Michael Abboud

A *nix dude from the Land of Oz. A Jesus dude from the Kingdom of God.

[Michael Abboud @michaelabboud]

Bondi on a beautiful autumn day

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

As a former Muslim, one thing that used to confuse me was this:

Why do some parts of the Quran sound peaceful, while other parts sound like a war manual?

The answer is history.

The Quran comes from two very different periods of Muhammad's life: Mecca and Medina.

In Mecca, Muhammad was a minority without political power.

The revelations emphasized patience, endurance, and persuasion.

In Medina, he became a political leader, military commander, and ruler. The revelations shifted toward governance, warfare, and dealing with opponents.

Most Muslims never realize these verses are blended together because the Quran is not arranged chronologically.

That raises an important question:

If the message changes as the prophet's power changes, is it truly an eternal revelation, or is it responding to changing circumstances?

What ultimately led me to Christ was seeing the contrast.

Jesus never gained political power.

Never raised an army.

Never conquered a city.

His kingdom wasn't built by the sword.

It was built by a cross.

And it was His blood that was shed, not ours.

[Michael Abboud @michaelabboud]

@laralogan Ha! I love to see it. And what does this make of the Clinton's claim, 'it's the people's house' -- if President Trump hasn't made it that, and then some, I don't know what will.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, I read about Jesus in the Quran.

There are things Jesus said that no prophet would ever dare say and when I actually read them for myself, they shattered everything I thought I knew about God.

The first was Luke 15.

The Prodigal Son.

"While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and ran to him." That wrecked me as a Muslim.

I was used to striving, performing, and hoping I had done enough. Then Jesus tells a story where the Father runs toward the sinner before the sinner can clean himself up.

The second was John 15:15:

"I no longer call you servants... I have called you friends."

No prophet talks like that. Islam taught me to fear God. Jesus invited me to know Him.

Not just obedience.

Relationship.

Not just service, friendship.

Then came John 11:25:

"I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."

That's not the language of a prophet: That's authority over death itself.

Jesus didn't point to the way.

He said, "I am the way."

He didn't point to life.

He said, "I am the life."

And when I finally listened to what He was actually saying, I stopped searching.

Because prophets speak for God. Jesus spoke as if He was God.

And that changed everything. Now, I am on a mission to convert every single Muslim to Christ. 

If you want to be part of this, join the 13k+ Christians are diving deep into apologetics, discipleship, and evangelism for the Muslim world. You belong here: https://t.co/OLXNMtZsXI

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Quand un record du monde tombe, il retombe presque toujours dans les 12 à 24 mois qui suivent.

Ce simple fait statistique explique pourquoi Elon Musk, en devenant trillionnaire, est en train de créer un anticorps au bullshit ambiant et à l'empire du mensonge. Laissez-moi vous expliquer.

Le record du 100 mètres a stagné pendant des années, puis Bob Hayes passe sous les 10 secondes en 1964, et soudain tout le monde y arrive. Le mile en moins de 4 minutes était considéré comme physiologiquement impossible. Bannister le fait en 1954. Deux mois plus tard, Landy le bat. Aujourd'hui, des lycéens le font.

Pourquoi ? Parce que les records ne sont pas des limites physiques. Ce sont des limites mentales. Le record ne dit pas "voici ce qui est possible", il dit "voici ce que quelqu'un a osé croire possible". Et une fois que quelqu'un l'a fait, le désir devient mimétique. Des milliers d'esprits se réorganisent instantanément autour de la nouvelle référence.

Elon Musk vient de devenir le premier trillionnaire de l'histoire.

Et tout le monde regarde le chiffre. Personne ne regarde ce que ce chiffre vient de faire dans la tête de chaque milliardaire de la planète.

Hier, "milliardaire" était le sommet du jeu. Aujourd'hui, c'est le camp de base. Il y a environ 3000 milliardaires sur Terre qui viennent de se réveiller avec une seule question en tête : comment je deviens trillionnaire ?

Et c'est là que ça devient magnifique. Parce que la réponse à cette question n'a rien à voir avec les méthodes qui ont fait les fortunes du 20ème siècle.

Tu ne deviens pas trillionnaire avec des montages financiers. Tu ne deviens pas trillionnaire en capturant un régulateur. Tu ne deviens pas trillionnaire en finançant des ONG qui fabriquent les problèmes que tu prétends résoudre. Ces méthodes plafonnent. Elles extraient de la valeur d'un gâteau fixe, et un gâteau fixe ne produit pas de trillion.

Pour devenir trillionnaire, il n'existe qu'un seul chemin, et Elon vient de le tracer :

Être pro-humain. Le trillion vient de produits que des milliards de gens veulent vraiment. Pas de subventions, pas de rentes, pas de captation. De la demande réelle, à l'échelle de l'espèce.

