Do not be conformed to this world...

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. -Romans 12:1-2

God desires and is pleased to communicate with us through the avenues of our minds, our wills, and our emotions. The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the souls of the redeemed men and women is the throbbing heart of the New Testament.  -A.W. Tozer 

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Amazon's Ring And Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal The Severity Of The U.S. Surveillance State  That the U.S. Surveillance State is rapidly growing to the point of ubiquity has been demonstrated over the past week by seemingly benign events. While the picture that emerges is grim, to put it mildly, at least Americans are again confronted with crystal clarity over how severe this has become.

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'The Dutch Are in Last Place': Geert Wilders' Explosive Video – 'The Netherlands Is Becoming More and More an Islamic Country'  Wilders warns the Netherlands is sliding toward becoming an Islamic country, handing over everything that makes it Dutch: culture, identity, taxpayer money, and homes.

   “We’re becoming strangers in our own land,” he says—and millions feel it.

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AOC Just Humiliated Herself on the World Stage 

When asked whether the U.S. should commit troops to defend Taiwan if China invades, she froze. What followed was the kind of painfully incoherent word salad that would make Kamala Harris sound modestly coherent...

...It was rough to watch. Her response wasn’t just some vague non-answer — it was an accidental admission that she had no clue what she was talking about and was trying to come up with some way to answer on the fly. In one of the world’s most high-profile security forums, surrounded by foreign leaders, she managed to project the exact opposite of competence. Image

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The Week in Pictures: Bugs Bunny Halftime Edition 

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