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On the revival front, I can attest as my Gen Z 18 yr old felt the nudge to start a young adult worship night in our small suburban town in deep blue WA state. A few weeks ago the 1st night in our packed living room was 52 kids! It has grown since and all they are doing is worshipping and praying. So thankful for her courage and what God is doing in the local 18-24 age group in our community.
We have a thriving, growing church here in the Fort Worth area, but the youth group for ages 18-25 is absolutely exploding. I watch these kids worship each Sunday and you can tell they are legitimately ON FIRE for God. It's beautiful to witness and so very encouraging!!
HOW INSPIRING - Thank you for sharing this wonderful testimony. I hope there are trained youth leaders available to counsel these young people. They need all the help they can get, taking into consideration the HUGE satanic activity we have in the world today--I believe all of the "Halloween" foolishness that is proliferating is a clear indication that satanic forces are behind all of this "hallowed evening' celebration!
I am mentoring a 21 year old that I believe will go into ministry. What a gift we have been given to guide these young people to serve the Lord much sooner than ourselves. 🙌
What a precious gift you are to this young person - keep us updated of milestones and revelations - they will be 'eternal pearls' of that I am certain, Jamie.
I can report that the youth groups at our church are quite robust, as well. Hallelujah! Another thing that makes me happy is how many younger people are stepping up in leadership and service. I love seeing it!
Same…and regarding “the reversal seems to have been prompted by a pandemic. And not any natural pandemic sent by God, but a pandemic sent to us by stupid scientists.” Maybe God prompted the stupid scientists to send the stupid pandemic to remind us who is really in charge? At any rate, the revival is real and this Gen Exer is here for it!
I would argue it was Satan, aka the LACK of God in those scientists hearts and minds that prompted them to take the foolish actions they did, fueled by hubris or malice, or both. They replaced God with themselves. You need listen to Fauci for no more than 30 seconds to know that this is true.
I actually thought quite a bit about what you speak of while reading this piece. Not the specific pandemic, but the cyclicality of humankinds relationship with God and religion. Does God bring about catastrophes to bring us back closer to Him, or does our straying bring about the catastrophes that in turn bring us back to God? I would argue it is the latter. For me in my current study and understanding of the teachings of God and Christ, sin is not the bad things that we do, sin is the absence of God from our lives and our thoughts and our hearts - which leads us to do bad things.
1. If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
And on and on the blessings are promised “IF YOU WILL”
But then, If you DO NOT!!
15 However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
It's in turning to Him that the law has been fulfilled. By turning to Christ when we are tempted, it's His works in us.
I only make the distinction for the reader, and this is not for you personally, Elaine. I may be preaching to the choir . . .
But those who read this are surrounded by false gospels. Turning to my own willpower or fear of legal consequences will only lead to a different sin, pride.
It's turning to Christ and then His works in me that fulfills His commandments. CStone also has a good comment in this thread.
I think of it like this. This wasn't a joint venture between me and Jesus. His sacrifice was complete. If I think I have a part on it, other than accepting his perfect sacrifice, then I am in effect saying I have to partly earn my salvation -- which is not possible. As for the law, Jesus fulfilled it, so there's nothing left to perform. The law was written on tablets of stone, but now it's written on our hearts. Hebrews 10:
16 “This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the LORD : I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”
17 Then he says, “I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.”
18 And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices.
19 And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.
Verse 19: "because of the blood of Jesus"
NOT:
"because of the blood of Jesus PLUS me keeping the 10 commandments"
He rescued us from the curse, but He did not do away with the Law (which should have been translated ‘Instructions’.
He said ““Do not think that I came to abolish the Torah or the prophets. I did not come to abolish but to complete.”
Matthew 5:17
At one time they slaughtered lambs and goats and other animals…….something had to be punished …..had to die TO completely exonerate us……HE died ONCE and FOR ALL, for our sins so that we would not have to die.
He ‘passed over’ us, taking the penalty of eternal death off the table .
But He did not do away with our responsibility to obey His Instructions..
The PAndemic was definitely a signal that something was happening in a different dimension than "the rational." To me it showed that absence of God, people will turn to other idols. Things like science, government, and like in the show "The Handmaidens Tale" they will don the mask as their cult costume.
God knew that a pandemic would be engineered when He laid the foundations of the earth. He knew that stupid scientists would eat from the tree of knowldedge while denying the responsibility of the knowledge of good and EVIL.
Glory to Him, because He knew and He TOLD us ahead of time!
Richard Dawkins, in explaining why he became a "cultural Christian" said he expected enlightened rationalism to rule, so to speak. But he saw that what we get is arbitrariness, which includes not only the COVID epidemic, but unlimited immigration and brutal suppression of anyone that argues against people in power.
A friend of mine at work in his early 60's who is culturally Catholic (but not much more) expressed shock that his 20 YO son had started attending mass with some friends. He figures it's just some scam to try and pick up girls. I guess it's impossible for him to even consider his son is being drawn closer to God and looking for more from life than hedonism.
Is anyone surprised that the Boomers/Elderly are now the least likely to attend church? It is a complete inversion of historical norms where those with gray hair were always the most religious and conservative, now it's the opposite.
God is doing an amazing work with the young in our country. Please pray that He reaches the Boomers too, as so many of them seem completely lost.
Jeff C: I was thinking the Boomers (I am at the young end if that gen) got too comfortable with years of not having to share ‘their pews’ and now don’t like the crowding caused by the young families and singles flooding in. Praise God for this flood. 🙏🏻
The 2023 movie "The Jesus Revolution" showed this. It was set in the late 1960s, and the older, more religiously conservative weren't at first happy with all the young people who were suddenly coming to their church. Good movie.
Also, many boomers/elders took the shots and are not in the best health to attend church - sitting in nursing homes or at home watching church on TV. Much of Gen X (hi) is still coloring their hair 🤫and many wear fake hair/extensions. Perhaps the gray is still in the pew, it's just colored a lovely brown chocolate hue 😉
Came here to say this. The boomers who bought the hype from FraudChi are not well. Many believe the cure is... Checks notes ... MORE SHOTS!
ALAS those boomers will be gone soon. They are earning a paycheck showing up at protests.
We Trump Boomers didn't take the bait. Are still working. Going to Church and not falling apart. My heart swells at the sight of Gen Z in the pews. My prayer is that they really get it and grow in faith. It's a wonderful journey I started after the idiocy of college.
Our church has young kids running all over the place between services and their frenetic activity darting among us quite literally makes me dizzy. But I love it and would not have it any other way.
There's a lot of uproar about the COMPLETELY unaffordable health care premiums popping up in the ACA marketplace websites. I mean monthly premiums of over $3000 per month, with out of pocket expenses of $20K on top of that.
Conservatives are blaming Obamacare, which may be taking a bit of the blame. But no one I've seen has yet connected the crazy health insurance dot to the decline in health from the COVID shots.
So great to hear older people saying good things about Gen Z being in church! I think there is a mild version of this happening in Australia but we are now more like secularised and now paganizing (and Islamicizing) Europe, although we are still slightly less godless than Canada and New Zealand. Gen Z males embracing traditional masculine virtues do seem to find a constructive peer group to be a part of in church. Young Christian men in USA, ask God if maybe he wants you to be a kind of missionary/Christian influencer to Gen Z in Australia. There is definitely room for you here and work to be done "downunder"
This is true. I know many, many women whose hair would be gray if they didn’t dye it. Of many middle-aged and older women in the large Bible study I teach, only three or four besides myself have let their hair go gray.
My hair is naturally blonde and it turns white like my grandma’s did. At the present time that gives me a really pretty sun bleached blonde look almost free of cost. In order for the large white sections to blend well with the rest, I have to color it a bit to put in white in some other spots to balance it out. But that’s pretty much it and I stick with the color that’s happening naturally.
At a wedding last weekend another woman I have not seen in over a decade tried to humiliate me by loudly declaring “your hair looks lighter, a LOT lighter. I could have sworn it was darker years ago…” as if exposing me to be a “fake blonde” or something would embarrass me, (she gained over 100lbs and I’ve lost about 50-60 during these years, so the jealousy of some women has no limits and they will search for ways to pull you down…) I simply replied “yeah my hair doesn’t get grey it gets white.” She never stopped to consider that. Lol She quickly skittered away.
I know a woman my age (late 70s) whose hair is still her natural blond, long, and very thick. My sister, one year younger than I, still has her natural color with a little gray, not noticeable. So you can’t assume that older women are coloring their hair
When someone like you described slobbers out a negative personal comment, just smile and relax with the assurance that you must be doing something right.
Many women are in your position. I did some low lighting while I was still working, but plenty of gray was still obvious. It’s a tremendous shock to go from fully dark to gray. However, I knew a woman with black hair who went gray after her husband left her. She was in her sixties, and she looked so much younger and prettier with her gray hair. It was astonishing.
We have quit going to nominal church and have joined a study group. Because, the ‘church’ has become like a stale cracker. About ankle deep, tepid and uninspiring.
The ministers are not interested in Truth, nor are they seeking after more of HIM. Most seem to be seeking after $$$ and popularity. They teach ‘life lessons’ rather than the Word. The children are not even taught Scripture or even Bible stories, they just baby sit while the parents get an hour or so free baby-sitting service.
It is very concerning to me that ministers are likely to not be prepared to give Biblical answers, but psychological, worldly answers to the deep questions about Scripture.
We left the Methodist church we were in for the last 22 years for a true Bible church. Wow!!! What a disservice these ‘churches’ have done watering down the Word and softening edges to appeal to the masses. Have learned more about God in the last year than all those years combined!! Praise God!
CStone, I don’t know wher you live but I recommend that to find a real church, you search using the words ‘expository, verse by verse gospel’. We did this last summer and found an amazing church with a truely inspired pastor and we are currently
studying Romans for the 94th week. I wish you happy hunting and send you love.
The group we are studying with is studying the Word from the original language.
Very few pastors are willing to dig that deep.
Most pastors also preach.
Most preachers aren’t pastors and most pastors can’t preach.
lol.
And teaching is a whole different calling from either of those.
We spent 3 months studying Genesis chapter 1, verse 1.
You couldn’t do that in a church setting.
You cannot ask questions or have a discussion about what the pastor says in his sermons.
In this setting you can ask questions and get Biblical answers. And sometimes we have to ‘table’ the question so we can all research it and come back and discuss what we found and how we understand it, only to find out there are other things we did not consider in our research.
And sometimes the question is:
Does it mean this?
Does it mean that?
And the answer is usually
YES!
I have learned more in the last 14 years than I ever did sitting on a pew in a church.
It is truly shocking how deep this Living Water is…..and I can’t swim!
Beautiful! And Romans is such a perfect follow up after Genesis. Our group did the same thing and the Spiritual growth was remarkable as the questions got deeper and deeper. What an AWESOME God He is! We'll die before we can plumb the depth and breadth of His Word.
My wife and I have switched over from going to a Christian Church to attending a Messianic Congregation on-line, called YRM Ministries. It stands for :Yahweh's Restoration Ministries. It's the only ministry I've seen that doesn't violate the Commandments.
We read instructions on how to put together furniture, how to take our medicines, how to use our phone, how to use certain apps, how to play a new game.
But we are unwilling to read, much less follow His instructions. He made us, and He tells us how to operate, navigate, as his creations. He, Himself wrote the Instructions on how to live a blessed life.
613
Some are for children.
Some are for females
Some are for males
Some are only for priests
Some are ONLY for the High Priest.
But some few are for ALL Of US.
The Big 10 are for everyone,
The “Thou shalt nots” are MUCH easier than the 4 “Thou shalls”
AND Yeshua came, NOT to do away with the Instructions, but to take the PENALTY that we ALL DESERVE.
We attend a tiny free will baptist church. We're very traditional, with a preacher who preaches the Truth. We're down the street from a mega church that keeps expanding and an entertaining church. We have a few college students and several older people.
I found that if I called a church and asked about their praise team, I could weed out the contemporary churches. (They're not what we want). We're trusting God to help us grow, at least enough to replace people as they go Home.
Great idea as a way to weed out the contemporary churches. Contemporary churches and "praise teams" are the worst, I agree they are about entertainment and theatrics, but to each their own. I can see why they appeal to the young though, dry and stuffy isn't exactly inspiring either. As long as folks find God that is what matters.
It’s time to start searching for a church that is preaching and teaching God’s Word! Don’t settle for anything less than the opportunity to grow in your knowledge and understanding of God’s Word! Time is short!
please listen to the Carey Nieuwhof podcast 5-part series on "Revival." You will be encouraged! There are good pastors out there- and remember, they are human like us, struggle with pride and "success" - just like everyone. Give them some grace. (I don't mean in their sermons, those MUST remain biblical and free of woke crap. I just mean, allow them to be imperfect, like us. :))
Can't help but notice that along with boomers not going to church, they are also the ones most likely to be doing those anti-trump rallies. Just saw when I near my neighborhood this past week.
Considering how truly horrified I am at the world we live in, at least I can recall smoother times. For our teens and 20 somethings, they have experienced nothing but complete chaos as the norm. It makes sense they would search for deeper meaning and solace in a world gone mad
We attend a relatively small Baptist church in north central Massachusetts. I'd say that the congregation is fairly evenly split between Boomers and Gen Zers/Millenials. There is definitely a thriving youth group (called College & Career) and our program for elementary children is growing, too. We are considered a very welcoming church by visitors who often end up continuing to attend. It's wonderful to be a part of it.
I’m a “Baby Boomer” and have attended church faithfully my entire life. My family of 7 was in the front pew every week and when I was married and had children we also attended church every week. We didn’t just “attend” we were involved, invested and supported our church as we grew in our knowledge and understanding of God’s Word. That has continued my entire life and has been the source of comfort, strength and peace living in such a crazy, messed up world. As I often say “Come Lord Jesus, Come. I’ve been waiting so long”. May God bless our C&C “family”.
As a young boomer, who left organized religion years ago, but still is a Christian who worships God daily in thought and action, I am thrilled, delighted and reverently praying for all those youngsters turning to God. Just thinking of them makes me tear up and thank God.
To him ALL the glory.
And to all the boomers who don’t understand, you better figure it out and make your peace with God. You ARE running out of time. None of us get out of this alive. (But you can move on to a glorious afterlife if you make the choice and repent.
I must be going to the wrong churches, I go to several,and they are mostly the elderly. Where I live numerous churches have shut down because there was not enough attendance to keep the churches going. It was really sad to see their doors close. Granted they were small churches, but it is insulting to say Boomers do not attend church, we do.