Être contre le contrôle. Chaque couche de contrôle est une taxe sur la vitesse d'exécution. Les empires de connivence sont lents par construction, parce qu'ils dépendent de la permission. Le trillion appartient à ceux qui construisent plus vite que la bureaucratie ne peut interdire.

Être expansionniste. Le trillion n'existe pas dans un monde à somme nulle. Il exige de créer des marchés qui n'existaient pas : l'orbite, l'énergie abondante, l'intelligence artificielle, la robotique généraliste. Il faut agrandir le terrain de jeu, pas redistribuer les miettes.

Et voici le détail que presque personne n'a vu : pour suivre ce chemin, la plupart devront construire au-dessus de l'infrastructure d'Elon. Starlink, les lanceurs, le compute, l'énergie. Il n'a pas seulement battu le record. Il a privatisé la piste d'athlétisme et il vend des tickets d'entrée à tous ceux qui veulent courir.

La conséquence systémique est énorme : Elon est en train de détoxifier la richesse.

Pendant des décennies, le capitalisme de connivence et le capitalisme de corruption étaient les voies royales vers l'extrême fortune. Lobbying, capture réglementaire, philanthropie stratégique qui achète le silence. Devenir ultra-riche était devenu suspect, parce que c'était souvent suspect. L'empire du mensonge prospérait précisément parce que mentir était plus rentable que construire.

Le standard trillionnaire rend ces méthodes obsolètes. Non pas par la morale, mais par les mathématiques. La corruption rapporte des milliards. Seule la création rapporte des trillions. L'incitation la plus puissante de l'histoire du capitalisme vient de basculer du côté des bâtisseurs.

C'est ça, l'anticorps. Il ne nécessite ni loi, ni régulateur, ni révolution. Juste un homme qui a couru plus vite et qui a montré le temps sur le chrono.

Bannister n'a pas seulement battu un record. Il a libéré tous les coureurs qui venaient après lui.

Dans les 24 prochains mois, regardez les milliardaires de la planète réallouer leur capital vers l'espace, l'énergie, l'IA, la robotique. Pas par vertu. Par mimétisme. Le désir de l'homme le plus riche du monde devient le désir de tous ceux qui veulent le devenir.

Je n'ai jamais été aussi optimiste de toute ma vie.

[Michael Abboud @michaelabboud]

@ErikVoorhees @Masterofmech @bourscheid Erik, a beautiful response mate. Thanks.

[Michael Abboud @michaelabboud]

…and a year later, the memory hit like this:

Aaron did the polishing...

Of all the chores our kids did around the house, Aaron did the dusting and polishing...

I remember seeing him with his cleaning can and cloth in hand, and the oily, WD40-like smell of the polishing spray misting around him as he worked around the TV cabinet and shelves, and the picture frames resting on them...

I always knew when Aaron was working, 'cause the picture frames I had neatly aligned in one direction all of a sudden are now aligned 180 degrees around in the opposite direction! Haha! That boy!

The memory of it came back to me this morning, and I teared up again at the simplicity of this fleeting vision caught in my mind's eye... it captured the essence of who Aaron was - quietly plodding away in the background, being faithful to the task he was given... No fuss, no nonsense Aaron...

How I miss my son! I long to grab him by the scruff of the neck, and pull him close to me, and to catch a whiff of him just one more time as I bear-hug him... And give him a kiss on the cheek, as we used to do!
It's been over a year now since we lost him to the battlefield of the mind.

So much has happened since his passing, but I can report that his life and death have left a legacy which has impacted so many of our family and friends, and so many of *his* friends - friends he was convinced he never had.

Aaron's life and legacy has been the 'gift that keeps on giving', as Di and I say nowadays. And how grateful we are for it! We had one day short of 26 years with him, which is better than none. We cherished the time, fleeting as it was...

We're not into memorialising him. Aaron himself would chide us if we did... I can hear him saying, 'Good grief mum and dad!', his eyes rolling, as he rests back into the arms of his heavenly Father. Haha!
I can report that young men are being raised up in our churches, little by little and one after another, determined to fight and overcome on the battleground of the mind. Most of these warriors have come from similar backgrounds and have shared similar trials to Aaron, and are overcoming them. But they're not stopping there. Once they gain a victory for themselves, they enter the fray on behalf of others, fighting alongside them against the enemy of their souls.

What the devil meant for evil, God intended for good. This is fruit which remains, and it's credited to Aaron's account.

The picture frames on the shelf remain undisturbed nowadays... I look at them and drink in the wonderful memories and images captured of family and loved ones. Aaron's is there too, a rare picture of his beautiful smile, which was missing for most of the last period of his life.

