Amy Riley

Christian, conservative, Castle fan!

[SpurgeonBooks @SpurgeonBooks]

“Study the Bible with diligence. Never be satisfied with a secondhand version of it.”

— Charles Spurgeon

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

“…the further you travel on the road away from God, the harder your heart gets.” –@BillyGraham #WednesdayWisdom

[The Real Mike Rowe @mikeroweworks]

Tim Allen Loves the Ballet

My old friend @ofctimallen stopped by the studio the other day for a quick chat that went on for two hours. I didn’t know what we were going to discuss, and neither did he. Which is probably why we touched on everything from the importance of philosophy, shop class, redemption, mothers, quantum physics, skilled labor, The Book of Job, Schrodinger’s cat, the surprising appeal of ballet, a sense of humor, and sense of irony, a sense of wonder, his time in jail, his new TV show on ABC, and the end of the world as we know it. Not exactly what you’d expect from America’s Dad, but precisely what you’d hope to hear from a genuinely curious cat who has been there and done that a hundred times over.

Our whole conversation is here. https://t.co/v9qFV6Zi87 It’s a good one. Here is a short clip featuring a story about his beloved mother, who resisted his best attempts to get her into a wheelchair with a level of determination not often associated with women in their mid-nineties.

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

There aren’t many ways to God, there is one, and it’s through His Son, Jesus Christ. #ThursdayThoughts

[Fr. Joseph Krupp @Joeinblack]

Pray.
Pray for the people you love and the people you cannot stand.
Pray to forgive those who’ve hurt you and for God to heal those you’ve hurt.
Pray for those who are hungry, alone, sick and for all who will die today.
Pray that God guide your thoughts, words and actions today so that you shine His light brightly.
Pray to be where you are; not in the past, not in the future, but in the present moment.
Pray for protection from evil, for deeper trust in God & for the gift of Hope.
Pray.
Prayer is never wasted.

#talkedtotheboss

[Seth Troutt @Seth_Troutt]

"We've already been having sex for years. It'd be weird if we stopped now, wouldn't it?"

Today at the gym, I was talking with a guy in his 20s who’s engaged, and this is what he asked me. He and his fiancée are doing premarital counseling at a church in the area, but they’ve been living together for a few years. His priest had told him they shouldn’t have sex before they get married.

"Plus," he went on, "we’re living on one income. She’s in school. We can’t afford two rent payments. Even if we could, it’d be a waste of money. There’s a part of me that feels guilty for regularly doing what I know the church isn’t big on, but it also feels unrealistic nowadays. Priests are just out of touch."

I told him, "You need to be less concerned with what the priest says and more concerned with what God sats. You can disagree with a priest, but you’re a fool if you disagree with God. What do you think God wants for your sex life and marriage?"

He paused and then answered, "I guess I agree that sex is for marriage, but it’s been five years of living together. Does it even matter at this point? We’re getting married in five months. What’s five more months in a six-year relationship?"

I told him about how the most sexually pure season in my dating life was the six months before marriage. That’s the nature of repentance—you cross a line, transgress, and then you walk it back. If you keep sinning just because you’ve already been sinning, you’ll never grow one bit spiritually.

"You’ll never regret investing in the priority and purity of your future marriage. Taking meaningful steps now will only make your marriage, your wedding night, and your honeymoon more special."

He said he and his fiancée had previously discussed the possibility of him moving back in with his parents before the wedding, or her moving in with a friend, or even just moving into separate bedrooms. But it all felt ridiculous because they’ve already been sleeping together for so long.

"Following Jesus will always look ridiculous in the eyes of the world."

He thanked me for the push. I’ll follow up with him in a few days.

Young men and women need to be regularly reminded of three things:

1. Following Jesus in the details is always worth it.
2. Being "fools for Christ’s sake" is a badge of honor.
3. If there’s breath in your lungs, it’s not too late to repent.

[Sean Feucht @seanfeucht]

Todd: Hello. Operator. Listen to me -- I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. We have a situation here. Our plane has been hijacked. Can you understand me?

Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand. Can the hijackers see you talking on the phone?

Todd: No.

Lisa: Can you tell me how many hijackers are on the plane?

Todd: There are three that we know of.

Lisa: Can you see any weapons? What kind of weapons do they have?

Todd: Yes. They don’t have guns. They have knives – they took over the plane with knives.

Lisa: Do you mean -- like steak knives?

Todd: No, these are razor knives -- like box cutters.

Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from?

Todd: No -- I don’t know. They sound like they’re from the mid-east.

Lisa: Have they said what they want?

