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“Bear one another’s burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). Those who walk by the Spirit will lovingly bear one another’s burdens. The Lord Jesus presents love for God and love for our neighbor as the great summary of the entire Law (Matt. 22:37-40). It only makes sense, then, that love will characterize the life of any Christian who is walking by the Spirit. Love will also be an integral part of any Spirit-assisted ministry to others. Paul tells us in today’s verse that when we help other believers hold up their particular burdens, we are obeying...

The US and UK are concerned that Russia is sharing nuclear secrets with Iran, as well as classified information which may aid Iran in achieving its nuclear goals, Bloomberg and the Guardian reported. According to the report, the information is provided in exchange for Tehran's provision of ballistic missiles to Moscow, to be used in Russia's war against Ukraine. On Friday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met US President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. Following the two leaders' personal meeting, they held an expanded meeting attended by both countries' foreign policy teams. At the meetings, the sides discussed the Russia-Ukraine...

The Muslim American Public Affairs Council, an organization which advocates for the American Muslim community at all levels of government, officially endorsed Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein this week. In a video released on Thursday, Dr. Khodr Zaarour, the chair of MAPAC, praised Stein for her support of Palestinian rights and her campaign’s nationally-focused advocacy. “Her genuine care for our community was evident when she spent hours with us, listening, engaging, and offering solutions grounded in justice and humanity,” Zaarour stated. He also commended Stein for selecting Dr. Butch Ware as her vice presidential running mate. Zaarour expressed...

School leavers who did badly in their exams can still have a career as a spy in the secret security services, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. MI5 is looking for potential spies with just one GCSE, providing the qualification is in English and it's a grade 4 or above. Spymasters hope to recruit dozens of school leavers or older adults on a starting salary of £32,000. The role – called a Foundation Analyst – involves examining data, such as audio files, from potential state enemies to see if they are linked to terrorists, extremists or organised crime gangs. Most...

For many people, an enjoyable summer staple food is a scoop of their favorite ice cream. What they may not know is that this creamy treat often contains refined dietary fibers, such as guar gum, that could have negative effects on intestinal health, according to researchers. Guar gum is a common food additive used for its thickening and stabilizing characteristics in ice cream, processed cheeses, bakery products, salad dressings, beverages and more. However, a recent study discovered that ultra-processed diets containing guar gum showed an increased likelihood of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in an animal model. To determine the...

John Cullen Joins Jeffrey Prather To Discuss New Developments In The Trump Assassination Investigation.

@LauraLoomer I should sue Bill Maher @billmaher for Defamation. This is beyond the pale and it’s a complete and blatant lie. I have never in my life seen such a coordinated attack by the mainstream Media, the White House and leftist personalities to target a private citizen and investigative journalist simply because I flew on a plane and I support Donald Trump. This is unacceptable. And it’s a full blown LIE and incredibly disrespectful to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. It’s very obvious some type of memo went out because the reaction to what I said is completely...

Your host back with you again it's good to be moving forward a mature adult in the room with you more grown up. "Puff the Magic Dragon" the little boy leaves childhood fantasy... I got the newsgathering instinct back then would write down what I heard and take it to school to tell others at the lunch table about what I heard from the other places. And here I am your host... Obsession with politics leads to other kinds of obsession frankly... I was one within 24 inches of Taylor Swift early in her career she was working the autograph...

Christopher Rufo reported: Donald Trump shocked audiences at this week’s presidential debate with the claim that foreign migrants were eating household pets in Springfield, Ohio, a small town currently reeling under the strain of an unprecedented number of new arrivals, mostly from Haiti. “They’re eating the dogs,” Trump said. “They’re eating the cats.” Reactions on both sides were spirited. Conservative social media accounts created memes that portrayed Trump, dressed in camouflage, and toting heavy weapons, as the savior of innocent pets. There was even a viral TikTok trend, which chopped up Trump’s speech and set it to dance music. “They’re...

Vice President Kamala Harris recently sat down for her first solo interview since securing the Democratic nomination, but the outcome did not go as smoothly as some may have hoped. The interview, conducted by ABC News reporter Brian Taff and aired on ABC 6, raised concerns about the network’s editorial decisions, particularly in how Harris’ responses were presented to viewers. During the short interview, Harris was asked to provide specific actions she would take to lower costs for Americans, a pressing issue as inflation continues to impact households across the country. However, instead of offering a clear, concise response, Harris...

