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  • The Chosen TV series - Season FIVE production and Season FOUR release date discussion

    04/23/2024 4:07:17 AM PDT · by FRinCanada2 · 40 replies
    Thechosen.tv ^ | 23 April 2024 | FR discussion aboutThe Chosen TV series
    https://watch.thechosen.tv FReeper fans or not fans of The Chosen TV series 1. This thread is focused on the production of SEASON FIVE - spoiler alerts apply here. 2. Additionally, questions comments opinions about the release of SEASON FOUR ——- My BLUF: I had the privilege of attending the premiere of Season FOUR - well at least the first 3 episodes of season 4 I also had the privilege of seeing all 8 episodes in theaters more than once That said, many fans rely on the FREE worldwide release of The Chosen TV series on their app or on various platforms...
  • Are You Ready for This?

    04/22/2024 5:55:37 AM PDT · by iontheball · 2 replies
    The Remnant TV ^ | April 21, 2024 | Michael Matt
    This is Matt's latest video reporting on the hoped for rebirth to the return of Christianity in America.
  • "Salvation in the Good Shepherd and in No One Else" (Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, on Acts 4:1-12; John 10:11-18)

    04/20/2024 4:24:59 PM PDT · by Charles Henrickson · 2 replies
    My Facebook page ^ | April 21, 2024 | The Rev. Charles Henrickson
    “Salvation in the Good Shepherd and in No One Else” (Acts 4:1-12; John 10:11-18) Today we are celebrating “Good Shepherd Sunday,” the day every year when the readings, the hymns, etc., all deal with Jesus as our Good Shepherd. Which makes our first reading today seem a little out of place. Because in this text from Acts 4 there is no mention of “shepherd” or “flock” or that type of language. But it is a strong resurrection text, which makes it fitting during this Easter season. And it certainly proclaims salvation in Christ most clearly. And this does tie in...
  • "The Good Shepherd Gives Life to His Undershepherd" (Funeral sermon on Revelation 7:9-17; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 10:11-18)

    04/19/2024 4:46:41 AM PDT · by Charles Henrickson · 2 replies
    My Facebook page ^ | April 19, 2024 | The Rev. Charles Henrickson
    “The Good Shepherd Gives Life to His Undershepherd” (Revelation 7:9-17; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 10:11-18) Dear Miriam, Matthew, Anne Marie, family, and friends of our brother Leonard: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. When we lose a loved one--whether that’s a husband, father, grandfather, friend, fellow church member--we can experience a range of emotions. Certainly there’s a sense of loss, grief, in knowing that we will not see that person again in this life. But for the Christian, when we lose a brother or sister in Christ, there’s also a peace and a...
  • Majority of young Muslims in UK want Islamic law

    04/16/2024 7:05:49 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 43 replies
    World Israel News ^ | 4/15/24 | Daniel Greenfield
    1 in 3 Muslims living in the UK want Islam to be declared the national religion and for everyone to live under the brutal system of Sharia law which calls for beheadings and amputations. Less than 1 in 4 Muslims opposed the move while the majority were unwilling to commit. Among younger Muslims 18-24, 1 in 5 believed that making Islam “our national religion” was “very desirable”, and a total of 43% supported redefining the UK as an Islamic state. Only 16% opposed it. None effectively sympathize with Israel. Previously 1 in 4 Muslims had sympathized with the 7/7 suicide...
  • PURE EVIL: Biden Administration Reportedly Provided Guidance to Iran in Saturday’s Drone and Missile Strike on Israel

    04/15/2024 8:12:51 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 50 replies
    Gateway Pundit & The Jerusalem Post ^ | Apr. 15, 2024 9:00 am | Staff
    Boy, the Biden-Obama regime really, really hates Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel! According to reports coming from Israel and Turkey the Biden Administration provided guidance to Iran in its missile and drone strike against Israel. Why would Israel EVER trust the Biden regime again? The Jerusalem Post reported: Iran informed Turkey in advance of its planned operation against Israel, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters on Sunday, adding that Washington had conveyed to Tehran via Ankara that any action it took had to be “within certain limits.” Turkey, which has denounced Israel for its campaign on Gaza, said earlier on Sunday...
  • "Thus It Is Written, Fulfilled, and Proclaimed" (Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter, on Luke 24:36-49)

