Wednesday, November 04, 2026

That I may know him and the power of his resurrection...

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.  -Philippians 3:8-11

Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord.   -James I. Packer

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Politics can restrain evil. It cannot redeem it. Culture can be influenced. It cannot be saved by legislation or court appointments. The obliteration of the GOP majority is painful. It is also clarifying. The work that actually endures is not another cycle of fundraising and messaging. It is doing the will of God, spreading the Gospel, and refusing to be absorbed by the world that is passing away.

The Unholy Alliance: Immigration, Socialism, and Political Islam in America  Politics makes strange bedfellows. It always has and always will. 
   Nevertheless, even Machiavelli might have struggled to explain today’s increasingly visible alliance between immigration activists, Democratic Socialists, and Islamic political activism in America.

 
Mamdani's Massive Real Estate Swindle Just Took a Huge Step Forward  AEI's Howard Husock warned last summer that the "endgame" of Mamdani's war on landlords "could well be what Mamdani promised in his campaign: housing socialism for thousands of apartments, which would move into city ownership or nonprofit ownership enabled by the city taking and disposing of apartments."

Virginia voters said yes to allowing abortion throughout a pregnancy Tuesday night, while Missourians defeated a proposed amendment that would have repealed a right to abortion until viability.

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Tuesday, November 03, 2026

Heavenly Father, we ask you today to be with us and our country...

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. 1 Timothy 2:1-6

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    Heavenly Father, we ask you today to be with us and our country now as you have been since our first days as a nation. Help us to listen less to harsh rhetoric and more to the Holy Spirit. Help us to feel how Your Spirit will guide us, no matter the election’s outcome. We pray for peace, love and hope, in Your name. Amen.

    Christ, our King, we pray today that we can look beyond the current political landscape, in a moment when it seems like it’s the only thing everyone is talking about, and remember that we are builders of Your kingdom here on earth. Prince of Peace, help peace flourish amid division, and strengthen us to live generously and charitably in Your name. Amen.

    God, may Your Spirit unify us. May we recognize that we are all created in Your image, regardless of which political candidate we vote for. As we approach this election, open our eyes to recognize that people we may disagree with are still our brothers and sisters, Your children. In Jesus’s name we pray. Amen. Prayer here

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Stupid Voters Are The Biggest Threat To America Too many ‘progressives’ would rather take out Trump than stop socialists from burning down the republic. Now that’s stupid.


Report: Nearly 2,500 Registrants Listed as At Least 110-Years-Old on Michigan Voter Rolls One such registrant’s birth year is listed as 1823, 14 years before Michigan became a state. PILF lawyers said they warned about the registrant in 2019, but the registrant remains on the Michigan voter rolls.


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Billionaire tax puts California’s economic future before midterm voters  The ballot measure, known as Proposition 40, would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on taxpayers and trusts with assets in excess of $1 billion and use the revenue to fund state healthcare programs, public education and food assistance.
  The tax would be payable over five years and covered assets would include businesses, securities, art, collectibles and intellectual property – though real property, pensions and certain retirement accounts would be exempt.


UMich ‘should immediately suspend this student’: Prominent law professor weighs in on viral assault   The University of Michigan student went viral for shoving conservative Jewish activist Liz Benichou to the ground and yelling “I should have killed you when I had the chance.” The entire exchange was caught on video.

In sum, too many public schools are failing, parents are abandoning them, and much-needed changes are underway, with more hopefully to come.


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Monday, November 02, 2026

For you were called to freedom...

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:13-14

Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free. No one can hinder him. If we understand our first and sole duty to consist of loving God supremely and loving everyone, even our enemies, for God’s dear sake, then we can enjoy spiritual tranquility under every circumstance.   -A.W. Tozer Image

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Midterm Election Incoherences, Misadventures, and Paradoxes -VD Hanson   The predicted blue wave may never materialize. And even if Democrats retake Congress, history suggests Trump could emerge stronger, not weaker, with the presidency's expansive powers.


Both of El-Sayed’s parents worked with Islamic charities accused of funding Al Qaeda




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What we are witnessing is a literal Communist-Islamist revolution launched to take over Europe. Make no mistake: America has millions of people who agree with European revolutionaries. From the Muslim fundamentalists whom the Biden administration brought in, to the pro-Hamas students brainwashed at universities, to the politicians who believe it is in their interest to destroy the American Republic and rebuild it as an oligarchy, we have our own existential crisis with the Red-Green Alliance.

Looting And Chaos Erupt In Germany, Molotov Cocktails In Paris, As Europe Slides Deeper Into Crisis  Europe appears to have been thrown into an accelerated timeline of crises colliding at once, whether far-left social unrest in France, which has spread to several other countries, the unfolding debt crisis in France, or the political crisis in Poland that erupted in the last 24 hours. The momentum is troubling and concerning...

