonism. This is the open fact of life.
Health is the balance between physical life and external nature, and it is maintained only by sufficient vitality on the inside against things on the outside. Everything outside my physical life is designed to put me to death. Things which keep me going when I am alive, disintegrate me when I am dead. If I have enough fighting power, I produce the balance of health. The same is true of the mental life. If I want to maintain a vigorous mental life, I have to fight, and in that way the mental balance called thought is produced.
Morally it is the same. Everything that does not partake of the nature of virtue is the enemy of virtue in me, and it depends on what moral calibre I have whether I overcome and produce virtue. Immediately I fight, I am moral in that particular. No man is virtuous because he cannot help it; virtue is acquired.
And spiritually it is the same. Jesus said, “In the world ye shall have tribulation,” i.e., everything that is not spiritual makes for my undoing, but – “Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” I have to learn to score off the things that come against me, and in that way produce the balance of holiness; then it becomes a delight to meet opposition.
Holiness is the balance between my disposition and the law of God as expressed in Jesus Christ.
Oswald Chambers
December 4th Devotional
Mornin’ WeeWeed! Frost on the pumpkin this morning. I will win because that thing is roasting in my oven.
Hell is a real place. The only people to have witnessed it are the three children of Fatima.
It was only for a couple of seconds. Each one said it was so frightening they would have died on the spot if Our Blessed Mother had not previously shown them a vision of Heaven and been told they would all go there.
“The only people to have witnessed it are the three children of Fatima.”
You might get an argument from those who have been in war regarding that point. You also might get an argument from those who have been imprisoned, abused and trafficked.
If a person went searching for hell and found Earth, it might fit the bill for many. So yes, it’s a real place and for many it is here and now.
Trump team now has a Dominion machine from Ware County, #Georgia with EVIDENCE of Trump votes being switched to Biden.
Source: John Fredericks on Steve Bannon War Room
Start at 52:30
https://twitter.com/JamesThe17th/status/1334649322533740545
“This is not available to you”
That is what came up when I clicked the link.
I also tried refreshing the page.
IDK
I closed it out and then after I posted that comment I tried it again.
Twitter opened up fine to where it was suppose to (I am not on any “social media”)
I get that at seemingly random intervals too. The only common denominator is that the blocked content is usually something the left would dislike.
I’ve always been able to get to the content with one or two page refreshes at most. I’ve taken to opening most twitter pages in anonymous browsing windows after stripping off all referrer information, (everything after the long number, from the question mark leftward) It might help a little, hard to tell, but it does deprive twitter of useful data.
✨?⭐️?coming soon – Dec 21 2020
‘Christmas Star’ to light up the skies for the first time in 800 years
Jupiter and Saturn to align in the sky this month as ‘Christmas Star’
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/jupiter-and-saturn-to-align-in-the-sky-this-month-as-christmas-star
Test
Test. Try this one
America in Turmoil: Making Sense of What’s Happening
During the year 2020, the United States has been trying to cope with three major crises simultaneously: (1) the coronavirus, or Covid-19—which many believe will return in a more virulent form; (2) the severe economic consequences of large-scale shut downs in response to the virus; and (3) widespread riots and acts of civil disobedience and, in some cases, violence—all triggered by the murder of a black suspect by a white police officer in Minnesota. These events are not coincidental or unrelated, and I believe all of them are being used by enemies of America as opportunities to undermine the presidency of Donald Trump and the Constitutional government of the United States.
https://sign.org/articles/america-in-turmoil-making-sense-of-whats-happening-203084
‘No one had done this before’: Data expert details major push to investigate 2020 voter fraud
President’s legal team, FBI have sought out voter data gathered by veteran tech worker.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/no-one-had-done-data-expert-details-major-effort-investigate-2020-voter
Is this the Season of Santa Claus?
No.
The true Santa Claus is Saint Nicholas of Myra the Wonderworker.
He points the way to our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
Saint Nicholas was one of the Bishops who attended the First Œcumenical Synod in Nicæa in 330. (At that time, the Church adopted the Patristic Calendar and Paschalion that most Orthodox Christians still use today.)
This link is to the Saint Nicholas Center, which has a huge abundance of materials for all ages and backgrounds.
http://www.stnicholascenter.org
Now I have the purple screen and the format is screwed up.
