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It may have seemed at first like any other chapel service at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky last Wednesday, but that normalcy didn't last long, as after a message from Romans 12 about 'love in action,' God's Holy Spirit fell in such a way that students in Hughes Auditorium wanted more. They stayed to worship, they stayed to pray, and to just soak in the Presence of Jesus. They're still there, and now many more have joined them, as word of revival has broken out...

China’s intelligence capability may be even greater than we’ve feared.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer claimed that the spy balloon that crossed the continental United States this month was redundant from an intelligence perspective, speaking on ABC News’ This Week Sunday. (snip)If Schumer is incorrect, or being deliberately deceitful

During a speech in the Romanian parliament on Wednesday, Senator Diana Lovanovici lambasted globalists for their role in a genocidal plot utilizing the “alleged pandemic” and COVID death jabs. She also blamed the West for using “geological weapons” to cause an earthquake in Turkey. “It is very clear to me that at this point, things at the international level have gotten out of hand, the fools are playing as God, and they think they have won the game,” Lovanovici said. “Cause of these demented and psychopathic people who cause wars and cataclysms using unconventional weapons, we, humans, are just numbers...

CHICAGO -- Four people were killed and 18 others were wounded in weekend shootings in Chicago, police said. A man was shot and killed early Saturday in the Chatham neighborhood. The 23-year-old was in an alley in the 8400-block of South Wabash when someone approached and shot him multiple times about 2:30 a.m., Chicago police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Another man was shot to death while sitting in his car early Sunday in Little Italy on the Near West Side. The man, 32, was in his car about 1:40 a.m. in the 1300-block of...

Angel, the founder of Angel Cakes, was robbed while running errands in her car. After a suspect ran off with personal items into another waiting car, Angel gave chase and somehow got caught in the car door “and was dragged more than 50 feet before falling free in the middle of the street," according to Oakland Side. She sustained serious injuries and was in the hospital, dying shortly after doctors confirmed she had lost all brain function. In their post about her death, Angel's family and friends stated they hope her death does not continue the cycle of violence from...

<p>It should have been remembered as one of the greatest Super Bowls ever, as both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs came out hot and scored touchdowns on their first drives. Then Philadelphia dominated for a stretch, only to be confronted by a furious second-half comeback by KC and quarterback Patrick Mahomes.</p>

It's not over. Maricopa Co AZ has been brought in to count all mail-in Touch downs and field goals. Currently its looking good for the Eagles. We'll know the final results in about two weeks,...as usual.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired outside legal counsel in anticipation of potential impeachment proceedings against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.“The Department of Homeland Security has retained outside counsel to help ensure the Department’s vital mission is not interrupted by the unprecedented, unjustified, and partisan impeachment efforts by some Members of Congress, who have already taken steps to initiate proceedings,” a DHS spokesperson told The Epoch Times in a Feb. 10 statement.“DHS will continue prioritizing its work to protect our country from terrorism, respond to natural disasters, and secure our borders while responding appropriately to the over 70 Congressional...

China has gone on the offensive with its rhetoric in regard to the multiple balloons or else 'unidentified objects' reported shot down by the US military in the last days over North America. China has been under pressure to respond for more than a week now, as the Chinese 'spy' balloon saga has pervaded international headlines.Its foreign ministry on Monday decried US hypocrisy in asserting that the United States breached Chinese airspace without permission at least 10 times with high-altitude balloons since early 2022. This as Beijing officials have suggested they are currently tracking more."It is nothing rare for U.S....

So far this month, we've already written two piece about disturbing 'woke' excesses. One involved pro-criminal "social justice" and "equity"-minded policies resulting in the murder of a woman of color in Portland. If you think that's an uncharitable exaggeration, read the original story, or my summary of it, and judge for yourself. Relatedly, the Los Angeles Times just wrote about Portland's left-wing lurch toward failed city status, which is quite an indictment, given the day-to-day realities in the city that newspaper serves. The report is headlined, 'What’s the matter with Portland? Shootings, theft and other crime test city’s progressive strain'...

Only 28% of Generation Z Americans say they're committed to attending religious services at least once a month, as 14% identify as atheist or agnostic, according to a recent poll that suggests the younger generation is also much more likely to identify as LGBT. The "Gen Z Post Election Research" polls, released this month by the Walton Family Foundation and Murmuration in conjunction with SocialSphere, surveyed Gen Z participants ages 15 to 25 as well as adults 26 and over on a wide variety of questions as researchers attempt to gain an understanding for the habits and preferences of the...