Todd: Someone announced from the cockpit that there was a bomb on board. He said he was the captain and to stay in our seats and stay quiet.
He said that they were meeting these men’s demands and returning to the airport. It was very broken English, and...I’m telling you...it sounded fake!

Lisa: Ok sir, please give me your name.

Todd: My name is Todd Beamer.

Lisa: Ok Todd, my name is Lisa. Do you know your flight number? If you can’t remember, it’s on your ticket.

Todd: It’s United Flight 93.

Lisa: Now Todd, can you try to tell me exactly what happened?

Todd: Two of the hijackers were sitting in first class near the cockpit. A third one was sitting near the back of the coach section. The two up front got into the cockpit somehow; there was shouting. The third hijacker said he had a bomb. It looks like a bomb. He’s got it tied to his waist with a red belt of some kind.

Lisa: So is the door to the cockpit open?

Todd: No, the hijackers shut it behind them.

Lisa: Has anyone been injured?

Todd: Yes, they…they killed one passenger sitting in first class. There’s been lots of shouting. We don’t know if the pilots are dead or alive. A flight attendant told me that the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded.

Lisa: Where is the 3rd hijacker now Todd?

Todd: He’s near the back of the plane. They forced most of the passengers into first class. There are fourteen of us here in the back. Five are flight attendants. He hasn’t noticed that I slipped into this pantry to get the phone. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor in the rear of the plane...oh Jesus...HELP!

Lisa: Todd, are you ok? Tell me what’s happening!

Todd: Hello. We’re going down. I think we’re going to crash. Wait – wait a minute. No, we’re leveling off...we’re ok. I think we may be turning around. That’s it – we changed directions. Do you hear me? We’re flying east again.

Lisa: Ok Todd, what’s going on with the other passengers?

Todd: Everyone is really scared. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Center. Lisa is that true??

Lisa: Todd, I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. The World Trade Center is gone. Both of the towers have been destroyed.

Todd: Oh God -- help us!

Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Our country is under attack, and I’m afraid that your plane may be part of their plan.

Todd: Oh dear God. Dear God... Lisa, will you do something for me?

Lisa: I’ll try if I can. Yes.

Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them what’s happened. Promise me you’ll call..

Lisa: I promise – I’ll call.

Todd: Our home number is XXX-XXX-1073. You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married for 10 years. She’s pregnant with our 3rd child. Tell her that I love her (choking up) I’ll always love her..(clearing throat) We have two boys. David, he’s 3 and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them (choking) tell them that their daddy loves them and that he is so proud of them. (clearing throat again) Our baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultra sound. It was great. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy ... ... ... Lisa?

Lisa: (barely able to speak) I’ll tell them, I promise Todd.

Todd: I’m going back to the group -- if I can get back I will...

Lisa: Todd, leave this line open...are you still there?

Lisa: (dials the phone) Hello, FBI, my name is Lisa Jefferson, I’m a telephone supervisor for GTE. I need to report a terrorist hijacking of a United Airlines Flight 93...Yes I’ll hold.

Goodwin: Hello, this is Agent Goodwin. I understand you have a hijacking situation?

Lisa: Yes sir, I’ve been talking with a passenger, a Todd Beamer, on Flight 93 who managed to get to an air phone unnoticed.

Goodwin: Where did this flight originate, and what was its destination?

Lisa: The flight left Newark New Jersey at 8 A.M. departing for San Francisco. The hijackers took over the plane shortly after takeoff, and several minutes later the plane changed course -- it is now flying east.

Goodwin: Ms. Jefferson, I need to talk to someone aboard that plane. Can you get me thru to the planes phone?

Lisa: I still have that line open sir, I can patch you through on a conference call. Hold a mo...

Todd: Hello Lisa, Lisa are you there?

Lisa: Yes, I’m here. Todd, I made a call to the FBI, Agent Goodwin is on the line and will be talking to you as well.

Todd: The others all know that this isn’t your normal hijacking. Jeremy called his wife again on his cell phone. She told him more about the World Trade Center and all.

Goodwin: Hello Todd. This is Agent Goodwin with the FBI. We have been monitoring your flight. Your plane is on a course for Washington, DC. These terrorists sent two planes into the World Trade Center and one plane into the Pentagon. Our best guess is that they plan to fly your plane into either the White House or the United States Capital Building.

Todd: I understand. Hold on...I’ll...I’ll be back..

Lisa: Mr. Goodwin, how much time do they have before they get to Washington?

Goodwin: Not long ma’am. They changed course over Cleveland; they’re approaching Pittsburgh now. Washington may be twenty minutes away.

