Uriel

[Andreas Huebner @_AndreasHuebner]

A powerful biblical truth is:

You do not overcome negative thoughts by trying to think positive thoughts. You overcome negative thoughts by replacing lies with truth.

Jesus never said, "Think positively." He said:

"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32)

Examples:

Fear says: "Something terrible is going to happen." Truth says: "God has not given me a spirit of fear." (2 Timothy 1:7)

Lack says: "I don't have enough." Truth says: "My God shall supply all my need." (Philippians 4:19)

Rejection says: "Nobody cares about me." Truth says: "I am accepted in the Beloved." (Ephesians 1:6)

Failure says: "I will never make it." Truth says: "I can do all things through Christ." (Philippians 4:13)

Notice how Jesus handled Satan in the wilderness.

He did not argue. He did not use positive affirmations. He did not discuss his feelings.

Three times He answered:

"It is written..." (Matthew 4)

The battlefield of the mind is not won by optimism. It is won by revelation.

Romans 12:2 says:

"Be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

Not by suppressing thoughts. Not by denying reality. But by replacing old beliefs with God's Word.

A practical formula:

Negative thought → Find the lie → Replace with Scripture → Speak it aloud repeatedly.

Because eventually the loudest voice in your life becomes the strongest belief in your life.

That's why faith comes by hearing (Romans 10:17).

Not merely hearing God's Word once.

Hearing it until it becomes more real than the negative thought.

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

The Bible is not a book detached from history. It is rooted in real places, real rulers, real cities, and real events.

These 10 archaeological discoveries provide some of the strongest external evidence that the biblical authors were describing the world as it actually was.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, I would argue & say we had the same prophets as Christians.

But this one broke me:

Surah 17:101: Allah gave Moses 9 clear signs.

I knew the list. The staff. The shining hand. The drought. The flood. The locusts. The lice. The frogs. The blood.

I held onto those 9 signs like proof I had the real story.

But bro, you know what shook me?

There’s a night missing.

After all nine signs, right before Israel walks out of Egypt, something happens that the Quran goes completely silent on.

A lamb is slaughtered.

Its blood painted on the doorposts.

And death passes over every house covered by that blood.

The Passover.

I grew up hearing the whole Exodus story. But nobody ever told me about the blood on the door.

Islam just skips it.

And here’s what wrecked me.

The Bible, the book I was taught was corrupted, mentions the Passover over 70 times.

Exodus. Leviticus. Numbers. Deuteronomy. The Psalms. The Prophets. The Gospels. Paul.

70 times.

So I had to ask myself the honest question:

If men corrupted this book, why would they obsess over the same story for 1500 years? Across dozens of authors who never met?

You don’t forge a document 70 times.

That’s just not corruption.

That to me is preservation.

And then I read the line that finished me off.

1 Corinthians 5:7.

“Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed.”

That’s when it hit me.

The whole story was never just about Moses.

It was always pointing to a King.

The final lamb. Whose blood, when applied to your life, makes death pass over you.

Forever.

The Quran gave me 9 signs but hid the one night that explains why any of them happened.

Because the moment a Muslim understands the Passover…

he’s one step away from the cross.

[么 ꜱ ᴀ ᴍ ꪜ, @___TheGOOdWitch]

This is a spot-on explanation from Alex O'Connor of how Jesus never claimed to be exclusively God but claimed to be one with God

[Beloved of God @Edenlife9]

Christianity is the ONLY true-religion.

Jesus said:

“I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

[Balaji @balajis]

I'm sorry you feel that way, but conversely I welcome you to visit Singapore or Bangalore. Your TikTok videos are entertaining, you're a smart guy, you're underemployed relative to your talents, and I genuinely wish you only the best.

On the substance:

(a) I've backed countless tools for zero-knowledge privacy, anti-surveillance, and Internet freedom, which is obviously direct opposed to the Communist Party's ideology. However, I grudgingly respect their competence because I am a realist.

(b) The degree to which one's success is attributable to a country's platform is hard to separate out. Obama said to conservatives: "you didn't build that, someone else made that happen." That is certainly one view, that 100% of success was due to the country platform, and zero to the individual.

(c) Another view, however, is that we should run the experiment. As the original post noted, tech was able to decentralize out of Europe. Tech is clearly also successful outside California, as per Elon and others in Texas and Florida. Will it be successful outside of America? I think it will be, I think it already is, and I think it will unfortunately have to be...given the growing anti-tech and anti-trade backlash.

(d) Next, most of the world economy is now in Asia. I do think it's worth traveling to Asia to calibrate, to simply see that much of the former "third world" really isn't, that there are trade partners here, and that not everyone is about to invade each other once the US military pulls out. There is greater social cohesion in Asia broadly, of the kind 1950s America once had, and that I hope you can attain again.

