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RE: Speed dating
You should give it a try
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
I'm in agreement with you Merlot not arguing with you .
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
If you know it's rhetoric then why fall for it?... and if it's not rhetoric?
How many times has he challenged the election as being fraud?
How many requests for delays in all his recent court dates?
Google 'following Hitler's playbook' and see the similarity.
Is that rhetoric?
I heard a nice description from a newscaster "He keeps throwing spaghetti on the wall hoping something will stick"
Defiantly Ignoring gag orders on defamation. One cost him millions.
Back to the blog topic:
How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
What do his followers not know or refuse to listen to his actions?
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
I pointed out that he's unlikely to be able to change the Constitution and gave reasons why in case people were getting worried about the impending doom that was being spread. If that helped to put some peoples minds at ease then I'm happy. The ones who want to rant like hysterical turkeys will continue to do so because of 'free speech' which they abuse.If you know it's rhetoric then why fall for it?
If it makes you feel better to hear my opinion of Trump then I will say that he is not someone I would want as a neighbour never mind a President but I won't join the Trump Haters Club.
The sky is falling... The sky is falling...
I looked at this link again:The dancers caught my eyes... What's wrong in the photo??
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Block's political ambitions have nothing to do with this discussion. He was employed by Trump so why is the truth you posted believable yet an expert in his field is not.Seems pretty believable to me.
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Therein lies the problem Merlot . Trump talking about what he will do and what he actually can do.
I've never known an ex President spout so much garbage as he has done since losing .
Repetitive rhetoric springs to mind.
RE: Speed dating
Don't put yourself down
To this day I still scratch my head wondering why people need technology to find ways to meet the opposite sex Did you know you can be asked out whilst grocery shopping?
I will never trust technology for meeting up with a man ever
I end up chatting with men when power walking On the bus On the train Grocery shopping The gym
At the club At the tavern Have been asked out at all the places I have mentioned even power walking the streets for exercise Couple of years ago I made a a final decision to stay single I'm happy as is but if I was into dating I wouldn't turn to technology I would stick to the real world & for the life of me I don't know why others don't stick to the real world
RE: The sky is falling... The sky is falling...
Fly to Australia 2028 & witness our eclipseRE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Can you tell me how he will actually accomplish these things."They believe he will destroy the constitution."
And
"Trump will force dictatorship onto a once land of the free."
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
You'd need a lot of stamina alright lol. He puts a lot of effort into his posts but his conclusions are absurd.
RE: The sky is falling... The sky is falling...
I live in Dallas...right in the path. But having seen several of them over the years, I wasn't much interested in this one. Laid down on the sofa and after a few minutes realized the room was totally dark... like 10pm dark. As it began to lighten some, I stepped out on the south facing front door and there was this strange image on the concrete. It was shadows of the clouds...now that freaked me out!! I have no explanation... so if you do... go ahead.RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
This question is still unanswered.RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Wrong again. The pope tried as hard as he could, behind the scenes, to moderate what the dictatorship was doing to the people.As this is not your blog you can't just delete any view you disagree with, as is your want.
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Morning Gs.I'm not pro-Trump or anyone else.
When I don't condemn Trump people seem to assume that I'm pro-Trump which is why I pointed out that I'm not pro-Trump.
I hope I've clarified that.
I am solely addressing the issue, not the person. Specifically the accuracy of the statement that Trump could change the Constitution.
I pointed out that it is unlikely he could "destroy" the Constitution and I gave reasons for my opinion.
If you still can't understand then I'm done here because the reactions from some are ott.
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Comedy? he already has tried to carry out a coup on losing once, in doing so he has displayed his true colours. Unfortunately nearly half of Americans will continue to vote for him as they either don't know what kind of person he is or don't care.
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
I have already posted true copy of evidence in this thread, that Trumps legal council put together, that evidence has not been put before a credible court.What one person e.g. Ken Block who founded the Rhode Island's Moderate Political Party and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2010. Who then switched to the Republican Party in 2013 and made an unsuccessful run for Rhode Island Governor in 2014. Says or alleges is a complete nonsense in my opinion
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Ken Block, whom the Trump campaign hired in 2020 to find voter fraud in the election, penned an op-ed Tuesday stating unequivocally that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen and that there was no evidence of voter fraud sufficient to change the outcome of the election.“Can a steady diet of lies and innuendo overcome the truth?” the USA Today op-ed began. “In November 2020, former President Donald Trump asserted that voter fraud had altered the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The day after the election, his campaign hired an expert in voter data to attempt to prove Trump’s allegations and put him back in the White House.”