Todd: (breathing a little heavier) The plane seems to be changing directions just a little. It’s getting pretty rough up here. The plane is flying real erratic. We’re not going to make it out of here. Listen to me. I want you to hear this. I have talked with the others -- we have decided we would not be pawns in these hijackers suicidal plot.

Lisa: Todd, what are you going to do?

Todd: We’ve hatched a plan. Four of us are going to rush the hijacker with the bomb. After we take him out, we’ll break into the cockpit. A stewardess is getting some boiling water to throw on the hijackers at the controls. We’ll get them and we’ll take them out. Lisa, will you do one last thing for me?

Lisa: Yes. What is it?

Todd: Would you pray with me?

They pray

Todd: (softer) God help me...Jesus help me...(clears throat and louder)

Todd: Are you guys ready?

Todd Morgan Beamer: Let’s Roll...

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: Lumber prices have declined to their lowest level since the 2020 pandemic, down 80% in 2 years.

Lumber is a leading indicator for the US housing market, global economic conditions, and inflation.

The rapid drop in lumber prices suggests that the US residential construction and home-improvement markets are sharply slowing.

This has been reflected in new home construction data which plummeted in June toward a 4 year low.

Additionally, single-family housing starts declined for their 4th consecutive month in June to a 1 year low.

The housing boom is slowing.

[Kat Kanada 🏴 @KatKanada_TM]

✝️👑♥️

Mathew 4:17 because John 3:16

[Sadie @Sadie_NC]

I am not in a cult. I do not worship Trump. I like the policies and the things he got done while in office. Here is a list of what Trump did while in office, all of which can be verified. This is why I will vote for him again. It is not emotionally based, and there are no feelings involved.

Read this list and tell me you do not want this for our country. How can any American not want this?

To the left, stop screaming orange man bad and read.
Then, show me a list of anything like this that Harris has accomplished.

Will you vote on policy in 2024 or emotion?

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Trump's accomplishments as President.

ECONOMIC OPTIMISM

- 95% OF U.S. manufacturers optimistic about the future – the highest rate ever recorded

- consumer confidence at an all-time high

- small business confidence at an all-time high

- stock market at an all-time high

JOB CREATION / RECORD HIGH EMPLOYMENT / RECORD LOW UNEMPLOYMENT

- almost 4 million jobs created!

- > 400,000 manufacturing jobs created (Manufacturing jobs growing at fastest rate in more than 30 years)

- more Americans employed than ever before in U.S. History

- unemployment claims hit a 49-year low

- African American unemployment – lowest rate ever recorded

- Hispanic-American unemployment – lowest rate ever recorded

- Asian-American unemployment – lowest rate ever recorded

- Women’s unemployment – lowest rate in 65 years

- Youth unemployment – lowest rate in almost 50 years

- unemployment for people w/o a high school diploma – lowest rate ever

- Veterans’ unemployment – lowest rate in almost 20 years

ECONOMIC GROWTH

- Hit 4.2% in one quarter

- retail sales surged over previous years, including highest-ever holiday sales in 2019

- sales of new single-family homes up 31.9% over previous year in October 2019 (More families able to build and buy their own homes.)

HIGHEST EVER MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME

- 3.9 million Americans lifted off food stamps

- The 25% lowest-paid Americans enjoyed a 4.5% income boost in Nov. 2019, outpacing the 2.9% gain in earnings by the nation’s highest paid workers.

- The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% due to a jobs-rich environment

TAX CUTS

- Signed biggest package of tax cuts in U.S. history

- $300 billion poured back into economy in the first quarter after cuts

- Small businesses have lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years

MINORITY ADVANCEMENTS

- Poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting data

- President Trump’s historic tax cut legislation included new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country

- 8,764 communities across the country have been designated as Opportunity Zones

- Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country

- As mentioned above, unemployment at an all-time low for African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asians

LGBT ADVANCEMENTS

- Appointed five openly gay U.S. ambassadors

- Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe

- Appointed the first openly gay person to a cabinet-level position

EDUCATION

- Directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core

- Called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code

- Signed legislation in September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million

- The tax cuts signed into law by President Trump promote school choice by allowing families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and secondary education

- As part of the Pledge to America’s Workers, increased vocational training to 4 million people

- Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion annually for states to fund vocational and career education programs

- Issued executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers

- Created a White House position for a director of HCBUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

- Increased funding for HBCUs by 14%.

ENERGY POLICY

- Approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

- Opened ANWR

- U.S. oil production reached an all-time high, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest oil producer

- Increased coal exports by 60%

- U.S. became a net-neutral natural gas exporter for first time since 1957

- Cancelled the anti-coal Clean Power Plan

HEALTHCARE

- Eliminated the individual mandate penalty of Obamacare.

