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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Old Testament) Daniel 1 Daniel’s Training in Babylon 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia[a] and put in the treasure house of his god. 3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites...

“And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof” (Proverbs 5:11-12 KJV).

Morning "Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar." Psalm 120:5 As a Christian you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use for you to cry "Woe is me." Jesus did not pray that you should be taken out of the world, and what he did not pray for, you need not desire. Better far in the Lord's strength to meet the difficulty, and glorify him in it. The enemy is ever on the watch to detect inconsistency in your conduct; be therefore...

Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends) There’s a reason why the Democrat National Committee desperately avoided demands from fringe candidates like Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee to schedule a debate focused solely on “climate change,” and you saw that reason on CNN last night. – The simple fact of the matter is that, whether the problem is real or not, it inevitably highlights just what a bunch of nutjobs the Party is offering to the voters in this cycle. Andrew Yang wants the government to force you to buy electric vehicles, even though the EV industry has no...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will reportedly not be accepting the Queen's invitation to stay at Balmoral. The royal couple are understood to think that Archie is still too young to make the trip up to Scotland. Her Majesty always asks her family to join her when she heads to her Scottish estate for her two-month summer break. A source told The Sun: 'Harry and Meghan had no plans to go to Balmoral this summer as they felt Archie was too young.

For Throwback Thursday I thought we’d do a little cool midcentury jazz, the iconic theme song from NBC’s 1958 Peter Gunn series. You probably remember it, Craig Stevens played a suave, debonair private eye. From Wiki: Peter Gunn is a sophisticate with expensive tastes…Gunn has a reputation for integrity and being among the best investigators; He has many reliable informants and is extremely well-connected. His reputation is so good, the police occasionally ask him for help or advice. Wow! What a sterling character! No wonder James Comey channeled him as he went about crafting his own equally fictitious reputation. Either...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five Democratic presidential candidates in the span of 24 hours have released sweeping plans to address climate change, ahead of a series of town halls devoted to the issue. **SNIP** Harris is embracing a "climate pollution fee," designed to drive down pollution while increasing government revenue. Her $10 trillion plan... She (Warren) says she will increase her planned spending on research and investment to cut carbon emissions to $3 trillion. Buttigieg's $1.1 trillion climate change plan has a goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 and creating more than 3 million clean infrastructure jobs in the next...

SENIOR Cabinet ministers yesterday confronted Boris Johnson to call on him to overturn his expulsion of 21 rebel Conservative MPs as the insurrection against the PM grew. No Deal chief Michael Gove lead the charge from a series of senior figures during a tense meeting of the Cabinet in No10 yesterday Pleading for Boris to relent on his tough punishment, they insisted he offer the expelled rebels “a way back” so they can rejoin the Parliamentary party. Health Secretary Matt Hancock also questioned the controversial decision during the tense Cabinet meeting, and asked the PM to spell out how the...

Boris Johnson's brother Jo Johnson has said he is quitting as a Tory MP and minister. He has spent nine years as an MP for Orpington and was appointed earlier this year by his brother as Minister of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department of Education. In a tweet, he wrote: "It’s been an honour to represent Orpington for 9 years & to serve as a minister under three PMs. "In recent weeks I’ve been torn between family loyalty and the national interest - it’s an unresolvable tension & time for others to...

Today’s Cryptogram Y UKVJBYBKQ OJ Y GOQGDWYSOUZ WOXQYQN VOSP POZP XWCCF BQKJJDQK. –YQSPDQ “XDZJ” XYKQ You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any tips you might give the group on how you solve...

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A Mississippi wedding venue apologized after one of their employees denied an interracial couple's request to use the hall for their wedding, citing her "Christian beliefs." An interracial Mississippi couple was turned away from a wedding venue with the owner citing her refusal based on her "Christian beliefs." The owner of the venue has since apologized, saying she was raised to believe interracial marriage was an "understood subject." In a Facebook video posted by LaKambria Welch, an unidentified woman working at Boone's Camp Event Hall can be heard saying, "we don't do gay weddings or mixed-raced [weddings] because of our...

A limited free trade deal with the EU without any financial contribution or freedom of movement is people's preferred choice for Brexit In June Britain voted to leave the European Union, and when Theresa May took over as Prime Minister she was clear that Brexit meant Brexit. The question is, exactly what sort of Brexit? Amidst all the discussion of different types of deal, of whether Britain should swap freedom of movement for free trade, exactly what do the public want the government to do? What would be seen as good for Britain, and what would be seen as betraying...

Subtitle: July 26th – Back to Square One. “We are,” James Wilson reminded delegates, “providing a constitution for future generations, and not merely for the peculiar circumstances of the moment.” Colonel George Mason (VA) reviewed the modes of Executive election. None of them were entirely satisfactory. Several retained elements of popular election. 1. By the people, which he ridiculed in saying “that an act which ought to be performed by those who know the most of eminent characters, and qualifications, should be performed by those who know the least. “ 2. By the State Legislatures or State Governors. Both invited...

..While it was once our most important export customer, the United Kingdom has become somewhat of a bit player ...According to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) figures from 2018, the UK was Australia’s 13th-largest export partner – just ahead of Thailand and a touch behind Vietnam. In 2018, the UK took just $5.033 billion worth of Australian goods, while Australia imported $7.24 billion worth of goods from the UK. And while the UK makes up a significant percentage of trade with Australia compared with the 27 European Union member countries, total trade with those 27 countries outweighs trade...

It's one of the most popular websites in the world, but it seems that Yahoo has crashed this morning. According to DownDetector, the issues started at around 07:38 BST, and are affecting users around the world.

In 2017, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) accused President Trump of showing “a disdain for an independent judiciary that doesn’t always bend to his wishes” after Trump criticized a judge who ruled against his administration. Senate Democrats, by contrast, have launched an unprecedented attempt to actually bend the Supreme Court to their wishes — threatening to restructure the court if the justices do not rule as they see fit. The threat came over the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a challenge to New York City’s restrictions on how gun owners who have residential permits can transport their guns. In...

Four non-profit medical groups have filed a brief with a federal appeals court in support of a 20-week abortion limit in North Carolina. The state of North Carolina has “legitimate interests in regulating and limiting the practice of abortion,” the brief said. “These important interests include using the State’s voice and regulatory authority to show its profound respect for the ‘life of the unborn’ and protecting the health of women from ‘the outset of [] pregnancy’,” it continued. “North Carolina also has significant interest in regulating a ‘brutal and inhumane procedure’ to avoid ‘coarsen[ing] society to the humanity of not...

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., filed a $9.9 million federal conspiracy lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that the opposition research firm behind the anti-Trump Steele dossier coordinated with another group to file several fraudulent and harassing ethics complaints intended to derail his investigation. The complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia, which named Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson and the nonprofit Campaign for Accountability (CfA), said the "smear" tactics kicked into action shortly after Simpson "lied" in his closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee in November 2017, as well as before the Senate Judiciary Committee in August 2017. Fusion GPS and...