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“‘And from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field’” (Matthew 13:44). Some believers feel uncomfortable about the parables we have been considering, thinking they teach salvation can be bought. But Scripture always teaches that salvation is completely free. Salvation is “bought” only in the sense that one trusts Jesus as Lord and Savior and surrenders all to Him. The treasure and the pearl illustrate the spiritual transaction of surrender. In salvation, we exchange the old for the new. Isaiah 55:1 describes salvation as God’s gift, yet refers to buying: “Every one who...

The Department of Homeland Security and ICE revealed earlier this week that they're giving illegal immigrants a lucrative incentive to leave our country voluntarily. On December 22, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a program that would give illegal immigrants a one-time payment of $3,000 if they self-deported. That's a $2,000 increase from the $1,000 incentive the Trump administration has been offering since the start of his second term. "Well, it's home for the holidays season so, you know, not only are we returning those kiddos back to their families that Biden lost, we also are saying that if you...

Indonesia has a reputation for being a “moderate” Muslim nation, but the wind in the Islamic world as a whole is blowing in the opposite direction, as a group of Christians has just discovered. Morning Star News, which tracks the persecution of Christians worldwide, reported Tuesday that “as police looked on, Muslims in West Java Province, Indonesia on Dec. 14 formed a human wall to block Christians from attending a Christmas service, according to local media.” Notice that it has now been nearly a quarter-century since 9/11, and while we have seen heroic individual Muslims such as Ahmed al-Ahmed, who...

Every December, we tell the Christmas story again.Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem. There is no room at the inn. Jesus is born in a stable and laid in a manger while animals look on. Shepherds receive angelic news in the fields and hurry to see the child. Later, wise men follow a star, seeking out a King born beneath it.It is a story most of us could tell from memory, shaped as much by hymn and pageant as by Scripture itself. The images are familiar and comforting: a holy family alone in the cold, a quiet night, a humble...

WWI's Christmas Truce: When Fighting Paused for the HolidayOn Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for a brief period. This is the story …The Great WarThe trigger for the Great War was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia. What began as a local Balkan conflict escalated as a network of alliances across Europe led countries to come to each other’s aid.The British declaration of war on Germany was triggered by the German invasion of Belgium, which Britain regarded as unprovoked....

Buzz Aldrin has been "abandoned" and "dying" in his bed all alone. The 95-year-old astronaut's longtime friend Steve Barber has spoken out exclusively to RadarOnline.com after seeing the "horrific" state of Aldrin's living conditions during a recent visit. In a photo exclusively provided to Radar, the ailing space hero could be seen staring blankly inside of his dingy Los Angeles apartment, as he received oxygen support through his nose. Aldrin, wearing a NASA T-shirt, appeared in a daze while bedridden and leaning over on a small pillow. There was a table beside the elderly star, allowing him to reach over...

Adam the Woo is gone, and the silence in his wake reveals more about modern America than 1,000 trending hashtags ever could. On December 22, David Adam Williams, known to untold millions simply as Adam the Woo, was found unresponsive in his home just outside Walt Disney World. He loved this theme park beyond words and videoed it countless times, eagerly sharing his adventures with viewers across the globe. A friend conducting a welfare check sent for help after seeing Adam’s motionless body through a window. Authorities pronounced him dead at the age of 51. He apparently died in his...

‘Ze’ has gone overboard with his latest remarks.For four years, Volodymyr Zelensky has been painted by the MSM as a heroic ‘defender of democracy’, a ‘present-day Winton Churchill’, and any questioning of him was surely to be described as the work of Putin’s shills and puppets.But that was then – and this is now, when Zelensky has been revealed as a failing leader of an incredibly corrupt country rife with real-life Nazis, and dealing with an alleged nasty drug habit.Citizens of the western countries now know that much of their taxpayer money sent to the Kiev regime was stolen by...

We obtained footage showing a man casually crossing a busy Interstate-5 in Seattle when a WSP patrol car shows up ... the guy stops in his tracks, paces around, then goes up to the driver side door and yanks the cop out of the car. He pushes her to the freeway pavement, then gets behind the wheel and speeds off.

Over 1,000 pubs have now implemented a ban on serving Labour MPs, in a widespread protest against tax increases that pose a threat to their existence. This includes three local establishments frequented by Rachel Reeves, who have declared they will deny her entry over the festive season. Andy Lennox, a publican from Dorset spearheading the campaign, stated that should a Labour MP attempt to purchase a pint from him, he would insist they "go back and don't come" in. He expressed his frustration: "We've done enough talking. We've had letters hand-delivered to the chancellor. We've told the chancellor what we...

There is only one movie most people watch around Christmas, and that has to be the ultimate Christmas movie, Frank Capra’s sublime It’s a Wonderful Life. What’s remarkable to me about this movie is that everyone still watches it and loves it, even though it is unapologetically religious. It’s a Wonderful Life is what Hollywood today would label “faith-based,” even though no one would describe it that way. And yet, it’s inescapable. This is a movie about prayer. It’s a movie about angels and a movie about faith. Hollywood would never make a movie that dared to say, as It’s...

A tour of the agora and acropolis of ancient Sparta. The Ruins of Sparta | 6:46 Scenic Routes to the Past | 48.8K subscribers | views | December 12, 2025 0:00 Introduction 1:24 Agora 3:12 Acropolis 5:06 Temple of Artemis Orthia

Donald Trump announced a 'powerful and deadly' Christmas Day strike on ISIS 'terrorist scum' in Nigeria and warned that radicals will continue to pay for the persecution of Christians. The president, who previously threatened to send the US military to the West African nation 'guns-a-blazing,' made the announcement in a Truth Social post Thursday evening. 'Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!' he...

President Donald Trump stated that, acting as Commander in Chief, he directed the United States to carry out a “powerful and deadly strike” in northwest Nigeria against ISIS terrorists, whom he identified as responsible for targeting and killing innocent Christians at historically severe levels. On Christmas night, President Donald Trump announced: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!” Trump wrote: I have previously...

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Amos Wilson Rusie was born on May 30, 1871, in Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana, a village about 20 miles southwest of Indianapolis.

Few things better illustrate why there has been a steep decline in the quality of writing at The New Yorker under the editorship of David Remnick than his absurd reaction to finding out that a letter supposedly written by Jeffrey Epstein to convicted serial sex offender Larry Nassar which implicated President Donald Trump in something bad has been determined to be fake.On Tuesday, Remnick revealed just how sadly his obsession over his Orange Whale has overwhelmed him to the extent that he has laughably lost whatever sense of rationality he might have left as you can see in "Trump, Epstein,...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Christmas Day in 1776 George Washington's "Victory or Death" I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; but...

Putin's army would stretch out from Kalingrad like a sword swallowing Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia one by one. But this dream is being shattered by a hammer blow stretching from Riga to Vilnius. While the iron piece was being melted down in Riga's back rooms last month, now this iron is being forged into a hammer in Vilnius, shattering Putin's 50-year Baltic dream. Moreover, this time Belarus will not escape either. In the early days of December 2025, history is being rewritten in Europe's eastern flank, not with ink, but with shattered metal. Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. These three tiny...