Lamine Yamal on Lionel Messi after Spainâs FIFA World Cup triumph over Argentina.
đŁïž Lamine Yamal: âTonight I lifted the World Cup for Spain, but I also experienced something Iâll tell my children one day. The man who once held me as a baby was standing on the other side of the pitch, fighting for the same dream. Football has a beautiful way of bringing stories full circle.â
âWhen I looked at Messi after the final whistle, I didnât just see an opponent. I saw the player who made millions of kids, including me, believe football could be art. I saw the man whose videos I watched over and over, trying to copy things that nobody else could do.â
âI know this defeat will hurt him. You donât play with that much passion, carry your country again and again, and lose a World Cup final without feeling pain. Even in defeat, he kept demanding the ball, creating chances and refusing to stop believing. Thatâs what champions do.â
âPeople will talk about Spain winning this World Cup, and they should. But theyâll also remember that, at an age when most legends have already retired, Messi was still making the worldâs best defenders panic every time he touched the ball. Thatâs extraordinary.â
âThe photo of Messi bathing me became one of footballâs most iconic images. Today we took another picture together, but this time I could thank him face to face. Without players like him, kids like me wouldnât dare dream this big.â
âOne day another generation will replace mine too. Thatâs football. But there will never be another Lionel Messi. Records can be broken and trophies can be won, but inspiring an entire generation to fall in love with the game is something only a few people in history will ever achieve.â
âTonight belongs to Spain. Tomorrow, the debates will continue. But my respect for Lionel Messi will never change. He didnât need to win this final to prove who he is. For me, heâll always be one of the greatest players football has ever seen, and sharing the pitch with him was a privilege Iâll carry for the rest of my life.â
So, an update on our challenge to the legacy universities: @petersonacademy.
First and most immediate: we are pleased to announce the release of our latest course, the Historical Reliability of the Bible, taught by none other than the great @WesleyLHuff, whose popularity as a podcast guest may (should) have made him familiar to you.
The trailer is super cool. It's well worth a minute of your time.
This course suits our broader purposes extremely wellâour determination to showcase and promote what the modern universities have decided to abandon:
the greatness of the West;
the irreplaceable necessity of the free market;
the criminal catastrophe of Marxism;
the inestimable value and beauty of traditionally classic literature and art; and
absolutely unapologetically,
the treasure-house of our Judeo-Christian heritage.
I originally promised to produce a world class liberal arts bachelor's degree equivalent curriculum available to everyone for less than the cost of a single university course.
We're very near to delivering on that promise, with the more than 100 politically-incorrect 8-hour courses we have producedâand in a mere two and half years.
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Messiâs humility is one of the reasons why he is so beloved.
This is the undisputed greatest footballer of all time, and yet his humility and gratitude for Godâs blessings is always evident when he talks about his accomplishments.
Europeâs top court today ruled that Hungaryâs legislation protecting children from content that promotes transgender ideology is illegal as it breaches âEU valuesâ.
The CJEUâs verdict that the Hungarian law breaches Article 2 of The Treaty of the European Union is unprecedented. It is a massive judicial overreach and will lead to children being exposed to a harmful and false ideology.
This is a must watch interview with @BenSasse and @DouthatNYT
"In Christianity, the need for daily repentance is just a truth. I am broken. I leave undone those things which I ought to have done..."
"I've continued to feel a peace about the fact that death is something that we should hate...yet it's pretty good that you pass through the veil of tears one time and then there will be no more tears, there will be no more cancer..."
I am pleased to announce the release of a new Thinking in Public episode today with Carl Trueman. We discuss his new book, âThe Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity.â Link below.
https://t.co/PxxyTgfWCg
đšBREAKING: PĂ€ivi RĂ€sĂ€nen unanimously acquitted for her Bible tweet, but convicted of âhate speechâ for a 20+ year-old church pamphlet
The conviction is under the âwar crimes and crimes against humanityâ section of Finlandâs criminal code, alongside Bishop Juhana Pohjola.
A good politician should "tell the truth, donât put politics at the center of lifeâdo your job, then go homeâand love your country."
@tunkuv interviews @BenSasse: A Public Servant Faces a Public Death https://t.co/LxjtXHBdPz via @WSJopinion
Former US Senator @BenSasse offers a sober reflection on mortality. A terminal diagnosis may make the timeline more precise, but the reality is the same for everyone: our days are numbered.
Watch @UncKnowledge with host @P_M_Robinson on X: https://t.co/Z526FOCK66
This is Isadora Borges, a veterinary student in Brazil.
She is facing up to 10 YEARS in prison.
The reason?
She stated on social media that men cannot become women.
Censorship in Brazil is spreading at an alarming rate.
We are supporting Isadora's case.
đ§đ· No one should fear prison time for peacefully expressing their beliefs.
@Claire_bot5@daneortlund What's your point then? I wasn't discussing the role of prayer. In my tradition it always part of not only sermon prep but sermon introdution and closing as well.
"Do you think a person has the right to end his or her own life if this person has an incurable disease?"
In the full sample, 39% were in favor in 1977.
It was 70% in 2022.
Catholics: 37% -> 68%
Protestants: 37% -> 52%
Non-religious: 67% -> 83%