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  • Americans, all, Trump belongs in the White House, Biden belongs in the Jail House...case Closed. Make it happen!!!

    12/27/2020 3:53:54 AM PST · by JLAGRAYFOX · 18 replies
    Trump belongs in the White House as POTUS,Trump won Re-Election with a massive landslide victory over Democrat, criminal, corrupt politician, Election Cheat, Joe Biden...period!!! Joe Biden belongs in the jail House, not the White House!!!
  • Christmas Under Lockdown

    12/25/2020 7:26:09 AM PST · by livius · 20 replies
    New York Post ^ | 12/25/2020 | David Marcus
    So we made it to Christmas. It isn’t a normal Christmas by any means: no holiday parties with sloshed colleagues, no late Manhattan nights with red and green lights flickering on chilly streets, no large gatherings or intimacy with our elder kin. As one of the proud New Yorkers who has yet to move to Florida, I can pretty much say that all I want for Christmas is a bar that stays open past 10 p.m. Gov. Cuomo for well on 10 months has been doing his best John Lithgow impression, turning the most vibrant place in the world into...
  • Decoding the music masterpieces: Handel’s Messiah oratorio, composed in just 24 days

    12/24/2020 10:50:51 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 13 replies
    The Conversation ^ | December 14, 2020 | Zoltan Szabo
    The tradition of performing George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is as inseparable from festivities preceding Christmas as the oversweet carol arrangements oozing through loudspeakers at shopping centres. It’s a tradition worth noticing, as the Messiah was originally composed as an Easter offering, first performed in Dublin on April 13, 1742. With lines such as, “He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief”, this is understandable. It is curious why this masterpiece, structured in three parts and performed for hundreds of years at Easter, gradually became a ubiquitous element of the Christmas traditions. After all,...
  • Christmas Gift

    12/23/2020 9:22:56 AM PST · by Mrs. Warrior · 2 replies
    Adam and Eve walked in a garden and listened to God's voice. He said “because I love you, trust me and do not eat from this tree; it is the wrong choice”. The snake, full of jealous hate, in order to manipulate, told man “you're missing out if you don't partake”. The apple they ate; they saw their naked side, and knew they had to hide. God saw the sin and felt grief within. He had to have shedding of blood and animal skin. The man knew his wife, children were born into sin and lived in strife. They knew...
  • Pope To Step Down After Christmas, According To Vatican Source

    12/22/2020 7:03:51 PM PST · by Enlightened1 · 36 replies
    Twitter ^ | 12/22/20 | Disclosure TV
    NEW - Pope to step down after Christmas, according to Vatican source. https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1341522471590260738
  • Recording of “The Three Kings” poem of Longfellow sung to “The Golden Carol” music of Stainer.

    12/21/2020 4:39:05 PM PST · by CharlesOConnell · 3 replies
    Self | 12-21-2020 | CharlesOconnell
    http://celebrationarts.net/images/_alpha/LongfellowThreeKings-StainerGoldenCarol_01-11-20.mp3Henry Wadsworth LongfellowSir John Stainer1) Three Kings came riding from far away, Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar; Three Wise Men out of the East were they, And they travelled by night and they slept by day, For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star.2) The star was so beautiful, large and clear, That all the other stars of the sky Became a white mist in the atmosphere, And by this they knew that the coming was near Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.3) Three caskets of they bore on their saddle-bows, Three caskets of gold with golden keys; Their...
  • California Declares Christmas Caroling A Felony

    12/21/2020 8:28:21 AM PST · by BipolarBob · 30 replies
    Babylon Bee ^ | 12/18/2020 | Babylon Bee
    SACRAMENTO, CA—California has leveraged one of its recent emergency declarations to declare Christmas caroling a felony. Christmas caroling is now punishable by 25 years in prison, as it's detrimental to the public health. In addition to being a potential super-spreader of COVID, Governor Gavin Newsom says he "hates singing" and wishes people would just "cut it out with all the jolliness and joy." "Dangerous gangs of outlaws going door to door singing loudly -- this must stop," said Gavin Newsom. "The SCIENCE! says we must wear masks when singing and sing only beneath a standard speaking voice, and these deranged...
  • Joel Osteen Releases New Book 'Live Your Best Life Now By Taking Millions In Small Business Aid From The Government'

