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I was born into and grew up in a very legalistic church — so legalistic, in fact, that it claimed to be the one and only true church. All other professing Christians were viewed as deceived pagans who were destined to Hell, and rightfully so because they did not agree with us on our “plan of salvation.” That plan was also often referred to as “the five-finger exercise” because it consisted of five points which our preachers would always count out on five fingers of one hand. The five points were: 1) Hear, 2) Believe, 3) Repent, 4) Confess, and...

The Iberian Peninsula holds around 30% of total Europe’s LNG processing capacity and yet it is not well connected to the rest of Europe. A plan to build a pipeline from Spain to France in order to get this natural gas across Europe was canceled in 2019 due to economic and environmental reasons….

When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently tweeted an image of what he said was a new state license plate featuring a coiled rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread on Me," he said it sends a "clear message to out-of-state cars."

Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that everyone is coalescing around former President Donald Trump after the FBI raid of his Florida estate. Crenshaw said, “I’m not one to withhold criticism and even make my own side mad. I want to get to the truth. I will be honest with you here. It’s hard to justify what the Department of Justice did here, in my opinion. Here’s why. Here’s what it really boils down to: It’s not a question that it’s bad to have classified material in a non-SCIF environment, that’s a non-secret compartmental...

I saw an article today, which I have posted at the end of my “thoughts.” This article made so much sense in light of what is and has been transpiring since the stolen election of 2020. DEEP STATE AND LAWLESSNESS We’ve heard about the Deep State for many years. Some think that it’s conspiratorial and complete fiction. I do NOT. I believe that these wicked people behind the scenes, funded by the likes of George Soros and Klaus Schwab, Vanguard, and Black Rock, have been collaborating for decades to map out the total destruction of America. Barack Hussein Obama was...

NatWest will reportedly fund private non-surgical hormone treatment for its transgender members of staff in a bid to make the bank a more inclusive employer. The 48 per cent taxpayer-owned institution will also pay for gender identity support, hormone treatment and counselling for its 6,500-strong branch workforce in the UK. NatWest, formerly the Royal Bank of Scotland, is also reviewing its employment policies to 'ensure language and scenarios are LGBT+ inclusive', it stated. A spokesperson for NatWest told MailOnline: 'We value all our LGBT+ colleagues and customers and we want to have a truly open and diverse culture, with acceptance...

As I understand it, Jesus taught that there will be a generation that sees all the signs beginning to come to pass (Luke 21:28). He was saying the generation that sees everything shaping up is to know that their redemption (deliverance; the completion of God’s plan) is drawing near. Many prophecy teachers agree that the terminal generation signs are appearing like never before. The following reports appear to back that up. As you read these reports, realize that: Never before have I heard of the IRS advertising for armed agents that are willing to kill U.S. citizens. Never before has...

Democrats have a history of feeding off division and identity politics going back more than 150 years. In the Civil War, they fought until their last breath to keep black people enslaved on their plantations. Now, they fight tooth and nail to keep black Americans on their mental plantations with false promises of prosperity and wealth. Unfortunately for them, I am a free-thinking black woman and Republican who knows the truth. And that is exactly why they hate me. Democrats hate minorities like me who don’t believe their lies. Democrats – like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi – hate when...

Sometimes I wonder if “RINO” is too mild a term for lukewarm Republicans. After all, actual rhinos in the wild have horns, and can do real damage if provoked. Our RINOs today seem utterly without any sting at all. Meanwhile, the radioactive half-life of the Mar-a-Lago is turning out to be quite long, as one might expect of the greatest sequel to Watergate yet devised.

The age of the ray gun is almost upon us after the US Navy took delivery of a near-operational high-energy tactical laser weapon called the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system from Lockheed Martin that can be installed in existing warships. When the first laser was invented by Theodore Maiman at the Hughes Research Lab in Malibu, California, in 1960, it was almost immediately seen as a potential superweapon – the death-ray of science fiction come to life. While the ability to generate beams of coherent light provided scientists and engineers with a unique tool that...

From Our Special Correspondent. FORTRESS MONROE, Tuesday, Aug. 10,1862. While passing through Williamsburgh, I paid a visit to the Union and Confederate hospitals. In the latter I found five persons wounded, all of whom have been confined there by their wounds since the battle of the 5th of May. Their names are as follows: Thomas P. Parr, of Duck Spring, De Kalb County, Ala. -- thigh. Wm. H. Jeffress, Charlotte County, Va. -- thigh. Samuel J. Shapley, Pleasant Ridge, Miss. -- knee. Wm. A. Walker, Thompsonville, Rockingham County, N.C. -- thigh. All these patients are in the care of a...

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Psalm 16:8 (King James Version) The Center for Disease Control finally comes out with a statement their two-year campaign of mandates, masks and clot shots not only did not work but was a complete failure. Guess they are admitting the Frontline Doctors, bray and every one of their critics was right about their negligence where is the apology and an offer to make things right starting with resignations? Where is their admission of guilt and declaration to hire all the...

Saturday, during an appearance on MSNBC, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) defended the so-called Inflation Reduction Act’s provision to bolster the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with an additional 80,000 agents. According to Quigley, paying taxes was part of it if one “loved” the country.

On Aug. 9, just before President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, Ford announced that due to inflation it will raise the prices of its electric F-150 Lightning pickups between $6,000 and $8,500 — effectively canceling out the $7,500 federal EV tax credit applicable to the vehicles under the $740 billion tax and spending measure. --- According to CNBC, Ford is only the "latest automaker to increase pricing of their newest electric vehicles amid rising inflation and commodity costs," joining General Motors, Rivian Automotive, Lucid and Tesla.

Jihadist terrorist group Al-Shabaab on Friday launched an attack on the famous Hayat hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The devastating siege lasted for 30 hours.

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 13:22–30 Friends, our Gospel for today features a question that people have been asking from time immemorial and that they still ask today: "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" Heaven, hell, salvation, damnation, who will be in and who will be out? We have remained fascinated with these questions for a long time. Here’s how I would recommend we approach this issue. The doctrine concerning hell is a corollary of two more fundamental truths—namely, that God is love and that we are free. Love (willing the good of the other) is all...

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21 August 202221st Sunday in Ordinary Time St Pius X Church, South Yarmouth, MA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingIsaiah 66:18-21 ©They will bring all your brothers from all the nationsThe Lord says this: I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They shall come to witness my glory. I will give them a sign and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Moshech, Rosh, Tubal, and Javan, to the distant islands that have never heard of me or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory to the nations. As...

CHONGQING, China (AP) — China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by using chemicals to generate rain, while factories in the southwest waited Sunday to see whether they would be shut down for another week due to shortages of water to generate hydropower. The hottest, driest summer since the government began recording rainfall and temperature 61 years ago has wilted crops and left reservoirs at half their normal water level. Factories in Sichuan province were shut down last week to save power for homes as air conditioning demand surged, with temperatures as high as...

Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is promising to declare an "invasion" at the southern border if elected to lead the state in November, one of a number of aggressive moves she intends to take to combat the raging migrant crisis. This is the biggest invasion we've ever had on our homeland since the founding of this country," Lake told Fox News Digital in an interview. "And so we're going to call it what it is. "It's also important to call it what it is for our policy as well. We're going to be invoking our inherent powers under Article I,...