(e) Finally, even if the US government fails, even if the polarization proves too much, even if the $175T in debt takes down a once-amazing country, the Internet will be there. It was built to outlast a nuclear attack, it reflects the best of American values — free trade, free markets, free speech, free exchange of ideas — and I believe we can rebuild from it, just as Europe rebuilt from Christianity after Rome.

[핑구돌이 @juhyeon6749]

자기 어깨 다 젖으면서 폐지 노인 우산 씌워준 여성 근황 나왔다

폭우 쏟아지는 날 경기도 안산 거리에서 등이 굽은 80대 노인이 양손으로 수레 밀고 가는 거 봄
본인 우산 기울여서 노인한테 다 씌워주고 자기는 한쪽 어깨 흠뻑 젖은 채로 약 1km 같이 걸어감
이거 사진 퍼지면서 우산천사라고 엄청 화제가 됐는데
이후에 노인 인터뷰 나왔는데 반전이 하나 더 있었음
그 여성이 우산 씌워주고 끝낸 게 아니라 잠깐 기다리라고 하고는 마트 가서 현금인출기에서 3만원 뽑아서 봉투에 담아 건네주고 갔다고 함
노인이 인터뷰에서 아직도 그분이 누군지 모르지만 정말 고마웠다고 함
기자들이 수소문해서 가족한테 연락 닿았는데 본인은 인터뷰 거부, 심지어 가족한테도 이 사실 말 안 했다고 함
가족이 전한 말이 기독교 신앙이 있어서 당연히 해야 할 일 했을 뿐이라고

[Trad West @trad_west_]

Father Gaston Hurtubise was a Canadian Catholic priest renowned for his deep spirituality and dedication to pastoral ministry.

While delivering a sermon on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, he expressed profound devotion, stating, “God is ready to open his heart to us, to establish us in him, to eternal bliss. Thank my Lord!”

Immediately after these words, he collapsed and passed away, leaving a lasting impression on those present and the wider Christian community.

[Isaiah robin @isaiahrobinlive]

🚨WOW!!! “Aliens responding to the name of Jesus”🤯

There’s power in the name!

[Uriel @ctdays1]

@StockSavvyShay Too many $DUOL callers and investors have been more visionary than duolingo leaders themselves. I am a paying user and have become too bored and annoyed with the apps.

[Uriel @ctdays1]

We fix the bottlenecks or we sleepwalk into a future where the game is rigged permanently.

Stakes aren’t “jobs” or “hype.”

They’re whether humanity keeps steering its own destiny.

What world are we actually building?
The next 5 years decide.

#AI #Future #energyabundance

[Uriel @ctdays1]

AI is not like past tech revolutions!
🏭 In the Industrial era, elites needed the masses — for labor, soldiers, consumers.

🪧 When power concentrated too much, people could strike, vote, or rise up. Change happened.

This time? AI + robotics changes the game completely. (1/6)

[Uriel @ctdays1]

The transition stress is already here. Economic pain is real. But slowing down blindly hands the future to whoever automates fastest.

The only sane path: ✅️Democratize power
✅️Democratize tools & finance
✅️Build resilient institutions that preserve human agency (5/6)

[Uriel @ctdays1]

@Waterman_crypto Hope you'll give it a try at least 🙂 😉

[Uriel @ctdays1]

@Waterman_crypto Visit lung cancer hospital ward. Look at the patient and see your fate. Then decide there and then to stop immediately and completely.

[Paulina Guzik @Guzik_Paulina]

Pope Leo XIV gave a powerful reflection in Spanish, a language he treats as his own, on ... power today in Equatorial Guinea's Malabo.

Addressing the president of the nation -- who has held his office since August 3, 1979, gained power in a coup, and is the world's longest-serving ruler, often accused of nepotism -- Pope Leo reflected on St. Augustine's classic opus "The City of God."

In it, St. Augustine describes two symbolic “cities” that exist side by side in history: one focused on self-love and worldly success, and the other on love of God and lasting peace.

"You know that Saint Augustine interpreted events and history according to the model of two cities: the 'city of God,' eternal and characterized by God’s unconditional love (amor Dei), as well as love for one’s neighbor, especially the poor; and the 'earthly city,' which is a temporary dwelling place, where men and women live until death," Pope Leo said. "From this perspective, the two cities coexist until the end of time, and every human being, through the decisions he or she manifests day by day, belongs to one or the other of them."

Malabo is a former capital of the country as officially the president changed its capital city from Malabo to Ciudad de la Paz, in Djibloho province, this January.