    12/20/2020 4:28:13 PM PST · by BipolarBob · 16 replies
    Babylon Bee ^ | 12/17/2020 | Babylon Bee
    HOUSTON, TX—Joel Osteen is a prolific author, having instructed his ghostwriter to pen dozens of bestselling books over the course of his career. Now, he's got a new book that's set to top the New York Times Bestseller List: Live Your Best Life Now by Taking Millions in Small Business Aid from the Government. The book will teach Christians to name and claim up to $4 million in small business aid, allowing them to use their positive mental energy to redirect the loans from businesses who desperately need it to their own lives and ministries. "Are you struggling to make...
  • Healing for the Broken Hearted

    12/20/2020 7:06:12 AM PST · by Mrs. Warrior · 4 replies
    Mary, the mother of Jesus, was told by the angel that a sword would pierce her heart. At the cross when Jesus carried the sins of the world His heavenly Father turned His back on His son because Jesus had taken upon Himself the sin of the entire world. That is why Jesus cried out in heartbreak, “My God, my God why have you forsaken me?” Mary's heart was broken at her Son's suffering. Upon the cross, Jesus told his disciple John to take Mary into his home. Jesus told us that He came to heal the brokenhearted. I imagine...
  • The Tunnel Through the Mountain.

    12/19/2020 8:01:02 AM PST · by Mrs. Warrior · 9 replies
    Every new year's eve we have a family tradition; we get a big box of chocolates and we get in a circle and tell the stories of the most memorable fun we had as a family. These stories are stored in a memory book to be retold to the future generations. We give thanks to God for our blessings. We savor the sweetness of the chocolate to remind us that life can be sweet. Then we review the events that were very hard but that we got through. We discuss that at the end of the year we write our...
  • Why Churches Should NOT Take The PPP Loan From The Government!

    12/17/2020 4:14:43 PM PST · by tbw2 · 7 replies
    Dave Ramsey Show ^ | Apr 12, 2020 | Dave Ramsey
    Why Churches Should NOT Take The PPP Loan From The Government!
  • Werner Klemperer and John Banner sing Silent night Robert Clary sings a French Carol

    12/17/2020 8:27:58 AM PST · by ealgeone · 34 replies
    youtube ^ | unknown | unknown
    If you love Hogans Heros, this is a gem. Werner Klemperer (Col Klink) and John Banner (Sgt Schultz) sing Silent night in their native language. Then Robert Clary (Corp Louis LeBeau) sings a French Carol.
  • The Sin of Suppression in Our 2020 Election

    12/16/2020 2:21:06 PM PST · by Heartlander · 2 replies
    The Stream ^ | December 16, 2020 | Ron F. Hale
    Three weeks before the election, the New York Post broke a “smoking gun” story on Hunter Biden’s introduction of his father to Vadym Pozharskyi, a leading Ukrainian energy executive. The meeting took place just months before Vice President Joe Biden pressured Ukrainian officials to fire the prosecutor investigating his son’s business dealings and his $50,000 monthly salary from Burisma.The media suppressed this story for weeks leading up to the 2020 election. The reason is clear: It went against Joe Biden’s narrative that he knew nothing of his son’s business dealings.One of every six Biden voters surveyed (17%) said “they would...
  • Ancient 2nd Temple Period Oil Lamp Factory Discovered in Israel: One of Largest Ever Found

