Welcome to Transfigurations! This blog is intended to serve the orthodox Christian community. We pray that all that is posted here will be faithful to the Scriptures as the inspired word of God, speak the truth in love, edify, bless and transform the body of Christ, and be an impetus for revival, repentance, prayer and intercession!
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
I have set the Lord always before me...
I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand,
I shall not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad,
and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.
You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
-Psalm 16:8-11
It is not necessary to maintain a conversation when we are in the presence of God. We can come into His presence and rest our weary souls in quiet contemplation of Him. Our groanings, which cannot be uttered, rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him. -O. Hallesby Image
Now imagine living in lower Manhattan. Imagine hearing that broadcast before sunrise, rolling through concrete and glass, over a skyline where nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered in an attack carried out in the name of that same phrase. Context matters. Memory matters. And if that memory is ingrained in my mind, being in 6th grade and states away at the time, I can't imagine where it sits for those in the city...
...The issue is not private worship. The issue is state-enabled amplification. When City Hall makes policy decisions that allow one religious proclamation to be projected into unwilling homes at dawn, it is no longer just about free exercise. It becomes about cultural dominance. And I didn't mistype, dominance is the word.
These revisionist critiques of Islam should be more widely known and debated. At a time when zealous Muslims are setting up shop in our cities and hard-selling their religion on the streets, it is important that the word-of-mouth traditions they are promoting should face the same intense and public scrutiny for historical accuracy as is routinely applied to Christianity without fear of nasty repercussions.
Islam Unmasked: Not a Religion of Faith, But a System of Coerced Obedience and Total Governance Islam exploits the label of “religion” to infiltrate Western societies while pursuing sharia-based state control, where obedience to divine law supersedes personal belief, spiritual depth is replaced by hedonistic rewards and jihad, and power is enforced through fear, punishment, and conquest—as evidenced by historical doctrine, modern examples like Iran, and the Cairo Declaration’s subordination of human rights to Islamic principles.
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The Trump Administration Officially Kills DEI at the FAA Air traffic control whistleblowers confirmed that the FAA's obsession with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives has led to a shortage of qualified personnel. These disastrous policies began under Obama, were reversed during Trump’s first term, and then roared back under Biden. The result? A staffing crisis filled with underqualified controllers who couldn't handle the job.
The whistleblowers revealed that meeting diversity quotas became more important than actual ability.
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Schumer Pushes Bill to Elevate Pride Flag to Same Status as the American Flag Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced plans to introduce legislation to recognize the Pride flag as a congressionally authorized flag, granting it protections similar to the U.S. flag and other federally recognized flags.
Schumer’s introduction of the bill is largely seen as an attempt to shore up support among more radical and progressive factions in the Democratic Party, which have become increasingly critical of his leadership in Congress.
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Nigeria: They Burned the Church With the Pastor Inside — and the World Moved On“In Nigeria, Christians suffer significant and severe persecution – to such a degree that Nigeria has been the most violent place in the world for followers of Jesus for several years,” Open Doors reports. “In northern Nigeria, 12 states have implemented Islamic law, creating a system where Christians live as second-class citizens, and conversion from Islam can be severely punished.”
Nick Shirley Just Took a Look at California Voter Rolls-Video Indeed, the California voter rolls are so leaky that multiple 125-plus-year-olds have been voting for years in the state. Quick! These people need to be recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest voters ever!
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks
to the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2026
New 'Ringworm' Outbreak Turns Minnesota Into America’s STD Fungus HotspotThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control describes the infection as “an emerging fungus” that was originally “described in travelers returning from Thailand after sexual contact with sex workers.” It’s since been documented in China and in Europe, and is primarily associated with men who have sex with men. Image
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. -Matthew `16:24-25
“The astonishing paradox of Christ's teaching and of Christian experience is this: if we lose ourselves in following Christ, we actually find ourselves. True self-denial is self-discovery. To live for ourselves is insanity and suicide; to live for God and for man is wisdom and life indeed. We do not begin to find ourselves until we have become willing to lose ourselves in the service of Christ and of our fellows.” -John Stott
Simply put, the SAVE Act, if it passes and is signed into law, ensures honest elections and vote tallies that the citizenry can believe in and accept. It would restore trust in elections, something few have at present. Image
The United States is nearing a critical point. When large majorities of voters on both the left and right believe elections are rigged unless their side wins, the social contract starts to break down.