“I am the expert who was hired by the Trump campaign,” Block wrote.
Block, who owns Simpatico Software Systems, said his company’s findings were communicated directly to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, and transcripts of depositions taken by the Jan. 6 select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol “show that the campaign found no evidence of voter fraud sufficient to change the outcome of any election.”
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Trump’s speech that ‘incited’ Capitol violence:However Conrad I of course can't post it as the full transcript is 21 pages long.emmmmmm oh well.
Donald Trump is facing the imminent prospect of becoming the first US president to be impeached twice following an extraordinary breach of the country’s Capitol in Washington, DC, by his supporters.
Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi are pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to strip Trump of his power by declaring him unable to fulfil his duties. If Pence refuses, as expected, the group will move forward bringing the impeachment case to the floor as soon as Monday.
Trump is accused of “incitement of insurrection” after giving an incendiary speech on January 6 in Washington DC before a mob violently attacked the heart of the US government. At least five people were killed in the assault.
The media will not show the magnitude of this crowd. Even I, when I turned on today, I looked, and I saw thousands of people here, but you don’t see hundreds of thousands of people behind you because they don’t want to show that. We have hundreds of thousands of people here, and I just want them to be recognised by the fake news media. Turn your cameras please and show what’s really happening out here because these people are not going to take it any longer.
They’re not going to take it any longer. Go ahead. Turn your cameras, please. Would you show? They came from all over the world, actually, but they came from all over our country. I just really want to see what they do. I just want to see how they covered. I’ve never seen anything like it. But it would be really great if we could be covered fairly by the media. The media is the biggest problem we have as far as I’m concerned, single biggest problem, the fake news and the big tech. Big tech is now coming into their own. We beat them four years ago. We surprised them. We took them by surprise and this year, they rigged an election.
They rigged it like they’ve never rigged an election before. By the way, last night, they didn’t do a bad job either, if you notice. I’m honest. I just, again, I want to thank you. It’s just a great honour to have this kind of crowd and to be before you. Hundreds of thousands of American patriots are committed to the honesty of our elections and the integrity of our glorious republic. All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical left Democrats, which is what they’re doing and stolen by the fake news media. That’s what they’ve done and what they’re doing. We will never give up. We will never concede, it doesn’t happen. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved.
RE: The sky is falling... The sky is falling...
and some Morons probably calling in that they can't see too well!
Useless trivia
Music deemed to be too fast or too slow has been banned in the Russian Republic of Chechnya — effectively silencing pop and techno songs.All music — including vocal and choreographic compositions — will now be limited to a tempo between 80 and 116 beats per minute.
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Morning Merlot,I'm sometimes at a loss to come to terms with your comments.Do you find it acceptable that Trump could change America to suit his own purpose ,whatever that might be ?
Trump’s claim about not being allowed “to talk” is self-defeating, given that he never shuts up.His latest Truth post comparing himself to Nelson Mandela is an insult to a great man who empowered his people not himself as Trump continues to do.
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
it actually has,but the Courts hid behind the flimsy "No Standing"-issue,and refused to look at the evidence!
RE: How can anyone vote for Trump, when even his staff won’t support him.
Grandsiozzie was told years ago not to comment on my posts. It seems he need a yearly reminder. He is band FOREVER.Grandsiozzie do not comment on my posts. Speak when you are spoken to.
@ merlot22 I don't know much about you but if you are like Grandsiozzie then don't comment on my post. If you are different from him then maybe other topics can be discuss but NOT politics.
RE: Speed dating
I’ve not done it but I would give it a try if I’m in the dating scene
Where is Patti Benzschewal.
Yes, I was active then.The only difference is that I keep a low profile now a days.
Where is Patti Benzschewal.
But the point is, where has she disappeared. As far as I know, she was fond of this platform.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
No, you need something beyond that.
You actually need to have the living presence of God with you and in you.
