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Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee 2 John Intro
“When love and truth are in conflict, which one should prevail?” That’s what we’ll learn in this study of 2 John. Written to warn against entertaining those who denied the deity of Christ, the Apostle John reminds us that if you do not practice righteousness in your life, and love your fellow Christian brother, you are not of God.
Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee Dr. J. Vernon McGee
“I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.” Now it doesn’t make any difference how dark it is today and how high the waves are roaring. These things ought not to disturb the child of God. They ought not to detour us. And actually the powers of heaven today seem to be shaken. And he told us, “When all these things just begin to come to pass … then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” These are days when God’s children need to stay very close to God. We need to stay close to the Word of God.
References: Micah 7:5-15
Daily Promises
Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (James 1:12)
Find your strength in the Gospel promise. Overcome the slings and arrows of the enemy's wrought! Overcome them by the beautiful power of Christ. Trust your salvation to the sovereign hand of God. Persevere, O brothers and sisters, and you shall be welcomed with great fortune of riches! The crown of life shall be granted you and you shall glorify the Lamb! Love God for He first loved you!
The Refinement Process
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. -- Job 23:10
The refinement process is not always easy, but we have to trust in the one who is doing the work.
https://digginganotherwell.substack.com/p/the-refinement-process
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“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
Baruch Spinoza
Today's Wins
1 James Howard Kunstler - Going, Going Gone. . . ....“Because they can no longer distinguish between fantasy and reality, they are too crazy to lead this country, and Americans know it.” - Sasha Stone on the Democratic Party
https://www.kunstler.com/p/going-going-gone
2 Ann Coulter - The NYT's Idea of a Conservative Is a Blithering Idiot...“Just when you think Douthat’s column can’t get any stupider, he comes up with something even stupider: His belief in UFOs.”
https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/the-nyts-idea-of-a-conservative-is
3 New bribery charges against Smartmatic president...The case underscores the broader problem of election tech firms operating in legal gray zones.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/new_bribery_charges_against_smartmatic_president.html
4 Calling 9-1-1 On AB 495: Critics Fight Back Against Dangerous California Bill Being Called ‘A Child Trafficker’s Dream’
5 RFK shuts down government-sponsored mRNA vaccine research
...continued in comments...
6 Appeals court tosses contempt finding, rips Obama-appointed judge's legal abuse against Trump Admin
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/08/appeals-court-rules-judge-james-boasberg-exceeded-his-contempt-authority/
7 The Strength of Peace: Nicaragua Celebrates the 46th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2025/08/08/the-strength-of-peace-nicaragua-celebrates-the-46th-anniversary-of-the-sandinista-revolution/
8 Seymour Hersh - WILL TRUMP MEET PUTIN? A summit between the two powers could mean the start of a resolution to the Ukraine War
https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/will-trump-meet-putin
9 CNN Admits: Trump Promised, Trump Is Delivering
https://moonbattery.com/cnn-admits-trump-promised-trump-is-delivering/
10 Jeremy Kuzmarov - During National Whistleblower Day Event, Senator Says Whistleblowers Have Never Been More Urgently Needed
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2025/08/06/during-national-whistleblower-day-event-senator-says-whistleblowers-have-never-been-more-urgently-needed/
11 Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 8, 2025 - Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/weekend-knowledge-dump-august-8-2025
12 Rural Revolution...In-your-face stuff from an opinionated rural North Idaho housewife
http://www.rural-revolution.com/
13 Amish Controversies - The Amish Were Fined $118,000 For Refusing Vaccinations In Their Schools. Now They’re Appealing To The Supreme Court
https://amishamerica.com/amish-fined-118000-for-refusing-vaccinations-in-schools-now-appealing-to-supreme-court/
14 Amish Culture - New From Amish Group Third Fret Harmony: “Sing Me A Song About Jesus”
https://amishamerica.com/new-from-amish-group-third-fret-harmony-sing-me-a-song-about-jesus/
15 Taki - Laconophilia...“The Spartans remain famous throughout history for their doomed stand at Thermopylae and are immortalized as the epitome of martial prowess.”