    12/16/2020 11:43:41 AM PST · by Red Badger · 15 replies
    https://www.israel365news.com ^ | Dec 14, 2020 | Staff
    Beit Nattif lamps. Photo: Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority. One of the largest ceramic oil-lamp workshops in Israel has been discovered by Israel Antiquities Authority excavations in Beit Shemesh. Hundreds of ceramic oil lamps, two bearing symbols of the menorah and stone lamp molds for their production were found along with terracotta figurines which were made about 1600–1700 years ago. In the past few months, the Israel Antiquities Authority excavations aided by dozens of pre-military program students. The large-scale archaeological excavations are being carried out prior to the establishment of a new neighborhood by the Ministry of Construction and Housing....
  • ‘We are not alone’: A 2020 recap by Archbishop Viganò

    12/16/2020 5:55:26 AM PST · by KierkegaardMAN · 5 replies
    Lifesite Bews ^ | Carlo Vigano
    ..Forced to disguise ourselves as anonymous people without a face, they have imposed a muzzle on us that is absolutely useless for avoiding contagion and actually harmful to our health, but indispensable for their purposes of making us feel subjugated and forced to conform. They have prevented us from being cured with existing and effective treatments, promoting instead a vaccine that they now want to make obligatory even before knowing if it is effective, after only incomplete testing. And in order not to jeopardize the enormous profits of the pharmaceutical companies, they have granted immunity for the damage that their...
  • Florida pastor who fought alcohol sales on Sundays is charged with child porn

    12/15/2020 11:42:38 AM PST · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    https://www.tampabay.com ^ | December 15, 2020 | Staff
    William Dalton Milam, 62, was arrested Monday on two counts of promoting sexual performance of a child and 25 counts of possession of child pornography. MILTON — A Florida pastor who crusaded against alcohol sales on Sundays is now facing child pornography charges, state investigators say. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported William Dalton Milam, 62, was arrested Monday on two counts of promoting sexual performance of a child and 25 counts of possession of child pornography. It was not immediately clear Tuesday if Milam has a lawyer. The Pensacola News Journal reports Milam is pastor at the Olivet...
  • Is Christmas simply a re-imagining of pagan celebrations?

    12/14/2020 10:42:33 AM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 11 replies
    Catholic World Report ^ | Dec 2020 | Mary Farrow
    There are two major theories as to why Christmas falls on December 25, Barber said, though the long and short of it is that Christians do not know for certain the exact birthday of Jesus. The first theory dates back to 1905, when German scholar Hermann Usener posited that December 25 was adapted by Christians as the date for Christmas because it had been the birthday of the sun god, Sol Invictus. According to Barber, Usener claimed that Emperor Aurelian established Sol Invictus “as the official god of the Roman empire in 274 and established his feast day as December...
  • Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus

    12/13/2020 9:05:34 AM PST · by Leaning Right · 37 replies
    YouTube ^ | November 18, 2010 | Alphabet Photography
    On November 13, 2010 unsuspecting shoppers got a big surprise while enjoying their lunch. Over 100 participants in this awesome Christmas Flash Mob.
  • Pursuing Goodness

    12/13/2020 6:29:28 AM PST · by Mrs. Warrior · 2 replies
    One starry night a world darkened by sin was burst thru its borders by heavens golden light; Angels filled the hopeless with the message that God is good and that He was sending His greatest gift to rescue mankind. His Son Jesus, a man born of a Virgin, under the Law, would bring peace on earth and lead all those who would follow back to God. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one could come to the Father, the Lord God Almighty, but by Him. Himself without sin, at the cross He paid the price and...
  • Declaration and Call to the Church to Take Their Authority and By Grace Rout the Enemy and Possess and Restore America

    12/12/2020 8:09:38 AM PST · by Jim W N · 15 replies
    God's Love ^ | 12/12/20 | Jim Newell
    And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward..." Exodus 14:15. Time for Christian Patriots to declare their God-given power and authority by grace, and take back and possess the Land God has given to them as a light to the world. So let us boldly declare that in the name of Jesus and by his power and authority by grace through faith, America's enemies are defeated this day and the church is recovering grace by the faith that was once delivered to the saints who will now by...