    04/13/2024 7:55:13 PM PDT · by Charles Henrickson · 1 replies
    My Facebook page ^ | April 14, 2024 | The Rev. Charles Henrickson
    “Thus It Is Written, Fulfilled, and Proclaimed” (Luke 24:36-49) Do you want to know what the Bible is all about? Do you want to know what Jesus came to do? Do you want to know what the church’s preaching should emphasize? If so, then I’ve got good news for you. The answers to all three of these questions are found in today’s Gospel reading from Luke 24, specifically, in these verses: “Then Jesus said to them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of...
  • "Death to America" Called "Legitimate Viewpoint" [semi-satire]

    04/13/2024 12:38:36 PM PDT · by John Semmens · 2 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 14 April 2024 | John Semmens
    At an anti-Israel demonstration in Dearborn, Michigan, Tarek Bazzi led the crowd in chants of "death to America." When Fox reporter Hillary Vaughn asked Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) about this the Congresswoman called the chant "a legitimate viewpoint. If my constituents feel this way it is my duty to honestly represent their views in Congress." "The whole world knows that Israel is the instigator of most of the world's problems," she added. "The October 7 attack was a justified response to these instigations. Israel has been illegally occupying Palestinian lands since 1948. Any actions taken to try to persuade the...
  • Metalworker Fired For Opposing Company’s Gay Pride Symbol

    04/09/2024 6:02:16 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 15 replies
    www.toddstarnes.com ^ | April 08, 2024 | Todd Starnes
    Daniel Snyder was fired from his job as a metalworker because he objected to his employer’s use of a rainbow to promote gay pride month. Snyder, who worked for the global aluminum manufacturing giant Arconic, is suing his former employer claiming religious discrimination. As I wrote in my new book, “Twilight’s Last Gleaming,” religious liberty is under fierce attack in the nation. Click here to read my book. “Because of his Christian beliefs, Mr. Snyder respects all people regardless of their sexuality, and he previously worked alongside a transgender individual at Arconic without any issues,” said Thomas More Society attorney...
  • Chris Cuomo Tears Biden A New One Over Israel: ‘Hostages Have Become An Afterthought’

    04/08/2024 7:33:12 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | Apr 5, 2024 | Virginia Kruta
    NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo tore into President Joe Biden on Thursday, accusing the White House of sending a “mixed message” on Israel and warning him that no amount of political pressure — even from within his own party — was an “excuse to be weak.” Cuomo was responding to Biden’s Thursday call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during which he reportedly pressured the Israeli leader to move ahead with a ceasefire in Gaza despite the fact that the terrorist group Hamas — which started the current war with an unprovoked attack on October 7th and is still holding Israeli and...
  • Hamas, Gaza Arab "Palestinian" captors kept talking about one thing: Jihad. They want "a world of Islamic state."

    04/07/2024 9:42:50 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 23 replies
    At EoZ ^ | Apr 7 2024
    CNN, 'The Whole Story,' 7 April 2024. "Hostages: The road home." Bianna Golodryga: Yarden Roman-Gat understands Arabic, but spoke with her captors in English... Yarden: They only want one thing. Jihad Their aim is to get the world to be Islamic. They spoke about it that all the time. They want an Islamic State Bianna: Israel should not exist? No two states? Yarden: No. No. They want "a world of Islamic state."
  • "Blessed Are Those Who Have Not Seen and Yet Have Believed" (Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter, on John 20:19-31)

    04/06/2024 7:20:25 AM PDT · by Charles Henrickson · 5 replies
    My Facebook page ^ | April 7, 2024 | The Rev. Charles Henrickson
    “Blessed Are Those Who Have Not Seen and Yet Have Believed” (John 20:19-31) Suppose you happened to be indoors all afternoon tomorrow. And the next day people say to you, “Hey, how about that eclipse yesterday?” And you say, “Sorry, I didn’t see it. Therefore, since I didn’t see it, it must not have happened.” Now that would be ridiculous. Just because you didn’t see it, there were plenty of people who did. Just because you didn’t see it, it still happened. Yeah, as crazy as it sounds for the sun to turn pitch black in the middle of the...
  • What happened to Suspicious0bservers YouTube channel? (vanity)

    04/05/2024 8:36:47 AM PDT · by null and void · 20 replies
    null and void ^ | 4/5/24 | nully
    Page went blank yesterday, it's been long enough to fix a glitch, it's still blank, other EweTube channels working. Any subscribers have more input? This lurker is in the dark.
  • Israel attacks Iranian Consulate building in Damascus, Syria: Quds Force Commander Killed