Keep looking! It took us quite a long time to find the right church when we moved to a different city and state! We probably visited and attended at least 15 before we found the right one. It’s so worth persevering but remember there is no “perfect” church because it’s filled with sinners who want to follow Jesus!
Churches are definitely an enity of their own, some are fantastic and others not so much. I agree w/you it is important to keep persevering, and that there is no such thing as a perfect church, which is why I go to three! LOL! I grew up a PK and could probably write a book about churches filled w/sinners that want to follow Jesus.
I was thinking today it is time to start searching for a church that hosts a Blue Christmas Service, it tis the season. I wish more would do them so I don't have to search so hard for one because the churches I go to don't have one.
That’s a wonderfully encouraging story, so thankful to hear of young people like your daughter!
Our grandson is a sophomore in college and he recently told his mom that he was thinking about getting engaged to his girlfriend. They’ve dated since they were freshmen in high school so it’s not a new relationship. When she commented that he was a little young to get married, he said “well Charlie Kirk said to get married young”! 😂
I’m happy to know that he’s been listening to Charlie Kirk, along with millions of other young people, and I thank God for sending a man like him to influence this generation.
Alan, that is so encouraging to read! We are also in WA, near the I-5 corridor. I pray this age group continues to grow in faith and develop those spiritual muscles needed to stand strong in the face of the evil that is so pervasive in all aspects of life today.
Oh my, that is just beautiful. What a true blessing you have been given to have a daughter wanting to share worship and prayer. 52 kids in one living room sharing their faith is amazing. God bless each and every one of you.
Alan, just a thought, one of the state employees I met during COVID, kept track of the last Inslee election and saw there were more votes than registered voters, so that means the Democratic Party has been stealing the state capital from WE THE PEOPLE! It took this long for it to dawn on me, WE ARE A REPUBLICAN STATE!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!! No longer do I need to think we are Stupid People UP HERE, and you don't either:) Happy New Year!
I would bet that has happened in CA with Newsom. He is such a moronic twit that I find it hard to believe enough voters are brainless enough to keep voting for him...through two terms and one recall. I have yet to meet anyone who likes or approves of him. Everyone seems to think he's an idiot.
I had my own experience with Jesus twice. The first as an observer as he carried the cross through the streets. He turned and looked at me, saying nothing, but fully knowing that he was communicating the question "Will you follow me?"
A few years later, after a period of intense study of the gospels and simultaneously reading "Jesus the Christ" by James Talmage (VERY interesting story behind his writing of the book as well!), I had a FAR more intimate experience with Jesus Christ. I felt that somehow my body was changed in order to be in His presence. I was also somehow able to see EVERYONE that was and will be born on this earth, and Jesus let me know somehow of His incredibly PURE LOVE for every one of them. And honestly... the words "PURE LOVE" don't even seem adequate. It was PURE. LOVE. I don't have any better words to describe it.
It completely dominated me, and this is where I believe my body was changed to handle it, because otherwise I'm sure it would have been destroyed.
I was able to retain that feeling for 10 days afterwards, feeling pure love towards everyone I encountered. When it went away, I wanted it back more than anything.
Many years later, as I was going through a divorce, I was sinking into depression and with hubris expected to have another encounter with Jesus to lift me out of it.
And it didn't come. I started to feel unworthy, unwanted (by both family and Jesus), and just sinking badly, when out of the blue two verses were TOLD to me in my mind that reemphasized my prior experience with Him, ended my "pity party", and has caused me to never doubt again.
22 Verily, verily, I say unto you, if you desire a further witness, cast your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart, that you might know concerning the truth of these things.
23 Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?
Wow, that's amazing! There were times that some of us have been praying about this after hearing there was some kind of revival going on with the youth months back. I'm so glad to hear that it continues and will pray for it to keep doing so. Are you comfortable saying which town, as I too live in Washington State?
What is hilarious to me is that Spanberger’s campaign claimed that people who don’t want to vote for her are “sexist” 🤔🙄 Have they seen her opponent??? Or maybe Winsome Sears is not a “real woman” or a “real person of color” because she’s not a Democrat?? 🙄🙄🙄
Well, Winsome Sears sure isn’t black enough for Obama. As an aside, I thought the way Spanberger acted during the debate was absolutely rude and disgusting. As if she was too good to listen or respond to Ms. Sears.
I found Spanberger to be downright creepy weird. As for why Sears isn't black enough for King Obama, there isn't a black conservative woman in America who would be black enough for him.
And the NAACP won’t endorse Sears, but will Spanberger. Right in their title is the “advancement of colored people”. The hypocrisy is rich and people are calling them out on it.
If you're in California, PLEASE... PLEASE go vote NO on Prop 50. And bring your friends and family to do so as well!
It's Gavin Newsom's attempt to grab power to redistrict in CA. It was taken away from politicians in 2008 (state pol redistricting), they lost in trying to get it back in 2010 and also lost congressional redistricting in 2010.
This is a naked power grab by arguably the most evil of governors who is using TDS and Texas as an excuse. They don't divulge that Texas was sued in 2021 by the Biden administration for districts that minimized black and latino voters. Texas lost in 2023. For some reason they didn't redistrict at that time. Trump pointed out that with that court loss, they could gain 5 republican seats, and so they did so.
If Newsom wins, there will be a razor thin majority in congress, and it wouldn't take much to threaten a few conservatives to drop out under duress, for which we'll begin to see impeachment claims start up again.
Yes, I'll second that. Californians, it's vital to vote NO on Prop 50! This is an election in which every single vote makes a difference.
To put numbers on this disgusting $250+ million special election forced on us by Gavin Newsom to get back at Trump for what is going on in Texas (nothing else is on the ballot), if Prop 50 passes, before long Republicans will probably hold only 4 out of 52 seats in the House. Prop 50 is designed to destroy what few solidly red districts California currently has.
Yes. It’s vitally important that we defeat this power grab led by Newsom. Filled out my ballot, put it in the envelope so the hole punched in it doesn’t show my vote, and will turn it in to a polling place on Tuesday. Not trusting the mail to handle my ballot competently.
This kind of talk is a cancer. You may be miserable, but some us us still have hope that this country can be saved. Some of us also feel a very real obligation to do every thing we can to save it for our kids and grandkids.
BTW, how many people supposedly on our side were saying this exact same right up to Trump's election? Folks, ignore people that say stuff like this, better yet tell them to put a sock in it. If you are in NJ or VA please get out and vote like your life depends on it.
People need to remember that one Democrat tactic is to release fake poll information to make everyone think it's a slam dunk for Democrats, and they hope Republicans will stay home and not vote.
Winsome and crew got my vote this morning (early vote) it was crowded too! Unfortunately I live in a dismal county (Prince William) where the coveted ‘I voted’ sticker was full on woke - various languages encircling hands of many colors - I’m in favor of the many colors - but where is the PATRIOTISM?!! ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
It’s called pragmatism, Jeff. I’ve spent most of my life in New York. And watched elections get stolen for decades. When the press is all in on any particular candidate, and you and I and every other normal thinking person knows they are evil incarnate, and they still win? That’s the proof. And sliwa has been fighting his entire adult life for the city, and where is the support for him? Every boomer knows who he is. No press, no help, no nothing. So there’s the fix. If sliwa drops out, those that support him aren’t going to vote for stupid Andy. It’s a fucking joke. I’m not a black piller, but in this case, with the democrat cheat machine fresh off stealing over twenty seats last election, I don’t have much faith.
Speaking of Elections, GA PSC ( Public Service Commission) election early voting ends today . Election Tuesday .
If you are in GA please vote for Republican incumbents. Utility rates are going up, especially with Data Centers . We don’t need more expensive green energy .
Winsome's bus caught on fire in Charlottesville, she wasn't on it, but it is hard for me to not go down the conspiracy road. Spanberger is evil, she wins the entire country is in trouble. Pray for Virginia.
I am still surprised by the number of Vets who continue to get these shots, covid poison & flu. I read an article the other day that showed that the pneumonia shot was more likely to enhance the likelihood of getting pneumonia. The population based used was Catalonia
I saw that too Dr Linda! And if I remember right, it was significant, like 68% higher? And another study showed last year’s flu shot to have a negative effect as well, I think 26%.
I have a hunch that they do because if they allow their thoughts to go against it, they will then question other nefarious things their "employer" did to them. The same with parents who made their kids get the shots. Those thoughts may be too big for some minds to bear.
At least you're not in Canada where doctors straight up recommend Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) aka euthanasia for elderly and differently-abled people.
There's also Paul Starr's book "the Social Transformation of American Medicine." A deeper dive into allopathic medicine and its many tricks. That said, Mercola's piece today was great. It's quite a structure they've built for themselves: the AMA, "standard of care" protocol, relieving symptoms but not actual healing, and insurance companies who won't pay when patients try to sidestep the medical prison they've put us in.
is that not incredible - completely discard known remedies that have actually cured people for symptom management for profit - but like the climate scam I believe that people are waking up (thanks to COVID) and the tide will start to turn
You may be interested in homeopathy? Joette Cabrese. I just started a class. I thought I knew what it was but was off. I’ve been learning g since about March thru a friend who was in the university.
Where do you read mercolas articles? I used to read a lot of his stuff and then it seems he went somewhere else. And i have many posts come through that say they are him, but seem sketchy and weird info.
Just subscribe for free. They drop early morning every day. "He seemed to go elsewhere ". During the scam presidency, Biden posted a top 10 wanted poster of the 10 most heinous disinformation pundits. Mercola was #1. he had all his historical library purged by Biden's tech putas, and all new articles were purged after 48 hours unless you downloaded it as a PDF or copy and pasted. He did a great piece today on the total Alzheimers amaloyd plaque scam and the billions of utterly worthless drugs to "fix"that. They help not even as much as statins, and are just as harmful
That’s strange. It has literally saved my life and reversed every “diagnoses” and symptom I have had for the past 30 years, except for the osteoporosis caused by one of their prescription meds.
well there was some talk about his turn towards a more spiritual component of healing and a healthy life - but I read his column daily and haven't seen anything that looks to be anything but solid information about health and healing - so if he personally has been influenced in a bad way his staff who probably is responsible for most of the articles, is staying on mission
I don’t see anything either. He has the information to back it up and source links. I don’t go all in for everything he posts but he admits if he’s been wrong. Especially about low carb.
and many are reprints from others - like the one today from A Midwestern doctor whose articles are very informative - that's the kind of doctor the country needs more of
"Steady fast." On a small Maine ocean island at present. Nor'easter arrived yesterday; the rain (2") came last night, the blow this morning. An hour ago we were standing at the end of our "modular dock" of five, 16' long wooden floats (so, 80 feet long), taking the pictures requested by granddaughter for a required school art project in UK. Walking back to shore, I had to hunch way over to lower my center of gravity, to maintain my balance, against the wind threatening to blow me off the float and into the water. Back on land asked husband, does this qualify as a "stiff breeze"? He replied, actually the weather men were talking of gale warnings. Adjust your posture to meet the buffets.
Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— for we walk by faith, not by sight— we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
“Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord…”
Maybe the guy that wrote that verse should have read these verses first;
“Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”
“Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—“
“Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.”
“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
“And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.”
“By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.”
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God?”
It seems like we can’t be absent from the Lord, if in fact, he dwells within us
… maybe God wasn’t dwelling in the man who wrote that letter to the Corinthians
There seems to be some confusion in what is being said, perhaps you can clear it up, Janice.
The writer to the Corinthians speaks of “while ‘we’ are at home in the body”, and “we’ are absent from the Lord”, and you talk about “until ‘we’ are absent from the body.”
What is this ‘we’ that you guys are talking about?
… is it our soul? is it our spirit? or is it just some unknowable thing?
JD, it is so very much like you to only quote a part of the verse to try to make your point..... "we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord." ...which, if you're asking yourself what this might possibly mean, the writer is longing to be fully, and forever (as the thief on the cross) reunited with Christ in Paradise
I’m glad that you’re still talking to me CM, but sometimes it seems like you don’t like me. Oh maybe I’m wrong. Anyway, your response completely ignores my question. And it was a serious question. I want you to understand, I don’t ask questions in order for me to learn something from you guys. When I ask a question, I already know the answer, I’m just asking questions to get you folks to think about what was actually written in the book.
The question I asked was what is this ‘we’ that is referred to in those verses. Janice at least offered a serious reply without any snarky remarky. However if you read her response, you’ll see that it is slightly contradictory. What she said is we won’t be physically present with the Lord until we’re physically absent from our body. It was a good attempt at an answer, but it just doesn’t make any sense. And the thing I was getting at is that the author to the Corinthians was talking about something that was actually dwelling inside the body when he said “we are at home in the body”. People might think that he’s talking about a group of people in their bodies when he uses the word ‘we’, but if you look at the structure of the sentence, you’ll see that that’s not really what he’s saying. Anyway, maybe that’s not really what he meant. Maybe I’m reading something into it more than what he meant. Probably am, because I doubt if he ever really considers the spiritual aspect of our relationship with the Lord.
But we are more than just bodies, we are bodies with souls.(Some of us also have living spirits in our bodies) Our bodies don’t think or yearn, our minds do. So it’s our minds, our souls, that yearn to be with our Lord. That’s what I’m trying to get people to think about, but I don’t get any serious answers from Christians. I get dismissed, shunned by people who don’t think that the things I say are worthy of serious consideration.
You make a good point about the writer “longing to be fully and forever reunited with Christ,” because that’s what I’m talking about, longing, however, you make the point completely disregarding the idea that according to the book, and all of those verses that I put out there saying that we are already united with the Lord. We are not “absent from the Lord”. But then maybe this writer is not united with the Lord after all, Maybe there’s a lot of people that are not united with the Lord, but think that they are nonetheless. Or there is just a lot of people that never think about it.
So my question is valid, is it a soul that is at home in the body? Or is it a living soul, united with a new spirit that was born of God, that is at home in the body?
… is that the ‘we’ that the writer was referring to?
You did get a reply JD, but obviously one you did not like... Reminds me of my children when they ask a question, and having received an answer that they do not like, keep asking the same question to see if the answer changes.... It most often does not.
When you state "I don’t ask questions in order for me to learn something from you guys. When I ask a question, I already know the answer, I’m just asking questions to get you folks to think about what was actually written in the book." I'm going to reply in the same manner: I gave you an answer that you did not like, so YOU'RE going to say I didn't respond and so on.... I find this a poor use of my time...