https://www.takimag.com/article/laconophilia/
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.takimag.com/article/laconophilia/
16 Theodore Dalrymple - Architects of Our Own Destruction - “People who do not see or value beauty are unlikely to be much disturbed by ugliness.”
https://www.takimag.com/article/architects-of-our-own-destruction/
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.takimag.com/article/architects-of-our-own-destruction/
17 Winter Oak - The disgodding of nature and our hearts
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/08/04/the-disgodding-of-nature-and-our-hearts/
Look What The Dog Dragged In
18 Friday: Below the Fold...Obama was champing at the bit on “Russia collusion,” Mahmoud Khalil is still here, media runs interference for Fort Stewart attacker, and more.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/119780-friday-below-the-fold-2025-08-08
19 Seth Rich: Dead Men Tell No Tales
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/seth_rich_dead_men_tell_no_tales.html
20 $10 billion, 10 year US Army contract elevates Palantir to defense contracting royalty...Crashes the multibillion-dollar DoD party alongside Boeing, Lockheed, and Raytheon
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/palantir_us_army_contract/
21 Leo Hohmann - EU proposes 'Chat Control' to monitor contents of all private messages, even on encrypted apps...This would be a big fish in the so-called Free World falling to full-on digital surveillance, which means the U.S. would eventually move in the same direction
https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/eu-proposes-chat-control-to-monitor
22 New York City’s $65M Transgender Shelter: A Misguided Use of Taxpayer Dollars
https://harbingersdaily.com/new-york-citys-65m-transgender-shelter-a-misguided-use-of-taxpayer-dollars/
23 Are We Witnessing the Collapse of International Law?
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2025/08/07/are-we-witnessing-the-collapse-of-international-law/
https://web.archive.org/save/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2025/08/07/are-we-witnessing-the-collapse-of-international-law/
24 Bill Clinton on Cultural Genocide in 1998
https://moonbattery.com/bill-clinton-on-cultural-genocide-in-1998/
25 Permanent Occupation: Now With Beach Access...“Now, say what you will about the French Riviera, but it wasn’t built atop the mass graves of its original inhabitants.”
https://www.takimag.com/article/permanent-occupation-now-with-beach-access/
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.takimag.com/article/permanent-occupation-now-with-beach-access/
26 U.K. cops threaten to arrest street preacher after Muslim militants threaten to stab him
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/u_k_cops_theaten_to_arrest_street_preacher_after_muslim_militants_threaten_to_stab_him.html
27 In the face of Islam, the Western death wish...Unimaginative and often indoctrinated Westerners cannot wrap their mind around the fact that Islam is an imperial ideology, not just another religion.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/in_the_face_of_islam_the_western_death_wish.html
28 Three Women Who Stood for Biblical Truth—and Got Fired
https://harbingersdaily.com/three-women-who-stood-for-biblical-truth-and-got-fired/
29 Using Blanks in Scenario Training
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/using-blanks-in-scenario-training
Dog Woo
30 Daily News Digest - Summary for August 08 2025...How to Set Up An Email Alias – #SolutionsWatch
https://dailynewsdigest.substack.com/p/daily-news-digest-summary-for-august-474
31 Winter Oak - Socrates’ Demon (The Myth of Philosophy 6)
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/08/06/socrates-demon-the-myth-of-philosophy-6/
32 Winter Oak - The “scientific” war on our freedom
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/08/08/the-scientific-war-on-our-freedom/
33 ‘Sabotaging’ The Weather?: Iran Blames Israel And The US For Devastating Drought
https://harbingersdaily.com/sabotaging-the-weather-iran-blames-israel-and-the-us-for-devastating-drought/
34 Democrats’ Perversion of Democracy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/democrats_perversion_of_democracy.html
35 Get Congress on a (Modified) National Guard Schedule
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/get_congress_on_a_modified_national_guard_schedule.html
36 A Polish angler expecting a fish pulls up rare 700-year-old sword: 'Real treasures'
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/angler-expecting-fish-pulls-up-rare-700-year-old-sword-real-treasures
