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Thanks for your inspiring post. Regarding choices of songs: services are centered on thanks to God for blessings received and prayers for particular, timely blessings. The guest speaker will remind the congregation of God’s expectations and promises for us. The primary purpose of the music...

“Go ahead stick your head in the sand”?!? This type of interchange is common on X and (so I am told) Bluesky. We may disagree, but can we do so as good Christians? The goal of zero tariffs was championed by Milton Friedman, who said that citizens of a country are better served by the...

A new presidential executive order declares English to be America’s official language. Clearly, long overdue. Consider the follow verses from The Ballad of Davy Crocket: Born on a mountain top in Tennessee Greenest state in the land of the free Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree...

Thank you for your comments. It is kind of you to be concerned about increased costs for U.S. customers when tariffs are imposed. Of course Canada already imposes tariffs on some U.S. goods, such as dairy products, which should make you angry with your government. President Trump’s...

Thanks for posting. Two different perspectives: what is best for the country versus what is best for a political party (and each party member: power, prestige, wealth leached from taxpayers, . . . ). Note also: one party says our government is a servant of the people, and should give priority...

Thank you all for your comments. Here is a related set of incidents followed by questions. There have been a number of self-videos lately, mostly from young women who are often federal employees, complaining about the expectations the new administration has for their continued employment. The...

Politicians and their fellow travelers will play the “religion” card whenever they think it will gain traction. They say that Candidate So-and-So’s religion means he/she will subvert the oath of office. Or, “how could you vote for someone not a Christian?” The U.S. Constitution is based on our...

Thanks for the posts. Is there gold in Fort Knox? How many dead people are receiving monthly checks? Will our standard of living increase as never before? Will there be a cure for cancer (and other horrible diseases)? Will the ambivalent American public turn back to God? (No matter...

Thank you for your question. Not sure who the “you” refers to. It is God who does the commanding. Recall: Jesus told us that on the two great commandments, Love God and Love Your Neighbor, hang all of the law and the prophets. So, the details must be in the first 5 books of the Bible, plus...

Amen. And many who reply to posts either do not read carefully, or reinterpret the original in a completely unintended way. At times, too much anger, shouting, and ad hominems. Are some posts maliciously provocative? One would hope not. What is good is when scripture is discussed for...

Thank you for your reply. You appear to be angry or frustrated with my replies, but I am not sure why. I have been trying to make sense of your posts, but not succeeding. Having read and re-read your posts, it must be that my limited brain and knowledge of scripture are the source of the...

Thank you for the erudite analysis. It sounds like you are espousing Arianism or a theology analogous to Arianism. Yes/no? Does this belief mean that Jesus’ sudden appearance in the upper room (John 20) was brought about by God, and Jesus could not have done so by himself? Peace.

Thank you all for your posts. What about Matthew 1:22? All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). And again I ask: how will one’s belief about...

Thank you all for your posts. Please help me understand why this question is important. Also, From scripture—Colossians 2:9 : "For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form." So, apparently this verse is open to more than one interpretation? Blessings.

Thank you for the summary. Update: from the Dept. of Agriculture—-$324,000 for DEIA integrated pest management. https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1031602-increasing-deia-programming-for-integrated-pest-management-ipm-a-model-for-usda-nifa-funded-organizations.html In the last...

Thank you for your thought. At the moment, we do not know what the final settlement will be. President Trump wants to be strategic, and deliver the best outcome for America. Yes, we can sympathize with Ukraine losing territory, but unless you believe a better outcome is possible, given the...

Recently, God thought I should watch a movie titled, “Have a Little Faith,“ and I am glad He did. The story follows the faith journeys of a number of people, with excellent lessons along the way for them and us. An intriguing question was posed at one point: after you die, if you had 5 minutes...

Thank you for all the questions. It sounds like you might be overthinking the meaning of the two Great Commandments. Being a simple guy, my perspective is to keep my understanding of Jesus‘ words as clear as possible. To begin, Jesus saw the effect of the Pharisees etc. assuming they were the...

Thank you for responding. If my house were burning, and my neighbor welcomed me, I would be grateful for assistance. But if I said to my neighbor, thanks but I am going to drive to a richer neighborhood, that would be insensitive and arrogant. We do not have, nor should we have, an unlimited...

Thank you for the post. In 2020, J Biden received a (miraculous) 80 million votes, and ushered in 4 disastrous years: economically, foreign policy, national security, rule of law, etc. And now, the Trump Presidency 2.0 looks an order-of-magnitude stronger and wiser than it might have been...