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19+ min ago (679+ words) The love message is the power of the Gospel. It's so simple: Love God and love your neighbor as you love yourself. We often think we need someone to love us, but what we really need is someone to love. The world is desperate for real love, so it isn't hard to find someone who needs to be loved. We live in a society that drives people to selfishness. So much of the advertising we see and hear influences us to want more and more and never to be satisfied with what we have. But the more selfish and self-centered we are, the less power we have to do good and help others. The good news is we have what we need in Christ to overcome a selfish "What about me?!" mindset and lifestyle. We have the power of God's…...

19+ min ago (500+ words) Evil rarely forces its way into a life; more often, it's invited through the choices we make and the desires we entertain. Scripture teaches that temptation begins within us'long before the devil ever takes advantage of it. James 1:14 reminds us that "each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed." Sin starts small, as a thought or an indulgence, but once entertained, it grows until it brings death. The heart, left unchecked, can deceive us into believing compromise is harmless. Jeremiah 17:9 says it plainly: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" Sin rarely happens overnight. A thought becomes a conversation, a conversation becomes a habit, and soon the soul is entangled in darkness. Demonic influence often begins at this point'not with possession, but persuasion. Once we entertain…...

19+ min ago (348+ words) A Trump supporter sporting a red "Keep America Great" hat at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa. Aspects and Angles / Shutterstock The shocking performance was just one example of Jurinsky"s cuckoo style of public service, which strictly adhered to the MAGA themes of leadership: outrage, grievance and, above all, attention. She was clearly thrilled to be in the MAGA limelight. But it"s reasonable to say her constituents were less enthusiastic. Last month, Aurora voters sent this Trump acolyte packing. Moreover, progressive city council candidates swept the races and flipped a longtime conservative majority. Conservative Steve Sundberg, known for making racist ads for his sports bar, was also booted from office. Dave Perry, longtime editor of the Aurora Sentinel, in a column after the election captured how toxic city hall had become while Jurinsky and Sundberg were in the…...

27+ min ago (70+ words) Children are among several killed in fighting in the DRC, a day after the signing of US-backed peace deal. Civilians killed in DRC fighting, a day after peace deal signing Children were among at least 23 people reported killed in fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just a day after the signing of a US-backed peace agreement between the leaders of the DRC and neighbouring Rwanda....

29+ min ago (561+ words) Politicians approve the controversial conscription law after months of heated debate, amid fears over a potential war with Russia. By Alastair McCready and News Agencies About 3,000 people have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against Germany's new military service bill, after Bundestag politicians backed the legislation intended to bolster the country's armed forces. Germany's parliament approved the controversial conscription legislation on Friday after months of heated debate. It comes amid a pledge by NATO allies to increase defence spending, boosting Europe's defence capabilities amid fears Russia's war on Ukraine could spill across its borders. Tess Datzer, an 18-year-old protester in the German capital, said she felt it was unfair for her generation to have to go to war "for a country that does little for us. "There is no investment in our pensions, not in our future, not…...

32+ min ago (476+ words) Qatar PM: Gaza truce incomplete without 'full Israel withdrawal' Egypt sends hundreds of detainees to terrorism courts Canada lifts sanctions on Syria, revokes HTS' terror designation Homs: A stability test that Syria's new authorities are failing Iraq 2.0? How UN Security Council put Gaza under US occupation The Mission: A surgeon, a war and the film the world must see A Palestinian baby suffered from tear-gas'induced asphyxiation during an Israeli military raid that saw several people arrested in the occupied West Bank. It comes in light of ongoing military operations across the territory where Israeli assaults have spiked in recent months. South of the city of Nablus, a 20-day-old baby boy suffered from asphyxiation after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a raid in the village of Madama, in Nablus, overnight Friday. Palestinian paramedics said the infant was hospitalised....

33+ min ago (580+ words) In late November, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent instructions to US diplomats directing them to sell Trump's immigration policies to allies who don't want them. In a barely reported move, Rubio instructed American diplomats serving Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada to start "raising concerns" about "immigrant crime" with foreign leaders, while encouraging them to adopt harsher entry restrictions. Rubio's directive suggests he is unaware that Canadian, and most European leaders, regard Trump as an undisciplined moron. Unable to read the global room, Rubio instructed American diplomats to "regularly engage host governments" on immigrant crime, and to "report back' on allies who seem "overly supportive of immigrants." The goal, Rubio said, is to build foreign support for Trump's "reform policies related to migrant crime, defending national sovereignty, and ensuring the safety of local communities." The result, most likely, will…...

41+ min ago (422+ words) Foreign ministers slam Israel's breach of the ceasefire, and its one-way exit plan which aims to "displace Palestinian people from their land'. Gaza mediators Egypt and Qatar, and six other Muslim-majority countries have raised the alarm over Israel's stated plan for a one-way opening of the Rafah border crossing, which would allow Palestinians to leave their territory, but not to return, and block the entry of humanitarian aid. It comes as Israel's genocidal war on Gaza continues unabated, with some 600 violations of the ceasefire in the last seven weeks. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates issued a joint statement on Saturday that expressed "deep concern" over a recent military announcement that the "Rafah Crossing will open in the coming days exclusively for the exit of residents from the Gaza…...

48+ min ago (800+ words) The US has long sat at the centre of the global financial system, with the US dollar serving as the backbone of the world economy. Private investors rely on the dollar as a store of value in times of uncertainty. Governments and central banks hold dollars to manage the value of their own currencies and as a form of insurance against economic shocks. Key commodities such as oil are also priced in dollars. This dominant position, which has given the US enormous privileges including the capacity to borrow money cheaply and the ability to use the global financial system as a tool of statecraft, is often explained through the size and stability of US markets and the strength of its institutions. But beneath these economic fundamentals lies something more intangible: trust. Countries and private financial institutions hold dollars, trade in…...

49+ min ago (631+ words) The latest South Park episode nailed it: When "Secretary of War" Pete Hegseth gets wind of a small Colorado town's annual holiday race, he declares it an "Antifa uprising" and calls out the troops to crush it. While armed forces assemble their AK-47s, Hegseth struts around filming himself for well-coiffed social media content, unaware that his obsession with "lethality" looks unhinged. South Park's point, previewed during Hegseth's shameful speech at Quantico, and his sophomoric tome championing war without rules, is that Donald Trump has reduced the US military to an absurdist prop so grotesque it raises questions of insanity. After a series of US strikes in the ocean killed 87 people suspected of trafficking drugs, strikes properly assessed as murder regardless of whether people died in the first, second, or whichever strike, Congress is finally alarmed as calls for Hegseth's impeachment…...