j. dehnart

Happy husband, proud papa, and anthropogenic global warming denier. Believer in salvation through Christ Jesus.

[Reverend Jordan Wells @WellsJorda89710]

I am not a MAGA pastor, and I do not worship Donald Trump. I worship Jesus Christ! I support Trump because his policies more closely align with my Christian values. My Bible is my foundation, not a political party. I believe many of the policies promoted by today’s Democratic Party stand in direct opposition to biblical principles. My allegiance is to God first, and I will always measure politics against my faith. PERIOD. ✝️📖

[Larry Alex Taunton @LarryTaunton]

Driving home from Nashville a few days ago, the wife wanted to stop in Franklin to do a bit of Christmas shopping. Obedient to her wishes as I am, I make the detour and park. As we strolled along the square, I see an older man sitting alone on a bench. Being the sort who initiates conversation with strangers, I say jokingly:

“You look like a man who is waiting for his wife while she spends his money.”

He gives me a wan smile and replies: “I wish I was.” His voice cracks. “She passed away last November.”

We stop. I extend a sympathetic hand. He shakes it and rises to greet us. Lauri asks him about his wife, and he tells us what a wonderful woman she was and of their 50 years of marriage. His eyes welling with tears, he says he comes to the square and sits on that bench daily to reminisce about her because it was their spot for decades. He seems glad to have someone, even strangers, with whom he can talk.

We chat a bit longer, exchange numbers, and I ask him if we can pray for him. A believer, he readily accepts the offer. So, right there on the square in Franklin we pray for the Lord’s comforting presence and peace in his loss. We open our eyes and, at that very moment, a woman walks by hurriedly and reaches for the bench behind this fellow. Only I see it, and I think she might be stealing his phone which he had left on the bench when he rose to speak with us.

I walk to the bench to investigate and see that she’s left a card, a little plastic dove glued on it, proclaiming the hope of John 3:16. I look up to see her far down the sidewalk, her brisk pace undiminished, placing them everywhere in her own evangelistic endeavor. God bless her for it.

Lauri and I wished our new friend well and proceeded to shop. I bought a new vest at her encouragement — “It looks good on you” — and she bought some aromatic candles — “cinnamon vanilla.” But all the while we were thinking of this man and the seemingly coincidental nature of our meeting. The Lord had used us to visibly encourage him.

I cannot tell you the number of times I have had such encounters simply because I spoke to a stranger: a taxi driver who told me someone had murdered his daughter; a waitress who cried when I told her she was doing a good job; a contractor who, just last week, revealed to me how the Lord had delivered him from meth addiction when I was sharing the Gospel with him; and a young woman who looked unsettled and I simply asked her what troubled her so.

There are people all around you who carry secret burdens, and the Lord puts you in their path for a reason. Do you notice them? Or do you press on to “more important” things? Pray that the Lord gives you eyes to see them and the heart to minister to them. It will do you as much good as you do them.

[Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC]

Next time a communist tells you, “We only had muskets when the 2nd amendment was written.”, ask them how many mosques we had when the 1st amendment was written.

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

By Leslie Stahl’s logic, it’s wrong to require air travelers in America to go through TSA screening because (1) very few air travelers carry out terrorist acts (indeed, “the numbers are tiny”), and (2) mandatory TSA screening tends to “sow distrust” in the safety of air travel.

[Larry Alex Taunton @LarryTaunton]

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SEX: FROM FEMININE TO FRIDA

Now that I’ve got your attention, let me tell you a story from history.

Romans 1:18-32 says there is a pattern to sexual degeneracy, & a society that rejects God will inevitably follow it.

It spirals downward in 3 stages:

1. Worship of nature

[Enes Kanter FREEDOM @EnesFreedom]

There are 217 @WNBA players in the league and now I’m speaking directly to all of you.

I’m astonished.
You play in a league and have a commissioner who cannot and will not define your gender and is embarrassing you in front of the entire world. Yet none of you have the BALLS to stand up for yourselves and say, “Enough is enough.”
And that’s the whole point. None of you have balls, and it needs to stay that way.

I guess biology is still pending committee approval.

They’re trying to figure out how to define a woman in a way that fits their nonsense agenda.

Deep down, I believe you don’t want a biological male entering your league and taking your minutes, your money, your endorsements, and your dignity.

Are you all really that afraid of cancel culture that you would rather sacrifice your morals, values, and principles for money?

If the #NBA commissioner came out tomorrow and said, “We cannot define what a man is,” there would be outrage and a protest among the players the next day.

Open your eyes. #WNBA
I’m not the enemy here.
The real threat to women’s sports is not the one asking the question.
It’s the silence of the women who refuse to answer it.

[Just Jen ℞ 🫡🇺🇸 @JustJenRX]

💯 …ain’t that something.

[j. dehnart @j_dehnart]

@MaryBowdenMD You said page turner, so.. this book is the first of a series of novels and each one is as good as the first.

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

I might get canceled for this but, I don’t care: Jesus Christ is King. He is Lord. He is God. And He is coming back

[j. dehnart @j_dehnart]

@thomas_garrard

[Khan Fatima @Khan_Fatimaa1]

📜 A LITTLE HISTORY FOR THOSE TALKING ABOUT “RESTORING PALESTINE.”