I'll just leave you with this: When I yearn for something, it is not with my mind that I yearn for it... When I yearn for complete unity with my Lord and Savior, it is from my heart, I would say that my spirit yearns to unite with His Spirit. Yes, He is within me as I am an earthen vessel where He also dwells, and we yearn to be transformed into the heavenly bodies that our Bridegroom has prepared for His Church, His Bride and really for all those who will ultimately dwell in Paradise.
"I want you to understand, I don’t ask questions in order for me to learn something from you guys. When I ask a question, I already know the answer, I’m just asking questions to get you folks to think about what was actually written in the book." I find this condescending. If you think you know it better than us, good for you. I find that your remarks often bring more confusion to the subject than clarity and understanding.
CM, The verse that Janice put up starts out like this;
“Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—“
I then listed seven verses in the book where it said that God dwells within us
And finished by saying;
“It seems like we can’t be absent from the Lord, if in fact, he dwells within us”
So I pointed out an obvious contradiction in what the writer to the Corinthians was saying and what the book says, and then in return I get people that are somehow defending what he wrote. Trying to explain to me how it still makes sense even though it’s a contradiction. I would rather have people simply say that after thinking about it, they realize that the writer was wrong
… because either his verse is wrong or all of those verses I listed are wrong. Pick one.
Jeremiah and Concerned Mom…enough already. Can’t you just agree to disagree? As my 94 year old mama told me years ago, you rarely change anyone’s mind by arguing religion or politics.
The best part is their daughter parlayed it into being a Tik Tok "influencer" and is now well on her way to being just another attention-seeking Zoomer desperate for clicks.
Anyone else think this whole thing might have been a set up?
Ahhh, but what kind of concrete? Knowing how government bureaucracies function they have probably created a team to search every nook & cranny to find-out who planted the hoax. Lot's of OT will be required, just in time for the holidays ......
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I used the paste/gel to completely clear my skin of type 2 rosacea. It was horrible to live with - so painful and embarrassing. The 1% cream prescription is ridiculously expensive and it is in a Cetaphil base which is not friendly to my skin whereas the 1.87% gel from the farm store is a downright miracle!
Just an fyi - there are paste and gel options. The paste is a bit drying so if your skin is quite oily, that might be a good option. Otherwise, I would suggest getting the gel. Also - the packaging is odd - it will say paste when it’s actually a gel. So if you go to a farm store, maybe peek in the package to see which one you’re getting.
I use the Durvet brand - yellow and white box. I started out getting mine at Tractor Supply so I could see what I was getting. Then the world went crazy and it was difficult to get there, so I found it on Amazon. It’s still way more expensive than when I started using it many years ago, but cheaper than the prescription kind and more effective imo.
I just bought 4 boxes from the tractor supply store yesterday. It has been reducing the severe itch from my wrists to my shoulders on both arms, which has terrorized me all year. To my dismay it was the cream application and not the ointment that my last box was, and my skin is so dry and rough now from all the scratching the cream is harder to spread than the ointment was. The store literally had 7-8 different brands and it was confusing to choose because I don’t know which ones are better made/more effective. I’m going to return three boxes and exchange for an ointment type.
Ivermectin is a pharmaceutical treatment for rosacea. It’s called sooolantra and it costs a fortune, like $285 without insurance. I did, however, recently read that lice treatments are also ivermectin so that might be worth a little research. Much cheaper at any rate.
My husband has used the 12mg tablets to get his bladder cancer into remission and I have used the paste for flu like symptoms but now I use the tablets. Took my bad flu symptoms away in January after 3 days.
It's obvious you have never had the thrill of giving dewormer to a horse. Let me know next time you are in me hood, I'll let you get a kick out of trying. 🤠
You are correct Conservative C. Horses hate it. I have to keep their head pointed towards the sky until they finally swallow it, or else they simply spit it out.
The horse paste is $16 on Amazon. I keep it in the refrigerator. I do make sure to watch my hands before using it. I don’t want to contaminate the tube.
There is a lice treatment lotion sold over the counter at CVS. Its active ingredient is .5% ivermectin. It is a topical application. Not to be ingested. 👍🏼
Black cumin seed oil seems to have some similar properties. I am not convinced it cures all forms of skin cancer but I think it does some. Tea tree oil also as well as Frankincense have been studied and found to have some anti-cancer benefits when applied topically. I am not sure if Myrrh has been studied for it but I personally have a gut feeling it has anti cancer benefits and am currently trying to research if anyone has studied that.
I have used Frankincense essential oil mixed with EVOO and DMSO on what are probably some kind of melanomas on my back, and it reduces them to a shadow of what they were.
I guess that when one accesses these sites, a federal employee has to manually make the connection. Just like the telephone operators in the past, plugging cords from one hole to another so that the customer could speak to the person they were trying to contact. Something like that.....
For the prepper-minded, it occurs to me that in the event of supply chain shutdown, the horse paste could prove a game changer for things like lice, scabies, and ringworm.
Side note: I was deployed to a foreign land once upon a time (or 70 times upon a time) and a fellow servicemember acquired scabies from sleeping in the transient tent. I think that ivermectin was likely what was prescribed to deal with the condition.
In any case, I will probably add a tube of horse paste to my preps.
I had 2 small red patches, one on my chest and one above my eyebrow for over a year and within weeks of horse paste application, it’s as if they were ever there. I’m pretty sure they were Basal cell carcinoma because I had one removed years ago.
I used the horse paste on my face where I had problems with rosacea for years. It worked for me. I would put a very small amount on it, rub it in and then wipe off the excess.
Probably a bureaucrat's way of making a point about the shutdown. I doubt many if any official science followers would try to access such info, it contradicts the official narratives ya know.
Actually, there is plenty of information posted on government websites such as pubmed.gov that contradicts official narratives. Thousands of studies from worldwide research. Try it. Go to pubmed.gov and type in ivermectin or elderberry or garlic or honey or turmeric, or statins. You name it. When it comes to official narratives these studies are pretty much ignored. But they are there.
Please send me the full links you referenced in this post to me at wttw.julia@gmail.com ... I'm going to a farm supply store this afternoon that has 14 different brands of ivermectin on hand. I'd love to figure out which one to buy. Thanks in advance.
Lack of Government funding would not cause past information to just disappear. All they had to do was have a banner at top that info is not being updated at present and to be mindful of that. They don’t have to take it down. That’s leftist tactics to create drama where there doesn’t need to be any
I can attest to this. I have cystic acne, the kind that has a little hard bead at the core of the pimple. I had one come up on the bridge of my nose, right where my glasses sit, and nothing I did would make it heal. I think it was there for 2-3 months? I tried all my usual tricks, was able to dig two of the little beads out of it, but it still would not heal. I was really starting to get concerned it could be cancerous. I had read about using the horse paste directly on it, and did so (really concerned it would cause a staph infection, which would mean a doctor visit). It finally healed up in about 2-3 days. Left a big hole/scar on the bridge of my nose, but would rather have that than a dermatologist cutting a huge chunk out of my nose.
Regarding, “In 2013, I experienced a dramatic and completely unexpected religious conversion event —complete with visions— and began studying everything I could grab.”
I was pacing in my living room one afternoon in 1975 complaining about my brother in law using piousness and bible quotes and being a top dog in his church when I knew for sure he was anything but what he was portraying himself as outside his church, life and business. I said to myself—“just what does he know about God?” Harrumph. I got an answer back right then. (Still small voice?) “Just what do you know about God?”
I had to admit—I knew nothing. I walked immediately to a drawer in my bedroom and pulled out my never opened bible. I was baptized in 1976. God is good—all the time. 🙏🏻
Visions have been coming to Persians in "Iran", to Israelis. And they realize that Yeshua is indeed the real deal. Lots of YT videos/podcasts presenting this.
We should pray for this daily for people around the globe, that they be given eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to obey; that they be granted repentance and are shown the true gospel, and the Son, Jesus Christ.
He discussed it in a post several years ago. Look through archived C&C. I'm thinking it was 2022... but may have been earlier. Maybe around the time they clamped down on churches ignoring the govt over reach to shut down...
That was definitely a big part of it. The Covid era shined a light on how weak, petty, and cruel people can become when given a chance.
People found out who they really are, and also who their neighbors really are. It forced a lot of soul searching and a desire to reach out for something higher.
Exactly. I often think about how many times God gets to laugh since He sees so much that hurts Him. I will make jokes sometimes for Him hoping He has a few moments of levity!
Offend and hurt are not the same thing. Our sins, He took on the cross. When it was finished, He said "It is finished." The physical pain ended there, once and for all time.
So, you are right to hold in regard that our sins have hurt him, at that time, but He has finished His work on the cross, to His glory!
Though, I don't think it's so much that we disagree, but we can't see things the way He does. Not until we're done with the flesh and our being constrained by space and time and causality.
I enjoy these exchanges, because they make me think about things of the Lord, and that is always a blessing. It should never be my goal to be "right." The Holy Spirit doesn't inform me so that I can win arguments on the internet. I think we are having a discussion in the proper way, and don't see this as that kind of argument.
So, thanks for discussing, and for having patience!
Regarding the return to church, I read a very interesting piece yesterday that addressed an conundrum this return presents. It seems that these returnees are seeking a traditional approach and many churches had pivoted from that. To maintain relevance, I guess. I hope that pivot does not disillusion or confuse newcomers. If there were ever a time for the foundational teaching of the word of Jesus Christ in Christian churches, this is it.
May I suggest the Church that was founded in person by Christ Himself, i.e., the Catholic Church? There you will find church that is more focused on the "timeless" rather than the "timely".
Well…as a Catholic I’m not in 100% agreement there. I can remember Latin Mass when I was an itty bitty girl. I e attended a few as an adult and it is really overwhelmingly different than regular mass
I haven’t found the Latin Mass to be overwhelming. I don’t go very often as there are very churches that have it these days … but I love wearing the veil and the formality of it. I went to a Latin Mass wedding and it was so beautiful.
Your suggestion is historically inaccurate, George. The Catholic Church was founded by men between 300 and 500 years after Jesus was crucified. It was during the same time that they formed the doctrine of the Trinity God, the God that the Catholic/Christian Church worships today.
The English word ‘church’ is derived from the Greek word ‘kyrios’ and does not appear one single time in the Hebrew, the Greek or the Latin manuscripts for the Old or New Testament!
From biblehub; The English word "church" comes from the Greek word kyriakos, "belonging to the Lord" (kyrios), this word is not translated as ‘church’ in the book.
The word that is translated as ‘church’ in the Bible is; ekklēsía(from 1537 /ek, "out from and to" and 2564 /kaléō, "to call") – properly, people called out from the world and to God. In the Old Testament, the word ‘ecclesia’ is translated as ‘assembly’, referring to the assembly of the congregation of Israel. In the New Testament they translate the same Greek word ‘ecclesia’ as ‘church’, which is why the members of the ‘church’ today have got the wrong idea.
So if it’s accurately translated what Jesus actually said was “upon this rock, I will edify my called out ones”, (figuratively) to edify – literally, "build someone up," helping them to stand (be strong, "sturdy"). So technically, Jesus wasn’t really founding a church as we know them today,
… and he certainly did not found the Catholic/Christian Church
Considering that today is Reformation Day, I am reminded that there were also many problems with the Catholic Church and leadership. There are still many protestant churches that teach and preach foundational Christianity today. And it is taught more clearly than ever.
Who is the least likely person to see in a church service?
I'd say a single Gen Z man.
At our local TLM parish, if you attend high mass on Sunday, you will see more than a handful of Gen Z men-- usually alone-- dressed very well. Along with families with 3, 4, and 5 well behaved children. Men/boys in pants and a suit jacket, women and girls in dresses with veils.
The same is true with this November’s special elections wherever you are, all over the country. Vote like you don’t want Joe Biden back. Drive your friends to the polls if you must.
YES!!! I tell my friends over and over and over. Quit obsessing over whether income tax is really constitutional, or some rage bait video, or what some talking head in Congress said and focus on LOCAL. A few of us do manage to score some W's every once in a while and would score more if people would focus. I run door knocking in my city for local conservative candidates every season and know the precincts - those who went for Biden and Harris also have the highest turnout percentages in local elections. D's vote and R's stay home.
Has always been that way. Because d policies are always about feelings, which generate passion. Conservatives aren’t that passionate. NYS, if every conservative voted, would red like you wouldn’t believe. But democrats cheat, because they control who counts the votes. They are the ones volunteering to work the precincts, and all the other stuff that goes along with it. So they’re in the position to cheat, and in most places other than hard core inner cities,they have to. So they do. Just look at a nys or Florida map after elections. It’s a joke. Most of the democrats in power, should not even get elected. But they do.
Thanks for that - I complain about the emotion fueled arguments that lefties are so fond of but it never occurred to me to connect the dots to voter turnout. Although emotion (anger) did help get out the R vote when the lefty school board kept schools closed during covid. But once things returned to normal, many of the volunteers & voters on the right went away while the left is always angry about something..
Have some Halloween fun and hopefully change the future: Send your entire contact list the following: "This November’s special elections, wherever you are, all over the country. Vote like you don’t want Joe Biden back. Drive your friends to the polls if you must." Imaging getting this in your mail box about 50 times!! (thank you Donna)
My local ballot is just two school bond measures to increase our property taxes. And they are closing down schools because so many illegals have moved out. Nine schools in one district alone!
Wow! We have people who move here just for 'the school district' as it was a top district in the state ~20 years ago. Was starting to go downhill by the time my kids hit HS and would not put my kids there today if I had school age kids. But the PR machine works overtime and too few parents pay attention to the rot they are pushing these days; grade inflation is real and the falling standardized test scores are benchmarked against the entire State, not the results of the good years. Even so our town has grown by 20K in the last dozen or so years, while enrollment is declining. I am on a committee to study elementary boundaries to try to keep a neighborhood school from closing but only 2 of 17 are over 85% capacity, which is considered ideal. We have a couple of elementaries with some ESL students, but generally, most housing is higher cost than the big city and some of the declining inner ring suburbs, which limits the number of illegals. Most of our decline is due to switch to homeschool and private. Homeschool co-ops are flourishing, and private schools have waitlists for some grades & expansion projects underway. I've stayed involved with the district serving on committees and such even though my kids are grown as it's still our tax dollars they are burning night and day, but feel like a voice in the wilderness at times. Sad they have destroyed once was once a point of pride in our community. Now it's the center of division and controversy. And yes, there will be a property tax increase on the ballot in April. The VOTE NO sign will be in my yard.
My heart hurts for the children whose parents gave in to the trans insanity, perhaps due to fear and manipulation tactics by the so called experts - "Would you rather have a live son or a dead daughter?"
Now, as the fog is rolling back and we are are seeing how much of this was driven by activists and crazed ideologues, with NO actual science backing them, thousands of young people are the ones left with broken bodies and shattered lives...
