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Love Jesus, painting/renovation, furniture and father of one incredibly joyful baby girl

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, I never noticed what the Quran doesn’t have.

Dates. Places. Names you can check.

Read the Quran’s stories: no chronology, almost no geography, kings called only “Pharaoh,” events floating in no particular year.

Where did the story happen? When? Under whom? The text doesn’t say. You can’t check it… which conveniently means you can’t crosscheck it.

Now read the opening of Luke 3:

“In the FIFTEENTH YEAR of the reign of TIBERIUS CAESAR — PONTIUS PILATE being governor of JUDEA, HEROD being tetrarch of GALILEE, his brother PHILIP tetrarch of ITUREA and TRACHONITIS, and LYSANIAS tetrarch of ABILENE, during the high priesthood of ANNAS and CAIAPHAS…”

SEVEN historical anchors in one sentence.

An emperor, a governor, three rulers with their exact territories, two high priests.

And people HAVE checked — for centuries, often trying to break it. Skeptics mocked Luke’s “Lysanias of Abilene” as an error…

UNTIL an inscription naming Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene turned up.

Pilate was called legend by some… until the Pilate Stone was dug up at Caesarea in 1961 with his name and title carved in it.

Luke 1:3-4 tells you why: “Having followed all things closely… that you may have CERTAINTY.”

Certainty. That’s the offer.

One book floats above history where nothing can touch it.

The other planted its flag in checkable ground and said: dig.

They dug. It’s still standing.

Praise the Lord and His mighty God-Breathed scripture.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

If I'm honest this has been a hard season for me lately. I've been struggling with trusting God's timing. I was reminded when reading Psalm 37 today that I am to be still before Yahweh and wait patiently. That Yahweh is good to those who wait for him and seek him, and it is good to wait quietly for God’s salvation (Lam. 3:25–26). This quiet waiting involves hoping in God’s word while the soul waits more intensely than watchmen awaiting morning (Psalm 130:5–6).

I was reminded that prior to preaching to thousands, for a season Peter went back to fishing after thinking he failed Jesus. That Paul sat in prison cells, Lazarus lay in a tomb, Jonah prayed in the belly of a fish, Hannah wept on the steps of the tabernacle, Joseph was locked in the captivity, and Moses stood in the fields of Median herding sheep. All before God made moves in his timing.

Times of waiting, while hard, remind us of the confidence we should have in God’s timing and character. When direction seems slow in coming, we're called to wait for it, assured it will come when the time is ready (Hab. 2:3). Yahweh himself waits to be gracious and show mercy, and those who wait for him are blessed, for he is a God of justice (Isa. 30:18). Rather than taking matters into their own hands, like I often am tempted to do, we are instructed not to repay evil but to wait for the Lord, who will deliver us (Prov 20:22).

Hoping for what is unseen involves waiting with patience (Romans 8:25), and through the Spirit and faith, believers eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness (Galatians 5:5). Waiting involves expectancy and hope regarding events and contingencies still in the future, it's the outworking of a spiritual posture directed at trusting God’s promises and timing rather than our own understanding.

Knowing all of this, writing here on X doesn't make my season of needing to wait any easier, but the consistent, inspired, inerrant testimony of scripture nonetheless gives me something solid to trust in. I am fickle, impatient, and finite. God is trustworthy, forbearing, and infinite. And his timing is right even if I don't know how or when things will happen.

[autocorrect2.0 @autocorrect2_0]

No lies detected. Future shepherds here.

[Senator Alex Antic @SenatorAntic]

Last year Senator Matt Canavan @mattjcan and I introduced a private senator's Bill which aimed to remove references to "gender identity" from the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 and define a "man" and "woman" strictly by their biological sex.

The Bill was blocked by the Labor Government and the Greens who voted against the procedural motion to let the bill pass its first reading.

https://t.co/vqmGKGvqKB

[Sall Grover @salltweets]

As we approach the Giggle v Tickle decision, I’m remembering that

• I received an Australian Human Rights Commission complain citing “gender identity discrimination” when I was 14/15 weeks pregnant.

• The AHRC was, imo, never neutral. It was gender ideology capture from the very beginning. While they were talking about “assigned sex at birth” and “lived experience”, I was 20 weeks pregnant & found out I was having a girl.

