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“Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to Him, ‘Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?’” (Matthew 11:2–3). Countless Christians since John the Baptist’s time have dealt with doubt, which might better be called perplexity or confusion. Here John did not question the truthfulness of Old Testament Scripture or the veracity of Jesus’ baptism, which he himself had seen. Rather, John was simply uncertain about his understanding of those truths. And the kind of question he asked could come only from a believer....

Wild fires in California: cue the the knee-jerk reaction from the Warmists. They and they alone know this to be the Apocalypse. I no longer bother to argue with True Believers. Their faith in nonsense is unwavering.They know for certain that climate change causes power lines to catch trees on fire.Just like they know that this mess would have been fixed by now but for the Climate Change Deniers who voted for Trump. And it’s all Trump’s fault!Impeach! Impeach! Impeach! We must pass AOC’s Green New Deal to SAVE THE WORLD! I wonder if her plan includes wildfire mitigation plans?Posted...

DES MOINES — Matthew Hunt’s pledge to support a presidential candidate started with a sign. Not a mystic apparition from above, but an actual billboard on Eisenhower Avenue in Mason City, where he saw a face and a name in bright red letters: “Tulsi.” “Let’s not kid around: I thought she was attractive, so I looked her up on Facebook,” said Hunt, a 53-year-old service technician. That led him to learn about Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s antiwar stance, her military experience and, more recently, her public spat with 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. When he heard Gabbard (D-Hawaii) talk...

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn” (Proverbs 29:2 KJV).

Prince Andrew’s friends claim pictures of the royal with Jeffrey Epstein and one of his alleged victims are “staged” and “doctored”. The Duke of York’s inner circle had forensic experts examine pictures of him with the convicted paedo and Virginia Roberts Giuffre, it has been claimed. Andrew is believed to have recruited a team to check the authenticity of two photographs that have placed him in the middle of the sordid scandal, The Times reports. The Prince has said he never took part in, witnessed or suspected any suspicious or unlawful behaviour during his friendship with Epstein. The first picture...

After taking Isaac from the zoo, Kasbar put him in a plastic drawer without ventilation and then abandoned him in front of a hotel in Newport Beach hotel with two notes that said "Lemur (with tracker)" and "This belongs to the Santa Ana Zoo it was taken last night please bring it to police." Isaac was returned unharmed to the zoo, according to the release. Several other animals escaped after their enclosure was opened by Kasbar but they were all recovered, the release said. In addition to his prison sentence, Kasbar was sentenced to pay restitution of $8,486 to the...

A Daughter of the Reformation Anne was born during the reign of King Henry VIII to an honoured knight, Sir William Askew. Anne was described as attractive in form and faith, a beautiful and high-spirited young woman, well educated, with unusual gifts, and "very pious." Her father arranged that she should be married to the son of a friend, Thomas Kyme, to whom her deceased sister had originally been promised.Anne Askew Anne Askew Anne endeavored to be a faithful wife, and bore her husband two children. However, despite an initially happy marriage, her husband, Kyme, threw her out of the...

TAMPA, Fla. — US special operations forces are using forward-deployed rapid DNA scanners on a limited basis to confirm targets. Troops have used DNA from improvised bomb components to capture “some very bad people,” according to an official with US Special Operations Command (SOCOM). SOCOM is evaluating the devices for wider fielding. If successful, they have the potential to cut the time used to process DNA evidence from weeks to 90 minutes and replace fingerprint analysis downrange, according to Michael Fitz, SOCOM’s program manager for sensitive site exploitation.

Morning "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, etc." Matthew 6:9 This prayer begins where all true prayer must commence, with the spirit of adoption, "Our Father." There is no acceptable prayer until we can say, "I will arise, and go unto my Father." This child-like spirit soon perceives the grandeur of the Father "in heaven," and ascends to devout adoration, "Hallowed be thy name." The child lisping, "Abba, Father," grows into the cherub crying, "Holy, Holy, Holy." There is but a step from rapturous worship to the glowing missionary spirit, which is a sure...

A growing number of Millennials show support for communism and socialism, a survey from the Victims of Communism found. The survey, conducted by the Victims of Communism and polled by the research and data firm YouGov, found that 70% of Millennials are likely to vote socialist and that one in three Millennials perceive communism as “favorable.” The survey is part of the Victims of Communism’s report “U.S. Attitudes Toward Socialism, Communism, and Collectivism,” which polled 2,100 people in the United States who were 16 and older with a margin of error of +/- 2.4%. A little over half of the...