37 Friday Poem...Fady Joudah - […]
https://theamericanscholar.org/by-fady-joudah/
38 Morgan James - Tonight, Tonight
https://youtu.be/S3VV_vj9wnA?si=-VcTJif9ODzMbarO
39 Image published with permission from Richard Terrell at AfterMath.
https://images.americanthinker.com/js/jsjuwpwjxvzugjf0phwg_800.jpg
Worst Of The Babylon Bee
40 Democrats Warn New Trump Census Could Negate All The Illegal Alien Votes Biden Brought In
https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-warn-new-trump-census-could-negate-all-the-illegal-alien-votes-biden-brought-in
41 Trump Takes Back Old Position At McDonald's To Boost Weak Jobs Report
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-takes-back-old-position-at-mcdonalds-to-boost-weak-jobs-report
42 Drug Cartels Begin Using Kryptonite To Fend Off ICE Agent Dean Cain
https://babylonbee.com/news/drug-cartels-begin-using-kryptonite-to-fend-off-ice-agent-dean-cain
43 Tolkien Estate Releases New Study Version Of 'The Silmarillion'
https://babylonbee.com/news/tolkien-estate-releases-new-study-version-of-the-silmarillion
44 Civilization In Turmoil As Man Fails To Tweet About Thing
https://babylonbee.com/news/civilization-in-turmoil-as-man-fails-to-tweet-about-thing
PowderRoomPolitics - Presents...Animal Antics: Pet Picks
1 Puppy Picks -You!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pwRlgEUjJfM
2 So, How Do Cats Pick Their Favorite People?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1W0xbmm4bEo
3 Boy Chooses Cupcake, Cupcake Chooses Boy
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oCGbfK0tYyU
4 Bobcat Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JyZevOMQRE0
5 Dog (And Puppies) Chooses A Racoon
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EgYKnwG1_3Y
6 Kitten Chooses Baby Bird
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zra31puT3Ao
7 Puppy Finds His Lady
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/21NNjldRUvo
8 Puppy Finds Mrs. Right
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vvpfn-pVqLQ
9 Duck Chooses Owner, Now Runs With Shoes In Marathons!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1AiTqjCKR1g
10 Momma Dog Chooses Lady To Care For Her And Puppies
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dSBFkCaSiv4
11 Dog Chooses Kittens As New Friends
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RPxqygLGDb4
Meow Mix With The Missouri Wildcat Taffy333
Puppets, every last one of them, every "head of state" with the rarest of exceptions, is a puppet. This is a truth that must be understood in order to affect a better world.
Ken O'Keefe
1 James Howard Kunstler - The Artificial Demon...“With apologies for bluntness, the mainstream press fucked around, now the mainstream press is finding out.” —Matt Taibbi
https://www.kunstler.com/p/the-artificial-demon
2 James Howard Kunstler - Suspicious Minds..."It was a coup, and I'm using that term literally ... One egregious felony after another." Stephen Miller
https://www.kunstler.com/p/suspicious-minds
3 Ann Coulter - MAYORKAS TO DEATH ROW? Biden's Hit Man... There are no serial killers on Mount Rushmore, but maybe Mayorkas could be the first.
https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/mayorkas-to-death-row
4 Caitlin Johnstone - Israel Apologists Think "No No, We're Starving SICK Kids!" Is A Winning Argument
https://substack.com/@caitlinjohnstone/p-169747411
6 Margaret Kimberley - Black Agenda Report - Zionist Shakedown...Israel is a genocidaire apartheid state silencing critics around the world through threats, intimidation, lawfare, and accusations of antisemitism to prevent facing justice through international law.