    04/01/2024 9:00:49 AM PDT · by Perseverando · 19 replies
    Twitter ^ | April 1, 2024 | Multiple
    #MohammadRezaZahedi, one of the top commanders of the #QudsForce, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the building next to the Iranian embassy in #Damascus. He has been involved in killing people in the Kurdistan of Iran and killing children in Syria.
  • Opinion: I Don't Consider Joe Biden a True Catholic and His Easter Message 'Remembering Death' Is Baffling

    03/31/2024 9:18:58 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 8 replies
    Red State ^ | 03/31/2024 | Brittany Sheehan
    I don't consider President Joe Biden to be a true Catholic. I grew up in the Catholic Church, which you may have guessed by my very Irish surname. Admittedly, some things about the Church are still a mystery to me. I'm no Biblical scholar, and I can't detail every Catholic ritual. I'm rather unremarkable in being especially 'good' at any form of Christianity, often half-jokingly saying, "I expect to be in Heaven, just with really bad seats." I wouldn't disqualify anyone as a person of faith based on sinful actions, I expect imperfection. That doesn't mean they are not a...
  • Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: Acting Like Jesus, Putin Xi Story Out, Easter Newsdumping, Military Sexual Misconduct?, Chuck C And Corrie Ten Boom

    03/30/2024 9:35:26 PM PDT · by Nextrush
    Nextrush Free ^ | 3/30/2024 | Nextrush/Self
    Welcome here we are on what is considered a Holy Week culminating on Easter Sunday the Resurrection Of Christ and lets bring in Russell Brand... One can say the name of "the Lord" proclaim it loudly but in the end one must do what Jesus would do act like "the Lord"... "As soon as we begin to implement these destructive thoughts about the fact that everyone else is strangers here, we will ruin the country, and the main victims will the Russian people..."... "The well-being of the people of both countries, as well as the future and destiny of humanity,...
  • "Just as He Told You" (Sermon for the Resurrection of Our Lord: Easter Day, on Mark 16:1-8)

    03/30/2024 4:10:50 PM PDT · by Charles Henrickson · 4 replies
    My Facebook page ^ | March 31, 2024 | The Rev. Charles Henrickson
    “Just as He Told You” (Mark 16:1-8) Alleluia! Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed! Alleluia!) You say that with such conviction! And well you should. For Christ’s resurrection is the heart and soul of our hope as Christians. Brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus Christ has conquered sin and death for us. He has secured for us the sure and certain hope of our own resurrection and everlasting life. Which makes our Gospel reading today a little strange. It doesn’t end the way we would like. We would want the woman at the tomb, who had just heard those...
  • "The Great Good Friday Eclipse" (Sermon for Good Friday, on Mark 15:1-47)

    03/29/2024 11:32:17 AM PDT · by Charles Henrickson · 2 replies
    My Facebook page ^ | March 29, 2024 | The Rev. Charles Henrickson
    “The Great Good Friday Eclipse” (Mark 15:1-47) It’s early afternoon on an early spring day, with lots of people in town, and the sky turns completely dark. No, I’m not talking about what will happen here on April 8, when Greenwood and the whole Indianapolis area will lie in the path of totality of a solar eclipse, and lots of people will be here to experience that rare event. No, I’m talking about what happened in Jerusalem back on the day when Jesus was crucified. On that day, lots of people were in town for the Passover festival. And on...
  • Make Every Day Opening Day

    03/28/2024 2:26:24 PM PDT · by TBP · 7 replies
    Metaphysics Today (Medium) ^ | Apr 26, 2023 | Tim Phares
    Spring is a wonderful time of year. Despite T.S. Eliot’s line that “April is the cruelest month,” spring is a time of renewal, a good time to remind ourselves to open up to new facets of life. One of the best things about spring, to me, is the opening of the baseball season. I am a fervent baseball fan. To me, there is a good deal of metaphysics in baseball. You start out at a place called home, then you go on a little journey like the Prodigal Son, the aim being to return home. The ones who go home...
  • Biden Condemns "Islamophobia" [semi-satire]

    03/28/2024 11:18:22 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 10 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 24 March 2024 | John Semmens
    This week, President Biden, in observance of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, condemned "the hate that Muslims face because of their beliefs and the ugly resurgence of Islamophobia following the war in Gaza. Let us rededicate ourselves to a world where people of all faiths are free to live without fear." Meanwhile, Imam Abdou Zindani observed the International Day to Combat Islamophobia by saying "one day Muslims will slaughter Jews like sheep." A poll in Palestine found that 71% see the October 7 attack and massacre of unarmed civilian Israeli Jews as a good decision and that 93% do...