...................No Jesus, No peace...Know Jesus, Know Peace....................
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. – Psalm 119:105
...Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee Revelation 2:1-4..
Ever wish you could get a personal letter from Jesus? Well, seven churches in Asia did. They came through the apostle John’s pen but were inspired by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Dr. J. Vernon McGee calls these “God’s love letters to churches.” They were an encouragement and sometimes a warning to the first recipients of this message, and they do the same for us who listen to them today.
...Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee Dr. J. Vernon McGee...
Expect Slow Growth
Don’t expect that as a Christian that you’re going to become full grown overnight. Now God adopts you into the family as a full-grown son, where you’re able to understand divine truth because the Holy Spirit is your teacher. But your growth and my growth is slow. We may learn truths in the Bible, but we will find that in our lives that you and I go through very much like Simon Peter, stumbling here and falling down there. Thank God, Simon Peter kept getting up and brushing himself off, and there came the day when he had a very close walk with the Lord. But you and I need to recognize that in our own life, the growth is slow.
...Daily Promises...
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. (Psalm 145:19)
Fear the Lord and seek Him on His heavenly throne and you will be given the desires of your heart. So fervent is the believer's desire to see God and please Him that God is well pleased to fulfil this desire. These that seek God shall see Him! This is incredible! This is amazing! There is no reason that man in his shabby and sinful existence has any right to expect God to reveal Himself. Yet God has given His children surpassing desire to see Him and He in mercy will show Himself to His children! Glory!
https://www.blueletterbible.org/devotionals/promises/view.cfm
...One Day We Will Understand...
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. -- John 13:7
As God works in our lives, we don't always understand the things that are taking place. One day we will.
https://digginganotherwell.substack.com/p/one-day-we-will-understand
...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
“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”
William Faulkner
..................Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends................
M.B. Mathews - The president is a badass...The American presidency has never known anyone like him before.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/the_president_is_a_badass.html
Anton Cebalo - A New Anti-Political Fervor...How the collapse of political belonging is reshaping democracy.
https://www.noemamag.com/a-new-anti-political-fervor/
Antón Barba-Kay - High Priest of the Dark Enlightenment...The Techno-Futurism Is Now
Nathan Gardels - A Test Of Great Power Spheres Of Influence...The outcome in Venezuela, Ukraine and Taiwan will determine the next world order.
https://www.noemamag.com/a-test-of-great-power-spheres-of-influence/
James McWilliams - Why I Try to Be Kind...It’s an axiom that technologies reshape ethics.
https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/why-i-try-to-be-kind
...continued in comments…
Moon Of Alabama - Regime Change Riots In Iran Fail Faster Than Expected
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/01/regime-change-riots-in-iran-fail-faster-than-expected.html
Monica Showalter - A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money in California...
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/a_trillion_here_a_trillion_there_and_pretty_soon_you_re_talking_about_real_money_in_california.html
Christine Rosen - Our Pets, Ourselves...A turn to animals for emotional support is hardly surprising, even if it is not ideal.
https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/animals-and-us/articles/our-pets-ourselves
Monday Poem...Jim Culleny - I am Hawk
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2026/01/poem-by-jim-culleny-63.html
Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Just One Victory Live at the Chicago Theatre 2018
https://youtu.be/_w3K-HE8w8U?si=0Smzfw3dNc-cf0Jc
Image published with permission from Ghenghis Gary.
https://images.americanthinker.com/xb/xbulqzzyijtmsmm7wr2t_640.jpg
...The Worst Of The Babylon Bee...
Democrats Fear Iranian Love Of Freedom Could Spread To America
https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-fear-iranian-desire-for-freedom-could-spread-to-america
Tucker Carlson Heads To Iran To Put Down Protests
https://babylonbee.com/news/tucker-carlson-heads-to-iran-to-put-down-protests
Tucker Carlson Dumbfounded Why Iranians Protesting Most Amazing Government On Planet
https://babylonbee.com/news/tucker-carlson-dumbfounded-why-iranians-protesting-most-amazing-government-on-planet
Protesters Protest For Higher Protesting Wage
https://babylonbee.com/news/protesters-protest-for-higher-protesting-wage
Gotham’s Liberal Women Gather Outside Arkham To Protest Arrest Of The Joker
https://babylonbee.com/news/gothams-liberal-women-gather-outside-arkham-to-protest-arrest-of-the-joker
Not Quite brain_dead....
