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The Ascension of Our Lord (Acts 1:9-11) And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

I'm pretty sure it's the oppisition to immigration enforcement and whining about "muh racism" that Trump considers traitorous on Massie's part.

Patrick Casey consistently having some of the best takes of 2026 was not on my bingo card.

Psalm 128: The Happy Home of the Faithful (A Song of Ascents) Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life! May you see your children’s children! Peace be upon Israel!

Then Samson called to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged upon the Philistines for one of my two eyes.” And Samson grasped the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and he leaned his weight upon them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other. And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were in it. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain during his life. -- Judges 16:28-30 Far from being a sin, Samson's final actions indicate his repentance, and God's answer to his prayer is proof of his absolution. However, Samsom would have been much wiser to simply keep it in his pants and then he'd have his sight back. Eyes infatuated with sinful ladies always become blind.

Btw this message applies to those with their knickers in a knot over the Iran War.

I'm coining a new phrase: "AI-greeing." It's when the AI chatbot just agrees with whatever you're saying without any critical or independent feedback. This kind of ego stroking groupthink built into the algorithms to make users come back for more will ultimately be its biggest drawback.

🇺🇸 April 30 1789: George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was inaugurated as the first president of the United States.

From its being written in Psalm 128:2 -- Thou art blessed, eating of the labor of thy hands, also in Proverbs 10:4, The blessing of the Lord is upon the hands of him that laboreth, it is certain that indolence and idleness are accursed of God. Besides, we know that man was created with this view, that he might do something. Not only does Scripture testify this to us, but nature itself taught it to the heathen. Hence it is reasonable, that those, who wish to exempt themselves from the common law, should also be deprived of food, the reward of labor. When, however, the Apostle commanded that such persons should not eat, he does not mean that he gave commandment to those persons, but forbade that the Thessalonians should encourage their indolence by supplying them with food. -- John Calvin, Commentary on 2 Thessalonians (chapter 3, verse 10)

Arbeit Macht Frei: Work Sets Us Free This phrase was made famous for its use on Nazi work camps. Before this, it was used in the early 1930s as a slogan to promote public works projects and paramilitary labor service, the Reichsarbeitsdienst. It framed unemployment and idleness as a kind of slavery, as of course it is. Not only does one become enslaved to all kinds of vices via idleness, but also in a very literal sense, if one refuses to work, then dependence on others for sustenance is the only option. We see this today in abundance thanks to the welfare state, which shows also that there is a collective aspect to this reality: the laziness of part of the population enslaves the remainder to pay for their sins. So in a profound way, this phrase encapsulates the Protestant work ethic. Its prevalence in Lutheran Germany undermines Weber's thesis that it is a neurotic reaction to the Calvinist doctrine of election. Instead, ​the theological foundation for this view which is common to both Calvinist and Lutheran wings of the Reformation is found in Martin Luther’s concept of Beruf (vocation). Luther asserted all honest labor serves God, and rather then denigrating ordained labor, He argued that secular labor is sanctified to glorify God. He wrote: The works of monks and priests, however holy and arduous they may be, do not differ one whit in the sight of God from the works of the rustic laborer in the field or the woman going about her household tasks. -- The Babylonian Captivity of the Church ​By the 19th century, this religious imperative shifted toward a secular, nationalist ideal. In 1872, Lorenz Diefenbach used the phrase as a title for a novel, depicting a world where "gamblers and fraudsters" find redemption through honest toil. Later, the Weimar Republic and subsequent regimes utilized the slogan to promote labor programs as a solution to mass unemployment. While the slogan eventually became a fixture of the camp system, its linguistic and conceptual origins reside in the long-standing European tradition of labor as a transformative and purifying force.

They want to kill Trump because they want to kill you. They killed Kirk because they want to kill you. Never forget this is what every liberal and virtually every nonWhite wants.

"For a king is the natural superior of his subjects, but he should be of the same kin or kind with them, and such is the relation of elder and younger, of father and son." ~ Aristotle. Politics, 1.12

Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his will? But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour? What and if God would, to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath, prepared to destruction? And that hee might declare the riches of his glory vpon the vessels of mercy, which hee hath prepared vnto glory? Romans 9:19-23, Geneva Bible

A blessed St. George's Day to all. May all of you gentlemen exhibit the courage and fortitude of England's saint.

Max Weber established a link between Protestantism and Europe’s economic rise, even if he likely went astray in seeking the reasons for this takeoff within subtle theological nuances. The fundamental factor is simpler: Protestantism, as a matter of principle, imparts literacy to the populations under its control, because all believers must have direct access to the Holy Scriptures. Now, a literate population is capable of technological and economic development. -- Emmanuel Todd, in The Defeat of the West

Wishing a happy 4/20 Day to everyone, even the haters and the losers.

Failure in [evangelical] communities frequently becomes a spiritual category. Poor discernment. Lack of prayer. Insufficient accountability. When failure gets theologized, young men learn to avoid it at all costs rather than absorb it and move forward. -- Anthony Bradley

Most of the "based right wing" talking points today are straight from the NYT opinion page lol.

I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this? I wil redeeme them from the power of the graue: I will deliuer them from death: O death, I wil be thy death: O graue, I will be thy destruction: repentance is hid from mine eyes. John 11:25-26, RSV and Hosea 13:14, GEN Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. J. S. Bach's Easter Oratorio. Truly fitting music. https://youtu.be/cpR-_-2QCso?si