“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. -John 15:1-5
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Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace in closest act to ‘open conflict since WWII’ Polish and NATO-allied aircraft — including Dutch F-35 fighter jets — took to the skies late Wednesday to “help ensure safety in Polish skies” from the drones that crossed into its airspace during a wave of Russian attacks in western Ukraine.
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Iryna Zarutska’s murder exposes the left’s utter incoherence on crime Not only did this brutal murder of a white woman by a black man turn the Democrats’ racial narrative on its head, it underscored and boosted President Donald Trump’s messaging on urban crime.
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A Tragedy Worse Than Epstein’s Island, But With Less Paperwork The comparison to Epstein isn't just spicy rhetoric; it's excruciatingly apt. Epstein ran a secret operation, while Biden's team built a public pipeline that delivered kids to predators on an industrial scale. Epstein's crimes were vile, but they were limited to his creepy island and a few mansions. Biden's policies turned the entire U.S. border into a child-trafficking superhighway.
New FBI Releases From Tennessee Christian School Shooter Call Out And Depict Demons These documents provide more eerie indications of connections between spiritual evil and real-world manifestations such as child shootings. They show that criminals who describe themselves as demonically inspired accept Christian truth claims.
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UK PM Vows to Protect Kids From Energy Drinks, Not Muslim Rapists In Starmer’s UK, you can be too young to drink energy drinks, but not too young to be raped by the Muslim migrants arriving fresh off the boats from Afghanistan.
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Fact-Checking Newsom’s ‘Clean Energy’ Claims Newsom touts “clean energy” as California’s growth engine, but fact-checks reveal costly mandates, false claims, and heavy reliance on gas, oil, and nuclear to keep the lights on.
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Screens and social media are not all bad and don't seem to impact top achieving students very much. But I think the evidence is in that doom scrolling through TikTok for hours a day is not good for students near the bottom who do this in place of learning to read and do math.
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Christians often will do individual confession of sin, or will pray for the sins of others, asking God to judge their evil. But a third scenario is when a godly person asks God to forgive a sinful people or nation, but he also includes himself in the mix.
I just read another example of this today with the prayer of Daniel for his people as found in Daniel 9:3-19. The first three verses go like this:
Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Of interest is how often we find Daniel using the words “us” and “we” and “our” in these 17 verses. He is not pointing the finger at ‘them’ but at everyone, himself included. That is real humility. That is real identification with the people. That is having a godly heart and a willingness to fully relate to the people. Read it all... Image
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