Mark Friesen

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

[Mario Zelaya @mario4thenorth]

If Pierre Poilievre had:

> said "Make America Great Again"
> went another country & said “it’s good to be home”
> went to China & said he was "setting us up for the New World Order"
> bought condos from wealthy donors so they don't "lose money"
> got caught on his hands and knees with Ghislaine Maxwell
> negotiated a majority
> passed a law allowing cabinet to secretly spy on Canadians
> led the country to be the only G7 in a recession
> bragged about sending money to people who can't afford to eat
> missed 100 out of 136 question periods
> spent nearly a $1 million on airplane food in 1 yr
> reappointed someone who couldn't recall flying business class
> failed to deport 23 of 24 identified IRGC operatives
> allowed 577,739 deportation orders to sit unenforced
> rammed a spy bill with secret amendments
> had a 86 yr old defense board with the US suspended
> proposed a debt sovereign fund
> got additional tariffs from the US for not stopping forced labour imports
> quietly removed "forced labour" from Global Affairs' diplomatic goals
> sealed Health Canada vaccine injury records until 2040
> took 4 different positions on Iran strikes in 96 hours
> begged the US to let Canada back into trade talks

The legacy media would call it the greatest political collapse in Canadian history.

But it's Carney, so they call it leadership instead.

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@JoshuaBarzon Thank you for sharing this series. I have been sharing it with family and friends for the past few weeks. It is so helpful to understand some of the background history behind these Christmas carols.

[Phil Johnson @Phil_Johnson_]

What an immeasurable loss! Darlene and I have followed & loved Jubilant Sykes since August of 1981--nearly 45 years. It's been a difficult day.

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[Mark Friesen @MarkFriesen_]

@1MichaelOffutt @AntonioTweets2 When the average detached home price is over a million dollars, an increase of 1 or 2 percent in the mortgage rate can make a difference between affordable or unaffordable.

[Shareaware Canada @ShareawareCdn]

🔥BREAKING CANADIAN CFIA OVERLORDS SEEKING Millions in Costs - This vile government is beyond words.
The CFIA is seeking damages from the Universal Ostrich Farm. The farm will not receive compensation for the birds... a lien will likely be placed on the farm and the CFIA, Government Agency will foreclose on it, if the fees are not paid in full.

[Protestia @Protestia]

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[The Word Unleashed @WordUnleashed]

RETWEET by midnight tonight for a chance to win a free copy of Pastor Tom's book "The Biblical View of Abortion." @tom_pennington

By deciding to make man in His own image, God Himself sovereignly and immutably established the value of human life (Gen. 1:27).

[Michael Chalmers @MikeChalmers_]

Most of us in Canada are sickened by the booing of America's anthem. This phenomenon is media driven and politician driven. Do not equate this as the way most ordinary Canadians feel. Our predicted elections map (conservative vs. liberal) looks very much like America's in November. We are done with woke, done with toxic/suicidal empathy, done with pro Hamxs riots, and ready to be done with Marxism once and for all.

[G3 Ministries @G3Conference]

"America’s borders are a divine stewardship. Protecting them is not just a political responsibility but a moral one, rooted in obedience to God’s order for society." — Virgil Walker

Read this new article at https://t.co/26VWBd4fiN.

[Terri Green @TerriGreenUSA]

John MacArthur addresses his comments on ADHD. This is worth listening to!

Christ Is Sufficient for All Your Crises. — John MacArthur // May 5, 2024

It was about a week or so ago that I was in a panel discussion, and it was being videoed, and the question came up about mental illness, and I made the comment, “There’s no such thing as mental illness.” And I was told within a matter of a few hours that blew up the Internet, and one of the headlines was “Doctor and Woman Preacher Take Issue with John MacArthur.” I don’t know about the doctor, but I’m happy to take issue with a woman preacher; that’s fine. But there were lots of other people who weighed in on what a horrendous thing I had just said. And I know it’s been circulating out there because people have been asking me about it.

An interesting phone call came in—I just heard it this morning—from a person who said, “I represent the leading psychologist in this country. And also, we manage the largest facility for juveniles who commit adult crimes. And I’m calling the church to let Pastor MacArthur know that everything he said is exactly true.” Now, you don’t know if I made that up or not; you have to trust me. But I was pretty surprised. And they went on to say, “If he wants to write a book, we’ll supply all the data.”

There’s no such thing as mental illness. That is not a new concept. That goes back to the 1950s, Thomas Szasz, a psychiatrist who wrote the book The Myth of Mental Illness. And that myth has been around for a long time. And it’s been just in the last few years that data has come in, and people in the psychiatric and psychological world have admitted that they have been telling noble lies for decades and decades and decades, identifying, supposedly, mental illness as a way to explain people’s odd behavior, difficult behavior.
But I’m not saying this: I’m not saying there’s no brain disease; there is. But that’s different; that’s pathological; that can be objectively identified. Now, I don’t want to become clinical here, but I just will say enough to let you see the difference.

