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NEA example: https://washingtonstand.com/news/federal-grants-funded-singing-bearded-ladies-iceskating-show-for-children-rand-pauls-report Peace

FYI: examples of NEA grants in 2024. https://www.arts.gov/news/press-releases/2024/national-endowment-arts-announces-more-32-million-arts-funding-organizations-nationwide Peace

Thanks to all for clarifications. Speaking of questionable works of art: the National Endowment for the Arts has a budget of $36M (taxpayer dollars). Not clear how much of that, if any, funds the substantial number of staff (rivaling in size many city councils of American towns)...

Thank you for your post. Well: the people of South Vietnam fought hard, but . . . . The people in Afghanistan fought hard (maybe), but . . . . 1 Thessalonians 4: 10 . . . But we urge you, brethren, that you increase more and more; 11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your...

Thank you for this strange post. ”PatriotTakes” is an activist whose purpose is “to monitor and expose right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy.” Their posts are on various social media platforms. Do they tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? People who...

The Pope was in the news again, chastising the U.S. for the deportations underway. The charge is that immigrants who snuck in, did so to have a better life, etc. The premise is that apparently the U.S. is the only country where they can have a good life, or maybe it’s that they are owed the best...

Thank you for a rather limiting definition of “immortal.” Does it make any sense to speak of God, and God alone, as immortal? Will God gather us to Him until He decides to cast into oblivion? (Interesting questions, but surely not giving anyone anxiety.) Exodus 3: 13 Moses said to God...

Thank you for your reply. Surely these missionaries would have gone elsewhere if God thought they should be elsewhere. We find it difficult to understand why God has assigned us particular lives with particular tasks. Part of the problem is that although God will help us understand WHAT we...

Thank you for joining in. Actually, David “inquired of the Lord” a number of times, sometimes with the help of a priest (umin and thummim?), sometimes in an unspecified way. See, e.g., 2 Samuel 2. Blessings.

Thank you for your interesting post. In 1 Samuel 16, God said He had not only rejected Saul but He was going to anoint someone else. On the other hand, David said repeatedly he would not lift a hand against Saul, because Saul was the Lord’s anointed. Did David not know God had rejected Saul...

Thank you for your post. Aren’t we told these immigrants snuck in to the U.S. just for a better life? Aren’t many just neighbors escaping persecution? Is it possible the “open borders” crowd is being dishonest? Satan: clever as always. Blessings.

Thank you for your post. So: do we need government to pass laws to keep people from hurting themselves, or (with the help of the Holy Spirit) should we instead persuade people to turn to God (and treat their bodies as temples to the Lord)? Our constitution is based on our natural rights—life...

Thank you for your post. Do you suppose any of the false prophets decried by Jeremiah, Matthew, etc. were funded by the establishment priesthood? Blessings

Thank you for your interesting post. ”Honey, this marriage isn’t working for me. The sooner you pack and leave the better.” Chutzpah on steroids. Blessings.

Thank you for your post. So far, all of the alleged raids into schools, churches, and hospitals have turned out to be false. But can a wanted criminal alien take indefinite refuge in one of those places? No. (This is an old trick of the power-hungry at the expense of even their own people...

Thank you for your persuasive list. Note: often, on X, I may choose to view the comments on a dishonest post. These precepts should also apply when deciding to support those comments favorably or not at all. By the way, Jesus also called out specific groups as hypocrites. (“Woe to you...

Thank you for your post and great message. You might get some grief for saying that people of the world who don’t know Jesus will be judged by their works, but I agree. Consider also Romans 2: 14,15. The Apostle found gentiles who practiced Love Thy Neighbor (although they might have used...

Thank you for replying. A new criticism! If one posts a link about a current event, take a stance! (In the past, no matter what my comment was, either 6 members told me I needed to study my Bible more, or there were zero comments.) So: Until VP Vance brought it up, I had never heard of “ordo...

Thank you for your reply. This topic and what he said are easily found in a simple search, but OK, here is one of many posts: https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/vice-president-vance-and-a-call-for-good-public-theology/ Peace.

VP J D Vance has unabashedly put a discussion of Love Thy Neighbor in the spotlight. The theme: “ordo amoris.” Comments? https://classicallyhomeschooling.com/ordo-amoris/ Blessings.