Will their parents now finally start coming forward and saying, "We were wrong!" or "We were lied to!" IMHO, there need to be lawsuits filed and investigations done into the people who were behind this evil! Or, sadly, will they continue to insist that they were right, rather than admit they panicked and allowed their own children to be destroyed?
The lawsuits can’t come fast enough. Some have started. Many should follow. My friend’s son, now 20, is medically transitioning. Definitely social contagion. No early signs. Always was attracted to girls. Attended an uber liberal high school. And now, suddenly, he’s trans. She’s heartbroken. He’s now sterile. Has breasts. There’s no going back…
I am so sorry!! I have several friends who have gone/are going through this and all have reacted differently...it is absolutely heartbreaking for everyone involved!
One couple I know jumped on board immediately, and are now hard left, angry activists, with a very broken daughter, who announced that she was no longer a straight Christian female but was now a gay, Jewish male!
Most of them pushed back, kept the lines of communication open, and talked their children OUT of doing anything medically, so there is still hope that they will emerge and return to sanity.
Our beautiful niece, an identical twin, had her breasts removed last year in her quest to fulfill her desire to be a boy. Raised in NYC by former Christian parents who left the Catholic church behind when their children were very young. Very permissive upbringing throughout all schooling. All of their children are now college graduates that can't "find work." Now that the new administration stopped the flow of $$$$$ for these types, the "transitioning" drugs are costing 8k per month along with weekly multiple doctor and therapy visits... They for sure will vote for Mamdamni, hoping to get those medical bills paid for by soon to be over taxed NYC rich people...
There’s always going back. From a spiritual standpoint. Perhaps not physical except by God’s divine healing.
While X can be a cesspool there are bright spots. I recently read several uplifting stories. Sadly there is deep regret from those who had medical mutilation done to themselves either chemically or surgically. It is very sad but many have found Christ. Pray for freedom and healing.
Those parents, no matter how well intentioned they thought they were, will answer to God for what they did. They will be punished harshly, millstones around their neck as Jesus said.
Think about it, some quack tells you that your child has a "condition" and the only treatment is to cut off his/her sex organs? And these parents respond "ok, you're the boss, where do we sign up?"
It does not matter if the parents were lied to, it makes absolutely no difference. If some doctor told them they needed to offer their child as a human sacrifice to Moloch, and they went along with that, does it exonerate them? Of course not.
Children are entrusted to parents by God. They don't get to outsource their child's protection to some lunatic and abandon all common sense and critical thinking. That's not an option. This is infinitely more true if they did it due to peer pressure or cowardice.
The only redemption is through sincere repentance, but even that will still have severe repercussions. Even forgiven sin has consequences.
Not all, but there were ‘some’ parents who had the threat of removal of their children if they did not comply with this transition insanity. What an horrible position for those parents to have been put in. And with what seems the entire world that has accepted this madness, there was no place to run, no place to hide, to protect their children.
Satan's most effective weapon is twisting Scripture to suit his purposes. I assume many of the new church goers will be exposed to such deceptions. Pray that the Holy Spirit will guard them from evil teachers!
You seem to be saying, CC, that the new church goers will be exposed to deceptions from evil teachers in the church! If that is what you’re saying, I agree wholeheartedly, that is exactly what’s gonna happen. They are gonna be subjected to the teachings of men, the doctrines of men. The deceptions of men. They are gonna be taught these doctrines as though the doctrines were absolute fact, and they are gonna believe them, because they are going to be surrounded by many people that also believe these deceptions of men
… and you have to admit, that’s a very comfortable place to sit
[They sneeringly call him a “Darwinian fundamentalist,” since Wright applies an obscure, little-known branch of biological science to the debate— called “evolution.”]
I know Jeff is joking but "obscure" and "little-known" is exactly where it should be. There is zero evidence of Evolution in the real world... it only exists in the imagination.
Animals adapt, they do not evolve, and there's no evidence in the real world for that view. Also, one cannot believe the Genesis story (Creation) and Evolution because they completely contradict each other. Darwin’s Hypothesis of Evolution never made it past the hypothesis stage because the Scientific Method was never brought to bare upon it.
I understand you disagree, but on what basis? I’ve studied this subject for over 30 years. A lot of people have been duped by the story of Evolution… but it’s still just a story based on no evidence. You can disagree if you want to but you have to take the story of Evolution on blind faith, and ignore all the parts of the Bible that militate against it (which there are many). When I was an Atheist, I didn’t believe that Evolution was true because I couldn’t find any evidence of it in the real world. It exists only on paper and in the imagination. Like many great thinkers before and after him, John von Neumann - the great Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer - thought Evolution was ridiculous; in fact he hooted at it! When someone believes in the oxymoronic title “Theistic Evolution” it’s obvious to me that they don’t know enough about the Bible and Evolution to ever believe such an absurd idea.
I realize this is a few days old, but since your question seems sincere: I suspect the disagreement is over words and terminology, rather than substance.
A lot of people these days use "evolution" to refer to any kind of adaptation (aka Natural Selection), as well as to refer to the Darwinian Theory of Origin of Species. What it looks like Lori is saying is that the Natural Selection kind of "evolution" does happen and was created by God, which it seems like you also agree with but object to calling it "evolution".
1. Trump administration officials have moved into homes on military bases for their own personal safety. This includes Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem.
2. Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign bus catching fire
Only one side
Progressives Are Letting The World Know That Anarchy, Violence Against Law Enforcement, and Chaos Rule The Day
The irony here is that today's radical leftists accuse anyone who disagrees with them of being a Nazi....when the real Nazi's were hardcore socialist leftists.
just like ANTIFA doesn't realize that fascism is just another form of socialism (Prager has a good historical analysis), the dems calling everyone other than dems NAZIs don't even know that NAZI stands for (German socialism) - so it's hilarious to see all these name calling and protestors actually protesting themselves as they are in fact the real socialists
On the revival front, I can attest as my Gen Z 18 yr old felt the nudge to start a young adult worship night in our small suburban town in deep blue WA state. A few weeks ago the 1st night in our packed living room was 52 kids! It has grown since and all they are doing is worshipping and praying. So thankful for her courage and what God is doing in the local 18-24 age group in our community.
We have a thriving, growing church here in the Fort Worth area, but the youth group for ages 18-25 is absolutely exploding. I watch these kids worship each Sunday and you can tell they are legitimately ON FIRE for God. It's beautiful to witness and so very encouraging!!
HOW INSPIRING - Thank you for sharing this wonderful testimony. I hope there are trained youth leaders available to counsel these young people. They need all the help they can get, taking into consideration the HUGE satanic activity we have in the world today--I believe all of the "Halloween" foolishness that is proliferating is a clear indication that satanic forces are behind all of this "hallowed evening' celebration!
I am mentoring a 21 year old that I believe will go into ministry. What a gift we have been given to guide these young people to serve the Lord much sooner than ourselves. 🙌
What a precious gift you are to this young person - keep us updated of milestones and revelations - they will be 'eternal pearls' of that I am certain, Jamie.
Please pray that I steward this gift well!
I will print out your request and consider it a true privilege to intercede before His Throne for you, Jamie!
I can report that the youth groups at our church are quite robust, as well. Hallelujah! Another thing that makes me happy is how many younger people are stepping up in leadership and service. I love seeing it!
Same…and regarding “the reversal seems to have been prompted by a pandemic. And not any natural pandemic sent by God, but a pandemic sent to us by stupid scientists.” Maybe God prompted the stupid scientists to send the stupid pandemic to remind us who is really in charge? At any rate, the revival is real and this Gen Exer is here for it!
I would argue it was Satan, aka the LACK of God in those scientists hearts and minds that prompted them to take the foolish actions they did, fueled by hubris or malice, or both. They replaced God with themselves. You need listen to Fauci for no more than 30 seconds to know that this is true.
I actually thought quite a bit about what you speak of while reading this piece. Not the specific pandemic, but the cyclicality of humankinds relationship with God and religion. Does God bring about catastrophes to bring us back closer to Him, or does our straying bring about the catastrophes that in turn bring us back to God? I would argue it is the latter. For me in my current study and understanding of the teachings of God and Christ, sin is not the bad things that we do, sin is the absence of God from our lives and our thoughts and our hearts - which leads us to do bad things.
I agree
Deuteronomy 28
1. If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
And on and on the blessings are promised “IF YOU WILL”
But then, If you DO NOT!!
15 However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
And on and on the curses are listed.
Both are promises.
Both are based on a really BIG WORD……..IF
IF!!!
It's very easy to filter this out in one's mind.
It's there, in God's word.
IF!!!
It's fulfilled in Christ, when we turn to Him!
Galatians 3:13
But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing.
It's in turning to Him that the law has been fulfilled. By turning to Christ when we are tempted, it's His works in us.
I only make the distinction for the reader, and this is not for you personally, Elaine. I may be preaching to the choir . . .
But those who read this are surrounded by false gospels. Turning to my own willpower or fear of legal consequences will only lead to a different sin, pride.
It's turning to Christ and then His works in me that fulfills His commandments. CStone also has a good comment in this thread.
I think of it like this. This wasn't a joint venture between me and Jesus. His sacrifice was complete. If I think I have a part on it, other than accepting his perfect sacrifice, then I am in effect saying I have to partly earn my salvation -- which is not possible. As for the law, Jesus fulfilled it, so there's nothing left to perform. The law was written on tablets of stone, but now it's written on our hearts. Hebrews 10:
16 “This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the LORD : I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”
17 Then he says, “I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.”
18 And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices.
19 And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.
Verse 19: "because of the blood of Jesus"
NOT:
"because of the blood of Jesus PLUS me keeping the 10 commandments"
He rescued us from the curse, but He did not do away with the Law (which should have been translated ‘Instructions’.
He said ““Do not think that I came to abolish the Torah or the prophets. I did not come to abolish but to complete.”
Matthew 5:17
At one time they slaughtered lambs and goats and other animals…….something had to be punished …..had to die TO completely exonerate us……HE died ONCE and FOR ALL, for our sins so that we would not have to die.
He ‘passed over’ us, taking the penalty of eternal death off the table .
But He did not do away with our responsibility to obey His Instructions..
The PAndemic was definitely a signal that something was happening in a different dimension than "the rational." To me it showed that absence of God, people will turn to other idols. Things like science, government, and like in the show "The Handmaidens Tale" they will don the mask as their cult costume.
The vain philosophies of men.
God knew that a pandemic would be engineered when He laid the foundations of the earth. He knew that stupid scientists would eat from the tree of knowldedge while denying the responsibility of the knowledge of good and EVIL.
Glory to Him, because He knew and He TOLD us ahead of time!
Richard Dawkins, in explaining why he became a "cultural Christian" said he expected enlightened rationalism to rule, so to speak. But he saw that what we get is arbitrariness, which includes not only the COVID epidemic, but unlimited immigration and brutal suppression of anyone that argues against people in power.
A friend of mine at work in his early 60's who is culturally Catholic (but not much more) expressed shock that his 20 YO son had started attending mass with some friends. He figures it's just some scam to try and pick up girls. I guess it's impossible for him to even consider his son is being drawn closer to God and looking for more from life than hedonism.
Is anyone surprised that the Boomers/Elderly are now the least likely to attend church? It is a complete inversion of historical norms where those with gray hair were always the most religious and conservative, now it's the opposite.
God is doing an amazing work with the young in our country. Please pray that He reaches the Boomers too, as so many of them seem completely lost.
Getting more religious as I age(78 and counting). I m told it’s because I’m studying for the final exam!😉😳
As more of our contemporaries leave us for the so-called afterlife, that next phase becomes more real, at least to me.
😊
Jeff C: I was thinking the Boomers (I am at the young end if that gen) got too comfortable with years of not having to share ‘their pews’ and now don’t like the crowding caused by the young families and singles flooding in. Praise God for this flood. 🙏🏻
The 2023 movie "The Jesus Revolution" showed this. It was set in the late 1960s, and the older, more religiously conservative weren't at first happy with all the young people who were suddenly coming to their church. Good movie.
Yes. I lived through the Jesus Revolution, albeit oblivious to what/how it evolved. Very good movie.
Also, many boomers/elders took the shots and are not in the best health to attend church - sitting in nursing homes or at home watching church on TV. Much of Gen X (hi) is still coloring their hair 🤫and many wear fake hair/extensions. Perhaps the gray is still in the pew, it's just colored a lovely brown chocolate hue 😉
Came here to say this. The boomers who bought the hype from FraudChi are not well. Many believe the cure is... Checks notes ... MORE SHOTS!
ALAS those boomers will be gone soon. They are earning a paycheck showing up at protests.
We Trump Boomers didn't take the bait. Are still working. Going to Church and not falling apart. My heart swells at the sight of Gen Z in the pews. My prayer is that they really get it and grow in faith. It's a wonderful journey I started after the idiocy of college.
I welcome them with open arms.
Amen Beth. God is good.
Our church has young kids running all over the place between services and their frenetic activity darting among us quite literally makes me dizzy. But I love it and would not have it any other way.
There's a lot of uproar about the COMPLETELY unaffordable health care premiums popping up in the ACA marketplace websites. I mean monthly premiums of over $3000 per month, with out of pocket expenses of $20K on top of that.
Conservatives are blaming Obamacare, which may be taking a bit of the blame. But no one I've seen has yet connected the crazy health insurance dot to the decline in health from the COVID shots.
Obamacare came first. It immediately made health insurance go through the roof for those who actually work.
So great to hear older people saying good things about Gen Z being in church! I think there is a mild version of this happening in Australia but we are now more like secularised and now paganizing (and Islamicizing) Europe, although we are still slightly less godless than Canada and New Zealand. Gen Z males embracing traditional masculine virtues do seem to find a constructive peer group to be a part of in church. Young Christian men in USA, ask God if maybe he wants you to be a kind of missionary/Christian influencer to Gen Z in Australia. There is definitely room for you here and work to be done "downunder"
Excellent points! I agree!
Boomers are getting paid to protest. No time for the Lord. Can not believe all the white haired whack jobs at these protests.
This is true. I know many, many women whose hair would be gray if they didn’t dye it. Of many middle-aged and older women in the large Bible study I teach, only three or four besides myself have let their hair go gray.
My hair is naturally blonde and it turns white like my grandma’s did. At the present time that gives me a really pretty sun bleached blonde look almost free of cost. In order for the large white sections to blend well with the rest, I have to color it a bit to put in white in some other spots to balance it out. But that’s pretty much it and I stick with the color that’s happening naturally.
