All the world is God's own field, Fruit unto His praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown. First the blade and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear. Lord of harvest, grant that we Wholesome grain and pure may be.
SECRETARY RUBIO: This is a distinctive and unique evil. It has always been driven by a hatred, above all else, for civilization itself.
It is a revolt of the worst against the best; of the weak and the cowardly against the strong and the good. It is perpetrated by those who cannot build, cannot create, cannot achieve great things - and take their revenge upon the world for their own inadequacy by seeking to destroy those who can.
This is what radical leftism is. It may wear various different slogans and ideologies across place and time - anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, communist, anarchist, Marxist - but the fundamental character is always the same.
It is a poisonous resentment cloaked in the language of equality, justice, liberation; an overwhelming need to tear down what greater men have built, to wreck what is beautiful and right, on behalf of people who are only filled with ugliness, and have nothing else to offer the world.
Through violence and terror, they once again seek to impose their ugliness on all of us. The old dogma was wrong. None of this is driven by "idealism." It is not "utopian" - quite the opposite, in fact.
One of the criticisms you sometimes hear of communism is: "It sounds good in theory, but it never works in practice." But that's not true. It doesn't sound good in theory.
The world it envisions for all of us is small, flat and gray - leveled of all exception, drained of all that is good and noble in the human soul. It is a world without courage, creativity, or ambition; without heroes or glory or great causes to strive towards. Without miracles.
Without myths. Without men who rise above the rest to do incredible and extraordinary things. Without God.
For these architects of revolutionary violence, the towering achievements of our civilization are an unbearable humiliation - a reminder of what they cannot do or be.
So they choose to destroy. They attack pipelines, railroads, laboratories, power grids: the physical, embodied symbols of power, invention and achievement.
O God the Father, good beyond all that is good, fair beyond all that is fair, in whom is calmness, peace, and concord, do Thou make up the dissensions which divide us from each other, and bring us back into a unity of love, which may. Bear some likeness to Thy divine nature;
The Falkland Islands are literally the only place where the indigenous population is British. The British aren’t even indigenous to the British Isles but the falklands were completely uninhabited before the British settled there.
So no, they shouldn’t be Argentinian.
The Christian's highest political act may not be winning an argument online.
It may be quietly raising faithful children, loving a spouse, serving neighbors, working honestly, and praying daily.
Those things outlast elections.
From all hasty utterances of impatience, from the retort of irritation and the taunt of sarcasm, from all infirmity of temper in provoking or being provoked, from love of unkind gossip and from idle words that may do hurt: save us and help us we humbly beseech Thee, O Lord.—
This is what the beautiful game is all about.
A young Cape Verde fan shows love to his team after the hard-fought battle with defending Champions Argentina in the Round of 32 🇨🇻
Non-football fan: This targeting rule is stupid!
Football fan: I know, right?!?
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Non-soccer fan: This “extra time” is completely nonsensical. Just stop the clock during the game.
Soccer fan: HOW DARE YOU QUESTION THE MOST POPULAR SPORT ON EARTH!!!!
Jesus rose from the DEAD as the One who:
- Defeated SIN, DEATH, AND DEVIL
- Saved the WORLD
- Commenced the NEW CREATION
- Resurrected as LORD OF ALL
...and the FIRST THING He did when He woke from the dead was make His bed.