...................No Jesus, No peace...Know Jesus, Know Peace....................
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. – Isaiah 26:3
...Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee Malachi 3:8...
The people are robbing God of tithes and offerings, so God’s rebuke of Israel (through the prophet Malachi) continues. Join us as Malachi focuses on the uncomfortable subject of giving, and hear more about tithing under the Mosaic legal system and how it relates to us today. The answers may surprise you.
...Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee Dr. J. Vernon McGee...
God Is With Us
“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted means God with us.” May I say this is without doubt one of the most wonderful things that you have in the entire Word of God. How this One came down to this earth! We see Jesus, who is “made a little lower than the angels, because of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” And how can Jesus be a Savior? Because He’s Emmanuel—God with us. I couldn’t die for the sins of the world; couldn’t even die for my own. But He can.
...Daily Promises...
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
As Christ came as a child to live and die for His people, so too will He come again arrayed in victory, charging forth in holy righteousness to announce the final consummation of His heavenly kingdom! Great shall be that day! Great in sorrow! Great in joy! All authority is given Him: to judge and to save. Trust upon the saving lifeblood of the risen Lord and rejoice in His return! Mighty will be His host and unparalleled the joy that shall reign eternal upon all His people!
...Something Worth Pondering...
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. — Luke 2:19
Rather than quickly moving on from Christmas, we should keep in mind all the things that have changed in our lives due to the Savior.
https://digginganotherwell.substack.com/p/something-worth-pondering
___...Faith Plus Nothing Equals Salvation...
https://youtu.be/fDR0mu18x80?si=aG5gQZZ3noLTFzQk
https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/mcgee_j_vernon/eBooks/faith-plus-zero-equals-salvation.cfm
“The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands”
Martin Luther
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
Malcolm X
..................Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends................
Mike Driver - The Maverick Strain
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/12/22/the-maverick-strain/
Ann Coulter - Come All Ye Fake Christians...My handy guide to spotting them. “Christians have always stood apart from the bien-pensant, opposing accepted practices like polygamy, gladiatorial contests, sacrificial offerings to the gods, slavery, abandonment of widows, ostentatious displays of wealth, sexual degeneracy, etc.”
https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/come-all-ye-fake-christians
Taki - Hog Wild...“No wonder The Donald called her piggy.”
https://www.takimag.com/article/hog-wild/
E. Jeffrey Ludwig -Our Nation Is Reversing Course...The erosion of the philosophical and institutional/constitutional structure of America has intensified during a period exceeding one hundred years beginning with Woodrow Wilson.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/our_nation_is_reversing_course.html
Alastair Crooke - Trump morphs from asset to liability for Israel
...continued in comments..
Caitlin Johnstone - Stop Picking On Poor Little Israel
https://substack.com/@caitlinjohnstone/p-182378356
Caitlin Johnstone - If You're Not Free To Oppose A Genocide, Your Society Is Not Free
https://substack.com/@caitlinjohnstone/p-182228375
Caitlin Johnstone - If Israel Gets To Undermine Our Rights, Then We Get To Undermine Israel
https://substack.com/@caitlinjohnstone/p-182207933
Tony Greenstein - Opposing genocide is no crime...Britain supports Israeli genocide in Gaza in deeds, if not in words. Disagreeing with that complicity risks arrest under counter-terrorism laws and a draconian prison sentence
https://archive.ph/wip/C48ZD
US Launches Strikes Against "Terrorist Scum" In Nigeria
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-launches-strikes-against-terrorist-scum-nigeria
Allan J. Feifer - Policy Decisions, Immigration, And Greed Drive America’s Poverty Industry...Not only can America do better than this, but it must also do better than this if it’s to survive.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/policy_decisions_immigration_and_greed_drive_america_s_poverty_industry.html
Ben Goldsmith and Philip Lymbery - American Treif...U.S. pig farming favors Big Ag over family-owned farms, federal power over states rights, China over America, and is a moral obscenity loathed by evangelicals as well as activists concerned about chronic disease. So why are MAGA and MAHA silent about it?