Election integrity should not be a partisan talking point. It should be a shared national priority.
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Abortion Pills Now Kill 2/3 of All Babies Killed in Abortions A newly published national report documents shifts in America’s abortion landscape, highlighting the expansion of chemical abortions, shield laws that protect abortionists and not women, and renewed efforts to protect women and unborn children following the fall of Roe v. Wade. Image
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Democrat Officials Discard Americans as Collateral Damage What is the result of Democrat policies engineered to protect criminals? Violent illegal aliens rape and murder young women and girls across the United States. Immigrant populations run billion-dollar social welfare fraud operations in Democrat-run cities such as Minneapolis. During the four-year Biden administration, 8% of Nicaragua’s population illegally entered the United States. Over 7% of Cuba’s population illegally entered the country. Over 5% of the populations of Haiti and Honduras crossed America’s borders illegally. And these are only the official numbers. Who knows how many people made it across without being noticed!
Democrats flew millions of illegal immigrants in the dead of night and dropped them off in unsuspecting communities around the country. Then they sued local officials in Texas and Arizona for trying to protect their own borders. Is there any wonder why an astounding 28% of states’ voter verifications with the Social Security Administration can’t be matched to existing U.S. social security numbers?
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Murderous Masked Antifa Mob Beats Young Conservative Activist To Death In FranceWhile American leftists screech over ICE agents wearing masks for their own protection while enforcing the law, a masked Antifa mob (who these same leftists embrace) attacked a young Catholic conservative activist in Lyons, France, kicking him to the ground and beating him into a coma. He later succumbed to his injuries, dying because he stood to protect a right-wing feminist group called Némésis, which had unfurled a banner slamming “Islamo-fascists.” Antifa decided that was a killing offense.
Gavin Newsom Compares ICE Agents to Nazi ‘Secret Police’ This is no longer just a fight over detainers. By invoking imagery associated with Nazi-era secret police, Newsom has shifted the debate from policy disagreement to moral indictment. That shift is political. And it is intentional...
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 StateThat 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.
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
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. -1 John 4:10
It is not that we keep His commandments first, and that then He loves; but that He loves us, and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace, which is revealed to the humble, but hidden from the proud. -Augustine Image
I've always been early to adopt AI tools. But the last few months have shocked me. These new AI models aren't incremental improvements. This is a different thing entirely.
And here's why this matters to you, even if you don't work in tech.
The AI labs made a deliberate choice. They focused on making AI great at writing code first... because building AI requires a lot of code. If AI can write that code, it can help build the next version of itself. A smarter version, which writes better code, which builds an even smarter version. Making AI great at coding was the strategy that unlocks everything else. That's why they did it first. My job started changing before yours not because they were targeting software engineers... it was just a side effect of where they chose to aim first.
They've now done it. And they're moving on to everything else.
The experience that tech workers have had over the past year, of watching AI go from "helpful tool" to "does my job better than I do", is the experience everyone else is about to have. Law, finance, medicine, accounting, consulting, writing, design, analysis, customer service. Not in ten years. The people building these systems say one to five years. Some say less. And given what I've seen in just the last couple of months, I think "less" is more likely. Image
“Anecdotally, oestrogen appears to lead to severe mental disorders in some men, with some needing admission to a psychiatric ward for treatment. We know that there are oestrogen receptors in critical parts of the brain that affect behaviour and mood, and that oestrogen is produced in the brain of both men and women.
“We also know that oestrogen has different effects in the male and female brains, sometimes opposing. Studies on male animals where oestrogen is blocked demonstrate that low oestrogen is associated with less aggression. Whether the reverse is true is unclear. What is very clear is that cross-sex hormones in adults lead to worse health outcomes, as well as in children.”
Most Americans still don’t fully understand what happened under Biden…
8% of Nicaragua entered the US in 4 years.
8% of the entire country.
7% of Cuba.
6% of Haiti.
5% of Honduras.
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Canada: Liberals return to pushing Bill C-9, which could criminalize quoting Bible on homosexuality The Liberals ultimately backed off on limiting debate on Bill C-9 to two hours but still intend to prioritize the attack on religious liberty over other justice legislation. It appears that the Liberals want to get the fractious issue of Bill C-9 out of the way in hopes that the ongoing public backlash will quiet down, perhaps in advance of a federal election later this year.
