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Republicans love state voters’ rights — until they choose
marijuana Last Tuesday, a majority of Ohio voters decided in favor of Issue 2 — a citizen-initiated ballot measure legalizing the possession, home cultivation and retail sale of marijuana.... One of Joe Biden’s favorite campaign lines is, “Don’t compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative.” In the wake of a series of polls earlier this month, Democrats were thrown into a panic because voters in key
battleground states did exactly that and chose Donald Trump as their preferred candidate.... Conservatives rebuke new House speaker Just 21 days into his tenure as speaker of the House, Mike Johnson on Wednesday felt the weight of his party’s expectations on spending. On Wednesday morning, 19 Republicans sank a procedural vote, effectively killing a pair of bills that were scheduled for a floor vote...
Displaced from Israel Border, Lebanese Christians Wrestle with Whom to Blame
Rabih Taleb looked out from the pulpit at the 30 nervous believers gathered at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, located less than one mile from northwest Israel.... Canadian white nationalist found guilty
of murdering four Muslims in truck attack A 22-year-old self-confessed Canadian white nationalist who
deliberately ran over and killed four members of a Muslim family in his truck in 2021 was found guilty of first degree murder on Thursday. The killings shocked Canada, a country that encourages mass immigration and takes pride in its multiculturalism....
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Vineyard calls for investigation of pastor who left Vineyard USA, a Christian denomination, has called for an independent investigation into allegations of misconduct, narcissism, and
spiritual abuse against Alan Scott, the leader of a breakaway congregation in Anaheim, California....
The Business of Destabilizing
This essay is a hypothesis: If you are worried that Trump is trying to derail democracy, you are right, but not in the way you think. Why is he doing what he’s doing? He most certainly is doing it to weaken our political system, but not by winning the
election....
I am angry, hurt, and
exhausted I have to admit that I am angry, hurt, and exhausted. Today is my 28th anniversary. The sad truth is that for the first time ever, I forgot my anniversary. When I was walking out the door to spend the day in my
office and studio to try and catch up with some work my wife said, “Happy Anniversary” and handed me a gift....
The digital diet for Christians
Trevin Wax, guest contributor of Desiring God writes about how information is now everywhere with the growth of social media and the Internet. From computers to the phones people carry everywhere, it is hard to ignore the constant bombardment of electronic information,
24/7....
What is the ‘evil eye’ and should I be worried about it?
From the Sumerians and Mesopotamians to the Hittites and Assyrians, on to Greece, ancient Europe, Africa and India, and eventually the Americas, the concept of the evil eye refers to the belief that one person may cause harm or misfortune to another through their malevolent gaze
or glance....
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The Satanic Virtues I've been rereading Milton’s Paradise Lost. I am not alone in this; earlier this year, every time I checked Twitter, someone was commenting on Paradise Lost. There seemed to be a gravitational pull toward Milton’s epic.... I am what I want, and I have the power within myself to make myself what I want to be, if only I find the will to activate this inner potential—or rather, to
manifest this authentic identity.... Silence in the Face of the Homosexual Infestation of the Clergy Isaw the full-moon-sized face and squinted. I stared at his image for several seconds. Yes; it was him. In the closing frame of
Bishop Joseph Strickland’s 2018 USCCB plenary assembly testimony and rebuke to bishops for their concealment of homosexual predator Theodore McCarrick... Where Is God When Your Friend Has Colon Cancer? Today is Cancer Awareness Day, which makes it a sad day for many. All of us have been touched by this devastating disease in one way or another. Years ago, lung cancer took my grandmother, Betty. Quick, I might add.... How AI is Transforming Theology My work with text linguistics and probability theory has led me into the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).[2] Large language models like GPT-4 generate texts based
on the sequence of most probable words. As a literary scholar, I am naturally drawn to the question of how good the texts are that these models create....
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