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/american-treif
Self-Respect: The Radical’s Tool in Dismantling Psychopolitics, Part 1
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/12/23/self-respect-the-radicals-tool-in-dismantling-psychopolitics-part-1/
Harvey Kropotkin - Self-Respect: The Radical’s Tool in Dismantling Psychopolitics, Part 2
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/12/26/self-respect-the-radicals-tool-in-dismantling-psychopolitics-part-2/
Winter Oak - A strange kind of happiness
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/12/22/a-strange-kind-of-happiness/
Weekend Knowledge Dump- December 26, 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-december-26-2025
Active Response Training...Top 10 Most Popular Articles of 2025
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/top-10-most-popular-articles-of-2025
Rural Revolution...In-your-face stuff from an opinionated rural North Idaho housewife
http://www.rural-revolution.com/
Erik Wesner - Amish Life..17 Striking Winter Photos That Show Amish Country at Its Most Beautiful
https://amishamerica.com/17-stunning-winter-photos-amish-country/
Erik Wesner - Amish Culture...This Video of Amish Children Singing Christmas Carols Will Warm Your Heart
https://amishamerica.com/amish-children-sing-christmas-carols/
Erik Wesner - Amish Life...A Place To Stay (Part 4): Christmas Day
https://amishamerica.com/a-place-to-stay-part-four-christmas-day/
Theodore Dalrymple - Brother of the Quill...“Is this creature real, or the product or creation of artificial intelligence?”
https://www.takimag.com/article/brother-of-the-quill/
W.D. James - The Grinch: False Philosopher
https://winteroak.org.uk/2025/12/24/the-grinch-false-philosopher/
William Zinsser - A Christmas Dinner
https://theamericanscholar.org/a-christmas-dinner-2/
Mark N. Grant - Requiem for a Lost Art...Remembering the stars of theater’s golden age
https://theamericanscholar.org/requiem-for-a-lost-art/
Friday Poem...Elizabeth Jennings - “Absence”
https://theamericanscholar.org/absence-by-elizabeth-jennings/
Albert King & John Mayall - “Born Under a Bad Sign” Live 1982
https://youtu.be/NgZZgu8DcS0?si=m-zx_BISIScEt9wL
Image published with permission from Will O'Toole
https://images.americanthinker.com/i8/i8ef8ihq8nyh24shjb9h_800.jpg
...The Worst Of The Babylon Bee...
Scandal Rocks CBS News As Bari Weiss Asks Journalists To Do Journalism
https://babylonbee.com/news/scandal-rocks-cbs-news-as-bari-weiss-asks-journalists-to-do-journalism
Ocasio-Cortez Appears On 'The Price Is Right,' Guesses Everything Is Free
https://babylonbee.com/news/ocasio-cortez-appears-on-price-is-right-guesses-everything-is-free
Man Thought Adult Christmases Would Have A Lot More Surprise Cars With Giant Bows On Top
https://babylonbee.com/news/man-thought-adult-christmases-would-have-a-lot-more-surprise-cars-with-giant-bows-outside
Jolly Neil DeGrasse Tyson Going Down People's Chimneys And Telling Kids Santa Isn't Real
https://babylonbee.com/news/jolly-neil-degrasse-tyson-going-down-peoples-chimneys-and-telling-kids-santa-isnt-real
Uh Oh: Wife Actually DID Want Something For Christmas
https://babylonbee.com/news/uh-oh-wife-actually-did-want-something-for-christmas
...Not Quite brain_dead...
The Devil Isn't Concerned About Muslims, Jews, Hindus, or Anyone Other Than Christians
https://x.com/NatlyDenise_/status/2004201390969885093
NDAA Quietly Adds Cybersecurity Requirement for Voting Systems
https://yournews.com/2025/12/24/5535800/ndaa-quietly-adds-cybersecurity-requirement-for-voting-systems/
Cuban Intelligence Officer explains what’s being done to destabilize America
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2004436148966625754?s=20
Deep state exposes Obama’s Clinton cover-up & the IC spying on Trump
https://www.americaoutloud.news/deep-state-exposes-obamas-clinton-cover-up-the-ic-spying-on-trump/
Thai Airstrikes Collapse Underground Biodiversity and Ignite Beijing's Power Crisis
https://youtu.be/_RBEfYuIxg4?si=PLdalsY9iNE6oxJc
...PowderRoomPolitics - Animal Antics - Rescued And Loved...