At a wedding last weekend another woman I have not seen in over a decade tried to humiliate me by loudly declaring “your hair looks lighter, a LOT lighter. I could have sworn it was darker years ago…” as if exposing me to be a “fake blonde” or something would embarrass me, (she gained over 100lbs and I’ve lost about 50-60 during these years, so the jealousy of some women has no limits and they will search for ways to pull you down…) I simply replied “yeah my hair doesn’t get grey it gets white.” She never stopped to consider that. Lol She quickly skittered away.
women, I have found, are women's worst enemies
And that’s a fact! Sadly!
Your hair sounds very pretty.
I know a woman my age (late 70s) whose hair is still her natural blond, long, and very thick. My sister, one year younger than I, still has her natural color with a little gray, not noticeable. So you can’t assume that older women are coloring their hair
When someone like you described slobbers out a negative personal comment, just smile and relax with the assurance that you must be doing something right.
I'm fully male and wish I had hair to color 👴🏻
Me, too. And they are so few and far between that I've given them names.
😂that made me laugh out loud!
I’m a boomer and have continued to color my hair. I can’t imagine how I would look without my dark hair.
Many women are in your position. I did some low lighting while I was still working, but plenty of gray was still obvious. It’s a tremendous shock to go from fully dark to gray. However, I knew a woman with black hair who went gray after her husband left her. She was in her sixties, and she looked so much younger and prettier with her gray hair. It was astonishing.
We have quit going to nominal church and have joined a study group. Because, the ‘church’ has become like a stale cracker. About ankle deep, tepid and uninspiring.
The ministers are not interested in Truth, nor are they seeking after more of HIM. Most seem to be seeking after $$$ and popularity. They teach ‘life lessons’ rather than the Word. The children are not even taught Scripture or even Bible stories, they just baby sit while the parents get an hour or so free baby-sitting service.
It is very concerning to me that ministers are likely to not be prepared to give Biblical answers, but psychological, worldly answers to the deep questions about Scripture.
We left the Methodist church we were in for the last 22 years for a true Bible church. Wow!!! What a disservice these ‘churches’ have done watering down the Word and softening edges to appeal to the masses. Have learned more about God in the last year than all those years combined!! Praise God!
CStone, I don’t know wher you live but I recommend that to find a real church, you search using the words ‘expository, verse by verse gospel’. We did this last summer and found an amazing church with a truely inspired pastor and we are currently
studying Romans for the 94th week. I wish you happy hunting and send you love.
The group we are studying with is studying the Word from the original language.
Very few pastors are willing to dig that deep.
Most pastors also preach.
Most preachers aren’t pastors and most pastors can’t preach.
lol.
And teaching is a whole different calling from either of those.
We spent 3 months studying Genesis chapter 1, verse 1.
You couldn’t do that in a church setting.
You cannot ask questions or have a discussion about what the pastor says in his sermons.
In this setting you can ask questions and get Biblical answers. And sometimes we have to ‘table’ the question so we can all research it and come back and discuss what we found and how we understand it, only to find out there are other things we did not consider in our research.
And sometimes the question is:
Does it mean this?
Does it mean that?
And the answer is usually
YES!
I have learned more in the last 14 years than I ever did sitting on a pew in a church.
It is truly shocking how deep this Living Water is…..and I can’t swim!
Beautiful! And Romans is such a perfect follow up after Genesis. Our group did the same thing and the Spiritual growth was remarkable as the questions got deeper and deeper. What an AWESOME God He is! We'll die before we can plumb the depth and breadth of His Word.
My wife and I have switched over from going to a Christian Church to attending a Messianic Congregation on-line, called YRM Ministries. It stands for :Yahweh's Restoration Ministries. It's the only ministry I've seen that doesn't violate the Commandments.
If people only understood.
We read instructions on how to put together furniture, how to take our medicines, how to use our phone, how to use certain apps, how to play a new game.
But we are unwilling to read, much less follow His instructions. He made us, and He tells us how to operate, navigate, as his creations. He, Himself wrote the Instructions on how to live a blessed life.
613
Some are for children.
Some are for females
Some are for males
Some are only for priests
Some are ONLY for the High Priest.
But some few are for ALL Of US.
The Big 10 are for everyone,
The “Thou shalt nots” are MUCH easier than the 4 “Thou shalls”
AND Yeshua came, NOT to do away with the Instructions, but to take the PENALTY that we ALL DESERVE.
We attend a tiny free will baptist church. We're very traditional, with a preacher who preaches the Truth. We're down the street from a mega church that keeps expanding and an entertaining church. We have a few college students and several older people.
I found that if I called a church and asked about their praise team, I could weed out the contemporary churches. (They're not what we want). We're trusting God to help us grow, at least enough to replace people as they go Home.
Great idea as a way to weed out the contemporary churches. Contemporary churches and "praise teams" are the worst, I agree they are about entertainment and theatrics, but to each their own. I can see why they appeal to the young though, dry and stuffy isn't exactly inspiring either. As long as folks find God that is what matters.
It’s time to start searching for a church that is preaching and teaching God’s Word! Don’t settle for anything less than the opportunity to grow in your knowledge and understanding of God’s Word! Time is short!
I’m in a Bible study group, as I said above. It’s the best fit for me and my family.
Have you read any of EKO's posts on Substack? I have been inspired by his writing.
I had never heard of EKO.
Just read the Good Samaritan one.
Very, very, very good,
Thank you.
You're welcome!
please listen to the Carey Nieuwhof podcast 5-part series on "Revival." You will be encouraged! There are good pastors out there- and remember, they are human like us, struggle with pride and "success" - just like everyone. Give them some grace. (I don't mean in their sermons, those MUST remain biblical and free of woke crap. I just mean, allow them to be imperfect, like us. :))
I believe it is time the people break out of the 4 walls if the ‘church’.
Can't help but notice that along with boomers not going to church, they are also the ones most likely to be doing those anti-trump rallies. Just saw when I near my neighborhood this past week.
There were only a handful of boomers there.
Considering how truly horrified I am at the world we live in, at least I can recall smoother times. For our teens and 20 somethings, they have experienced nothing but complete chaos as the norm. It makes sense they would search for deeper meaning and solace in a world gone mad
Hey now, lots of us boomers are found.
We attend a relatively small Baptist church in north central Massachusetts. I'd say that the congregation is fairly evenly split between Boomers and Gen Zers/Millenials. There is definitely a thriving youth group (called College & Career) and our program for elementary children is growing, too. We are considered a very welcoming church by visitors who often end up continuing to attend. It's wonderful to be a part of it.
I’m a boomer and attend services weekly. Plus Bible studies. Maybe health reasons for not attending have an effect on the numbers?
I’m a “Baby Boomer” and have attended church faithfully my entire life. My family of 7 was in the front pew every week and when I was married and had children we also attended church every week. We didn’t just “attend” we were involved, invested and supported our church as we grew in our knowledge and understanding of God’s Word. That has continued my entire life and has been the source of comfort, strength and peace living in such a crazy, messed up world. As I often say “Come Lord Jesus, Come. I’ve been waiting so long”. May God bless our C&C “family”.
As a young boomer, who left organized religion years ago, but still is a Christian who worships God daily in thought and action, I am thrilled, delighted and reverently praying for all those youngsters turning to God. Just thinking of them makes me tear up and thank God.
To him ALL the glory.
And to all the boomers who don’t understand, you better figure it out and make your peace with God. You ARE running out of time. None of us get out of this alive. (But you can move on to a glorious afterlife if you make the choice and repent.
I must be going to the wrong churches, I go to several,and they are mostly the elderly. Where I live numerous churches have shut down because there was not enough attendance to keep the churches going. It was really sad to see their doors close. Granted they were small churches, but it is insulting to say Boomers do not attend church, we do.
Keep looking! It took us quite a long time to find the right church when we moved to a different city and state! We probably visited and attended at least 15 before we found the right one. It’s so worth persevering but remember there is no “perfect” church because it’s filled with sinners who want to follow Jesus!
Churches are definitely an enity of their own, some are fantastic and others not so much. I agree w/you it is important to keep persevering, and that there is no such thing as a perfect church, which is why I go to three! LOL! I grew up a PK and could probably write a book about churches filled w/sinners that want to follow Jesus.
I was thinking today it is time to start searching for a church that hosts a Blue Christmas Service, it tis the season. I wish more would do them so I don't have to search so hard for one because the churches I go to don't have one.
That’s wonderful! So encouraging!
That’s a wonderfully encouraging story, so thankful to hear of young people like your daughter!
Our grandson is a sophomore in college and he recently told his mom that he was thinking about getting engaged to his girlfriend. They’ve dated since they were freshmen in high school so it’s not a new relationship. When she commented that he was a little young to get married, he said “well Charlie Kirk said to get married young”! 😂
I’m happy to know that he’s been listening to Charlie Kirk, along with millions of other young people, and I thank God for sending a man like him to influence this generation.
Alan, that is so encouraging to read! We are also in WA, near the I-5 corridor. I pray this age group continues to grow in faith and develop those spiritual muscles needed to stand strong in the face of the evil that is so pervasive in all aspects of life today.
Mrs. "the Knife"
And, those spiritual muscles are: Christ in you!
The Word. Made flesh.
Tell your son we are proud of him!
Will do but this was my daughter who is becoming a strong young woman right before my eyes
Sorry I'm only on my 2nd cup of coffee. You did say her.
Praise the Lord!
Oh my, that is just beautiful. What a true blessing you have been given to have a daughter wanting to share worship and prayer. 52 kids in one living room sharing their faith is amazing. God bless each and every one of you.
🙌🏼🕊️🙌🏼🕊️🙌🏼 Praise God, Alan! May you need to remodel your living room for more space! 😇
Alan, just a thought, one of the state employees I met during COVID, kept track of the last Inslee election and saw there were more votes than registered voters, so that means the Democratic Party has been stealing the state capital from WE THE PEOPLE! It took this long for it to dawn on me, WE ARE A REPUBLICAN STATE!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!! No longer do I need to think we are Stupid People UP HERE, and you don't either:) Happy New Year!
I would bet that has happened in CA with Newsom. He is such a moronic twit that I find it hard to believe enough voters are brainless enough to keep voting for him...through two terms and one recall. I have yet to meet anyone who likes or approves of him. Everyone seems to think he's an idiot.
I had my own experience with Jesus twice. The first as an observer as he carried the cross through the streets. He turned and looked at me, saying nothing, but fully knowing that he was communicating the question "Will you follow me?"
A few years later, after a period of intense study of the gospels and simultaneously reading "Jesus the Christ" by James Talmage (VERY interesting story behind his writing of the book as well!), I had a FAR more intimate experience with Jesus Christ. I felt that somehow my body was changed in order to be in His presence. I was also somehow able to see EVERYONE that was and will be born on this earth, and Jesus let me know somehow of His incredibly PURE LOVE for every one of them. And honestly... the words "PURE LOVE" don't even seem adequate. It was PURE. LOVE. I don't have any better words to describe it.
It completely dominated me, and this is where I believe my body was changed to handle it, because otherwise I'm sure it would have been destroyed.
I was able to retain that feeling for 10 days afterwards, feeling pure love towards everyone I encountered. When it went away, I wanted it back more than anything.
Many years later, as I was going through a divorce, I was sinking into depression and with hubris expected to have another encounter with Jesus to lift me out of it.
And it didn't come. I started to feel unworthy, unwanted (by both family and Jesus), and just sinking badly, when out of the blue two verses were TOLD to me in my mind that reemphasized my prior experience with Him, ended my "pity party", and has caused me to never doubt again.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/6?lang=eng&id=p22-p23#p22
22 Verily, verily, I say unto you, if you desire a further witness, cast your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart, that you might know concerning the truth of these things.
23 Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?
Wow. That’s awesome.
Is that from the Bible or from the Book of Mormon?
Neither. It's from the Doctrine and Covenants.
So it is from doctrine and covenants written by Joseph Smith?
But not the Word of God?
Look at the verse before it. Jesus speaking in the first person...
But it isn’t the Word of God, right?
I am right there with ya in deep blue Washington state. Your comment gives me hope
Praise God! 🥰
Wow, that's amazing! There were times that some of us have been praying about this after hearing there was some kind of revival going on with the youth months back. I'm so glad to hear that it continues and will pray for it to keep doing so. Are you comfortable saying which town, as I too live in Washington State?
We know how proud of those young people WE are... Imagine the smile on the face of GOD!
It is all He asks for everything He does for us!
New Jersey and Virginia are electing new governors on Tuesday. Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger are identical, predictable, radical AWFLs. Vote so that they don’t destroy those states: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/mikie-spanberger-nj-va-girlboss-governor
What is hilarious to me is that Spanberger’s campaign claimed that people who don’t want to vote for her are “sexist” 🤔🙄 Have they seen her opponent??? Or maybe Winsome Sears is not a “real woman” or a “real person of color” because she’s not a Democrat?? 🙄🙄🙄
Well, Winsome Sears sure isn’t black enough for Obama. As an aside, I thought the way Spanberger acted during the debate was absolutely rude and disgusting. As if she was too good to listen or respond to Ms. Sears.
I found Spanberger to be downright creepy weird. As for why Sears isn't black enough for King Obama, there isn't a black conservative woman in America who would be black enough for him.
I am sure she thinks she is! Typical AWFL!!
And the NAACP won’t endorse Sears, but will Spanberger. Right in their title is the “advancement of colored people”. The hypocrisy is rich and people are calling them out on it.
Exactly. They prefer to elect an AWFL “for the advancement of colored people” rather than a woman originally from Jamaica 🙄🙄🙄
If you're in California, PLEASE... PLEASE go vote NO on Prop 50. And bring your friends and family to do so as well!
It's Gavin Newsom's attempt to grab power to redistrict in CA. It was taken away from politicians in 2008 (state pol redistricting), they lost in trying to get it back in 2010 and also lost congressional redistricting in 2010.
This is a naked power grab by arguably the most evil of governors who is using TDS and Texas as an excuse. They don't divulge that Texas was sued in 2021 by the Biden administration for districts that minimized black and latino voters. Texas lost in 2023. For some reason they didn't redistrict at that time. Trump pointed out that with that court loss, they could gain 5 republican seats, and so they did so.
If Newsom wins, there will be a razor thin majority in congress, and it wouldn't take much to threaten a few conservatives to drop out under duress, for which we'll begin to see impeachment claims start up again.