• To settle the complaint in the AHRC - and not have it escalate to federal court - I had to • agree to let him on the woman only social networking app I created • a
let all men who claim to be women on the app • apologize • attend “sex & gender education classes • pay $20,000 • moderate all content on the woman only platform so men who claim to be women weren’t offended by it.

• The AHRC never meaningfully entertained my argument that woman only spaces were lawful. I always felt that their stance was, “you’re guilty, admit it, accept it.”

• While contemplating the magnitude of what I had to do, I thought about my daughter & that I would eventually be teaching her to stand up for herself & do what is right. How could I do that if I ran away when something seemed too hard?

• I said “NO” to what the AHRC was offering. Tickle filed in federal court 60 days later and “Tickle v Giggle” began.

• A federal court case + full appeal & my daughter is about to turn 4 years old. Giggle v Tickle has been in the background of her whole life. Any time the case has been incredibly stressful - and there have been many times, I was losing my hair at one point - I have just focused on my daughter & it instantly became easier. I want her to have rights & will do everything I can to ensure that she does.

• I want every woman & girl to be able to say “NO” to a man, no matter how he identifies, and not be punished for it.

• At no point in the past 4.5 years have I been even remotely convinced that men can be women. Not once. In fact, I’m more sure than ever that they’re not.

• Thank you everyone for the support. It would be impossible to have this fight without it.

https://t.co/5qxNEfrSVj 🩷

[CBN News @CBNNews]

PRAY 🙏 🙏 🙏 Islamic Fulani militias have invaded yet another Christian district in Nigeria, attacking and murdering peaceful civilians, including young children, slashing some with machetes and shooting others with guns. Truth Nigeria's Lawrence Zongo spoke to CBN News about this dire and urgent breaking news from Nigeria's Middle Belt.

WATCH: https://t.co/3KzVRp3TtB

[Moira Deeming MP @MoiraDeemingMP]

After all, this is a Labor budget. 🤦🏻‍♀️

#budget #labor #corruption #politics #fyp

[Kat @kat_maryb]

Good night everyone ❤️

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

One year ago, @JohnPiper asked ChatGPT to write him a prayer.

[Cristina @cristina314]

🫶🏽 saw this at the salvos

[Sean Feucht @seanfeucht]

A pastor, his wife and ther two children murdered in the middle of a church service.

I’m not gonna stop talking about this…

I don’t care what anyone else thinks. I made a promise before I left Nigeria.

https://t.co/ILMiePor4U

[Sean Feucht @seanfeucht]

"They seized my baby and sliced him in two with a knife.

My second child woke up ... They split his head with a machete."

THIS IS THE REALITY FOR NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS.

When will the world wake up?!

[sionescu @sionescu]

@ausstockchick https://t.co/mOuVdTrI11

[Kurt Mahlburg @k_mahlburg]

Finland tracked every gender-referred adolescent in the country for up to 25 years.

Their psychiatric needs didn't improve after 'gender reassignment'. They surged.

A landmark peer-reviewed study just dropped. Here's what it found. 🧵

[FuelAustralia.org @FuelAustralia]

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[CBN News @CBNNews]

While Christians worldwide celebrated Easter, gunmen in Nigeria carried out a series of brutal attacks, targeting worshippers at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Benue State and across several other states. At least 60 Christians were murdered, others have been kidnapped, and the final tally is still unclear.

CBN News spoke with missionary Judd Saul, founder of Equipping the Persecuted, who provided a sobering look at what he describes as a calculated campaign of genocide against Nigerian Christians.

"It's total genocide, and it's government-complicit!" he said.

WATCH HIS STUNNING ASSESSMENT: https://t.co/LDX90Huc1a

[Sean Feucht @seanfeucht]

26 Christian worshippers slaughtered in Easter Sunday attacks across Nigeria.

Churches burned.
Women and children abducted.
The world stays silent.

But Heaven does not.

“The world was not worthy of them.” — Hebrews 11:38 ✝️

[Cristina @cristina314]

Wishing everyone a happy Easter. “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” Matthew 28:6 NIV

[Moira Deeming MP @MoiraDeemingMP]

Happy Easter!