Saving Three Small Deer Lying In The Middle Of The Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZL15CXzL1A
Winky The Kitten Stays Kitten - Sized!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LKhQ92fC8
Getting One of The Best Gifts Ever
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mC2Tdo59ZYQ
I Love You - Cats
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1ncbBKfCYd0
Milo The Cat Wants His Fireplace ON!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9MIHSK10i7I
Kitty Does Not Want To Sleep Alone!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hpg16mdUe2U
Horses On Snow And Ice
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2iQ5l8zwjNA
Hero Dog Saves Trucker:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g3M4P9WQUCU
Rhythm Of The Pets
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ySC23YzRGn0
The Healing Power of Love, For A Horse
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/71QWxQVcmkc
...Meow Mix With The Missouri Wildcat Taffy333...
Rachel Robison-Greene - The Temptations of Nostalgia
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2024/10/the-temptations-of-nostalgia.html
...Goodnight Newshounds...
Head Up
Eyes Forward
Hold The Line Patriots
Keep Calm
And
Howl On
u/#howl
C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (December 26th)
"Lo, I am with you alway." — Matthew 28:20
The Lord Jesus is in the midst of His church; He walketh among the golden candlesticks; His promise is, "Lo, I am with you alway." He is as surely with us now as He was with the disciples at the lake, when they saw coals of fire, and fish laid thereon and bread. Not carnally, but still in real truth, Jesus is with us. And a blessed truth it is, for where Jesus is, love becomes inflamed. Of all the things in the world that can set the heart burning, there is nothing like the presence of Jesus! A glimpse of Him so overcomes us, that we are ready to say, "Turn away Thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me." Even the smell of the aloes, and the myrrh, and the cassia, which drop from His perfumed garments, causes the sick and the faint to grow strong. Let there be but a moment's leaning of the head upon that gracious bosom, and a reception of His divine love into our poor cold hearts, and we are cold no longer, but glow like seraphs, equal to every labour, and capable of every suffering. If we know that Jesus is with us, every power will be developed, and every grace will be strengthened, and we shall cast ourselves into the Lord's service with heart, and soul, and strength; therefore is the presence of Christ to be desired above all things. His presence will be most realized by those who are most like Him. If you desire to see Christ, you must grow in conformity to Him. Bring yourself, by the power of the Spirit, into union with Christ's desires, and motives, and plans of action, and you are likely to be favoured with His company. Remember His presence may be had. His promise is as true as ever. He delights to be with us. If He doth not come, it is because we hinder Him by our indifference. He will reveal Himself to our earnest prayers, and graciously suffer Himself to be detained by our entreaties, and by our tears, for these are the golden chains which bind Jesus to His people.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/devotionals/me/view.cfm?Time=pm
C. H. Spurgeon's Morning Reading (December 27th)
"Can the rush grow up without mire?" — Job 8:11
The rush is spongy and hollow, and even so is a hypocrite; there is no substance or stability in him. It is shaken to and fro in every wind just as formalists yield to every influence; for this reason the rush is not broken by the tempest, neither are hypocrites troubled with persecution. I would not willingly be a deceiver or be deceived; perhaps the text for this day may help me to try myself whether I be a hypocrite or no. The rush by nature lives in water, and owes its very existence to the mire and moisture wherein it has taken root; let the mire become dry, and the rush withers very quickly. Its greenness is absolutely dependent upon circumstances, a present abundance of water makes it flourish, and a drought destroys it at once. Is this my case? Do I only serve God when I am in good company, or when religion is profitable and respectable? Do I love the Lord only when temporal comforts are received from His hands? If so I am a base hypocrite, and like the withering rush, I shall perish when death deprives me of outward joys. But can I honestly assert that when bodily comforts have been few, and my surroundings have been rather adverse to grace than at all helpful to it, I have still held fast my integrity? then have I hope that there is genuine vital godliness in me. The rush cannot grow without mire, but plants of the Lord's right hand planting can and do flourish even in the year of drought. A godly man often grows best when his worldly circumstances decay. He who follows Christ for his bag is a Judas; they who follow for loaves and fishes are children of the devil; but they who attend Him out of love to Himself are His own beloved ones. Lord, let me find my life in Thee, and not in the mire of this world's favour or gain.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/devotionals/me/view.cfm?doy=362