I know he's smiling now though. And my picture frames remain boringly standing at attention, facing the same direction, without him here.

[Michael Abboud @michaelabboud]

I do, one day before his 26th birthday in 2017, we lost our boy Aaron. I posted this online eulogy:

"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
- Herodotus

Today I saw my son Aaron's face for the last time, on his birthday. Such a rascal!!

He became another precious soul lost in the relentess war being waged against the hearts and minds of our children.
And that especially against our young men...

He was felled by the enemy of his soul, that Black Dog, who lurked in the dark and lonely places of his mind.

Amidst the anger, and the tears, at a life cut so short, I remain full of hope for those of us who remain in the fight. Because beyond the chain that bound my son's mind, and too his body, his heart was sealed unto the day of redemption.

His Medic on the field of battle, Jesus, whispered quietly into his soul as his life ebbed away... as only a true Medic knows how to console - and reassured him his fight was now over and he was coming Home.

In this battle, oddly it's the Medic on the Field who is the Victor, and He has a crown which awaits my son.

I urge all my fellow fathers to continue in the battle for the hearts and minds of our children.
"I am writing to you, dear children,
because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, dear children,
because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God lives in you,
and you have overcome the evil one."
- 1 John 2

[Michael Abboud @michaelabboud]

@JosiahForYeshua Hey Josiah — a pleasure to X meet you, and followed, from a brother in Christ.

[Michael Abboud @michaelabboud]

I guess I'm saying the challenge is how to avoid the "lost in translation" effect of using a word that doesn’t accurately reflect the full meaning and intent of the original. If I recall correctly, that was how the word baptism came about—when no English equivalent could be found for the Greek "baptiso," the translators created a new one instead.

Food for thought is all.

[Michael Abboud @michaelabboud]

@RealShahriqKhan 🔥 🔥 🔥

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, I thought the Quran and the Bible told the same Adam story.

Then I actually read them side by side.

In the Quran, Adam sins, says sorry, and Allah just forgives him. Clean. Done. Surah 2:37.

No blood, covering, nor cost.

But in the Bible, God is very clear: Sin, and you will CERTAINLY die. There’s a real punishment for going against God.

Yet the moment Adam sins, he doesn’t die - something else does.

God kills an animal to cover their shame and clothes them.

Genesis 3:21. The first death in history is God covering a sinner He could’ve destroyed.

That’s the whole story right there.

One book says sin is a debt you apologize for.

The other says sin is a death someone has to absorb.

And bro, if sin is just a “my bad” to God — then the cross is a cruel overreaction.

But if sin actually kills — then the cross isn’t overkill.

It’s the only thing that was ever going to work.

I left Islam the day I realized forgiveness without blood is just God pretending He didn’t see it.

[Pastor Greg Locke @pastorlocke]

See you soon Sydney….❤️🔥

[Wesley Hunt @WesleyHuntTX]

Hey Jasmine…

Black pilot here.

I think you missed the plot.
Then again, that’s becoming a pattern.

I graduated from West Point.
I went through Army flight school.
I learned to fly the AH-64 Apache.
I deployed to combat and flew 55 combat missions over Baghdad.

Nobody handed me a cockpit because of my skin color.

Nobody lowered the standards for me.

Nobody looked at me and said, “Let’s check a diversity box.”

That’s what people like you don’t seem to understand.

Suggesting that Black pilots, Black engineers, Black doctors, or Black leaders need special preferences to succeed is not empowering, it’s insulting.

I didn’t want a different standard.
I wanted the same standard.

And when you’re flying into combat, the American people don’t care what race the pilot is.

They care whether the pilot is qualified.

Merit isn’t racist.
Excellence isn’t discriminatory.

And reducing every achievement to skin color says far more about your worldview than it does about mine.

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

I think this Arab says it best @elonmusk.

This Arab commentator just delivered a brutal wake-up call:

“After 1,400 years of cursing the Jews & Christians in our prayers… we have no unity, no countries.

They reached space, slept on the Moon, split the atom, and invented the digital revolution, while we obsess over entering the bathroom and what ruins our ablution besides women and black dogs.”

“Must our minds remain captive after 1,400 years?”

The self-own is devastating. Time to face reality.

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

So let me get this straight: Trump invited NBC News to interview him despite their hostility, gave them over half an hour of content, and sat through pouring rain and technical difficulties all while being berated by Kristen Welker. But yet, the story is "Trump stormed out?!" Give me a break.