Testing to see if I can comment
Americans are faced with the following choice –
1. Continue to follow the government mandated lock down while watching their life erode (based on faulty projections and models regarding the China coronavirus) –
2. Get back to work.
It’s time for America to wake up and look at the real numbers behind the China coronavirus. If we are truly experiencing a “historic” pandemic with unprecedented deaths then this should be obvious in the data. We should see our total deaths for the first four months of 2020 greatly exceed the previous years’ numbers where there was no pandemic, but this is not the case.
Your life, your freedoms, your family, your country is being destroyed by politicians, on purpose. YOU are allowing these people to be your masters. Our legislature refuses to take the power away from our radical Governors and give people back their lives. Think about it.
It’s Time For A Constitutional Convention called by We the People
No matter how this election turns out American freedom will never be safe in the hands of politicians or political party’s. It’s time for we the people to alter the way we elect and organize our governments, county, state and federal. The American patriot must once again take back and protect the most cherished possession on planet earth,freedom.
We the People (each American citizen) is the sovereign power in America. As stated in our Declaration of Independence; We are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers only from us, the sovereigns. Whenever ANY Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right and responsibility of the People to alter or to abolish it. As the sovereigns that is our daily life-long obligation.
It is not the purpose of our courts Supreme or otherwise to politicize and control the sovereign powers with decisions that support a political goal. It is not their purpose to determine whether the U.S. Constitution any longer applies. Their purpose is to ensure all laws passed and actions taken by our government comply with the guidelines outlined in our constitution. It is time to realize that very rarely can any human being be trusted with a lifetime appointment to serve justice.
Loyalty to a government operating outside of the restraints of the constitution whether condoned by our corrupt courts or not is not an obligation of we the people. We the People are the sovereigns. We are the authorities overseeing our President, Governors, Senates, Houses of Representatives and the Courts, state or federal. We are the ultimate judges. To assume West Virginia is without corruption would be a fool’s assumption.
The road to recovery has no need to be bloody or even difficult. Simple changes could be readily be achieved by agreement of selected representatives of We the People not politicians. We cannot depend on the corrupt politicians or political party’s to fix what they have created that would be insane. It will take the conviction of millions of the American sovereigns.
Simple modifications such as these could provide the protection from corruption that at this time is inadequate in our constitution.
All elections will be conducted on paper ballots
No reference to a political affiliation on ballots.
Provide an option for “No acceptable candidates
Voter ID will be mandatory
All completed ballots must be signed by the voter and have their thumb print next to the signature.
All office seekers:
must complete and successfully pass a course on their state and the U.S. Constitution and code.
All electee’s must take oath of office on the bible.
All electee’s must sign a contract obligating them to serve IAW the related constitution and code. (Essentially becoming an independent contractor)
Congressman will be awarded 1 base year with 1 optional year when elected.
Judges (local,state or federal) and Senators (state and federal) will be awarded 1 base year with 3 option years whether elected or appointed.
All political jurisdictions must establish a Political/contractual evaluation committee for the purpose of annual evaluation of officials serving in elected office.
All federal office holders must establish their home office in state and/or district they represent.
The federal senate and congressional bodies will meet in U.S. capital for 2 months twice annually to conduct federal business.
No longer can we allow any form of government to be unaccountable.
And as I predicted, the normalization of drugs as a reward for a Democratic win begins. The House (Democrats) has passed a bill decriminalizing marijuana nationwide The bill would decriminalize marijuana, expunge the convictions of those convicted of non-violent marijuana crimes and put a 5% tax on its sale.
The bill’s almost surely dead in the Senate but it will come back in the midterms as a club to hit Republican Senators when they run. It’s going to be a slow process but as with Denver and the Left Coast we’ll see the harder drugs decriminalized – I’m betting California will push for cocaine – and ‘safe’ houses set up where junkies can shoot up under medical supervision and without LEA interference. America…a giant Amsterdam.
Doped up and dumbed down.
Just the way the rulers want’em.
(Heroin, meth & peyote
was decriminalized in Oreg0n
at the election last month.)