Also, pray for a supreme court decision declaring the racial component of the National Voting Rights Act being found unconstitutional. (hearing a few weeks ago) https://www.reuters.com/world/us/voting-rights-act-faces-near-death-experience-us-supreme-court-2025-10-18/
Yes, I'll second that. Californians, it's vital to vote NO on Prop 50! This is an election in which every single vote makes a difference.
To put numbers on this disgusting $250+ million special election forced on us by Gavin Newsom to get back at Trump for what is going on in Texas (nothing else is on the ballot), if Prop 50 passes, before long Republicans will probably hold only 4 out of 52 seats in the House. Prop 50 is designed to destroy what few solidly red districts California currently has.
Yes. It’s vitally important that we defeat this power grab led by Newsom. Filled out my ballot, put it in the envelope so the hole punched in it doesn’t show my vote, and will turn it in to a polling place on Tuesday. Not trusting the mail to handle my ballot competently.
They cheat, Yuri. The fix is already in, as is the muzzie pig running for Mayor of nyc. They will easily steal those seats.
This kind of talk is a cancer. You may be miserable, but some us us still have hope that this country can be saved. Some of us also feel a very real obligation to do every thing we can to save it for our kids and grandkids.
BTW, how many people supposedly on our side were saying this exact same right up to Trump's election? Folks, ignore people that say stuff like this, better yet tell them to put a sock in it. If you are in NJ or VA please get out and vote like your life depends on it.
Because it does!
People need to remember that one Democrat tactic is to release fake poll information to make everyone think it's a slam dunk for Democrats, and they hope Republicans will stay home and not vote.
Important to remember! Totally agree! This tactic was used in 2024 remember? I’m sure it’s used quite often. Every vote counts.
And don’t forget to vote!
Winsome and crew got my vote this morning (early vote) it was crowded too! Unfortunately I live in a dismal county (Prince William) where the coveted ‘I voted’ sticker was full on woke - various languages encircling hands of many colors - I’m in favor of the many colors - but where is the PATRIOTISM?!! ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
My mom and brother live in Prince William Co VA and they voted early for Winsome and crew! Praying there are many more voting the same way!
I feel sad when I read stuff like this on CNC. It's just fatalism and negativity talking. We are not to lose our hope.
It’s called pragmatism, Jeff. I’ve spent most of my life in New York. And watched elections get stolen for decades. When the press is all in on any particular candidate, and you and I and every other normal thinking person knows they are evil incarnate, and they still win? That’s the proof. And sliwa has been fighting his entire adult life for the city, and where is the support for him? Every boomer knows who he is. No press, no help, no nothing. So there’s the fix. If sliwa drops out, those that support him aren’t going to vote for stupid Andy. It’s a fucking joke. I’m not a black piller, but in this case, with the democrat cheat machine fresh off stealing over twenty seats last election, I don’t have much faith.
Alan, don't insult pigs please, they have more sense and integrity than that numbnuts you speak of!
Smarter than horses too. Young farmers on my bus used to have arguments about this. Or tractor brands.
And we must celebrate the pigs that hunt for truffles!
Oink oink!
Haha, good one, Lori!
I stand corrected.
Better to try
I think NJ may have a chance. Hard to say with VA. Hillary thought she was going to win too.
The dems in the Va house are trying to redistrict in the middle of the election. Voting started months ago…more time to cheat
we are working hard in VA but the NoVA and Hampton Roads areas make it hard for us. Add in Richmond and Charlottesville and it's usually game over. ☹️
I moved to rural VA to get away from the beltway area. Now the beltway is moving to rural VA and trying to make it what they are moving from. Uggh.
I'm so glad we're moving to TN.
Will today!
Good overview of the runs, especially VA.
Speaking of Elections, GA PSC ( Public Service Commission) election early voting ends today . Election Tuesday .
If you are in GA please vote for Republican incumbents. Utility rates are going up, especially with Data Centers . We don’t need more expensive green energy .
"Vote so that they don’t destroy those states"
You're joking, right? Its too late.
Winsome's bus caught on fire in Charlottesville, she wasn't on it, but it is hard for me to not go down the conspiracy road. Spanberger is evil, she wins the entire country is in trouble. Pray for Virginia.
Frankly, I am a little overwhelmed with everything.
Doctors are treating folks with meds and procedures that don’t work or are downright harmful.
Many politicians are at best ineffective or downright dangerous. Many are cowards.
Scientists are publishing fraudulent data (that’s not new but it is killing people).
Oh well, we have C&C and community. Steady fast.
My local VA hospital has their "vaccination" clinic set up and running.
I overheard a nurse ask a veteran if he ever had any problems with myocarditis. Not sure if he was asking for the flu shot or the covid DeathVax.
How absolutely effed up is that?
I am still surprised by the number of Vets who continue to get these shots, covid poison & flu. I read an article the other day that showed that the pneumonia shot was more likely to enhance the likelihood of getting pneumonia. The population based used was Catalonia
I saw that too Dr Linda! And if I remember right, it was significant, like 68% higher? And another study showed last year’s flu shot to have a negative effect as well, I think 26%.
I believe Jeff wrote about the pneumonia shot study. 80% failure rate.
Here is the article. It was published October 21.
https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-025-11596-w
Read that article - it was great and I shared it!
I have a hunch that they do because if they allow their thoughts to go against it, they will then question other nefarious things their "employer" did to them. The same with parents who made their kids get the shots. Those thoughts may be too big for some minds to bear.
If he hasn’t maybe he will now!!! Grrr 😡
It was very disappointing to overhear.
At least you're not in Canada where doctors straight up recommend Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) aka euthanasia for elderly and differently-abled people.
If I were Canadian and contemplating dying assistance, I would call a vet, not an MD. Vets tend to be kinder and more caring.
If I were living in Canada, I think I'd want to kill myself, too.
LOL! best line so far today. Happy All Hallows Eve Jeff! Boo!
Don't open that door!
Hey, how did the kitty make out at the vet?
Mercola has several great articles on this topic this morning
There's also Paul Starr's book "the Social Transformation of American Medicine." A deeper dive into allopathic medicine and its many tricks. That said, Mercola's piece today was great. It's quite a structure they've built for themselves: the AMA, "standard of care" protocol, relieving symptoms but not actual healing, and insurance companies who won't pay when patients try to sidestep the medical prison they've put us in.
is that not incredible - completely discard known remedies that have actually cured people for symptom management for profit - but like the climate scam I believe that people are waking up (thanks to COVID) and the tide will start to turn
I have been doing natural remedies for decades, I have SLE, sort of, it’s under control or maybe gone
You may be interested in homeopathy? Joette Cabrese. I just started a class. I thought I knew what it was but was off. I’ve been learning g since about March thru a friend who was in the university.
https://joetteslearningcenter.com/
I have been doing for decades
Where do you read mercolas articles? I used to read a lot of his stuff and then it seems he went somewhere else. And i have many posts come through that say they are him, but seem sketchy and weird info.
Just subscribe for free. They drop early morning every day. "He seemed to go elsewhere ". During the scam presidency, Biden posted a top 10 wanted poster of the 10 most heinous disinformation pundits. Mercola was #1. he had all his historical library purged by Biden's tech putas, and all new articles were purged after 48 hours unless you downloaded it as a PDF or copy and pasted. He did a great piece today on the total Alzheimers amaloyd plaque scam and the billions of utterly worthless drugs to "fix"that. They help not even as much as statins, and are just as harmful
He's on Substack (just google Dr. Mercola Substack) or on his own website. Here's one of them from his website: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2025/06/23/clearing-vegetable-oils-from-your-skin.aspx
There are some things I disagree with him, especially the benefits of a keto diet. He has backed off of that in the last couple of years.
Here's another absolutely wonderful doctor: Dr. Ralph LaGuardia who writes The Medical Undergrouond Substack. You gotta check him out!
I learned about the keto and carnivore dangers from Mercola. It’s taking me a long time to heal from the damages keto and low carb did to me.
That’s strange. It has literally saved my life and reversed every “diagnoses” and symptom I have had for the past 30 years, except for the osteoporosis caused by one of their prescription meds.
What was the damage? Honestly, I have never heard about damage from keto!
Thanks for info about Dr. La Guardia
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2025/10/31/alzheimers-amyloid-hypothesis-fraud.aspx?ui=d44340a6b94bcd5cd3a81a75e39e6457fcc8d651a63eb67b41fc3349a256f230&sd=20180110&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1HL&cid=20251031&foDate=true&mid=DM1833242&rid=423084739
Today’s article
Excellent article taken from a substack writer called 'A Midwestern Doctor.' His substack is called The Forgotten Side of Medicine. Excellent posts.
I mentioned that upstream. I posted the link
I also like him but he wanders around a lot. He needs an editor.
I started reading the Starr book decades ago, but for some reason put it down early and never picked it up again. I should look for it.
Agreed!! I read it several hours ago and already passed it on to others. That was the Midwest Doctor who write “The Forgotten Side of Medicine”.
Did I read somewhere that Mercola has been comprimised?
well there was some talk about his turn towards a more spiritual component of healing and a healthy life - but I read his column daily and haven't seen anything that looks to be anything but solid information about health and healing - so if he personally has been influenced in a bad way his staff who probably is responsible for most of the articles, is staying on mission
I don’t see anything either. He has the information to back it up and source links. I don’t go all in for everything he posts but he admits if he’s been wrong. Especially about low carb.
and many are reprints from others - like the one today from A Midwestern doctor whose articles are very informative - that's the kind of doctor the country needs more of
I think it shows we are in a profound era of spiritual transformation. The old is dying and the new is being born.
Totally agree!
@Dr Linda Have courage and be strong.
You are not alone.
Be Well, Be Blessed,
Phillip
Thank you. This has less to do with courage, more to do with fatigue : )
"Steady fast." On a small Maine ocean island at present. Nor'easter arrived yesterday; the rain (2") came last night, the blow this morning. An hour ago we were standing at the end of our "modular dock" of five, 16' long wooden floats (so, 80 feet long), taking the pictures requested by granddaughter for a required school art project in UK. Walking back to shore, I had to hunch way over to lower my center of gravity, to maintain my balance, against the wind threatening to blow me off the float and into the water. Back on land asked husband, does this qualify as a "stiff breeze"? He replied, actually the weather men were talking of gale warnings. Adjust your posture to meet the buffets.
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Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— for we walk by faith, not by sight— we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
— 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 NAS95
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"We also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him."
Some days I really wish I were "at home."
All days I want to be more pleasing to Him.
Thank you for the timely reminder, Janice.
“Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord…”
Maybe the guy that wrote that verse should have read these verses first;
“Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”
“Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—“
“Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.”
“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
“And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.”
“By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.”
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God?”
It seems like we can’t be absent from the Lord, if in fact, he dwells within us
… maybe God wasn’t dwelling in the man who wrote that letter to the Corinthians
We will not be physically present with the Lord until we are absent from the body.
There seems to be some confusion in what is being said, perhaps you can clear it up, Janice.
The writer to the Corinthians speaks of “while ‘we’ are at home in the body”, and “we’ are absent from the Lord”, and you talk about “until ‘we’ are absent from the body.”
What is this ‘we’ that you guys are talking about?
… is it our soul? is it our spirit? or is it just some unknowable thing?
Something incomprehensible to the human mind?
only incomprehensible to you, it seems
Snarky Remarky ?
JD, it is so very much like you to only quote a part of the verse to try to make your point..... "we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord." ...which, if you're asking yourself what this might possibly mean, the writer is longing to be fully, and forever (as the thief on the cross) reunited with Christ in Paradise
I’m glad that you’re still talking to me CM, but sometimes it seems like you don’t like me. Oh maybe I’m wrong. Anyway, your response completely ignores my question. And it was a serious question. I want you to understand, I don’t ask questions in order for me to learn something from you guys. When I ask a question, I already know the answer, I’m just asking questions to get you folks to think about what was actually written in the book.
The question I asked was what is this ‘we’ that is referred to in those verses. Janice at least offered a serious reply without any snarky remarky. However if you read her response, you’ll see that it is slightly contradictory. What she said is we won’t be physically present with the Lord until we’re physically absent from our body. It was a good attempt at an answer, but it just doesn’t make any sense. And the thing I was getting at is that the author to the Corinthians was talking about something that was actually dwelling inside the body when he said “we are at home in the body”. People might think that he’s talking about a group of people in their bodies when he uses the word ‘we’, but if you look at the structure of the sentence, you’ll see that that’s not really what he’s saying. Anyway, maybe that’s not really what he meant. Maybe I’m reading something into it more than what he meant. Probably am, because I doubt if he ever really considers the spiritual aspect of our relationship with the Lord.
But we are more than just bodies, we are bodies with souls.(Some of us also have living spirits in our bodies) Our bodies don’t think or yearn, our minds do. So it’s our minds, our souls, that yearn to be with our Lord. That’s what I’m trying to get people to think about, but I don’t get any serious answers from Christians. I get dismissed, shunned by people who don’t think that the things I say are worthy of serious consideration.
You make a good point about the writer “longing to be fully and forever reunited with Christ,” because that’s what I’m talking about, longing, however, you make the point completely disregarding the idea that according to the book, and all of those verses that I put out there saying that we are already united with the Lord. We are not “absent from the Lord”. But then maybe this writer is not united with the Lord after all, Maybe there’s a lot of people that are not united with the Lord, but think that they are nonetheless. Or there is just a lot of people that never think about it.
So my question is valid, is it a soul that is at home in the body? Or is it a living soul, united with a new spirit that was born of God, that is at home in the body?
… is that the ‘we’ that the writer was referring to?
You did get a reply JD, but obviously one you did not like... Reminds me of my children when they ask a question, and having received an answer that they do not like, keep asking the same question to see if the answer changes.... It most often does not.
When you state "I don’t ask questions in order for me to learn something from you guys. When I ask a question, I already know the answer, I’m just asking questions to get you folks to think about what was actually written in the book." I'm going to reply in the same manner: I gave you an answer that you did not like, so YOU'RE going to say I didn't respond and so on.... I find this a poor use of my time...
I'll just leave you with this: When I yearn for something, it is not with my mind that I yearn for it... When I yearn for complete unity with my Lord and Savior, it is from my heart, I would say that my spirit yearns to unite with His Spirit. Yes, He is within me as I am an earthen vessel where He also dwells, and we yearn to be transformed into the heavenly bodies that our Bridegroom has prepared for His Church, His Bride and really for all those who will ultimately dwell in Paradise.
"I want you to understand, I don’t ask questions in order for me to learn something from you guys. When I ask a question, I already know the answer, I’m just asking questions to get you folks to think about what was actually written in the book." I find this condescending. If you think you know it better than us, good for you. I find that your remarks often bring more confusion to the subject than clarity and understanding.