Here's a question for NBC: when was the last time you saw a Democratic president request an interview with a conservative outlet? For almost a decade, Trump has had the balls to keep requesting these interviews with the Leftist media, knowing they’ll try to spin the narrative or rile him up. And this is how they repay him?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

They are disappearing

[Michael Abboud @michaelabboud]

@FinalStoic @XFreeze Well said - yes!

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

As a conservative living in one of the most liberal towns, here’s what Americans actually agree (at least in private):

Taxes are too high.

Tariffs are confusing but probably better than taxes.

Battleships are awesome.

The Bill of Rights.

Wokeness has become exhausting.

Congress is broken.

Canadians are no longer nice.

Criminals must be deported.

Mentally ill don’t belong on the streets.

Crackheads don’t belong on the streets.

Taxes are worse than tariffs.

All women’s HR departments are exhausting.

Veterans are awesome.

Veterans with Nazi tattoos are not.

DC shouldn’t be the wealthiest city.

The American flag is cool.

Fewer abortions are a worthwhile goal.

Genital mutilation of kids is not.

Low IQ people should not be in positions of authority.

A full half of the nation has a below-median IQ.

Anti-Americanism from Europeans is exhausting.

Techbros aren’t as smart as they think they are.

Elon probably is.

There is a higher power.

The Bible is worth reading.

True evil exists in this world.

Normal white dads are pretty cool if you think about it.

Too many people go to college.

Too many Chinese go to our colleges.

Communism is bad.

We should not subsidize NATO (including Canada’s) defense.

America is the greatest nation on Earth.

Mexico is a cartel state.

Legal immigration is good in moderation, but we probably need to pause and reassess.

Endless wars are stupid.

The Iran war has only lasted a few months.

Fraud is out of control.

Biden was not mentally fit to be President.

Men should not be allowed in women’s sports.

Girls should not be allowed in the Boy Scouts.

We don’t really care about Hormuz.

Karl Marx is responsible for more misery and death than Hitler.

Muslim nations don’t have LGBTQ+ rights.

Former CIA officers, admirals, and generals shouldn’t be in politics.

Military standards matter.

Pornography has gone too far.

Venezuela and Cuba are failed states.

Naval officers should not wear camouflage.

This is a republic, not a direct democracy.

Voter ID isn’t a bad idea.

Freedom of speech is good.

Trump isn’t actually a Nazi.

The NYTimes and WAPO are biased.

Journalists shouldn’t be biased.

Pete Buttigieg should have spent more time on roads and less on politics.

Foreign lobbyists should be kicked out of congress starting with China but yes also Israel.

The Trump 1.0 and Biden presidencies were disappointing.

The SHIPs Act.

DC is cleaner and safer today.

Pentagon journalists are crybabies.

The environmentalists went too far.

Nobody cares about the three-fingered toad that’s delaying construction projects.

Teachers should be paid more.

Teacher unions suck.

Reshoring manufacturing is a good thing.

Japan and South Korea are better allies than the EU.

The vast majority of Americans are not racist.

We should do more than build casinos to help Native American tribes succeed.

Land acknowledgments are a waste of time.

Many PhDs are clueless… especially Tom Nicholas.

The healthcare system needs to be radically simplified.

This nation has too many dumb laws.

Kids should spend more time outdoors and less time on social media.

Trade schools are good.

Epstein didn’t kill himself.

The EU is in no position to give us morality lessons.

We have no idea if AI will be good or bad but probably both.

The Yankees are the best team in sports history.

But mostly… taxes are too high because Congress and the media are broken and corrupt.

Jesus Christ loves Hunter Biden.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

"If Jesus was God, why didn't He just say it?"

I used to ask that as a Muslim.

I thought I had Christians cornered. Then I actually read the Bible I was criticizing.

And I realized I wasn't looking for evidence. I was looking for a specific sentence.

But does God need your preferred wording to still be God?

Because God said: "Before Abraham was, I AM."

The Jews immediately picked up stones to kill Him. Why?

Because they knew exactly what He was claiming.

He wasn't just saying He existed before Abraham.

He was identifying Himself with the "I AM" of Exodus 3:14.

The divine name of Yahweh.

And here's what wrecked me:

The Quran calls Jesus the Messiah: The Word of God. A Spirit from God. Born of a virgin. Sinless and alive today. Returning to judge the world.

Yet I'm supposed to believe He's just another basic prophet?

No other prophet gets that description. Not Moses, David, Abraham or Muhammad.

Then you open the Bible and Jesus forgives sins, accepts worship, claims authority over heaven and earth, and rises from the dead. So no, Jesus never walked around saying, "I'm God, worship Me" in the exact sentence structure I demanded.

He did something far more powerful: He lived it, He proved it.

And honestly, after reading the Scriptures for myself, the problem wasn't that Jesus wasn't clear.

The problem was that I didn't want to hear Him.