- Provided more affordable healthcare options through association health plans and short-term duration plans.

- Enacted “right-to-try” legislation to allow terminally ill patients to try therapeutic treatments as advised by their physicians.

- Signed an executive order forcing healthcare providers to disclose the cost of services to enable consumers to comparison shop, saying no American should be blindsided by bills they did not agree to in advance

- Signed an order allowing small businesses to group together to negotiate better insurance rates for their employees

- Signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act to help states develop maternal fatality reviews with an emphasis on reducing the higher maternal mortality rate for African- Americans

PHARMACEUTICALS

- Trump’s FDA approved a record number of affordable generic drugs

- Signed a bill legalizing hemp and CBD oil

- Signed a law ending the gag order on pharmacists that prevented them from sharing cost-saving information

- Persuaded many drug companies to freeze or reverse planned price increases

- Reformed Medicare to prevent hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors for drugs, saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars annually

- Signed a law allowing some drug imports from Canada to reduce prescription costs

- Agreed to provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years

OPIOIDS

- Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the epidemic

- Helped to reduce opioid prescriptions by 16% during first year in office

DEFENSE

- Secured $700 billion in military funding.

- Encouraged NATO allies to contribute more to their own defense ($69+ billion since 2016)

- Established the Space Force as the 6th branch of our military

- Issued an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay open

JUDICIAL IMPACT

- Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other first-term administration

- Confirmed two conservative justices to the Supreme Court: Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh

VETERANS

- Signed the VA Choice Act

- Signed the VA Accountability Act

- Expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in clinics, same-day, urgent, primary, and mental healthcare

- Created the White House VA Hotline and staffed it with veterans

- Held VA civil servants accountable for past misconduct by removing, demoting, or suspending 4,000 employees

- Trump signed a measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide

REGULATORY REFORM

- Eliminated a record number of regulations

- Enacted regulatory relief for credit unions and community banks

INTERNATIONAL

- Secured bid for 2028 Summer Olympics 2028 in Los Angeles

- Secured bid for World Cup 2026 (U.S.-Mexico-Canada united)

- Withdrew the U.S. from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord

- Withdrew from Obama’s horrible Iran Deal

- Moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

- Replaced NAFTA for better trade deal with Canada and Mexico

- Reached agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports

- Imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports for U.S. security purposes

- Protected Americans from terrorism by restricting individuals traveling from known terror centers (ban upheld by the Supreme Court)

- Improved vetting and screening of refugees

- Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed.

- Reigned in China on technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and abusive trade practices

- Increased net U.S. exports by $59+ billion annually

- Imposed sanctions on the socialists in Venezuela who have killed their citizens

- Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea

- Made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe

- Withdrew the U.S. from the job-killing TPP deal

- Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam

- Had over a dozen US hostages freed, including those Obama could not get freed

- Secured a historic deal between Israel and the UAE to advance peace and prosperity in the region

ENVIRONMENT

- Signed the biggest wilderness protection and conservation bill in a decade. It creates five national monuments, expands several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund

- Signed the Save Our Seas Act to fund plastic and garbage clean-up in the oceans

- U.S. still leads the world in having the largest reduction in Carbon emissions, despite refusing to sign the climate accord

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

- Reinforced the U.S.-Mexican border

- Issued an executive order in June 2018 to end separation of families at the U.S.-Mexican border (the “caging” and separation began under the previous administration)

- Secured billions to fund the building of a wall at our southern border; construction underway.

NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS

- Enacted legislation to compensate the Spokane tribe for loss of lands in the early 1900s

- Enacted legislation to fund Native American language programs

- Enacted legislation to give federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

- Enacted the First Step Act, which:

- Overhauls sentencing, mandatory minimums, and early-release programs to reduce mass incarceration

- Lowers recidivism by offering more rehab and job-training opportunities in prisons

- Includes provisions for more humane treatment of inmates

- Mandates that inmates be housed within 500 miles of their homes

- Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing guidelines are African Americans

- President Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a traditionally black college for his work in judicial reform.

- The Trump Administration is promoting second-chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment.

- Trump’s DOJ and the Board of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former inmates

ANTI-TERRORISM

- Defeated the ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria in March 2019

- Took out ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the world’s most-wanted terrorist

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

- Gave law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking by signing FOSTA and SESTA into law

- Through Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law enforcement more than doubled convictions of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts.

- Trump’s OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance for government procurement officials to more effectively combat human trafficking

- Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking

- Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need. The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases.