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Sunday, November 01, 2026

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

 
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

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Saturday, October 31, 2026

For the word of God is living and active...

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. -Hebrews 4:12

We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, “They shall be all taught of God.” (John 6:45) Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience.   
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Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant.
-Martin Luther

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Friday, October 30, 2026

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart...

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.  -Jeremiah 29:11-13

Prayer is not a way of making use of God; prayer is a way of offering ourselves to God in order that He should be able to make use of us. It may be that one of our great faults in prayer is that we talk too much and listen too little. When prayer is at its highest we wait in silence for God’s voice to us; we linger in His presence for His peace and His power to flow over us and around us; we lean back in His everlasting arms and feel the serenity of perfect security in Him.  
-William Barclay

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When cruelty is dressed up as care, would we recognise it?  What happens when cruelty is presented as kindness? When discrimination is described as care, and the devaluing of human life is presented as a practical solution to society’s problems?
   These are the questions at the centre of Channel 4’s The Experiment: Would you recognise cruelty if it was dressed up as care?, a chilling documentary exploring whether the British public could be persuaded to accept ideas drawn from Nazi ideology.
   The programme is an uncomfortable viewing. But its message is not one we should ignore.

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For around the past 1,700 years, Britain has been a Christian country. Throughout that time, our officers of State have sworn allegiance to the Monarch, who held authority under, and only under, God. That faith has been the beating heart of our nation, and a rallying point each and every time we came under threat. Our peoples have stood under the banner of Christ, fighting in His name to defend our country, from attack and from all who wished us ill. And even though small, while we have sought to keep faith, the Lord has upheld and delivered us. Historically, we have been a people slow to anger, fair, and tolerant of others, upholding justice. We have defended the vulnerable and given sanctuary to those fleeing persecution in their own countries. But this we have done without sacrificing our heritage and the values on which our nation stands.
   Yet all that now seems to have been turned on its head. We are told that we must be ashamed of our history and the values that once made our nation great, while self-serving politicians seek to prioritise their own best interests, and micro-manage us – telling us what we should believe and how we should behave. Under the mantra, ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity’, the faith that has held our country together is increasingly being actively suppressed, with those who dare defend Christian truth being branded dangerous extremists by the Home Office, police, and security services, and even arrested.

Former European colonial powers France and the Netherlands want all nations to punish the new crime of “gender-related killings” or “femicide.” They are asking for a commitment in a General Assembly resolution on violence against women.
   According to UN agencies, such crimes include the denial of abortion for any reason.

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'They Are Abject Liars': Scott Jennings Weighs in on Alaska Democrats' Election Antics  The legal issues aside, Peltola and the Democrats said for months 'We had nothing to do with this! What a coincidence!' That another Dan Sullivan from a little fishing town that you can't even get to other than by plane managed to file for the U.S. Senate, "Jennings said.
   "And now it's been revealed that they are abject liars and they did engage in a conspiracy," he continued. "So legal issues aside, what does that tell a voter? We're willing to lie to your face for months and months and months and here at the very end when people are making their decisions. Legal the politics are terrible for Democrats."

NY Times Admits Obama DOJ Found Evidence of Ilhan Omar’s Suspected ‘Sham Marriage’  And yet, for a decade, Omar and the corporate media have smeared everyone who looks into this as a “right-wing conspiracy theorist.”
   If you read the rest of the Times story, you’ll find a real conspiracy, one by the Obama administration and local officials in Minnesota to kill any media inquiries into the story.

Congress Shouldn’t Seat Anyone Elected With Terror Ties, Such As Sayed And Omar  How can we trust a member of Congress aligned with America’s adversaries to keep classified information secure, and not hand it to the very movements and regimes that threaten this country?
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Democrats Care Too Much About Power To Distance Themselves From Terrorism Apologists  A free society cannot survive unless terrorists, supporters of terrorists, and apologists for terrorists are driven from polite society and politics.

NY Mayor Mamdani Celebrates -- then Deletes -- Post about ‘Halalflation‘ of City Street Vendors  The post was picked up by activist Laura Loomer who blasted the mayor for trying to force the practice of Islamic halal food preparation on the city.
   “Disgusting. The Muslim Mayor of New York City is bragging about approving another 10,500 street vendor licenses for Halal food trucks,” Loomer wrote, adding, “He’s even calling it ‘Halalflation update’.”

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‘Ghostbusters’: Feds Find Fraudsters Use AI to Fake College Attendance and Receive Fed Aid  “Some use super intelligence to fill out college applications and complete coursework, so it looks like the ghost student is actually completing the class,” he said of the fraudsters. “Some even create the appearance of a fake student in an online classroom to trick schools into believing a real person is present. The goal is to keep the ghost student in school for as long as possible, semester after semester after semester, stealing money from the taxpayer.”