1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.

2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.

3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state.

4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state.

5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.

6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state.

7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.

8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state.

9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.

10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state.

11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.

12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state.

13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state.

14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state.

15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.

16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state.

17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.

18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state.

19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.

(The Kingdom of David - historic map for those wondering how the region looked over 2000 years ago, and how deep the roots of the Jewish people run in these lands)

[Khan Fatima @Khan_Fatimaa1]

They’re not happy in Libya.
They’re not happy in Morocco.
They’re not happy in Iran.
They’re not happy in Iraq.
They’re not happy in Yemen.
They’re not happy in Afghanistan.
They’re not happy in Pakistan.
They’re not happy in Syria.
They’re not happy in Lebanon.

Where are they happy?

They’re happy in Australia.
They’re happy in Canada.
They’re happy in England.
They’re happy in France.
They’re happy in Italy.
They’re happy in Germany.
They’re happy in Sweden.
They’re happy in the USA.
They’re happy in Norway.
They’re happy in the Netherlands.
They’re happy in Denmark.

In fact, they’re happy in every country that is not Islamic, and unhappy in every country that is Islamic.

And who do they blame?

Not Islam.
Not their leadership.
Not themselves.

They blame the countries where they’re happy!

And then they want to change those countries to resemble the ones they came from, where they were unhappy."

[Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree]

One of the greatest threats to Christianity is a failure to understand the character of Christ.

Because if you do not know His character, you cannot reliably recognize what is contrary to that character.

“Antichrist” is not merely a label for something openly hostile to Christianity. Scripture speaks of the spirit of the antichrist as that which opposes and counterfeits Christ.

So discernment begins with knowing Christ. His Name is His character. His glory is His character. His light is His character.

Know His character, and you begin to recognize what bears His likeness.

Know His truth, and you recognize the counterfeit.

Know His voice, and you recognize the stranger.

Know the light, and you can see when darkness descends.

[j. dehnart @j_dehnart]

@LeslieMarshall Sorry to hear. I am reminded of a quote from Tagore that my brother used at my mother's funeral. "Death is not extinguishing the light, it's putting out the lamp because the dawn has come." Prayers for comfort for you and your family. 🙏

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

John leaned on Jesus' chest at supper.

Stayed at the cross when every other man ran.

Outlived all twelve. Beaten. Boiled in oil. Exiled to a rock in the ocean.

Thirty years later, Jesus appeared to him in glory.

John didn't worship. Didn't kneel. Didn't lift his hands.

He fell at His feet as dead.

As dead.

Peter did the same thing. After the miraculous catch - boats sinking under the weight - Peter didn't celebrate.

He said: "Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord."

Isaiah saw the Lord high and lifted up. Seraphim crying, Holy. And the prophet said: "Woe is me! for I am undone."

Job argued with God for 37 chapters. Then God showed up. Job said: "I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes."

Every tough man in the Bible who saw the living God had the same reaction.

Not awe. Not worship.

Collapse.

Now look at us.

Walking into church with coffee. Nodding at sermons. Shaking hands in the lobby. Forgetting it by Tuesday.

We think we've been in God's presence.

If you'd been in God's presence, you wouldn't walk out the same way you walked in.

The men who saw Him couldn't stand.

We can barely be bothered to sit.

When Jesus returns, there will be no more heroes. No more performers. The hero and the villain will stand equal at last - empty-handed, bare-faced, finally free to be merely beloved...

[j. dehnart @j_dehnart]

@thomas_garrard Best sausage ever! In fact, I just fried up 3 lb of it yesterday. My wife was born in Conecuh county so we used to have it shipped from the plant even before it became available in local stores.

[Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius]

I'm thinking about writing an article that explains in broad terms--for the benefit of non-veterans--why most GWOT veterans have such loathing for the senior uniformed leadership that Trump and Hegseth have run off.

Major reasons I can think of so far:

1. Eagerly implementing the racist, sexist, esprit de corps-destroying policies of DEI across the force.

2. Creating and endorsing restrictive ROE that valued the lives of terrorists over the lives of American servicemen and women.

3. Never telling the President "Sir, we will never be able to transform the 8th Century savagery of tribal Afghanistan into a modern, liberal society no matter how hard we try. It's a fool's errand."

4. Forcing troops to take an experimental COVID vaccine whose risks were deliberately hidden, and then conducting life-destroying Salem witch trials on anyone who refused.

5. Never resigning in protest over any of the above and instead protecting their potential for post-retirement, lucrative service on the boards of directors of the only groups profiting from the GWOT.

I know there are lots of smaller issues, but I'm trying to capture the really, really MAJOR ones that most of us agree on.

Did I miss any?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Derek Chauvin was unjustly convicted of murder, therefore he should be freed.

The facts show that he was not the cause of death, nor did he at any time intend for a death to occur. Whatever else he may be, he is not a murderer.

That is the truth.

[Sarah Sizzle @sizzle_sarah]

Apparently neither do Senate Republicans.

Right, @LeaderJohnThune ?