Thank you to KatWomanUSA for bringing this to my attention on Twitter. KatWoman tweeted that the Museum of Illusions in Miami had "One feature MARKETED to SCHOOL CHILDREN on class trips is to let them take pics simulating punching the PRESIDENT in the face!!!! ". There's also a video here of how it works at another museum location. I wasn't able to find the picture itself of children punching President Trump on the Museum of Illusion's site, but a Yelp listing shows a photo of a child in a similar pose at another of the museum's locations on Hollywood Boulevard,...

A Kurdish general revealed Monday that an informant stole the underwear of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to prove to his credibility U.S. intelligence. Speaking to NBC News, Gen. Mazloum Abdi of the Syrian Democratic Forces, said his intelligence unit had a source who was privy to the layout of al-Baghdadi’s secret compound near the Turkish border. According to Abdi, the source passed along such details to U.S. Special Ops, who used it to formulate their plans to strike the terror chief’s hideout over the weekend. “The source, whom Abdi described as one of al-Baghdadi’s security advisers, proved to U.S....

If the Democrats didn’t have scams, they’d have nothing at all. – Lindsey Graham actually did something productive last week, and it deserves mentioning here. Despite the fact that there is literally zero chance that the resolution he introduced last Thursday condemning the sham fake impeachment process being run in the House right now could ever obtain the 60 votes needed for cloture, Graham’s ability to convince 50 of the 53 Senate Republicans to sign onto the resolution as sponsors demonstrated the resolve of the Senate majority to oppose any product from the current House process. This effort by Graham...

The Senate on Monday rejected an effort by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to place an across-the-board spending cut in a domestic funding package being debated by lawmakers. Senators voted 24-67 on the amendment from Paul, which would reduce spending by 2 percent compared to fiscal 2019 levels. The amendment, had Paul been successful, would have been added to a spending package that includes commerce, science and justice; transportation and housing and urban development; agriculture; and interior. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, urged senators to oppose Paul's amendment. "His amendment will slash spending below...

WASHINGTON — The country’s top military officer said on Monday that he does not know where President Donald Trump got his information that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State leader, died “screaming, crying and whimpering.” Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at a Pentagon news conference that he does not have similar information, but said Trump may have gotten his details from a conversation with military personnel on the ground who were involved in the raid.

While the spiritual goods provided by religion are important, so are the actual and psychic goods provided by the free market. Presidential hopeless Beto O’Rourke has been castigated by the Right and the Left and even by atheists for his statement at the October 10 Democratic debate that religious organizations that discriminate against same-sex marriage should have their tax-exempt status pulled. Yet nobody seemed to notice that O'Rourke had also unintentionally admitted that taxes are a tool to punish citizens who fail to follow the dictates of the state. Imposing higher taxes or lowering them is how politicians can get...

. CREDIT CARDS AND BANKS TO ERADICATE GUNS PICTURE:Arnold Schwarzenegger as THE TERMINATOR PICTURE: Harrison Ford as Han Solo in STAR WARS – collider.com PICTURE: Tom Arnold Pointing Gun, HAWAII 5-0 PICTURE: James Cameron With Gun, Movie Director Wow—this is creepier than Obama. This is science fiction worthy of a James Cameron. Ten years ago this would have been unheard of. But, today, it’s just as American as Karl Marx. January 18, 2019– Do we want to live in an America where credit card companies watch our buying habits and then block purchases for ideological reasons…? …Today, many on the...

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has congratulated United States President Donald Trump on the elimination of Islamic State terror-movement leader Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Bin Salman said the historic operation was another step in the fight against terrorism...

We have so many elections—and with campaigning now a year-round activity, it’s tough to tell what we’re voting on. This November, Houston residents will have a ballot before them allowing them to decide on leaders at the local level—the level of government that has the most immediate impact on our lives. “This municipal election is important because whoever is mayor in the city of Houston in 2020 is really gonna have some say,” Mayor Turner recently said. And he’s right. The mayor has over 10 challengers, ranging from former and current Houston City Council members to a professional wrestler. In...