The fact is that college graduates with substandard communication skills will find themselves handicapped in the job market, regardless of their race or ethnicity. So says Ian Siegel, CEO of ZipRecruiter, which uses artificial intelligence to match employers with job applicants. Siegel forewarns applicants that “spelling and grammatical mistakes are among the top reasons a job applicant’s résumé lands in the trash.”
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🚨Baton Rouge magic🚨
Supermarket worker Jordan saw autistic Jack Ryan staring at the shelves… and let him help stock them for **30+ minutes**.
Jack’s grandpa, tearing up: “A miracle in action.”
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. -2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Image
A life devoted unto God, looking wholly unto Him in all our actions, and doing all things suitably to His glory, is so far from being dull, and uncomfortable, that it creates new comforts in everything that we do. -William Law
Last week, I plucked up the courage to visit ground-zero, that is, that part of south Minneapolis wherein Floyd, Good and Pretti needlessly lost their lives. I was appalled by what I saw. The sordid squalor of George Floyd Square remains in place, surrounding buildings covered in some of the most obscene and minatory graffiti I’ve ever seen, its grime accentuated by the melting snow. It seems to me that what is taking place in the Twin Cities, especially Minneapolis, augurs a departure in American culture, something dark and dystopic and that has as its goal the ultimate destruction of the country I’ve come to love very much indeed, a country the world, if it’s honest, needs more than ever if the standards that have their origins in Western or, if you prefer, Christian civilisation are to survive.
ICE Director Says Agency Is Tracking 800,000 Criminals With Deportation OrdersWhile every illegal alien is a criminal to the extent that he or she broke the law to be present in America, millions of them also have charges or convictions for other crimes too, including such horrific crimes as murder, rape, pedophilia, assault, human trafficking, drug trafficking, and terrorism
Report Accuses Philadelphia Of Implementing Anti-American, Antisemitic Curriculum For 200,000 Students The curriculum dedicated an entire unit critiquing capitalism and relayed an overall message to students that capitalism as an economic system is unjust, according to the report. The unit fails to criticize communism in a similar way, only mentioning the ideology in relation to capitalism or as a reaction to European colonialism, the report alleges.
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith...
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. -Jude 20-21
Prayer has everything to do with moulding the soul into the image of God, and has everything to do with enhancing and enlarging the measure of Divine grace. It has everything to do with enriching, broadening and maturing the soul’s experience of God. That man cannot possibly be called a Christian, who does not pray. -E.M. Bounds
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Epstein’s Island And The Gateway To The Psychology Of Evil For the elites who link themselves back to the pagan practices of ancient Babylonian times, from the era of Molech worshipers (Bohemian Grove) and beyond, the ritual of cannibalism is integral to their religion. They believe that human sacrifice gives them power and this is a common thread within most pagan systems including satanism.
Luciferianism/satanism is an integral element of globalism. The evidence of its practice within globalist circles is immense and cannot be ignored. Some skeptics would denote a separation between “satanism” and “luciferianism”, but for all intents and purposes they are intertwined belief systems.
Satanists are occupied with the pursuit of pleasure at the expense of morality, while luciferians are occupied with the pursuit of power and godhood at the expense of morality. For adherents of both practices, their motto is “Do What Thou Wilt.”
That’s right: another deadly attack by someone who is transgender.
Yet the elites go to lengths to avoid any suggestion of a linkage.
Our Super Bowl Satyricon...VD Hanson Super Bowl halftime has devolved into a stale Roman bacchanal—gaudy, raunchy, and empty—leaving millions bored, alienated, and wondering who the spectacle is even for anymore.
Well-funded and well-organized, the Left-wing insurrection currently ravaging the failed state of Minnesota and picking up steam elsewhere across America is Astro-turfed, not authentically grassroots
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You Can't Stop AI in Schools: Here's What Parents Can Do InsteadAs artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology begin to take over classrooms across the nation, a parental rights group is releasing model policies for states and school boards to ensure children’s privacy and education are being protected.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. -2 Corinthians 12:9
Workers, here is your first lesson: learn to be nothing, learn to be helpless. The man who has got something is not absolutely dependent; but the man who has got nothing is absolutely dependent. Absolute dependence upon God is the secret of all power in work. The branch has nothing but what it gets from the vine, and you and I can have nothing but what we get from Jesus. -Andrew Murray
Taxpayers have forked over hundreds of billions in federal and state tax dollars in subsidies that were designed to “kick start” the EV car market. They paid thousands toward the cost of each EV sold. They paid companies to build battery factories. They paid for charging stations.