You need to actually have him in your life, spiritually, in you, on the inside of your life. You need Jesus. That's where the oil is such a powerful item in this parable. The oil represents always throughout the Bible, as far as I know, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit.
And a person gets the Holy Spirit only after what? Repenting of their sins and turning and placing all their faith and trust in the person and work of Jesus, laying down everything to give their lives to following Christ and receiving everything that he's done for them, and the moment that a person does that for the first time, the spirit of the living God, the spirit that hovered over the waters of creation, the spirit that rose Christ from the dead, comes to dwell you, lives inside of you and you.
Now in the moment, in the twinkling of an eye, become a temple of the Holy Spirit. God himself dwelling in you. Then and only then do you have the oil that you need in order to be ready for when Jesus comes back, that's the divide. Jesus is the divide. He's always the divide. Jesus, it's very possible. And according to our text, even common for a person to call themselves a Christian and not actually be a Christian because it's possible to call yourself a Christian and not have Jesus.
So does Jesus give us a way to tell who has the Holy Spirit in them and who doesn't? Yes. Those are the next two layers of Matthew 25 masterpiece that Jesus paints for us, and we're going to look at that question more carefully over the next two weeks.
But now I want to give you some takeaways from this text as you leave here tonight. I got four takeaways I want to leave you with. And these are going to be the last four fillings on your outline. Take away no one from our text. Jesus alone is the readiness you need to enter the kingdom. Jesus alone is the readiness you need to enter the kingdom, because this is not a parable that teaches that only some Christians will enter the kingdom.
This is not saying that all ten bridesmaids are Christians and some Christians are just really prepared and eager and ready. And they're going in and some genuine Christians are just having a nap and they're not ready and they don't care and they're not going. And that's not what this parable is teaching. It's not saying everyone's a Christian is saying that everyone professes and some are and some aren't. But the only thing that you need to have is Jesus and him alone. This is in every genuine Christian will enter the gates of Kingdom in that day.
If you have Jesus, then you're ready to go. When it's time take away. No to. Jesus is the one size fits all kind of readiness you need for eternal life. Jesus is the one size fits all kind of readiness you need for eternal life. As we look at our parable, our text, we have some things, we have a marriage feast, we have a bridegroom, we have bridesmaids with something glaring is missing from this parable in a wedding feast in a marriage.
What's what's missing? There's no bride like the star of a normal weddings is not here. How many times are you going to have a wedding without a bride? The bride is noticeably absent from this parable. And some Bible teacher suggests, though we don't need to or shouldn't make too much out of this omission and that we shouldn't read too much into every part of every parable that's given to us. Well, they're wrong, as Jeff says, and I quote and I to say, I'm not one of those Bible teachers, I'm not one because how do you have a marriage celebration without a bride?
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Utterly useless. And this is the only difference between the two groups of bridesmaids in our Perabo having oil or not having the oil. And so what does this mean for us today? What do we draw, what are these similarities and these differences mean for us today? Well, all 10 of the bridesmaids, as we've seen, were aware, invited, included, had made some preparations and they were expecting the bridegroom, but only some ended up actually going into the marriage feast.I believe this paints a picture for us of the group of people that exists right now all over the world today who would profess to be followers of Jesus Christ.
The world is full today and will be at the time when Jesus comes back of people who profess to be Christians, there are so many and this group of people who profess to be Christians is actually made up of two subgroups. There are those who are actually what they profess to be. I'm a Christian and I actually am one. But in this group of professing believers is a group of people that profess to be Christians and they aren't actually Christians.
And it's very difficult to tell the difference between the two groups and why is it so hard? Because like in our text, they all look the same. They all look the same. All of the 10 bridesmaids look the same.
And here's what this looks like in the gathering of people who profess Christ today in the church today, what this looks like, every person who professes to be a Christian is aware that Jesus is coming back in some form. Everyone who professes to be a Christian is invited to enter the kingdom. They're invited. Everyone everyone is included in the plans. And and everyone who professes Christ is making some form of preparation themselves. The bridesmaids all had their torches. We have our version of torches in the church today, and that includes outward forms of religious practices, attending church, reading the Bible, singing worship songs, giving money, telling others about Jesus and any other religious things that you can think of any other exterior outward forms of religious practices.