If you’re talking about brain disease, you’re talking about several categories. The first would be an infection in the brain. That could be meningitis, which is an inflammation of the lining of the brain; or it could be encephalitis, which is the inflammation of the actual brain tissue. Those can be discerned. Those can be seen. Those can be understood. They can be objectively identified.

A second category, next to infections, that fits into the zone of brain disease would be seizures, seizures—because something is wrong, like maybe epilepsy or some other form of seizure. Something is wrong with the electrical system; the current system is misfiring.
The third possibility of real brain disease is tumors and masses. We all know about that. They can be discerned. They can be seen in a CAT scan or in an MRI, sometimes in an X-ray, or certainly in surgical procedure.

And the fourth sort of large category of brain disease would be trauma, like a concussion or some accident or some injury to the brain that takes a toll on the brain’s ability to function because part of the brain is disconnected or taken into disuse; and birth defects could lead to that as well. But all of that can be understood and seen by objective testing.

That is not the case with mental illness. Mental illness is a term that is really not identifiable by any objective means. You can’t see it in an MRI or an X-ray or a CAT scan or a surgery. You can do brain surgery, and you’re not going to see schizophrenia. So this is a misnomer. And I went on to say in that panel discussion there’s no such thing as OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder. There’s no such thing as ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. There’s no such thing as bipolar disorder, where you’re low and high, and somehow this is something that’s embedded in the brain. https://t.co/OAWPUvIxBr

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[Terri Green @TerriGreenUSA]

Pastor John MacArthur denounced Christian nationalism insofar as it is defined as an attempt to usher in the Kingdom of God on Earth through political means, but exhorted Christians to care about what is happening in their nation.

"There is no such thing as Christian nationalism," MacArthur said during a question-and-answer period last month at Grace Community Church in Los Angeles. "The Kingdom of God is not of this world. Jesus said, 'My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight.' His Kingdom is not of this world. The kingdom of this world is a separate world. They're not linked together."

MacArthur explained his belief that the prevailing religion or ideology of any nation bears no relevance to whether the Kingdom of God progresses according to His sovereignty.

John MacArthur — The kingdom of God is not of this world. Jesus said that. He said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would [fight].” His kingdom is not of this world. The kingdom of this world is a separate world; they’re not linked together.

Let me say it another way: Nothing that happens in any nation, whether it’s a Communist nation, a Muslim nation, or a “quasi-Christian” nation, or an atheistic nation—nothing in that nation politically, socially has anything to do with the advancement of the kingdom of God, because the kingdom of God is separate from that system. God, in His sovereignty, is building His church, “and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it,” Jesus said. So the idea that you should link up some political effort, some political process, some social process, some gain of power or influence in a culture as part of the advance of Christianity is alien to Christianity. You never have our Lord approaching anything like that, nor the apostles, and particularly the apostle Paul. He sought to gain no favor with the Roman Empire whatsoever, or for that matter, with any other of the rulers that he ran into during his life.

Now, that is not to say that we are indifferent to what happens in the nation. We’ve been talking about that the last couple of Sunday mornings. We have to be the people who uphold righteousness. When we come to vote, we want to vote for that which is the most righteous option. Obviously, we can’t vote in righteousness, but we have to vote in a way that reflects our commitment to the righteousness of God.

So we couldn’t possibly elect somebody who was an abortionist, somebody who was LGBTQ or LGBTQ-affirming, or any other deviation from God’s righteous moral standard.

So it gets harder, doesn’t it, nowadays, because even sometimes when politicians are more conservative and anti-abortion, they may be sinful and wicked in some other categories, and it’s very hard to find out who is really honest and who is simply dishonest and seeking power. But in the end, we do what we can with the understanding that the responsibility of the church is not to advance the kingdom of this world. That’s a faulty viewpoint. Christian nationalism is usually tied to what is called post-millennialism, and that is the view that the church, somehow, by influencing the culture, can bring in the kingdom of Christ. In other words, it’s the idea not that Christ returns and sets up His kingdom, but that the church establishes His kingdom and then hands it to Him. https://t.co/Tzn2HoPfFf

[Paradoxical Walk @ParadoxicalWalk]

FLESH DEFINED
What “Flesh” is not…

"Flesh" and one's spiritual condition
A. "Flesh" is no equivalent to spiritual depravity.
B. "Flesh" does not refer to spiritual conditon.
C. "Flesh" is not inherent, intrinsic, or innate within man.
D. "Flesh" is not nascent. We are not born with the "flesh."
E. "Flesh" is not a generative source of evil within the individual.
F. "Flesh" is not to be equated with satan.
G. "Flesh" does not negate the completeness of spiritual regeneration.
H. "Flesh" is not substantive or partitive; "hunk of evil; dirty old man