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DHS Closes Loophole Chinese Birth Tourists Used  Today, DHS took decisive action to protect America’s sovereignty and SUSPENDED visa-free travel for Chinese nationals to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
   This program made the islands a hot spot for Chinese birth tourism and other security vulnerabilities.

Red-State AG Sounds Alarm About Possibility Taxpayers Were on Hook to Benefit China “China has no right to raise lowans’ –or any Americans’–gas and electric bills. The Biden administration allowed the EPA to team up with radical activists that were funded by China. Those activists wanted to stop American energy dominance and raise the cost of gas and electricity. This letter is a follow-up to make sure that is no longer happening,” Bird said in a statement.

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Trans student cited for assault after saying Republicans ‘should be shot’ at University of Utah  Video shows the student saying Republicans 'should be shot in the street' before appearing to lunge at a College Republicans member who was tabling on campus.
   University police cited the student for simple assault and property damage, while queer and socialist activist groups are calling for the citations to be dropped.

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We’ve lost the plot with Halloween. What was once a festive night of play, half-remembered liturgical meaning, and neighborly cheer has been hollowed out by consumerism and hijacked by a fixation on gore and death.

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Thursday, October 29, 2026

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain..."

Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
-Revelation 5:11-12

Praise is the most heavenly of Christian duties. The angels pray not, but they cease not to praise both day and night; and the redeemed, clothed in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands, are never weary of singing the new song, “Worthy is the Lamb.”   -Charles Haddon Spurgeon Image

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While campaigning in Detroit this past Saturday, former President Barack Obama might have inadvertently slipped and spilled a long-held secret: The Affordable Care Act was a Trojan horse for single-payer healthcare.


Albany's New Assisted Dying Law Follows Canada's Deadly Cost-cutting Playbook  Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) regime began in 2016, and in 2021, Parliament removed the requirement that a natural death be reasonably foreseeable. The floodgates were opened. Now, lawmakers debate whether mental illness should qualify. 
   Against this backdrop, Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer calculated that MAID reduced annual provincial healthcare spending by $86.9 million (CAD), with expansions saving an additional $62 million (CAD) annually. Meanwhile, direct administrative execution costs remain minimal, creating a powerful systemic incentive towards death.

ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Given Probation for Shooting Man in the Face  Am I missing something here? Shooting someone in the face sounds like attempted murder to me.

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Muslims Desecrate Statues of Joan of Arc With Hijab and ‘Palestinian’ Flag  Remember the hijab placed on Joan of Arc’s head, and the Palestinian flag planted at her side, and the many Palestinian flags that were waved across France by the rioters (you can see those flags on the videos posted online), the next time you are suavely assured that it was only students in despair over the condition of their schools who were rioting, that Muslims must not be blamed. There were students, but the most violent rioters, choosing to attack symbols of the French state, and of France itself, were North African migrants or their children. Image

Outrage as gun control nut spray paints 9/11 Memorial in sick political stunt  A gun control nut vandalized the 9/11 Memorial Reflecting Pool with red spray paint in a broad daylight political stunt — sparking outrage that someone would defile such sacred ground.

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More than 60 Christians killed in Ethiopia 'massacre', church official says  A local official blamed the attacks on a newly formed rebel coalition, the Alliance for Survival, which includes the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). The OLA has not commented but has denied carrying out previous such attacks.
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Before You Vote, Remember That They Tried to Kill Trump for a Reason Two underlying questions remain: What did the left fear so much?  And has Trump started to do the things the left feared most?

Wikipedia Prohibits Content From 97% of Conservative News Websites   Anyone can add information to the pages of Wikipedia, even without an account. However, senior volunteer editors have a tight grip on what remains. Oftentimes, information is removed minutes later if they don’t like it.
   If that information comes from The Gateway Pundit, Newsmax, Breitbart, Media Research Center, O’Keefe, and others on the right, it will likely be removed.
   Wikipedia editors have determined that almost every conservative news outlet is unreliable and disallowed their content in some fashion

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‘Pandora’s box has been opened’: How foreign funding has flooded into American K-12 education Organizations from several countries in tension with the U.S. have poured more than $25 million into American K-12 education since 2009, according to a new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
“Our K-12 system really has had an open door for foreign and malign actors to come directly in and work with our kids,” FDD Education and National Security Program Director Brandy Shufutinsky told Heartlander News in an interview.





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Study Finds ‘Climate Change’ Stopped The Next Ice Age — Why Aren’t We Celebrating?  So, if these researchers are right, the carbon emissions that climate zealots want stopped appear to have halted, or at least put off, the next ice age.
   Shouldn’t this be cause for celebration? And shouldn’t we be encouraging everyone to keep burning as much fossil fuel as possible for as long as possible? And shouldn’t Greta Thunberg, when she’s not too busy pimping for Hamas terrorists, apologize to future generations for her “how dare you” speech?

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