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“. . . Made in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:7). Christ was fully God and fully man. In his Systematic Theology theologian Charles Hodge wrote, “The Scriptures teach that Christ had a complete human nature. That is, He had a true body and a rational soul. By a true body is meant a material body which in everything essential was like the bodies of ordinary men. . . . It is no less plain that Christ had a rational soul. He thought, reasoned, and felt.” Hodge’s assessment is correct, for Christ was given all the essential attributes of humanity....

Meeting on the margins of the Doha Forum, in Qatar, Turkey, Russia, and Iran urged the Syrian opposition to heed the call to end the fighting and to preserve Syria as an integrated and united country.Amid reports that Russian diplomats are fleeing Damascus in the face of the lightning opposition advance...Earlier this year, Assad had refused to speak to Turkey so long as Turkish forces remained in Syria. This refusal led the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to give the implicit green light to militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) last month to mount its stunningly successful attacks on Aleppo, and...

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Russia's abandonment of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led to his downfall, adding Moscow never should have protected him in the first place and then lost interest because of a war in Ukraine that never should have started. "Assad is gone. He has fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by (President) Vladimir Putin, was not interested in protecting him any longer," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. "There was no reason for Russia to be there in the first place," Trump wrote. "They lost all interest in...

While Biden disgraces the presidency, Donald Trump is treated as acting had of state. Eighty-three years after the disastrous sneak attack on Pearl Harbor which galvanized our nation to prepare for a long fight and ultimate victory, we have a clearer picture of how Barack Obama (and through him, President Biden) destroyed his party and with it many of our institutions. We now have a leader and a plan to restore their strength. Much has been written about why the Democrats suffered such a devastating loss in the election, but I’m inclined to place great weight on the views expressed...

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced three people have been charged in connection with a shooting incident that occurred in Raceland on Thursday night. Two people were injured in the shooting. Payton Scott, 18, of Bayou Blue, Kayleigh Gregoire, 19, of Houma, and a 16-year-old male all face charges in the incident.Just after 9:30 p.m. on December 5, 2024, LPSO received a call about a shooting that had occurred in the 100 block of Brooklyn Lane in Raceland. Through investigation, detectives learned Gregoire and another female allegedly lured a 17-year-old male to the residence promising a sexual encounter but planning...

Israel’s Army Radio reported on Sunday morning local time that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had moved tanks into the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria to deter Syrian rebels after the apparent fall of the Assad regime. As Breitbart News reported, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was reported to have fled the capital city of Damascus on Sunday. Unconfirmed social media reports suggested that he had been aboard a plane that appeared to have crashed. On Friday, the IDF said that it had reinforced Israeli positions on the Golan Heights, the plateau seized by Israel from Syria during the Six-Day...

There were reports that his destination was Moscow. Yet, it appears as if his plane has disappeared. We don’t know if this is a diversion or a case of an aircraft being misidentified. We’ll update accordingly if anything changes, but for now, it seems as if the ousted Syrian leader’s aircraft dropped off the radar and is now missing near Homs.

In a lengthy social media post, Donald Trump has called for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, while referencing the apparent collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. The president-elect made the remarks in a post on his Truth Social website early on Sunday morning, in which he argued Russia was in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine war and said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to "make a deal and stop this madness." On Saturday evening and Sunday morning, Syrian rebels streamed into their country's capital Damascus as the 24-year-old regime of President Assad reportedly collapsed. In...

The central bank of Syria in Damascus - was looted a few minutes ago. Armed jihadists entered and looted boxes of money.

Sometimes a win is just a win. And sometimes it’s a game-changer of historic proportions. Donald Trump has done far more than secure a delayed second term. The broad scope of his win and the coalition he formed reshaped the political landscape and flatlined the legacies of a generation of presidential families. The Clintons, the Bushes, the Cheneys, the Obamas and the Biden-Harris team have been eclipsed by his dramatic triumph. Their tenures seem like minor footnotes now that Trump has forged a sweeping realignment under the MAGA banner. He remade the stiff and stuffy GOP into the home of...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s bid for re-election came to a stunning end Saturday as she was soundly defeated in a runoff election. It marked the first time Broome had ever lost an election in her lengthy political career. She was defeated by political newcomer Coach Sid Edwards (R), a decorated local high school football coach. With all precincts reporting, Edwards received 54 percent of the final vote. Voter turnout was 35.7 percent. Broome addressed supporters at the Marriott Hotel on Constitution Avenue in Baton Rouge Saturday evening. “We stood tall and we...