I believe that this is the symbol that the torches are conveying to us. But the entire group of people who call themselves Christian, only some are actually going to enter the kingdom when Jesus comes back and some are going to hear what the bridegroom says to the five foolish bridesmaids, In verses, 11 to 12 says this.
Afterward, the other virgins came also saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
But he answered, truly, I say to you, I do not know you, and so what's the difference then?
What's the difference between those who profess to be Christians and are going into the kingdom when it comes and those who profess to be Christians and are not going in? What's the difference if they all look the same outwardly? In our parable, what was it what was the difference between all of the bridesmaids, the only difference, the oil, the wives, the five wives had the oil and the five foolish didn't have the oil. This is so important. What's the oil for us?
Before you answer out loud, then we think about this with me.
What's the only thing the only thing that a person needs to have in their life in order for them to enter the kingdom of heaven? What's the only thing I heard mouth in? Whispered Jesus, the Holy Spirit.
You need to actually have Jesus. You need to have Jesus. A person needs to have him in order to be in his kingdom with him forever. You need him. That's it, and having him this goes beyond something, this goes beyond simply believing that Jesus exists or believing that he's got this goes beyond simply believing that he died and rose again. This goes beyond simply believing that he's coming back one day. The devil believes all those things I just listed for you and trust me, the devil is not going to be in the kingdom with us when Jesus comes back.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
And then they would consummate the marriage in this time as well, and then live their lives for the rest of their lives, hopefully happily ever after. And this is what we see in our text. This is the scene that we see in our text. The groom is coming back any moment and the wedding party is getting ready to meet him. And the wedding festivities are about to begin. And if the bridegroom came in the middle of the night like he did, torches will be necessary to walk through the streets on the way to the celebration.You might notice in your Bible, it uses the word lamps. The better translation is actually torch is a different word and it's a torch that they would use.
And this is the picture Jesus paints for us of his coming back. So he's already come once already. And when he came that first time, he paid the bride price for his bride, he gave his life up for her on the cross, shed his blood for her, and then he went away for a time to get things ready. But he's coming back. He's coming back. And when he does, we party. And when he does, we party.
And this is the picture of the coming kingdom. This is what we long for as his church. This is what we long for as his people come, Lord Jesus come. We're tired of what is happening right now. We're tired of living in the apocalypse every day. We're tired of the moths. We're tired of the fire. We're tired of all the politics. We're tired of injustice. We're tired of death and murder and corruption. We're tired of it all.
And our hearts long and beat for the king to come back because when he comes back, this is done. And its pleasures forevermore at his right hand, do it. Lord, we pray. Now, in the parable, Jesus gives us here when the bridegroom finally comes. Do all the bridesmaids go in? To the wedding feast, no, only some of the bridesmaids go into the marriage feast again, I know it says virgins in our text, but they were really bridesmaids of the bride.
Unmarried girls who are friends or family of the bride made up the bridal party. So virgins here are bridesmaids. Might you choose to use that word moving forward.
But only five of the 10 bridesmaids got to go to the wedding, and that's kind of a big deal. Because of this, I want to spend some time noting some of the similarities and some of the differences between all of the bridesmaids and our text, because doing this, I think, is going to help shed some light for us on who ends up going into the kingdom when it comes and who doesn't. Now, there are a lot of similarities between all 10 bridesmaids.
They were all aware that the bridegroom was coming. Eventually they were all invited to the marriage feast. They were all included in the wedding plans. They all made some preparations to go. They were all together waiting in the same place. They all had torches. They all were expecting to go when he arrived. And they all slept at appropriate times in the day, like at night, when people normally sleep, they all did this. There's only one difference, one main difference between the five wise bridesmaids and the five foolish ones, only one.
Verse is, two to four in our text, says five of them are foolish and five were wise, four when the Foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. Five Broadway with them and five did not bring a single drop of oil with them, so that they could actually use their torches at night, no oil, no fire, nothing. The foolish didn't bring any, not even a little bit.
And how are they ever going to light their torch? When the groom came having their torches was useless without having any oil?
RE: Embroiled...
I wasn’t talking about insider trading, I was discussing the fact Trump has a controlling interest in the company.