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“‘For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes’” (John 5:21). By asserting His equality with God, Jesus claimed that He had the parallel power with God to raise the dead—“just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life.” The Bible teaches that only God has the power to raise the dead (Deut. 32:39; Acts 26:8; Heb. 11:19), and the Old Testament records several instances in which He did so (1 Kings 17:17–24; 2 Kings 4:32–37; 13:20–21). Because His power is the same as...

“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:3-5, ESV). We all have a shocking level of awareness when it comes to noticing even the tiniest flaws in those around us....

You’ll likely notice a deluge of ads about hearing aids, which are available for the first time this week without a doctor’s prescription or a consultation with an audiologist. The current rule has been five years in the making after former President Donald Trump signed the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act in August 2017. It’s at least a minor win for deregulation, but controversy abounds over the elimination of professional tuning of the devices. Hearing Aids Just Amplifiers? The Bose company, based in Massachusetts, is mainly responsible for the change in the federal government’s policy on this issue. Famous for making...

* The Biden administration is set to release more oil from the US emergency reserve, Reuters reported. * It is expected to announce the sale of 14 million barrels this week, the last of the massive SPR drawdown. * Biden wants to cool rising gas prices ahead of midterm elections in November, sources told Reuters. The Biden administration is set to release 14 million barrels of oil from US reserves in an effort to cool rising gasoline prices ahead of the midterm elections in November, Reuters has reported. The announcement of the drawdown from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is expected...

NEWTOWN, Pa. - Political signs in southeastern Pennsylvania have been found booby-trapped with razor blades, which resulted in sliced fingers for one resident, police said. Upper Makefield Township police said Sunday that a campaign sign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro was placed without permission on someone's property, and while trying to remove it the resident found that razor blades had been "placed around the perimeter of the sign." "Obviously, this was designed to inflict punishment on anyone who attempted to remove the sign," police said in a social media post.

In recent weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the United States is trying to impose a new world order, one designed to control Russia, China and Europe, as well as the lesser powers of the world. It’s tempting to write it off as the ranting of a leader at war, but there’s more to it than that. Ignore the fact that Washington’s seeking a unipolar world assumes a level of planning that runs counter to the American reality. What Putin is trying to come to terms with is that in planning for war in Ukraine, Moscow completely misunderstood the...

A shift of public opinion is underway in Russia, following the Russian-orchestrated pseudo-referendums, the annexation of Ukrainian territories, and finally mobilization in Russia itself. The last event in particular has shocked the public opinion. Now that 25 million Russians are facing the direct threat of being drafted, the prior consensus among people who once supported the war has fractured. New polling data suggests that the public may be on its way to consolidating in its disappointment with Vladimir Putin as a president. Meduza discussed the latest public-opinion data and its implications with Kirill Rogov, a Russian political scientist and founder...

Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist Luke 10:1–9 Friends, our Gospel shows us what Jesus wants his followers to be doing and how they ought to do it. We are a missionary church. We are sent by the Lord to spread his word and do his work. The Gospel is not just something that we are meant to cling to for our own benefit; it is seed that we are meant to give away. Prayer is not incidental to ministry. It is not decorative. It is the lifeblood of the Church’s efforts. Without it, nothing will succeed; without it, no ministers...

Former NFL player Antonio Dennard was shot over the weekend and died early Sunday morning. Dennard, 32, was killed outside of a bar in Reading, Pennsylvania, according to TMZ Sports. Berks County Coroner’s Office stated that he died at 3:15 AM on Oct. 16 from a gunshot wound, according to Fox News. Dennard was shot at a bar and restaurant in Muhlenberg Township, according to Fox News. His death was ruled a homicide and is currently under investigation, according to TMZ Sports. An autopsy will be conducted on Tuesday, according to People. Dennard was a former NFL cornerback who was...

