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“Nicodemus said to Him, ‘How can these things be?’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?’” (John 3:9–10). Although he was a renowned, recognized, and established teacher in Israel, Nicodemus was a poor learner. His question “How can these things be?” indicates he had made little progress. Despite Jesus’ further clarification, Nicodemus still could not accept what he was hearing. He could not let go of his legalistic religious system and realize that salvation was a sovereign, gracious work of God’s Spirit. Because of his position as the teacher...

MSNBC host Chris Hayes isn’t sure Americans can trust the transcript of President Trump’s controversial call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, so he turned to Twitter to smear it in advance. Trump announced on Tuesday that he would release the full transcript of the call, in which they reportedly discussed an investigation involving 2020 Democratic hopeful Joe Biden's kin. But the liberal pundit pre-emptively raised doubts about the transcript's veracity, because of how the president “pressures and manipulates” his staff. “Given what we know about how Trump pressures and manipulates civil servants to toe his line, I'm not *quite* sure...

Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends) “It’s really a sad day for our country. I feel very sad right now.” – Nancy Pelosi Oh, yeah, it really is a sad day for our country, San Fran Nan. – The saddest part of all of it is that many of us have known all along that the deranged, despicable, depraved Democrats would take the country down this road sooner or later since the day after Donald J. Trump was elected to the presidency. Every step the Democrat Party has taken, from the creation and funding of Antifa, to the...

Democrat media/government operatives have pivoted to feigned shock and surprise as the Mueller report dropped Friday without a single new indictment or any other action that would support the long-proffered narrative that the “walls are closing in” on President Trump and his supposed band of ne’er-do-well Russian traitors. If they were genuine, then they would be sub-sentient in cognitive ability. In reality, they are corrupt and it is long past time to indulge their petty fantasies of revenge for 2016. The investigation was never going to find success in ensnaring the Commander in Chief. Democrats and media pundits were aware...

Amelia Warren Tyagi is the oldest child and only daughter of rising Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Despite the inevitable pressure generated by her mother's tremendous success, Tyagi has forged a path for herself as a prosperous author, entrepreneur, and chair of a progressive think tank called Demos. Now, her connections – like Hunter Biden's – are raising eyebrows. Twitchy reports that Demos gave the far-left Working Families Party $45,000 in 2017-2018. That might not seem noteworthy, but the Working Families Party recently endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president, to the surprise of many.

"I have my doubts that any Republican, or very few, would vote against him," Sanders told reporters. DAVENPORT, Iowa — Bernie Sanders made some of his most pointed comments in support of impeaching Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying he believed the president had committed a number of impeachable offenses, but also expressed deep misgivings about supporting a move that could embolden Republican voters only to fall short of success in Congress. “Enough is enough,” Sanders said before reiterating his previous call for an impeachment inquiry by the Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives. The Vermont senator, taking questions at...

Biden isn’t going to like this much. Some of the most tribal left insist what Biden did as vice president in Ukraine isn’t a story because The Washington Post told them so. But it is most definitely a story. It rips the scab off Joe. For all the breathlessness over Pelosi’s actions, I hope you know that what politicians say — even when wearing makeup on TV and surrounded by American flags — isn’t the whole story. What they don’t say is important too. And what Pelosi didn’t say was that she’d have the full House vote on the matter....

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated that he doesn’t trust the White House’s transcript of the Trump-Ukraine call to be an accurate representation of events and stated that an explicit or implicit quid pro quo isn’t needed. Host Chris Hayes asked, “Do you trust the White House enough to take that transcript and believe that that is an actual repressentation of what transpired?” Schiff responded, “No. I think, sadly…we cannot trust the administration with respect to anything that it produces. And so, there are a couple of issues here. There’s the...

1. December 2018: Napolitano claimed that Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, had implicated him in a “felony.” (The Southern District of New York investigated and declined to initiate any further prosecutions.) 2. January 2019: Napolitano told Shepard Smith that Mueller would be able to show “collusion” and “conspiracy” because “the campaign had a connection to Russian intelligence.” The Mueller report found no collusion. 3. February 2019: Napolitano claimed that a phone call by the president to Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was “obstruction of justice.” Mueller’s report, released a month later, did not allege any obstruction. 4. April 2019: Napolitano...

Trump has stolen the Democrat's fire. Satan has given Pelosi to the world and, Pelosi opened a jar left in her care containing sickness, death and many other unspecified evils which were then released into the world.Be careful what you wish for, radical Democrats.