~ President Elect Vespucciland
Until I read this excellent piece by Andrew Torba, I did not realize that Jesus Christ was a populist. Wow! Indeed He was. And He provided the model for populism.
https://news.gab.com/2020/12/02/how-to-unify-the-american-populist-movement/
Never Surrender…
#GITMOCANHOLDThemALL
This is meant to nest under Deplorable_Infidel’s “True Evangelism”
I was once told that, whatever people did to bring you to Christ, do that. For me, it was patiently explaining the Scriptures, love, & truth. I later discovered this verse, which clarified what I sensed about the people who brought me to Him:
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self control. . .” – Galatians 5:22-23 NASB
25 WORDS
by John Denney
Listen to these fifteen words,
The Gospel of Jesus Christ:
Christ died for our sins,
Then rose from the dead,
Just as the prophets said.
For those of us who don’t want to join twatter we can still search people’s accounts and see what their doing. I find it strange when going to the last refuge and bookmark it and try and bring it back up as the bookmark it comes back with Lin Woods twatter as does when you try and bookmark Sidney Powell’s page.
Prayer request, Situation Critical. My Dad who has a pacemaker and 2.5 years ago had a procedure to stop and re-sync his heart, fell ill over Thanksgiving weekend. BP readings were wonky, dizzy spells, weird pains…weekend in hospital and rest and prayers helped. Similar issues Wednesday afternoon and Mom(Maxines’, from MBOB’s, daughter)took no chances and got him to the hospital. Yesterday at noon, I was first notified.
He was on the way into surgery to have a pump inserted via catheter(I think this is similar to how dialysis is done?)…4PM yesterday we got the good news that the pump was not needed and he was responding to drug treatment.
Fast forward to now, no changes. Still ventilated with possible organ damage, but, the fact he did not need the pump is encouraging. Waiting for kidney function to restore before easing off meds and waking up and removing trachea tube and assessing his condition.
The waiting is the hardest part. My Father has always been very private with his health. He did not want to let us know over the weekend so as not to worry us, but when he went back in on Wednesday, he decided it was time to let us know. Trying not to read too much into that but it is weighing heavy as coming out of surgery they said next 24-36 hours are situation critical.
Great doctor is texting Mom and very responsive. Hard not being able to be there with my dear Father.
Please pray for my father, and work really hard at it please.
Thank you for listening.
BTW, also pray for my wife and kids. Wife is still not well and I have a big back surgery that has been delayed due to Covid multiple times on 12/22. We have held nothing back from my kids who are 12 and 14. It is a lot to process things like this in real time and live in COVID America.
Hug your kids. Call your Dad. Call your Mom. Life is precious, every single moment of it!
I will pray for him and your family.
God Bless you!
Praying for your family, carterzest.
May we please have some more substantive information on hydrychloridoxicrine?
Much thanks
As we are now aware the voting system in the United States is and has been corrupted beyond anyone’s imagination. That simply means we no longer have a republic. We in fact have political dictators that were selected by corrupt political party’s running our government offices and agency’s. They control our lives. As long as a politically controlled elective system remains in existence We the People cannot claim to be citizens of a republic. For some time we have simply been comrades serving our masters. If President Trump had not been elected we would now be under total control of some of the wealthiest and most evil people that exist on this planet.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. If you and I were not a Democrat or a republican but were instead Americans there would be no problem.
I, for one, will join with anyone as long as you want to change the miserable conditions that exists in this country. The future will only belong to those that stand up for it today. Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything, they just cry over their condition. But, when they get angry, they bring about change. The time has come to get angry. Dammed angry
Just say’n… 😉
Crazy Alex being crazy Alex
#GITMOCANHOLDThemALL
https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1335020743285862400
Just say’n… 😉
Did anyone else hear,
“I am the CEO of Google”;
“I am the Establishment.”?
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
A prayer for Justice Kavanaugh and Gen. Flynn:
Prayer to St. Michael
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle;
be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do you, O prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits
who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
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He is very jealous of your trust. The Lord Jesus will not permit you to trust in yourself or another. HE is the Lion Who overcame for you and deserves your devotion
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He is very jealous of your trust. The Lord Jesus will not permit you to trust in yourself or another. HE is the Lion Who overcame for you and Who deserves your devotion and trust.