Geert Wilders - The West will and can survive #Islam with this Seven-Point Plan
https://x.com/geertwilderspvv/status/2010398448152125574?s=20
This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling
https://x.com/nettermike/status/2009843044028428714?s=20
A “rocket company” is registered at a residential address in a rundown DC area and received $4 million dollars from the DOD
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2010410553148350568?s=20
Former Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann says that Minnesota Democrats create inflated budgets so they can launder the extra money as grants to their friend’s NGOs
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2010561047749329358?s=20
Contender's Edge News, Views, And Info
The Remedy To Fear
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-remedy-to-fear.html
He should not even be given that chance. ICE needs to arrest him immediately for obstruction of justice.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/soros-backed-philadelphia-da-larry-krasner-threatens-ice/
Israel was meant to be a self-sufficient nation and we should wish them well in this endeavour.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-882871
This is the kind of behavior that turns off men from marrying single mothers. She clearly does not have the love and respect for her husband that she should have.
https://x.com/Gidi_Traffic/status/1998007059468476638
And then she descended into another kind of crazy.
https://national-conservative.com/the-rise-of-candace-owens/
Look carefully people, in a socialist society or Communist society, these are the luxuries that the ruling class will have while everyone lives in squalor.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/9/zohran-mamdani-open-mayors-mansion-illegal-immigrants/
A sword that can cut both ways (for good or ill)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/8/trump-sign-order-blocking-states-regulating-artificial-intelligence/
Those sadly seem to be lost arts.
https://substack.com/@ahomemakersmanifesto/note/c-183144555
...PowderRoomPolitics - Presents...Animal Antics: Wild Events!!...
Woman Steps Outside With Bernese Mountain Dog Mix, Then the Coyotes Appear
https://www.newsweek.com/woman-steps-outside-bernese-mountain-dog-mix-coyotes-appear-11336720
Horror As Ring Cam Shows Woman on Porch, Oblivious to What’s Inches Away
https://www.newsweek.com/cctv-captures-woman-oblivious-snake-11255128
Cat’s Trick To Get Whipped Cream Delights Internet
‘That Is An Actor’
https://www.newsweek.com/cat-trick-get-whipped-cream-delights-11333742
Rescued One Cat, Gained Four
https://www.newsweek.com/owner-rescues-one-cat-shock-as-two-days-later-gets-triple-surprise-11336768
Bunny Tells Owner She's Ready To Leave Room
https://www.newsweek.com/how-bunny-tells-owner-shes-ready-to-leave-her-bedroom-goes-viral-11335866
This Is How You Do It!
https://www.newsweek.com/9-week-old-cocker-spaniel-mix-left-alone-pet-cam-footage-melts-hearts-11336599
Golden Has Will Power, Cat - Uses Differently!
https://www.newsweek.com/golden-retriever-obediently-ignores-hot-dog-cat-other-plans-11333935
Heart Warming Husky Tries To Wake Up His Best Buddy, Rescued Deaf Dog!
https://www.newsweek.com/husky-trying-wake-deaf-rescue-dog-1834440
We're Keeping the Kitten! Rescued Cat Demands Lady Keep Fostered Kitten!
https://www.newsweek.com/rescue-cat-demands-owner-adopts-foster-kitten-1834376
Hearts Melt As 3 Rescue Kittens Convinced Great Pyrenees Is ‘Their Mother’
https://www.newsweek.com/hearts-melt-kittens-convinced-great-pyrenees-their-mother-1891375
Grace Notes:
Very Vocal Kitten Gets Adopted Anyway...
https://www.newsweek.com/noisy-kitten-shelter-cat-adopted-reddit-1840824
Former Bomb Sniffing Dogs Seek and Gain Comfort From Man During Thunderstorm
https://www.newsweek.com/retired-bomb-sniffing-dogs-hear-thunderstorm-what-they-do-warms-hearts-11135484
Creative Blind Cat's Greeting To Lady Melts Hearts
https://www.newsweek.com/blind-cat-greets-owner-melts-hearts-video-1952294
Unfairly Judged Tattooed Youth Saves Golden From Being Put Down
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hX0Hp3toI8c
Lost And Found
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Cr5EVzCnJrE
...Meow Mix With The Missouri Wildcat Taffy333...