https://www.blackagendareport.com/zionist-shakedown
7 Birthright Citizen: The Little Conjunction That Explains Everything...When it comes to statutory interpretation, every word, including the little three-letter ones, has a profound meaning.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/birthright_citizen_the_little_conjunction_that_explains_everything.html
8 In death tech we trust: Report reveals depth of Microsoft's contribution to Israeli killing machine
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/06/752624/Microsoft-Israel-death-technology
9 The Linguistic Kill-Switch: Inside the Modern Propaganda Playbook
https://internationalman.com/articles/the-linguistic-kill-switch-inside-the-modern-propaganda-playbook/
10 The carbon footprint of your heart surgery: When climate zealotry invades the operating room
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/07/the-carbon-footprint-of-your-heart-surgery-when-climate-zealotry-invades-the-operating-room/
...Goodnight Newshounds...
Head Up
Eyes Forward
Hold The Line Patriots
Keep Calm
And
Howl On
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C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (August 8th)
"All things are possible to him that believeth." — Mark 9:23
Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly think that this is the necessary state of believers. This is a mistake, for "all things are possible to him that believeth"; and it is possible for us to mount into a state in which a doubt or a fear shall be but as a bird of passage flitting across the soul, but never lingering there. When you read of the high and sweet communions enjoyed by favoured saints, you sigh and murmur in the chamber of your heart, "Alas! these are not for me." O climber, if thou hast but faith, thou shalt yet stand upon the sunny pinnacle of the temple, for "all things are possible to him that believeth." You hear of exploits which holy men have done for Jesus; what they have enjoyed of Him; how much they have been like Him; how they have been able to endure great persecutions for His sake; and you say, "Ah! as for me, I am but a worm; I can never attain to this." But there is nothing which one saint was, that you may not be. There is no elevation of grace, no attainment of spirituality, no clearness of assurance, no post of duty, which is not open to you if you have but the power to believe. Lay aside your sackcloth and ashes, and rise to the dignity of your true position; you are little in Israel because you will be so, not because there is any necessity for it. It is not meet that thou shouldst grovel in the dust, O child of a King. Ascend! The golden throne of assurance is waiting for you! The crown of communion with Jesus is ready to bedeck your brow. Wrap yourself in scarlet and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day; for if thou believest, thou mayst eat the fat of kidneys of wheat; thy land shall flow with milk and honey, and thy soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness. Gather golden sheaves of grace, for they await thee in the fields of faith. "All things are possible to him that believeth."
C. H. Spurgeon's Morning Reading (August 9th)
"The city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it." — Revelation 21:23
Yonder in the better world, the inhabitants are independent of all creature comforts. They have no need of raiment; their white robes never wear out, neither shall they ever be defiled. They need no medicine to heal diseases, "for the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick." They need no sleep to recruit their frames-they rest not day nor night, but unweariedly praise Him in His temple. They need no social relationship to minister comfort, and whatever happiness they may derive from association with their fellows is not essential to their bliss, for their Lord's society is enough for their largest desires. They need no teachers there; they doubtless commune with one another concerning the things of God, but they do not require this by way of instruction; they shall all be taught of the Lord. Ours are the alms at the king's gate, but they feast at the table itself. Here we lean upon the friendly arm, but there they lean upon their Beloved and upon Him alone. Here we must have the help of our companions, but there they find all they want in Christ Jesus. Here we look to the meat which perisheth, and to the raiment which decays before the moth, but there they find everything in God. We use the bucket to fetch us water from the well, but there they drink from the fountain head, and put their lips down to the living water. Here the angels bring us blessings, but we shall want no messengers from heaven then. They shall need no Gabriels there to bring their love-notes from God, for there they shall see Him face to face. Oh! what a blessed time shall that be when we shall have mounted above every second cause and shall rest upon the bare arm of God! What a glorious hour when God, and not His creatures; the Lord, and not His works, shall be our daily joy! Our souls shall then have attained the perfection of bliss.
I pray for understanding and discernment. I wonder more and more these days if what I am reading is reality or psy op.
Thanks for posting these links.
"I pray for understanding and discernment. "
...worthy prayer...
God bless you for your participation...
...carry on Pilgrim...