Democrats are working overtime to make it so painful for attorneys to represent Republicans in election cases that the next candidate will be unable to find lawyers willing to battle on their behalf.A state court judge refused to halt the Texas Bar’s assault on Attorney General Ken Paxton for his decision to challenge several swing states’ execution of the 2020 election in Texas v. Pennsylvania, a little-noticed perfunctory order published in late January revealed. While the partisan targeting of Paxton represents but one of the many attempts by Democrats to weaponize state bars to dissuade attorneys from representing Republicans, court...

A large international clinical study finds that patients with large strokes had a dramatically better recovery after endovascular thrombectomy plus medical management than patients receiving only standard medical management. Endovascular thrombectomy is mechanical recovery of a clot blocking blood flow in an artery. The SELECT2 study was stopped early because of the successful results seen in patients who received thrombectomy versus medication only. Amrou Sarraj, MD, said, "We went on to challenge the current practice where patients with large strokes would be precluded from thrombectomy." While thrombectomy has proven effective in smaller strokes, patients with large strokes were considered too...

The claim that an undesired pregnancy is slavery implies that our very existence is a form of slavery or imprisonment.Motherhood isn’t slavery. This ought to be obvious, but after the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the left has pushed a variety of bizarre legal theories as they scramble to ensure that elective abortions continue unabated across the country. They just got a federal judge to consider one of the looniest legal theories — the sort of theory that shouldn’t be heard outside of a mediocre law professor’s late-night conversations with her cats after hitting the wine box a bit...

We have yet to see the Keller Center’s fruit, but we can hope it will meet the cultural and moral fights on the political battlegrounds they’ve fallen on.“The historical Christian positions on social issues do not fit into contemporary political alignments,” wrote superstar Presbyterian pastor Tim Keller in a September 2018 op-ed for The New York Times titled “How Do Christians Fit Into the Two-Party System? They Don’t.” Keller, who pastors a large church in New York City and has long characterized his intended approach to evangelism as “winsome,” has been critiqued by other thinkers such as James R. Wood...

Graphic drone footage appears to show dozens of Russian armored vehicles getting ambushed and destroyed during a single botched attack near the coal-mining town of Vuhledar in eastern Ukraine, which Moscow’s forces have been trying to capture for months. Vuhledar, a Ukrainian stronghold at the strategic intersection between the eastern and southern front lines, has seen some of the bloodiest fighting of the war as the Kremlin is gearing up for a decisive offensive on the eastern front. Based on the newly released video evidence, a column of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles was lost or damaged last week,...

Declines in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level after treatment with enzalutamide predict improved survival rates in men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). PROSPER trial data used to explore enzalutamide's effects on PSA levels The researchers analyzed data from the PROSPER trial, published in 2018, which enrolled men with nmCRPC and rapidly rising PSA levels. Increases in PSA signal an increased risk that the cancer will spread, or metastasize, outside of the prostate gland. In patients with nmCRPC, rising PSA levels are often the first sign that the cancer is growing. The 'castration-resistant' part of nmCRPC means that the cancer no...

It’ll never end. The liberal language police have come for a slew of terms they deem to be ultra-violent. And now the ultra-woke are coming for more words and phrases. They abhor “jump the gun,” “roll with the punches” and even “deadline,” claiming they’re just too “violent.” For the record, the word “deadline” was first recorded in 1864 during the Civil War. As both sides captured prisoners of war, a “do not cross” line was traced around prisons, and guards were ordered to shoot anyone that might cross the “dead line.” And by the way, “jump the gun” has nothing...

(Last Updated On: February 9, 2023) NATIONAL TORTELLINI DAY Pasta lovers will enjoy a traditional stuffed pasta during National Tortellini Day on February 13th! #NationalTortelliniDay Tortellini is a signature dish from the Italian region of Bologna, where they claim to have created this stuffed pasta packed with flavor. Ravioli, tortellini, and tortellacci are all part of the same family of stuffed pasta. The most common fillings for tortellini are ham, white meat, and Parmesan cheese. Members of an organization called The Learned Order of the Tortellini in the city of Bologna wear special hats to their meetings that are red...

The drop unfolded just 71 seconds after United Airlines Flight UA 1722 took off from Kahului Airport in Maui bound for San Francisco on Dec. 18, according to data from Flight Radar, a flight tracking website. The dive was first reported by The Air Current. The flight data shows the plane took off at 2:49 p.m. local time and rose to an altitude of 2,200 feet when it suddenly took a dive and dropped to 775 feet over the Pacific Ocean. The plunge saw the plane dip at a vertical rate of nearly 8,600 feet per minute, according to the...