Pierre Kory, MD, MPA - In Defense of Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Structured Water: When Saying “Might” Is a Crime...They didn’t attack Joe Ladapo because he was reckless. They attacked him because a calm, credible authority suggested water quality matters, threatening an entire business model built on sickness.
https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/in-defense-of-surgeon-general-josephl
...Goodnight Newshounds...
Head Up
Eyes Forward
Hold The Line Patriots
Keep Calm
And
Howl On
u/#howl
C. H. Spurgeon's Evening Reading (January 12th)
"I have yet to speak on God's behalf." — Job 36:2
We ought not to court publicity for our virtue, or notoriety for our zeal; but, at the same time, it is a sin to be always seeking to hide that which God has bestowed upon us for the good of others. A Christian is not to be a village in a valley, but "a city set upon a hill"; he is not to be a candle under a bushel, but a candle in a candlestick, giving light to all. Retirement may be lovely in its season, and to hide one's self is doubtless modest, but the hiding of Christ in us can never be justified, and the keeping back of truth which is precious to ourselves is a sin against others and an offence against God. If you are of a nervous temperament and of retiring disposition, take care that you do not too much indulge this trembling propensity, lest you should be useless to the church. Seek in the name of Him who was not ashamed of you to do some little violence to your feelings, and tell to others what Christ has told to you. If thou canst not speak with trumpet tongue, use the still small voice. If the pulpit must not be thy tribune, if the press may not carry on its wings thy words, yet say with Peter and John, "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee." By Sychar's well talk to the Samaritan woman, if thou canst not on the mountain preach a sermon; utter the praises of Jesus in the house, if not in the temple; in the field, if not upon the exchange; in the midst of thine own household, if thou canst not in the midst of the great family of man. From the hidden springs within let sweetly flowing rivulets of testimony flow forth, giving drink to every passer-by. Hide not thy talent; trade with it; and thou shalt bring in good interest to thy Lord and Master. To speak for God will be refreshing to ourselves, cheering to saints, useful to sinners, and honouring to the Saviour. Dumb children are an affliction to their parents. Lord, unloose all Thy children's tongue.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/devotionals/me/view.cfm?Time=pm
C. H. Spurgeon's Morning Reading (January 13th)
"Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber." — 1 Kings 22:48
Solomon's ships had returned in safety, but Jehoshaphat's vessels never reached the land of gold. Providence prospers one, and frustrates the desires of another, in the same business and at the same spot, yet the Great Ruler is as good and wise at one time as another. May we have grace today, in the remembrance of this text, to bless the Lord for ships broken at Ezion-geber, as well as for vessels freighted with temporal blessings; let us not envy the more successful, nor murmur at our losses as though we were singularly and specially tried. Like Jehoshaphat, we may be precious in the Lord's sight, although our schemes end in disappointment.
The secret cause of Jehoshaphat's loss is well worthy of notice, for it is the root of very much of the suffering of the Lord's people; it was his alliance with a sinful family, his fellowship with sinners. In 2 Chron. 20:37, we are told that the Lord sent a prophet to declare, "Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works." This was a fatherly chastisement, which appears to have been blest to him; for in the verse which succeeds our morning's text we find him refusing to allow his servants to sail in the same vessels with those of the wicked king. Would to God that Jehoshaphat's experience might be a warning to the rest of the Lord's people, to avoid being unequally yoked together with unbelievers! A life of misery is usually the lot of those who are united in marriage, or in any other way of their own choosing, with the men of the world. O for such love to Jesus that, like Him, we may be holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners; for if it be not so with us, we may expect to hear it often said, "The Lord hath broken thy works."
https://www.blueletterbible.org/devotionals/me/view.cfm?doy=13