- Trump’s DOJ provided grants to organizations that support victims of human trafficking – serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018

- The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping victims get resources and support

ANIMAL CRUELTY

- Enacted legislation to make animal cruelty a federal felony so that abusers face tougher consequences.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

- Issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or punishing expressions of faith

- Signed an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic and that fail to combat anti-Semitism

INFRASTRUCTURE

- The Trump administration allocated $100 million through the EPA to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, MI.

- Trump’s USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure.

PRO-LIFE

- President Trump ordered a halt to U.S. tax money going to international organizations that fund or perform abortions.

- President Trump is the first president so committed to the pro-life cause that he spoke at the March for Life.

FARMING & AGRICULTURE

- Approved up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.

WELFARE REFORM

- Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who don’t have children to work or look for work if they’re on welfare.

CHILDREN

- Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.

- The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by Trump doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it. It also created a new tax credit for other dependents.

- In 2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4 billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to States to fund childcare for low-income families. The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) signed into law by Trump provides a tax credit equal to 20-35% of childcare expenses, $3,000 per child & $6,000 per family + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allowing you to set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax $ to use for childcare.

- Signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support Act (CARES) into law in 2019. It allocates $1.8 billion in funding over the next five years to help people with autism spectrum disorder and their families.

MISCELLANEOUS

- Signed a bill requiring airports to provide a place for mothers to breastfeed children

- Signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law

- Signed the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades

- Signed legislation for a National Suicide Hotline with a 3-digit number (a Utah idea!)

- Signed into law two funding packages providing nearly $19 million in new funding for Lupus-specific research and education programs, and an additional $41.7 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER

- Signed the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence) to extend the period of time the FCC has to catch those who intentionally break telemarketing restrictions. The bill also requires voice service providers to develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate before they reach your phone.

[Justin Peters @JustinPetersMin]

So many are saying God intervened and saved former President Trump's life. I get the sentiment, but I do not believe God intervened here - or ever, for that matter. Let me explain....

To say that God intervenes is to imply that most of the time God is up in Heaven twirling His anthropomorphic thumbs without very much to do. Every once in a while, He sees things getting a little out of balance and off-kilter so He reaches down to "intervene" and get things back on the right track.

But that is not the picture scripture paints of God. God is not only the Creator of the universe, but He is also its Sustainer. Hebrews 1:3 states that Christ "upholds all things by the word of His power."

Every atom in the entire and incomprehensibly vast universe is being held in its proper place this very moment by the constant exertion of God's power. There is never a time when God is not working. There is never a time when He is not sustaining. If God were to ever cease working even for a single millisecond, the entire universe - right along with you and me - would experience instant de-creation. Everything would cease to exist.

Did God protect Trump's life yesterday? Yes, of course He did. Was that His intervention? To be theologically accurate - No. It was one fleeting moment and one tiny expression of His unceasing work, providential rule over and ongoing sustainment of His own creation.

Selah.

[Ellie @Mai_ASUR]

@TrumpDailyPosts President Trump never needed this job, he's doing it for his love of country.

Remember that.

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.” - C.S. Lewis

[Live Action @LiveAction]

This is what a "clump of cells" looks like 8 weeks after fertilization.

[🌷 LIZZIE🌷 @farmingandJesus]

The Bible disproves the climate change hoax

Genesis 8:22 “For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will NEVER stop".

The world will end because God decides to end it , not humans.

[Wide Awake Media @wideawake_media]

Dr. Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace: "There are three things you need to know to know that [the climate crisis] is false."

"First, it is not too hot now. It is one of the coldest periods in the history of the Earth."

"Second, CO2 is lower now in the atmosphere than it has been throughout nearly the entire history of the Earth."

"The third thing you need to know is that all the CO2 that we are putting into the atmosphere, where did it come from? How did it get in the fossil fuels? By plants pulling it out of the atmosphere, and the oceans. The plankton in the sea, the vegetation on the land, turned into coal, oil and gas."

"So all we're doing is replacing carbon dioxide... If there wasn't enough CO2 for the plants, we would all die too... We are replenishing the CO2 to a much better level than it had gone down to. We are the actual salvation of life on Earth."

Credit: @EcoSenseNow @martinigrimaldi

[Phil Vischer @philvischer]

Holy mackerel! A group of veggie fans re-animated Rack, Shack & Benny... the entire film! This is amazing!

Thanks guys - what a great 30th anniversary present!

https://t.co/Xk5v4CdjP6

[Howard Henderson @hhendersonphd]

Pastor Loran Livingston tore the church up with this one.