A resident of Springfield, OH, has told a city commission meeting that locals are being displaced from their homes to make way for Haitian migrants. The man, who has not been named, said the federal government was paying “triple the rent” for Haitians arriving in the town, thus incentivizing landlords to prioritize immigrants over existing residents. Addressing the city commission, the resident – who said he’d worked with the homeless community for more than 25 years – said he didn’t know of “a single homeless Haitian in this town because they all got vouchers” from the federal government. A resident...

Interceptions reported to the North of Tel Aviv and Central Israel.

Presidential debates are remembered for the candidates’ pithy one-liners. But in the chaotic political landscape of 2024, a simple statement of fact served as the showstopper on Tuesday’s showdown between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born,” said ABC News moderator Linsey Davis in the matter-of-fact style familiar to viewers who watch her on the Sunday edition of “ABC World News Tonight” and her nightly streaming newscast “ABC News Live Prime.” Her correction was a response to Trump’s claim that the...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Three sisters from Ohio who inherited a dime kept in a bank vault for more than 40 years knew it had some value. But they had no idea just how much until just a few years ago. The extraordinarily rare coin, struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975, could bring more than $500,000, said Ian Russell, president of GreatCollections, which specializes in currency and is handling an online auction that will end in October. What makes the dime depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt so valuable is a missing “S” mint mark for San...

Young women are more liberal than they have been in decades, according to a Gallup analysis of more than 20 years of polling data. Over the past few years, about 4 in 10 young women between the ages of 18 and 29 have described their political views as liberal, compared with two decades ago when about 3 in 10 identified that way. For many young women, their liberal identity is not just a new label. The share of young women who hold liberal views on the environment, abortion, race relations and gun laws has also jumped by double digits, Gallup...

Tequila is the fastest-growing spirit category in the United States. Here’s a list of the 20 most medaled Blanco Tequila expressions. All of them have won gold or higher awards or scored more than 90 points in at least five international spirit competitions over the last decade. Each is worthy of the Tequila Hall of Fame, and each is a candidate for World’s Best Blanco Tequila. Each entry includes the competitions where they medaled, a brief note on the distillery where they are produced, and a short tasting note.

The 3.5-kilogram amber nugget is the biggest piece of rumanite ever found. (Buzău County Museum) =========================================================================== They say one's trash is another's treasure, but a chunk of 'rock' used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by pretty much any metric you might care to use. The 3.5 kilogram (7.7 pound) stone was found in a stream bed in southeast Romania by an elderly woman, who brought it home and put it to use. Her discovery turned out to be one of the biggest intact chunks of amber in the world, according to a report by El...

Active U.S. Military members responded to Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris‘ false claim during last week’s debate about the Biden-Harris administration supposedly removing all military personnel from combat zones. “As of today, there is not one member of the United States Military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, for the first time this century,” Harris falsely boasted during the debate. During the debate, Harris was not fact-checked by ABC moderators, who have been widely ridiculed for their anti-Trump bias. Active military members, however, did chime in. Video shows military members...

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A Colorado judge vacated former paramedic Peter Cichuniec's five-year prison sentence in Elijah McClain's death and changed it to four years of probation over prosecutors' objections. Adams County Judge Mark Warner sentenced Cichuniec in March to Colorado's mandatory minimum prison sentence for those convicted of assault. Prosecutors argued vacating the sentence undermines the judicial process and the jury's verdict after finding Cichuniec, 51, guilty of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault by assisting with drugging McClain, 23, with a fatal dose of ketamine after police stopped McClain while he was walking home in 2019. Prosecutors also...

The Royal Navy has intercepted its first-ever “narco sub” – filled with £160m ($208M) worth of cocaine. HMS Trent seized the vessel in the Caribbean Sea. In eight drugs busts in seven months, the Portsmouth-based patrol ship has stopped nearly £750m ($979M) of narcotics reaching the streets of the UK in eight months. Trent’s latest operation, alongside the US Coast Guard and a US Maritime Patrol Aircraft, was the first “narco-sub” the Royal Navy has ever intercepted. The ship’s boarding team – comprising US Coast Guard personnel, Royal Marines from 47 Commando and specialist sailors – clambered aboard the semi-submersed...