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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• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 73. “HOW MANY TAX-COLLECTORS DID JESUS RESCUE?” 74. “WHO WERE THE FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE PRESENT WITH JESUS WHEN HE WAS TRANSFIGURED ON THE MOUNTAIN?” 75. “IN JESUS’ PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN, WHO WERE THE TWO JEWS WHO IGNORED AND PASSED BY THE INJURED MAN?” 76. “WHEN JESUS VISITED MARY AND MARTHA, ONE SAT AT JESUS’ FEET AND LEFT ALL THE WORK FOR THE OTHER, WHO THEN COMPLAINED TO JESUS. WHICH WAS WHICH?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#73:...

Two far-left rioters who pleaded guilty to burning down an Atlanta Wendy’s during the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020 have been sentenced to five years of probation by a Fulton County judge. The Wendy’s was the site of the fatal, officer-involved shooting of Rayshard Brooks on June 12, 2020. Brooks had fallen asleep in the drive thru and attacked the responding Atlanta Police Officer, Garret Rolfe, when he was detained. Brooks was shot and killed after he tried to grab Rolfe’s taser, leading to riots not long after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Atanta’s BLM chapter, along with other...

KNOXVILLE, Monday, Nov. 30. During Saturday night, Nov. 28, the enemy made a general attack in force on a large portion of our skirmishing line, and about midnight succeeded in driving in our pickets. This was intended as a defat, to confuse us, and conceal the real point of the contemplated assault. Cannonading and skirmishing continued all night. Early in the morning the enemy charged in strong force upon Gen. FERRIOR's position, Fort Saunders. They were met midway by a murderous discharge of grape and canister, and the steady fire of the rifle-pits, under which they faltered and finally fell...

Republicans did nothing about Bill Clinton flying to islands with minors Republicans did nothing about Hillary Clinton smashing devices Republicans did nothing about James Comey brazenly lying Republicans did nothing about Andy McCabe plotting a silent coup against a sitting President Republicans did nothing about BLM raising $100 million and breaking charitable giving laws Republicans in Florida did nothing about James Biden’s alleged fraud scheme involving a hospital system Republicans in Arkansas did nothing about Hunter Biden’s myriad crimes Republicans have done nothing against ANTIFA and their interstate RICO operations Republicans have done nothing against Fauci, EcoHealth Alliance, or the...

The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it. In a letter to House and Senate leaders and also released publicly, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young warned the US will run out of funding to send weapons and assistance to Ukraine by the end of the year, saying that would “kneecap” Ukraine on the battlefield. She added that the US already has...

Eight of the nine men convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl in 2020 will not face jail time, according to German news outlet NIUS. The 15-year-old girl was attending a party in Germany’s Hamburg Park in Sept. 2020 when she was allegedly dragged into the bushes and raped by 11 men, according to German news outlet NIUS. Two of the men were acquitted, while nine were found guilty, but only one of the nine received a prison sentence. That 19-year-old defendant received only two years and nine months in prison, per NIUS. The other eight defendants all received youth sentences...

The US housing market is goin’ down! While the Case-Shiller National home price index is rising again, it has been slowing since March 2022. This is happening as “the honey pot” (aka, M2 Money printing) growth is now negative. While real hourly compensation growth is slightly, the average rate of growth since April 1, 2021, is -2.1%. (Not exactly what Biden wants to broadcast as a feature of Bidenomics). In the first couple of pandemic years, buyers swarmed the housing market to seize record-low mortgage rates with little regard to home prices. Many of them are now realizing that they...

Do you believe the politicians in Washington or do you believe your own eyes? The politicians keep telling us that “inflation is low”, but everyone can see that everything sure does cost a lot more than it once did. Our standard of living just keeps going down, and even JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is admitting that “inflation is hurting people”. But how can inflation be “hurting people” if it is under control? Of course the truth is that it isn’t under control. If the official rate of inflation was still measured using the formula that was in place in...