President Biden “may have been involved” in “potential criminal conduct” committed by first son Hunter Biden and first brother James Biden, Sen. Chuck Grassley charged in a letter to top law enforcement officials last week, citing FBI documents with “specific details.” The Oct. 13 missive from Grassley (R-Iowa) to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Delaware US Attorney David Weiss was obtained by the Washington Examiner Monday and accused the bureau of a “pattern and practice of political decisions,” citing FBI whistleblower allegations. “The FBI has within its possession a series of documents relating to information on...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that House Republicans will not write “a blank check” to Ukraine if House Republicans take control of the chamber next year, marking one of the clearest signs that aid to the war-torn country fighting off Russian invasion will face a much tougher road in a GOP-led House. “I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine. They just won’t do it,” McCarthy, who hopes to become Speaker if Republicans win the midterms, told Punchbowl News in an interview published Tuesday.

Most of the world’s population has been affected in some way by climate change — 85% of the world, in fact. But the effects of climate change haven’t been equally felt by all. Some communities have seen a slight rise in temperature here and there, but others have had their entire communities wiped out. As the rise of global temperatures and sea-level continues to affect the world with increasingly frequency and intensity, who are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change? The answer is clear, according to climate scientists, climate and environmental justice experts and international research efforts...

MADISON, Wis. — The Goodman Community Center set a new record Monday for first-day registrations for its Thanksgiving Basket Drive. Organizers said 2,911 families and individuals signed up for the drive. About 2,400 families and individuals signed up to receive a basket on the first day of registration last year. The Center wants to make sure 4,000 Dane County families have a Thanksgiving dinner this year. After one day of registration, they’re over halfway to reaching their goal. “I’m not surprised that so many people have already registered for a basket this year,” Food Pantry Manager Francesca Frisque said. “Families’...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday the state will end its COVID-19 state of emergency in February 2023, nearly three years after it was first declared. The months-long timeline will better prepare the state health care system for any surge in COVID cases that may result after the holidays and will give local governments time to make necessary changes, Newsom’s office said. “Throughout the pandemic, we’ve been guided by the science and data – moving quickly and strategically to save lives. The State of Emergency was an effective and necessary tool that we utilized to protect our state, and we...

The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that security guard Mustafa Gamal had to send his wife and year-old daughter to live with his parents in a village 70 miles south of the Egyptian capital to save money. Gamal, 28, stayed behind, working two jobs, sharing an apartment with other young people and eliminating meat from his diet. “The prices of everything have been doubled,” he said. “There was no alternative.″ Around the world, people are sharing Gamal’s pain and frustration. An auto parts dealer in Nairobi, a seller of baby clothes in Istanbul and a wine...

Danny Masterson, former star of the long-running sitcom “That ‘70s Show,” is about to face three women in court who say he raped them two decades ago at a trial whose key figures are all current or former members of the Church of Scientology. Opening statements could begin as early as Tuesday in the Los Angeles trial of the 46-year-old Masterson, and while a judge has expressed her determination not to have the church become the center of the proceedings, it will inevitably loom large. Masterson is charged with raping the women between 2001 and 2003 in his home, which...

Alvin Kamara — an All-Pro running back for the New Orleans Saints and multimillionaire — doxed a high school student for messaging him saying, “good game n***a.” Kamara responded by naming the teen’s high school to his millions of followers even though the teen, who seemed to be giving the running back a compliment, apologized multiple times. “If I snapshot this and send it to your coach… what happens,” Kamara replied. “My bad I didn’t think you actually received these I am a huge fan and have had you in fantasy every year,” the teen responded.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Russian strikes had destroyed about 30 per cent of his country's power stations in one week, speaking hours after a fresh barrage cut electricity to cities across Ukraine.

The homeless woman charged in the murder of a 12-year-old Paris girl who was found stuffed inside a suitcase reportedly told investigators that she had forced the child to take a shower before sexually assaulting her — and then boasted about “selling body parts.” Dahbia B., who was indicted Monday in the grisly killing of 12-year-old Lola Daviet, told investigators that she took the girl to her sister’s apartment, forced her to take a shower and then “committed harm of a sexual nature and other violent acts against (Lola) that caused her death,” according to Agence France-Presse.

LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - Dozens of ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) circling off the coasts of Spain unable to secure slots to unload have prompted grid operators for the country to warn they may have to suspend loading to deal with this "exceptional situation". Europe is facing an energy supply squeeze as Russia has progressively cut gas flows after the West imposed sanctions in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February. The region has had to find alternative supplies, including LNG, but the arrival of multiple cargoes of the superchilled fuel has exposed Europe's lack of "regasification" capacity,...