Good night
Finally, there is something that we agree on CM, that any further discussion between you and I is a poor use of your time, I’ll not bother you again
…amen
CM, The verse that Janice put up starts out like this;
“Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—“
I then listed seven verses in the book where it said that God dwells within us
And finished by saying;
“It seems like we can’t be absent from the Lord, if in fact, he dwells within us”
So I pointed out an obvious contradiction in what the writer to the Corinthians was saying and what the book says, and then in return I get people that are somehow defending what he wrote. Trying to explain to me how it still makes sense even though it’s a contradiction. I would rather have people simply say that after thinking about it, they realize that the writer was wrong
… because either his verse is wrong or all of those verses I listed are wrong. Pick one.
Jeremiah and Concerned Mom…enough already. Can’t you just agree to disagree? As my 94 year old mama told me years ago, you rarely change anyone’s mind by arguing religion or politics.
Uh…it took Bakersfield’s “high tech crime lab” two weeks to determine the skull was made out of concrete? Yikes!
I have questions about where the maggots came from?? 🤔
Mommy & daddy maggots????? 🔔😎🎯
When two maggots love each other very much . . .
There should be a new documentary: What is a Maggot?
Careful... it might be a supreme court justice screening question.
LOL
The birds and the … maggots?? 😝😂
LOL!!!
Bwahaha, good one, CC!
😁🙌🏻
Most maggots come from Portland.
I would say Washington DC… 😑
More leeches than anything
D.C. is home to all the rats!
Now THAT's what I'm saying!
The best part is their daughter parlayed it into being a Tik Tok "influencer" and is now well on her way to being just another attention-seeking Zoomer desperate for clicks.
Anyone else think this whole thing might have been a set up?
Kind of sounds like it…
Isn’t concrete heavier than bone?? Just a thought…
The worms and maggots confounded them. 😂
Ahhh, but what kind of concrete? Knowing how government bureaucracies function they have probably created a team to search every nook & cranny to find-out who planted the hoax. Lot's of OT will be required, just in time for the holidays ......
Only the best want to live and work in Bakersfield...
Bakersfield tourism video from local legend Dr. Jedly. He has promotional videos featuring many of SoCal's "garden spots".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSTKjyCbYFg
It's worse than Poughkeepsie!
Is it the New Jersey of California?
The best Pok is in New York.
Almost as good as Poughkeepsie 😉😬
You're right. Pok is much better since I left.
Aww! I’m sure it’s a lot less fun since you left 😛
It doesn't stink as much now. Actually, it's not too horrible: right on the Hudson River, not far from nature or NYC.
I know where it is, I visited a college near that area when I was in high school 😉
makes one wonder...
Yesterday I saw this on a Substack:
""Topical Ivermectin Will Completely Heal Skin Cancer...The Lesion Will Change, Get Smaller & Fall Off Completely."
"You Can Literally Use It For Any Inflammatory Or Autoimmune Skin Condition."
"It Comes As A 1% Prescribed Cream Or Buy The Over The Counter 1.87% 'Horse Paste.'
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug with anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-bacterial & anti-tumor effects.
Topical Ivermectin has fantastic applications in the dermatology world because it heals the skin microbiome of parasites, bacteria, toxins & pathogens.
While healing the gut microbiome is paramount from within by using nutrition to detoxify & heal deficiencies...topical Ivermectin cream works to heal the stubborn epidermis & dermis layers of the skin that may not respond to internal healing completely.
Topical Ivermectin Has Shown To Be Effective At Healing The Following Skin Conditions...
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Melanoma
Cystic Acne
Ringworm
Scabies
Demodex Skin Mites
Perioral Dermatitis
Pityrosporum Folliculitis
Hookworms
Lice
Moles
Warts
Skin Tags
Ringworm
Candida
Athlete's Foot
Rosacea
Eczema
Psoriasis
How To Use...
Apply a pea sized or pencil eraser sized amount twice per day onto the area of concern.
Purchasing Topical Ivermectin...
Prescription: 1% Ivermectin Cream or Gel prescribed by your healthcare provider.
Public Purchase: 1.87% Ivermectin Paste can be purchased in person at any veterinary or farm store. And it can be ordered online from many retail establishments such as Amazon.
👇Ivermectin Paste For Melanoma👇
frontiersin.org/journals/oncol…
👇Ivermectin Clears Skin Cancers👇
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC75…
👇Ivermectin Use In Dermatology👇
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC83…
Speaker: Dr William Makis, MD
Video: @jasielcreatedtoheal"
I used the paste/gel to completely clear my skin of type 2 rosacea. It was horrible to live with - so painful and embarrassing. The 1% cream prescription is ridiculously expensive and it is in a Cetaphil base which is not friendly to my skin whereas the 1.87% gel from the farm store is a downright miracle!
Thanks for the info. I have rosacea also.
Oh wow. I have the 1% cream and it’s not effective at all! I will hunt for the 1.87% gel. Thanks!
Just an fyi - there are paste and gel options. The paste is a bit drying so if your skin is quite oily, that might be a good option. Otherwise, I would suggest getting the gel. Also - the packaging is odd - it will say paste when it’s actually a gel. So if you go to a farm store, maybe peek in the package to see which one you’re getting.
what is the brand name? Is it at Tractor Supply?
I use the Durvet brand - yellow and white box. I started out getting mine at Tractor Supply so I could see what I was getting. Then the world went crazy and it was difficult to get there, so I found it on Amazon. It’s still way more expensive than when I started using it many years ago, but cheaper than the prescription kind and more effective imo.
thank you. Based on what you wrote above, would choosing the Durvet version that is 1.87% automatically mean it's the gel? The box says paste.... https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/duramectin-paste-2280789
I just bought 4 boxes from the tractor supply store yesterday. It has been reducing the severe itch from my wrists to my shoulders on both arms, which has terrorized me all year. To my dismay it was the cream application and not the ointment that my last box was, and my skin is so dry and rough now from all the scratching the cream is harder to spread than the ointment was. The store literally had 7-8 different brands and it was confusing to choose because I don’t know which ones are better made/more effective. I’m going to return three boxes and exchange for an ointment type.
Ivermectin is a pharmaceutical treatment for rosacea. It’s called sooolantra and it costs a fortune, like $285 without insurance. I did, however, recently read that lice treatments are also ivermectin so that might be worth a little research. Much cheaper at any rate.
I took ivermectin internally for several weeks and it cured rosacea.
I got rid of three bothersome moles on my neck with horse paste!
The 1% Rx version of ivermectin is actually quite expensive from what I have read.
It is prescribed for rosacea.
The thought that horse-paste can be used topically was new to me.
My husband has used the 12mg tablets to get his bladder cancer into remission and I have used the paste for flu like symptoms but now I use the tablets. Took my bad flu symptoms away in January after 3 days.
I’ve used it on precancers but never thought it could work on skin tags! Yay!
Ive been putting 'horse paste' on my husband's exzema and it is clearing it up!
I can attest to using horse paste on the skin. It worked to clear up 2 suspicious skin lesions I had
Me too and I’m so thankful to have found out, just this week!! Far cheaper too and better efficacy.
A side benefit is that you will be delicious, at least to horses.
It's obvious you have never had the thrill of giving dewormer to a horse. Let me know next time you are in me hood, I'll let you get a kick out of trying. 🤠
You are correct Conservative C. Horses hate it. I have to keep their head pointed towards the sky until they finally swallow it, or else they simply spit it out.
If you aren't careful a person can get severely injured.
The horse paste is $16 on Amazon. I keep it in the refrigerator. I do make sure to watch my hands before using it. I don’t want to contaminate the tube.
There is a lice treatment lotion sold over the counter at CVS. Its active ingredient is .5% ivermectin. It is a topical application. Not to be ingested. 👍🏼
Black cumin seed oil seems to have some similar properties. I am not convinced it cures all forms of skin cancer but I think it does some. Tea tree oil also as well as Frankincense have been studied and found to have some anti-cancer benefits when applied topically. I am not sure if Myrrh has been studied for it but I personally have a gut feeling it has anti cancer benefits and am currently trying to research if anyone has studied that.
I have used Frankincense essential oil mixed with EVOO and DMSO on what are probably some kind of melanomas on my back, and it reduces them to a shadow of what they were.
Not done scientifically.
but worked for me
A few years ago, I used on a quarter sized potential cancer spot. The ivermectin took care of it and no reoccurrence.
I'm using horse paste on several actinic keratoses that the dermatologist froze a couple of years ago but that are back.
So, I just clicked on one of the links above… due to lack of funding from the gov shutdown this info is not available??? WTH?
I guess that when one accesses these sites, a federal employee has to manually make the connection. Just like the telephone operators in the past, plugging cords from one hole to another so that the customer could speak to the person they were trying to contact. Something like that.....
I can see Lilly Tomlin right now ......
"One ringy dingy...Is this the party to whom I'm speaking?"
😂😂😂
Yeah, I just saw that too - thanks, democrats!
Schumer and many other slimeballs.
Illegals getting healthcare is much more important to them 😡
It’s all about future voters and getting the illegals into voting booths or mail in. That’s it. Period.
🎯🎯🎯
Cut the freebies, their voter base will self-deport.
💯
Find a local tractor supply store. That’s where I got mine yesterday
Works very well on nail fungus
For the prepper-minded, it occurs to me that in the event of supply chain shutdown, the horse paste could prove a game changer for things like lice, scabies, and ringworm.
Side note: I was deployed to a foreign land once upon a time (or 70 times upon a time) and a fellow servicemember acquired scabies from sleeping in the transient tent. I think that ivermectin was likely what was prescribed to deal with the condition.
In any case, I will probably add a tube of horse paste to my preps.
Thank you so much for this info! Just yesterday I was wondering what to do about some growths I've been noticing. Ordered!
I had 2 small red patches, one on my chest and one above my eyebrow for over a year and within weeks of horse paste application, it’s as if they were ever there. I’m pretty sure they were Basal cell carcinoma because I had one removed years ago.
I used the horse paste on my face where I had problems with rosacea for years. It worked for me. I would put a very small amount on it, rub it in and then wipe off the excess.
Probably a bureaucrat's way of making a point about the shutdown. I doubt many if any official science followers would try to access such info, it contradicts the official narratives ya know.
Actually, there is plenty of information posted on government websites such as pubmed.gov that contradicts official narratives. Thousands of studies from worldwide research. Try it. Go to pubmed.gov and type in ivermectin or elderberry or garlic or honey or turmeric, or statins. You name it. When it comes to official narratives these studies are pretty much ignored. But they are there.
A Midwestern Doctor mentioned that, while effective for many skin diseases, ivermectin makes psoriasis worse.
"Page not available" on all three links you sited. What does this remind you of?
Censorship?
Please send me the full links you referenced in this post to me at wttw.julia@gmail.com ... I'm going to a farm supply store this afternoon that has 14 different brands of ivermectin on hand. I'd love to figure out which one to buy. Thanks in advance.
The link to use in dermatology doesn’t work - “ Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date…”
Lack of Government funding would not cause past information to just disappear. All they had to do was have a banner at top that info is not being updated at present and to be mindful of that. They don’t have to take it down. That’s leftist tactics to create drama where there doesn’t need to be any
I can attest to this. I have cystic acne, the kind that has a little hard bead at the core of the pimple. I had one come up on the bridge of my nose, right where my glasses sit, and nothing I did would make it heal. I think it was there for 2-3 months? I tried all my usual tricks, was able to dig two of the little beads out of it, but it still would not heal. I was really starting to get concerned it could be cancerous. I had read about using the horse paste directly on it, and did so (really concerned it would cause a staph infection, which would mean a doctor visit). It finally healed up in about 2-3 days. Left a big hole/scar on the bridge of my nose, but would rather have that than a dermatologist cutting a huge chunk out of my nose.
Regarding, “In 2013, I experienced a dramatic and completely unexpected religious conversion event —complete with visions— and began studying everything I could grab.”
More, please.
I was pacing in my living room one afternoon in 1975 complaining about my brother in law using piousness and bible quotes and being a top dog in his church when I knew for sure he was anything but what he was portraying himself as outside his church, life and business. I said to myself—“just what does he know about God?” Harrumph. I got an answer back right then. (Still small voice?) “Just what do you know about God?”
I had to admit—I knew nothing. I walked immediately to a drawer in my bedroom and pulled out my never opened bible. I was baptized in 1976. God is good—all the time. 🙏🏻
I was thinking the same thing! I'd love to hear the story!
Visions have been coming to Persians in "Iran", to Israelis. And they realize that Yeshua is indeed the real deal. Lots of YT videos/podcasts presenting this.
We should pray for this daily for people around the globe, that they be given eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to obey; that they be granted repentance and are shown the true gospel, and the Son, Jesus Christ.
Where my evangelism is weak, God is mighty!
He's described it before. I wonder if you could do a search and find it.
Thank you. i will. Mussa been before my signing up for daily reading…
Yes, I was thinking that would be a good feature sometime for Jeff to write about
He discussed it in a post several years ago. Look through archived C&C. I'm thinking it was 2022... but may have been earlier. Maybe around the time they clamped down on churches ignoring the govt over reach to shut down...
I came here to let Jeff know - we want to hear that story!
Isn’t it funny how the government shutting down the churches eventually led to a revival just a few short years later? I love God‘s sense of humor.
That was definitely a big part of it. The Covid era shined a light on how weak, petty, and cruel people can become when given a chance.
People found out who they really are, and also who their neighbors really are. It forced a lot of soul searching and a desire to reach out for something higher.
Exactly. I often think about how many times God gets to laugh since He sees so much that hurts Him. I will make jokes sometimes for Him hoping He has a few moments of levity!
I wonder if he laughs with Trump? 🤣 The man IS funny
Especially when he sees the Trump dance!
Lori, I would submit to you that NOTHING hurts Him.
His levity is far beyond our levity!
Peace!
Tom
Of course our sins hurt Him. And I do believe He enjoys our laughter and laughs with us on occasion.
Offend and hurt are not the same thing. Our sins, He took on the cross. When it was finished, He said "It is finished." The physical pain ended there, once and for all time.
So, you are right to hold in regard that our sins have hurt him, at that time, but He has finished His work on the cross, to His glory!
To me it is for you cannot hurt someone without offending them or vice versa.
We will just agree to respectfully disagree. Have a good weekend!
I agree to agree to disagree!
Though, I don't think it's so much that we disagree, but we can't see things the way He does. Not until we're done with the flesh and our being constrained by space and time and causality.