Collins-Black has been a lifelong fantasy enthusiast, immersing himself in games and mythical adventures such as Dungeons & Dragons since childhood.By 2015, the successful musician and entrepreneur was looking for a change of pace and envisioned a project that would help him reconnect with his younger imagination.Motivated by Forrest Fenn's infamous treasure hunt launched back in 2010, Collins-Black dreamed of creating something more personal and accessible. Instead of Fenn's single chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains, Collins-Black envisioned multiple troves allowing every person across the country the opportunity to be in closer proximity to one of the chests."I wanted to...

Ten people have been injured and one person is reported to have been killed in Palm Springs, California, after a police officer riding a motorbike crashed into a crowd. Spectators had gathered for the 32nd annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade on Saturday night when a PSPD traffic officer performing a stunt lost control of his motorcycle. Footage shows the officer traveling at speed down the road within feet of where bystanders were watching the procession just after 6pm. The officer and bike plowed into the crowd on the parade route at Palm Canyon Drive and Amado Road. Eyewitnesses...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KABC) -- At least 10 people were injured Saturday afternoon when a police officer crashed into a crowd at a holiday celebration in Palm Springs. It happened just after 6 p.m. at the Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade. According to a statement issued by the city, the crash happened along the parade route. Ten people, including the officer, were rushed to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the city said. The officer reportedly lost control of his motorcycle while attempting a trick and severed his hand in the process, according to witnesses. The motorcycle continued moving...

FULL TITLE: BREAKING NEWS Syrians storm Bashar al-Assad's presidential palace in Damascus as rebels declare the country is 'free' and tear down statues of deposed leader - as search begins for 'tyrant' after he flees during dramatic collapse of his bloodthirsty regime Syrians have stormed Bashar al-Assad's presidential palace in Damascus as rebels declare that the country is 'free' from the 'tyrant'. The opposition fighters reached the suburbs of the capital yesterday for the first time since the region was recaptured by government troops in 2018. Syrian state television showed the rebels milling around inside the despot's palace after he...

New photos of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's alleged killer have been released by the NYPD, as the hunt for the assassin enters its fifth day. The alleged killer can be seen in the back of a cab as NYPD investigator's search remains ongoing. Earlier this week, a backpack found by officers in the hunt for Thompson's killer did not contain the murder weapon, according to reports. Authorities looking for the individual responsible for gunning down Thompson in the early hours of Wednesday morning found the backpack inside Central Park on Friday. Sources have since told Bloomberg and NBC News that...

In interview with ToI, a Free Syrian Army officer expresses hope for friendly relations with Jewish state, warns of Iranian militias propping up Assad: ‘They will come for Israel, too. Syrian rebel commander urges Israel to support uprising, strike Iran-backed forces In interview with ToI, a Free Syrian Army officer expresses hope for friendly relations with Jewish state, warns of Iranian militias propping up Assad: ‘They will come for Israel, too.’ By Gianluca Pacchiani. December 6, 2024. For over a week, insurgents have been battling Syrian regime forces and their allies in a lightning uprising, taking control of Aleppo and...

By Fran Gardner (BBC Security correspondent) When the celebratory gunfire subsides, and the prisons and torture chambers of Assad’s brutal, kleptocratic regime are emptied, Syria will find itself at a crossroads. This could now go either way. If Abu Mohammed Al-Jawlani, the leader of HTS, the main victorious rebel group, is true to his word, then there is a chance for this country to transition to a more pluralistic, democratic future, supported by the UN and others. But HTS, and some of its fellow travellers, have a violent past, rife with allegations of human rights abuses. It is a proscribed...

Syria's rebels have broadcast a message from the state-run television station and over Damascus Radio, claiming they have ended Bashar al-Assad's rule and freed political prisoners. Fighters in the broadcast are calling on "the mujahidin and citizens to preserve the property of the state of free Syria. Long live Syria, free and proud. To all Syrians, whatever their sect."