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The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• PETER'S VISION AND HIS VISIT ֎ Featuring 33 Paintings, 3 Reliefs, 1 Statue and 6 Windows ֎ A C T S «Chapter 10» At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion. He and all his family were devout and God-fearing. One day he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who said, “Cornelius!” Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a...

D.R. Horton DHI –0.31% stock was jumping after the home builder reported better-than-expected earnings Thursday. D.R. Horton (ticker: DHI) reported a profit of $2.73 a share in the fiscal second quarter, easily beating analyst forecasts for $1.93, on sales of $7.97 billion, topping estimates for $6.45 billion. “Despite higher mortgage rates and inflationary pressures, demand improved during the quarter due to normal seasonal factors, coupled with our use of incentives and pricing adjustments to adapt to changing market conditions,” Donald R. Horton, chairman of D.R. Horton’s board, said in a press release. “Although higher interest rates and economic uncertainty may...

(Daily readings from the USCCB)The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him. John 3:35It’s interesting to note that the words of today’s Gospel appear to be from Saint John the Baptist, since they come within the context of his testimony to Jesus. Some commentators, however, suggest that they are words that were actually spoken by Jesus and that the Evangelist inserts them here as a continuation of the testimony of the Baptist, attributing them to Saint John. Regardless of who actually spoke these words, the line quoted above gives us much to reflect upon, in that...

Here are some news stories from recent days. Can you tell me what they have in common? Scammers clone a teenage girl’s voice with AI—then use it to call her mother and demand a $1 million ransom. Millions of people see a photo of Pope Francis wearing a goofy white Balenciaga puffer jacket, and think it’s real. But after the image goes viral, news media report that it was created by a construction worker in Chicago with deepfake technology. Twitter changes requirements for verification checks. What was once a sign that you could trust somebody’s identity gets turned into a...

During an interview with CBS News on Wednesday, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young responded to a push by House Republicans to claw back unspent COVID money in exchange for raising the debt ceiling by stating that the unspent COVID money is funding for things like small businesses, veterans, and pensions, but “we’re happy to have that conversation when they take default off the table” and the debate over clawing back the unspent COVID funds isn’t tied to the debt ceiling. While discussing House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) plan to raise the debt ceiling, CBS News Chief...

The Supreme Court will allow a death-row inmate’s request for DNA testing he believes will prove his innocence to proceed. Rodney Reed was convicted over two decades ago for the 1996 murder of 19-year old Stacey Stites, with whom he was having an affair, though he has consistantly claimed innocence. After state courts denied his motion for DNA testing, Reed sued in federal court, arguing that Texas’ DNA testing law did not provide procedural due process. In a 6-3 Wednesday ruling, the Supreme Court reversed the Fifth Circuit’s decision, which held that Reed waited too long after the two-year statute...

A Biden administration rule is set to take effect that will force good-credit home buyers to pay more for their mortgages to subsidize loans to higher-risk borrowers. Experts believe that borrowers with a credit score of about 680 would pay around $40 more per month on a $400,000 mortgage under rules from the Federal Housing Finance Agency that go into effect May 1, costs that will help subsidize people with lower credit ratings also looking for a mortgage, according to a Washington Times report Tuesday. "The changes do not make sense. Penalizing borrowers with larger down payments and credit scores...

An unnamed Internal Revenue Service agent has requested whistleblower protections from Congress in an ongoing investigation into whether Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, has committed tax crimes, CBS News has learned. Jim Axelrod reports.

Perhaps then our coming struggles could be avoided. Society is a mess. Western civilizational collapse nears. On the bright side, though, politically incorrect underground humor is getting darkly hilarious. Case in point: Boomers: I can't believe I wore bell-bottoms. GEN X: I can't believe I wore my hair like that. Millennials: I can't believe I was Goth. GEN Z: I can't believe I cut my d--- off. It's funny because it's true, right? Or perhaps it's sad because a percentage of America's youth would not only miss the joke, but also find it offensive. I would rather shock the occasional...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine advocate and environmental lawyer, formally launched his bid for the Democratic 2024 presidential nomination on Wednesday.The 69-year-old nephew of late President John F. Kennedy and son of former US attorney general and assassinated 1968 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy made the announcement at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston.

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The Chicago Police Department launched an investigation into how officers responded to violence that broke out late Saturday during a large gathering of young people in the city’s downtown tourism district. The investigation comes after a viral video showed a mob attacking a couple as they exited a Loop store and it follows allegations of police inaction.

VIDEOWealthy Disney heiress Abigail Disney has for years called for the wealthy to pay more in taxes. So at a recent "Tax The Rich!" rally in Washington, D.C. where Disney and fellow leftwing millionaires were calling for increased taxes on the rich, Stephen Moore showed up with pledges for them to sign in which they would volunteer to pay 90% of their income in taxes. Guess how many of them signed the pledge? Bonus embarrassing excuses from the virtue signaling Abigail Disney for your entertainment.

On April 22, 1919, on his 50th birthday, Lenin gave an interview to London’s Daily Chronicle and made stunning revelations about the Bolshevik's struggle to destroy capitalism. The next day the interview was published in the New York Times as “Talk with Bolshevist Head.” “Experience has taught us it is impossible to root out the evils of capitalism merely by confiscation and expropriation, for however ruthlessly such measures may be applied, astute speculators and obstinate survivors of the capitalist classes will always manage to evade them and continue to corrupt the life of the community," he said. To accomplish this,...

(Last Updated On: April 17, 2023) NATIONAL PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE DAY National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day on April 20th celebrates a sweet cake that contains pineapples and cherries. Americans have been enjoying this springtime cake since the early 1900s when many cakes were made in cast iron skillets. #PineappleUpsideDownCakeDay To make a Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, line the bottom of a cake pan with pineapple rings. Then place a cherry in the center of each ring followed by a butter and sugar mixture. Finally, the cake batter is poured over the pineapples and baked. When the cake is done, it is...

Heeere we goooo. Fingers toes and eyes crossed for a successful test flight of the 33-Raptor engine Superheavy booster and Starship first time into space. Both vehicles are planned to splash down...the booster in the Gulf of Mexico and Starship off of Hawaii.

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 2 The Birth of Jesus 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be...

Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., ignored multiple requests for comment when asked why she signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to engage in closed-door discussions about a Chinese battery company's proposed factory. Slotkin's office confirmed to The Detroit News earlier this year that the Michigan lawmaker and her deputy legislative director Austin Girelli signed NDAs to discuss the proposal from Gotion, a subsidiary of the Hefei, China-based Gotion High-Tech, to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Big Rapids, Michigan. The proposed factory would be located outside of Slotkin's congressional district. Austin Cook, a spokesperson for Slotkin, explained to the outlet...

WASHINGTON — The House is expected to pass legislation Thursday that would ban transgender women and girls from competing in female school athletics — the latest GOP salvo in the intensifying culture wars over transgender rights in America. The bill, authored by Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., would amend Title IX to bar schools that receive federal funding from allowing people “whose sex is male” to participate in sports designated for women or girls. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” The GOP bill will...