16-year-old Greta Thunberg traveled by boat to the US from Sweden to lecture Americans on Global Warming. The 16-year-old is an expert we are told. Greta Thunberg told Americans, “You’re not trying hard enough!” Evidently Greta wants us to travel by boats to and from Europe. Greta is a media-created phenomenon. What the media does not tell you is who is behind this perky kid. If you check out her photos young Greta is being escorted around the country by her handler – far left activist Luisa-Marie Neubauer.

Hong Kong hotel operators have called on the government to waive rents and even allow properties to offer empty rooms on long-term leases, or for sale, as a way of survival amid a steep decline in occupancy and rates brought on by 16 weeks of protests in the city. At a new low of HK$71 (US$9.06) a night, some hotels are now cheaper than subdivided flats in the city. Winland 800 Hotel in protest-hit Tsing Yi, is offering that rate on weekdays through the Wing On Travel website. It represents a decline of 65.7 per cent from its lowest rate...

President Barack Obama’s chief campaign strategist and senior adviser David Axelrod said that even if President Trump is impeached, it is not likely he will be convicted by the Senate and removed from office. Appearing on CNN Tuesday evening after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry, Axelrod, 64, tossed water on some lawmakers’ hopes that impeachment would successfully remove Trump from the White House.

(CNN) — It was Friday, sunny, and at the end of summer -- all the perfect components for a day at Disneyland. The theme park should have been packed. Instead, a recent visit to Hong Kong's very own "Magic Kingdom" saw empty lines and sparsely populated streets, a far cry from its usual crammed crowds. Lines for the rides, which usually take upward of half an hour's wait, were short and quick -- if there were any lines at all. The rides themselves were nowhere near full capacity -- at the Mad Hatter Tea Cups ride, most of the giant...

The Servant of God, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, wrote in 1948: “[Satan] will set up a counter church which will be the ape of the [Catholic] Church … It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and EMPTIED OF ITS DIVINE CONTENT.” “We are living in the days of the Apocalypse, the last days of our era. The two great forces – the Mystical Body of Christ and the Mystical Body of the anti-Christ – are beginning to draw battle lines for the catastrophic contest.” “The False prophet will have A RELIGION WITHOUT A CROSS....

CBS Claims Radical Climate Teen ‘Stares Down’ Trump, She Was Behind Him By Nicholas Fondacaro | September 23, 2019 9:04 PM EDT Of course, the liberal media heaped praise onto the teenage prop they had driven to hysterics with their fearmongering. Radical climate activist Greta Thunberg threw a temper tantrum at the United Nations on Monday where she claimed the world ruined her childhood, and threatened her opponents, and made faces at President Trump’s back. It was that later action that the CBS Evening News falsely suggested was some sort of faceoff with Trump that had him backing down. During...

Three Democratic senators have written a letter to Ukraine's prosecutor general to "express great concern" over reports that Ukrainian officials had looked to potentially hinder special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Sens. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Patrick Leahy of Vermont wrote in the letter to Yuriy Lutsenko that a recent New York Times report said his office "effectively froze investigations into four open cases in Ukraine in April, thereby eliminating scope for cooperation with the Mueller probe into related issues." ... "As strong advocates for a robust and close relationship with Ukraine, we believe...

I was a pastor when I nearly died by suicide. Churches should look more like psych wards The death by apparent suicide of Pastor Jarrid Wilson stunned many of us, forcing us to try to answer the question: How do we deal with mental health in church? I don’t know Jarrid’s story intimately, but I do know what it’s like to long for death when I feel hopeless. I was a pastor when I nearly died by suicide. If you had to read that sentence a second time, I get it. It’s pretty jarring to read. At 29 years old,...

After Brexit, black women will be less safe when giving birth in Britain Ethnic minority women already have significantly poorer outcomes from pregnancy compared to white women. If Brexit goes ahead, the NHS will see an even bigger drop in standards of care. The government is planning a massive intervention in NHS maternity services, which will dramatically cut staffing levels. The move will a significant effect on the safety of women giving birth – especially ethnic minority women. That intervention is Brexit. The NHS is understaffed already. A survey of Unison members on safe staffing published recently showed that nearly...

The ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ Condition Paints a Bleak Picture for Migrant Children in the UK Many children of migrants continue to face the unjust realities of homelessness, poverty and destitution in the UK as migrant families struggle to find a legislative safety net under current strict immigration rules. Amidst the complexities of reasons why migrant families often fall into destitution is the ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ condition; a prohibitive clause which strips away an individual’s access to welfare benefits, public housing or homelessness assistance if they are ‘subject to immigration control’. Yet, this category does not simply...