"You have chosen to give it a name that seems to echo the biblical city of Jerusalem, Ciudad de la Paz," the pope said. "May such a decision prompt every person to ask themselves which city they wish to serve!" the pope continued, to big applause of those gathered in the presidential palace.

Noting he already said that once to Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See in January, Pope Leo reminded that "the earthly city is centered upon the proud love of self (amor sui), on the lust for power and worldly glory that leads to destruction" while, by contrast, "Augustine holds that Christians are called by God to dwell in the earthly city while keeping their hearts and minds turned toward the heavenly city, their true homeland."

"Every human being can benefit from the ancient realization of living on earth as a pilgrim. It is essential to discern the difference between that which lasts and that which passes, remaining free from the pursuit of unjust wealth and the illusion of dominion," Pope Leo said, reminding what he said in January's address: that
“Christians living in the earthly city are not strangers to the political world, and, guided by the Scriptures, seek to apply Christian ethics to civil government."

Reflecting on Pope Francis' past plea, he warned against the "economy of exclusion" - "Such an economy kills," Pope Francis said in Evangelii Gaudium.

"In fact, it is even more evident today than in years past that the proliferation of armed conflicts is often driven by the exploitation of oil and mineral deposits, occurring with no regard for international law or the self-determination of peoples," Pope Leo said.

Despite having one of the highest GDP per capita rates in Africa, Equatorial Guinea experiences high levels of poverty and instead of widespread prosperity -- vast natural wealth -- primarily oil and gas -- has fueled extreme wealth disparity, corruption, and systemic human rights abuses.

"The destiny of humanity risks being tragically compromised without a change of direction in the assumption of political responsibility and without respect for institutions and international agreements." Pope Leo said.

"God does not want this," he cried out.

"His holy Name must not be profaned by the will to dominate, by arrogance or by discrimination; above all, it must never be invoked to justify choices and actions of death."

"In a world wounded by arrogance, people hunger and thirst for justice," Pope Leo emphasized, encouraging the authorities: "Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, let us walk together, with wisdom and hope, towards the city of God, which is the city of peace."

Video: Vatican Media

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Yes, he really said that.

Yesterday Vice President JD Vance criticized Pope Leo XIV for not knowing enough theology: "I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology ... If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful, you’ve got to make sure it’s anchored in the truth," he said, at a Turning Point conference.

One of the many, many, ironies about that statement is that it came in response to Pope Leo's comments about war and peace and, specifically, the concept of "just war," which originated with St. Augustine. As many have already noted, when the Vice President was making his comments, Pope Leo XIV, a member of the Augustinian Order, and twice Prior General of the Augustinians before his election as Pope, was visiting the hometown of St. Augustine, then called "Hippo," now in Annaba, a town in modern-day Algeria. For good measure, Pope Leo XIV, the man critiqued for insufficient theological education, earned not only a master's degree in divinity, but also licentiate and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

JD Vance's recent conversion to Catholicism is beside the point, because many converts are of course not only highly intelligent (and learned in theology) but faithful and energetic Catholics. We rejoice over everyone entering the church.

What most of us do not rejoice over, however, is a deadly combination of inaccuracy and hubris. Pace, Vice President Vance, but the current war in Iran is not a just war under Catholic doctrine. You can hear that from church leaders from across the theological spectrum, from Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the head of the military vicariate and former head of the @USCCB, to Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington who holds doctorates in both theology and political science. You can look all that up online. Suffice to say, the Vice President doesn't seem to understand the tenets of just war.

Nor does he seem to understand the fundamental position of the church, which is for peace. "War is always a defeat for humanity," as St. John Paul II said. If that authority isn't enough, then turn to Jesus who said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," not "Blessed are the warmongers." And after the Resurrection, the Risen Christ says to the frightened disciples not "Vengeance is mine" but "Peace be with you."

Incidentally, the day before, the Vice President said that the Pope (and the Vatican) should stick to teaching about morality, also seeming to forget that war and peace are profoundly moral issues.

For his part, Pope Leo was focused yesterday on his spiritual father, St. Augustine. After what seemed like an emotional visit to Hippo, he celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba. During his homily he said, "The primary task of pastors as ministers of the Gospel is therefore to bear witness to God before the world with one heart and one soul, not permitting our concerns to lead us astray through fear, nor trends to undermine us through compromise."

Amen. Let's all continue to pray for the Holy Father as he works for peace.

(Image: Pope Leo XIV prays at the archeological ruins of Hippo, home of St. Augustine, in current-day Algeria. CNS photo).

[Uriel @ctdays1]

@mysteriouskat To receive it as a gift, cherish it, share it, and bless/thanks the Giver.