Fuel economy standards imposed another hidden subsidy for EVs. The only way automakers could meet increasingly stringent federal fuel economy standards, commonly known as CAFE standards, was to sell more EVs. For each EV sold, they’d get an oversized credit toward the miles-per-gallon average of all cars sold in any given year.
US Seizes 134 Acres in Texas Used by Mexican Cartel: ‘They Thought They Were Untouchable’ The Gulf Cartel is a drug trafficking organization from Mexico that moves arms and migrants into the United States, and has engaged in the kidnapping and murder of American citizens. Drug cartels have been known to use U.S. lands to grow marijuana, with such activities exploiting sanctuary state policies and the sovereignty of native tribal lands.
In a message to the cartels, CBP said, “You think this is just about arrests? It’s not. We are dismantling your operations from the ground up. We’re cutting out your safe houses, your staging areas, your corridors. This is your warning.”
What if the easiest way for AI to conquer the world isn’t through violence, but with cuteness, or sexiness, or simply friendliness?...
...All it takes to fool people is an ability to take advantage of basic characteristics of human personality and cognition — which machines of only moderate intelligence are well equipped to do.
Not brute-force brilliance, but merely superlative sneakiness.
Seduction, not raw domination. Conquest through cuteness.
We humans are suckers for cuteness and social connection, even the simulated kind. Image
and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
-Isaiah 57:15
A great many think because they have been filled once, they are going to be full for all time after; but O, my friends, we are leaky vessels, and have to be kept right under the fountain all the time in order to keep full. If we are going to be used by God we have to be very humble. A man that lives close to God will be the humblest of men. I heard a man say that God always chooses the vessel that is close at hand. Let us keep near Him. -Dwight Lyman Moody
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Why Minnesota Keeps Erupting in Anti-Government ChaosIt is especially noteworthy that the anti-government protests are well-organized and funded, which suggests the involvement of groups with substantial networks.
New York Becomes 13th State to Legalize Assisted SuicideThe law expanding the state’s culture of death will go into effect in six months to allow the Department of Health to put regulations into place, making New York the 13th state, plus Washington, D.C. to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Hochul released a statement equating assisted suicide with “freedoms” and a “right to bodily autonomy” — a similar argument used by pro-abortion and pro-transgender activists who promote mutilation and the killing of unborn babies.
Drug traffickers are increasingly adding medetomidine, a powerful animal tranquilizer, to illicit fentanyl supplies in the United States, according to public health officials and law enforcement agencies. The drug, which is approved only for veterinary use, has been detected in seized samples in cities including New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago, raising new concerns about the growing unpredictability of the illicit opioid market.
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Washington Post Mocked for Calling Bad Bunny‘s Vulgar Halftime Show ‘Wholesome‘Perhaps explaining why the Washington Post is failing so badly, the paper has declared that Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was “wholesome” entertainment with “family values” despite that the rapper’s songs were filled with drug references, and had explicit sexual content including both gay and straight sex.
Tucker Carlson’s and Candace Owens’s Terrifying Descent Into MadnessCareers that began as critiques of establishment politics have devolved into outlandish conspiracy theories that blend New Age spirituality, esoteric metaphysics, and elaborate claims about the hidden masters of reality and society.
Zuckerberg Follows Billionaire Exodus To Florida As California Pushes New Wealth TaxChamath Palihapitiya wrote on X: "With Zuck’s move to Florida, California’s total taxable wealth from billionaires has plummeted to well under $1T from over $2T just a few weeks ago. The loss of this tax revenue was totally avoidable but is now forever. All because Gavin Newsom stood motionless as this stupidly written bill, from a fringe union and a handful of socialist academics with an axe to grind, meandered its way into the public conversation without any action from him and freaked everyone out."
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High School Wrestler Says She Was Sexually Assaulted By Trans-Identifying Male OpponentA high school wrestler in Washington says she was sexually violated during a match by a trans-identifying male athlete. Even more disturbingly, school officials failed to report the alleged assault to law enforcement for nearly two months after she came forward.
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The baby’s first steps were captured, but the most beautiful part was the mom’s reaction. 🥹 pic.twitter.com/Lcn4ggYUKJ