The LEGO store in the San Francisco Centre mall has officially closed, right in the middle of the Christmas retail season, joining a retail exodus from the city that is driven by crime, homelessness, drugs, and the nation’s slowest post-pandemic recovery. As Breitbart News has noted, Westfield stopped making mortgage payments on the San Francisco Centre mall in June, after losing Nordstrom, which was its anchor tenant. Many other retail businesses, small and large, boutique and chain, have left.

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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said he thinks coal plants should not be “permitted anywhere in the world.” During a speech at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Kerry said he is becoming “more and more” militant about climate policy because people are avoiding responsibility. “We don’t need that necessarily to tell us we ought to be transitioning out of coal,” Kerry said about the pollution from coal plants. “There shouldn’t be any more coal power plants permitted anywhere in the world.” “That’s how you can do something for health,” he added. “And the reality is that we’re not...

Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid Those who said “Palestinians never invented anything” were wrong.................... VIDEO AT LINK...................

Lieutenant Ted Macie, an active-duty officer in the Navy Medical Service Corps and whistleblower, has been barred from accessing his work computer by the Department of Defense (DOD).This action comes after The Gateway Pundit wrote about Lt. Macie’s exposé on the significant increase in heart-related issues among military pilots post-COVID-19 vaccination.Lt. Macie, who also holds roles as a Navy Health Administrator and Medical Recruiter, brought attention to these concerns through a video, echoing the initial alarms raised by his wife, Mara Macie, a candidate for Florida’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House against RINO John Rutherford.Mara Macie has been...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Burke notified of Vatican apartment changesCardinal Raymond Burke received notice Friday that he must soon begin paying market rate rent on his Vatican apartment, or vacate the residence in early 2024.The Pillar has confirmed that on Dec. 1, Burke received a letter from the Apostolic See dated Nov. 24, which explained that he is expected to begin paying market rate rents for his Vatican apartment, effective Dec. 1, or — if Burke is unable to do so — to surrender the apartment by Feb. 29, 2024. The letter did not indicate what the market rate rent on...

The U.S. has provided Israel with large bunker buster bombs, among tens of thousands of other weapons and artillery shells, to help dislodge Hamas from Gaza, U.S. officials said. The surge of arms, including roughly 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells, began shortly after the Oct. 7 attack and has continued in recent days, the officials said. The U.S. hasn’t previously disclosed the total number of weapons it sent to Israel nor the transfer of 100 BLU-109, 2,000-pound bunker buster bombs. The airlift of hundreds of millions of dollars in munitions, primarily on C-17 military cargo planes flying from the...

4 December 2023 Monday of the 1st week of Advent Tomb of St. John the Baptist, Umayyad Grand Mosque, Damascus Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 2:1-5 ©The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of God's kingdomThe vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.In the days to comethe mountain of the Temple of the Lordshall tower above the mountainsand be lifted higher than the hills.All the nations will stream to it,peoples without number will come to it; and they will say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the...

They tell us it’s not happening in Idaho. They also tell us it’s a good thing that it is. Earlier this week, the City of Pocatello honored a drag queen story time group with their “Human and Civil Rights” award. They specifically lauded the group for “providing educational spaces for children.” It’s clear that this award was given in response to recent protests by concerned parents against exposing children to drag events and the gender confusion they promote. It’s no exaggeration to say that there are people out there who really are after your kids, and they will call anyone...

Hillary Clinton: "We're seeing and beginning to pay attention and to count and record the deaths that are related to climate."

In an astonishing move, the Lincoln council has axed the UK’s oldest Christmas market, a local economic powerhouse at £15 million. Meanwhile, Lincoln’s Mayor conveniently enjoys the festivities in Germany, raising eyebrows. The reason? A “safety risk” due to popularity. Really? Christmas markets thrive on being popular; that’s their essence. It sounds like a joke, but it’s local government decision-making.

The Department of Integration can no longer provide accommodation to all international protection applicants, due to a severe shortage. In a statement this afternoon, a spokesperson for the Department said tents and sleeping bags will be provided to people where required. A total of 107 people were accommodated over the weekend; however, from today, the State is not in a position to accommodate everyone. Women and children will still be accommodated, the spokesperson added. Over 100,000 people are currently being accommodated in Ireland. […] Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, (Lucky) Khambule (from MASI, the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland)...