I enjoy these exchanges, because they make me think about things of the Lord, and that is always a blessing. It should never be my goal to be "right." The Holy Spirit doesn't inform me so that I can win arguments on the internet. I think we are having a discussion in the proper way, and don't see this as that kind of argument.
So, thanks for discussing, and for having patience!
Have a good weekend!
Many folks crying out to the Lord, who is merciful.
Regarding the return to church, I read a very interesting piece yesterday that addressed an conundrum this return presents. It seems that these returnees are seeking a traditional approach and many churches had pivoted from that. To maintain relevance, I guess. I hope that pivot does not disillusion or confuse newcomers. If there were ever a time for the foundational teaching of the word of Jesus Christ in Christian churches, this is it.
May I suggest the Church that was founded in person by Christ Himself, i.e., the Catholic Church? There you will find church that is more focused on the "timeless" rather than the "timely".
Well…as a Catholic I’m not in 100% agreement there. I can remember Latin Mass when I was an itty bitty girl. I e attended a few as an adult and it is really overwhelmingly different than regular mass
I haven’t found the Latin Mass to be overwhelming. I don’t go very often as there are very churches that have it these days … but I love wearing the veil and the formality of it. I went to a Latin Mass wedding and it was so beautiful.
I meant that in a good way. Inspirational was maybe a better word
I regularly attend the FSSP Traditional Latin Mass parish. What a delight! The Mass of the Ages.
The article I read specifically referenced Evangelical progressive churches. But I get your point.
Your suggestion is historically inaccurate, George. The Catholic Church was founded by men between 300 and 500 years after Jesus was crucified. It was during the same time that they formed the doctrine of the Trinity God, the God that the Catholic/Christian Church worships today.
The English word ‘church’ is derived from the Greek word ‘kyrios’ and does not appear one single time in the Hebrew, the Greek or the Latin manuscripts for the Old or New Testament!
From biblehub; The English word "church" comes from the Greek word kyriakos, "belonging to the Lord" (kyrios), this word is not translated as ‘church’ in the book.
The word that is translated as ‘church’ in the Bible is; ekklēsía(from 1537 /ek, "out from and to" and 2564 /kaléō, "to call") – properly, people called out from the world and to God. In the Old Testament, the word ‘ecclesia’ is translated as ‘assembly’, referring to the assembly of the congregation of Israel. In the New Testament they translate the same Greek word ‘ecclesia’ as ‘church’, which is why the members of the ‘church’ today have got the wrong idea.
So if it’s accurately translated what Jesus actually said was “upon this rock, I will edify my called out ones”, (figuratively) to edify – literally, "build someone up," helping them to stand (be strong, "sturdy"). So technically, Jesus wasn’t really founding a church as we know them today,
… and he certainly did not found the Catholic/Christian Church
Considering that today is Reformation Day, I am reminded that there were also many problems with the Catholic Church and leadership. There are still many protestant churches that teach and preach foundational Christianity today. And it is taught more clearly than ever.
Who is the least likely person to see in a church service?
I'd say a single Gen Z man.
At our local TLM parish, if you attend high mass on Sunday, you will see more than a handful of Gen Z men-- usually alone-- dressed very well. Along with families with 3, 4, and 5 well behaved children. Men/boys in pants and a suit jacket, women and girls in dresses with veils.
Shibumi, TLM? I'm ill informed.
TLM (Traditional Latin Mass)
Thanks
Scary, scary, government-surveilled and somewhat Vatican-controversial Traditional Latin Mass.
The same is true with this November’s special elections wherever you are, all over the country. Vote like you don’t want Joe Biden back. Drive your friends to the polls if you must.
YES!!! I tell my friends over and over and over. Quit obsessing over whether income tax is really constitutional, or some rage bait video, or what some talking head in Congress said and focus on LOCAL. A few of us do manage to score some W's every once in a while and would score more if people would focus. I run door knocking in my city for local conservative candidates every season and know the precincts - those who went for Biden and Harris also have the highest turnout percentages in local elections. D's vote and R's stay home.
Has always been that way. Because d policies are always about feelings, which generate passion. Conservatives aren’t that passionate. NYS, if every conservative voted, would red like you wouldn’t believe. But democrats cheat, because they control who counts the votes. They are the ones volunteering to work the precincts, and all the other stuff that goes along with it. So they’re in the position to cheat, and in most places other than hard core inner cities,they have to. So they do. Just look at a nys or Florida map after elections. It’s a joke. Most of the democrats in power, should not even get elected. But they do.
That’s cuz the R’s have JOBS and can’t go door to door or give up a day at work to work the polls
Solzhenitsyn has a good point regarding that.
Bingo
Thanks for that - I complain about the emotion fueled arguments that lefties are so fond of but it never occurred to me to connect the dots to voter turnout. Although emotion (anger) did help get out the R vote when the lefty school board kept schools closed during covid. But once things returned to normal, many of the volunteers & voters on the right went away while the left is always angry about something..
Exactly.
Have some Halloween fun and hopefully change the future: Send your entire contact list the following: "This November’s special elections, wherever you are, all over the country. Vote like you don’t want Joe Biden back. Drive your friends to the polls if you must." Imaging getting this in your mail box about 50 times!! (thank you Donna)
"This election, help defeat the scary ghosts and zombies, who are rising from the grave to vote Democrat!"
My local ballot is just two school bond measures to increase our property taxes. And they are closing down schools because so many illegals have moved out. Nine schools in one district alone!
Wow! We have people who move here just for 'the school district' as it was a top district in the state ~20 years ago. Was starting to go downhill by the time my kids hit HS and would not put my kids there today if I had school age kids. But the PR machine works overtime and too few parents pay attention to the rot they are pushing these days; grade inflation is real and the falling standardized test scores are benchmarked against the entire State, not the results of the good years. Even so our town has grown by 20K in the last dozen or so years, while enrollment is declining. I am on a committee to study elementary boundaries to try to keep a neighborhood school from closing but only 2 of 17 are over 85% capacity, which is considered ideal. We have a couple of elementaries with some ESL students, but generally, most housing is higher cost than the big city and some of the declining inner ring suburbs, which limits the number of illegals. Most of our decline is due to switch to homeschool and private. Homeschool co-ops are flourishing, and private schools have waitlists for some grades & expansion projects underway. I've stayed involved with the district serving on committees and such even though my kids are grown as it's still our tax dollars they are burning night and day, but feel like a voice in the wilderness at times. Sad they have destroyed once was once a point of pride in our community. Now it's the center of division and controversy. And yes, there will be a property tax increase on the ballot in April. The VOTE NO sign will be in my yard.
I’m confused, none of these folks could tell the difference between bone & concrete?
Well, it IS Kalifonia. Probably more than likely DEI types that got a participation degree from their university of choice.
Online.
Products of the US educational system?
Probably didn’t get to it for two weeks… not a priority for them.
My heart hurts for the children whose parents gave in to the trans insanity, perhaps due to fear and manipulation tactics by the so called experts - "Would you rather have a live son or a dead daughter?"
Now, as the fog is rolling back and we are are seeing how much of this was driven by activists and crazed ideologues, with NO actual science backing them, thousands of young people are the ones left with broken bodies and shattered lives...
Will their parents now finally start coming forward and saying, "We were wrong!" or "We were lied to!" IMHO, there need to be lawsuits filed and investigations done into the people who were behind this evil! Or, sadly, will they continue to insist that they were right, rather than admit they panicked and allowed their own children to be destroyed?
The lawsuits can’t come fast enough. Some have started. Many should follow. My friend’s son, now 20, is medically transitioning. Definitely social contagion. No early signs. Always was attracted to girls. Attended an uber liberal high school. And now, suddenly, he’s trans. She’s heartbroken. He’s now sterile. Has breasts. There’s no going back…
My heart is broken for your friend and her son. That's why I can't ❤️ your comment. 💔🙏🏻
Maybe we should stop thinking of it as a “Like” button, and instead think of it as an “Agree” button????
I am so sorry!! I have several friends who have gone/are going through this and all have reacted differently...it is absolutely heartbreaking for everyone involved!
One couple I know jumped on board immediately, and are now hard left, angry activists, with a very broken daughter, who announced that she was no longer a straight Christian female but was now a gay, Jewish male!
Most of them pushed back, kept the lines of communication open, and talked their children OUT of doing anything medically, so there is still hope that they will emerge and return to sanity.
Sad. And crazy. Prayers.
Our beautiful niece, an identical twin, had her breasts removed last year in her quest to fulfill her desire to be a boy. Raised in NYC by former Christian parents who left the Catholic church behind when their children were very young. Very permissive upbringing throughout all schooling. All of their children are now college graduates that can't "find work." Now that the new administration stopped the flow of $$$$$ for these types, the "transitioning" drugs are costing 8k per month along with weekly multiple doctor and therapy visits... They for sure will vote for Mamdamni, hoping to get those medical bills paid for by soon to be over taxed NYC rich people...
Only free government money can suspend reality. For a time.
There’s always going back. From a spiritual standpoint. Perhaps not physical except by God’s divine healing.
While X can be a cesspool there are bright spots. I recently read several uplifting stories. Sadly there is deep regret from those who had medical mutilation done to themselves either chemically or surgically. It is very sad but many have found Christ. Pray for freedom and healing.
God is always Sovereign.
It is best that he/she is sterile as I worry what he/she would have done to a future child.
Those parents, no matter how well intentioned they thought they were, will answer to God for what they did. They will be punished harshly, millstones around their neck as Jesus said.
Think about it, some quack tells you that your child has a "condition" and the only treatment is to cut off his/her sex organs? And these parents respond "ok, you're the boss, where do we sign up?"
It does not matter if the parents were lied to, it makes absolutely no difference. If some doctor told them they needed to offer their child as a human sacrifice to Moloch, and they went along with that, does it exonerate them? Of course not.
Children are entrusted to parents by God. They don't get to outsource their child's protection to some lunatic and abandon all common sense and critical thinking. That's not an option. This is infinitely more true if they did it due to peer pressure or cowardice.
The only redemption is through sincere repentance, but even that will still have severe repercussions. Even forgiven sin has consequences.
Not all, but there were ‘some’ parents who had the threat of removal of their children if they did not comply with this transition insanity. What an horrible position for those parents to have been put in. And with what seems the entire world that has accepted this madness, there was no place to run, no place to hide, to protect their children.
I believe that would still be the case in Washington state. If you don't comply, they will take your children.
That sort of person goes down swinging
The devil is alive and well, especially today.
Let's pray that Americans stand up to the evil of mass surveillance.
https://romanshapoval.substack.com/p/flock
Satan's most effective weapon is twisting Scripture to suit his purposes. I assume many of the new church goers will be exposed to such deceptions. Pray that the Holy Spirit will guard them from evil teachers!
Yes, I pray that! But fear not, Jesus will not lose even one of His sheep.
Pray that they ask the Holy Spirit to be with them when they read the Holy Bible or pray. I am do and I remember people all the time.
You seem to be saying, CC, that the new church goers will be exposed to deceptions from evil teachers in the church! If that is what you’re saying, I agree wholeheartedly, that is exactly what’s gonna happen. They are gonna be subjected to the teachings of men, the doctrines of men. The deceptions of men. They are gonna be taught these doctrines as though the doctrines were absolute fact, and they are gonna believe them, because they are going to be surrounded by many people that also believe these deceptions of men
… and you have to admit, that’s a very comfortable place to sit
Exactly my worry too. I think of some of these LGBTQ promo churches … what else are they misleading about?
Your problem seems to be you think all churches are identical, they are not.
Good morning, C&C! It is now the start of the holiday season, already. Where did the year go?!
Mrs. "the Knife"
I know, it’s crazy how every year time seems to go faster and faster 😳
As my mother says "The days are long and the years are short".
Indeed!
It's because we perceive time in terms of our lifetime. To a 5 year old, 5 years is a looooong time. To a 50 year old, it's only 1/10 as long.
I know, it still feels weird though 🤪😛
[They sneeringly call him a “Darwinian fundamentalist,” since Wright applies an obscure, little-known branch of biological science to the debate— called “evolution.”]
I know Jeff is joking but "obscure" and "little-known" is exactly where it should be. There is zero evidence of Evolution in the real world... it only exists in the imagination.
Animals adapt and evolve according to their circumstances in their habitats. I believe God created evolution for scenarios such as those.
Animals adapt, they do not evolve, and there's no evidence in the real world for that view. Also, one cannot believe the Genesis story (Creation) and Evolution because they completely contradict each other. Darwin’s Hypothesis of Evolution never made it past the hypothesis stage because the Scientific Method was never brought to bare upon it.
I will respectfully agree to disagree.
I understand you disagree, but on what basis? I’ve studied this subject for over 30 years. A lot of people have been duped by the story of Evolution… but it’s still just a story based on no evidence. You can disagree if you want to but you have to take the story of Evolution on blind faith, and ignore all the parts of the Bible that militate against it (which there are many). When I was an Atheist, I didn’t believe that Evolution was true because I couldn’t find any evidence of it in the real world. It exists only on paper and in the imagination. Like many great thinkers before and after him, John von Neumann - the great Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer - thought Evolution was ridiculous; in fact he hooted at it! When someone believes in the oxymoronic title “Theistic Evolution” it’s obvious to me that they don’t know enough about the Bible and Evolution to ever believe such an absurd idea.
I realize this is a few days old, but since your question seems sincere: I suspect the disagreement is over words and terminology, rather than substance.
A lot of people these days use "evolution" to refer to any kind of adaptation (aka Natural Selection), as well as to refer to the Darwinian Theory of Origin of Species. What it looks like Lori is saying is that the Natural Selection kind of "evolution" does happen and was created by God, which it seems like you also agree with but object to calling it "evolution".
There is zero evidence in the real world that humans and apes share a common ancestor.
Thank you
Hear about
1. Trump administration officials have moved into homes on military bases for their own personal safety. This includes Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem.
2. Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign bus catching fire
Only one side
Progressives Are Letting The World Know That Anarchy, Violence Against Law Enforcement, and Chaos Rule The Day
https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/progressives-are-letting-the-world
since they have no ideas/policies that are good for Americans they can only resort to violence - which leftists have done forever - but it will fail
The irony here is that today's radical leftists accuse anyone who disagrees with them of being a Nazi....when the real Nazi's were hardcore socialist leftists.
just like ANTIFA doesn't realize that fascism is just another form of socialism (Prager has a good historical analysis), the dems calling everyone other than dems NAZIs don't even know that NAZI stands for (German socialism) - so it's hilarious to see all these name calling and protestors actually protesting themselves as they are in fact the real socialists
Proves new age University education is useless.
Authoritarians—so the Democrats should love them!