Has Tucker changed or did we have him wrong? (from Livestream #171)

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2023 

CURRENT EVENTS / TUCKER CARLSON

Two left-wing liberal Democrats, Bret and Heather, talk about the impact of Tucker Carlson.   Bret has been on Tucker's show a handful of times.   

These are two very smart people, but they have one fatal flaw: they are completely clueless as how liberalism is directly responsible for the deterioration of American society.   Oh well.   Still worth listening to their thoughts about Tucker Carlson. 

This Biblical Prophecy is Terrifying by Charles Lawson

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2023 

CHRISTIANITY / PREACHING / JUDGEMENT

It's been a long while since I've heard a good, solid "fire and brimstone" sermon, and this one is a work of art.   This is old school Baptist teaching at it's finest.   His understanding of facts and information is amazing.   

This sermon is not a "prophecy" in the sense of prediction, this is prophecy in form of God's judgment.   

Watch until the end as the speaker, Charles Lawson, talks about how an unclean spirit returns, especially in the United States of America and how God gave them over to reprobate minds within these last days, according to this Biblical passage.

Matthew 12: 43 - 45 | When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. Then he takes seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.” 

I am the Way, the Truth and the Life...

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2023 

CHRISTIANITY / CATHOLICISM / HOMILIES

The priests from this tiny little chapel in Auburn, Kentucky have some of the best homilies I've ever heard anywhere.   In this video, Father Tony talks about one of the greatest Christians of the 20th century, Corrie Ten Boom!   

There seems to be something about the Chaplet of Divine Mercy that brings out the best priests and religious. 

This Homily was given by Father Tony Stephens C.P.M of the Fathers of Mercy at the Chapel of Divine Mercy in Auburn, KY. on May 7, 2023 at the 10:00AM Mass. Jesus shows us the way to the Father, He teaches us the truth through revelations made in Scripture and in nature, and He gives us a share in His Divine Life in the Sacraments.

MASS CENSORSHIP

MONDAY, MAY 8, 2023 

CULTURE / POLITICS

This was just posted by a famous scientist I've been following for many years....everything he says here is 100% true:

( FYI: He used to be at U of W - Madison....they fired him after he started to openly criticize the COVID narrative...)

"I am increasingly disturbed that most of the country is still barely aware of or is undisturbed by the aggressive censorship of a rapidly increasing number of topics (except Trump’s legal troubles).

"Mass censorship of this scope and scale (i.e global) is historically unprecedented, as it has only been made possible via recent internet and social media technology/algorithms. Plus, the algorithms and media are owned and operated by a precious handful of massive media companies who do it to serve their own and their other corporate interests, but also on behalf of the U.S gov’t, which, in turn, is completely being run by corporations. We live in a corporate fascist state at this point.

"Mass, coordinated censorship started with elections, then mission creeped over to any scientific opinion in Covid which threatened Pharma/DOD interests, but now censorship in media is so normalized that they are wantonly censoring and propagandizing large parts of every important topic we face as a society , i.e. Ukraine, currency threats, the protests in France against Macron, Joe and Hunter Biden corruption developments, Bobby Kennedy interview, and worst of all, the failure to widely and deeply cover the Twitter Files discovery that every single agency of our government had a centralized, direct, efficient access and ability to censor any citizen with an account on any major social media company. And they have done this aggressively for going on 3 years now. That story itself is, in my opinion, one of the most disturbing in modern American History. And has already disappeared from its brief news cycle.

"A friend of mine posted a link on Facebook a month ago to buy my soon-to-be released and (deeply researched ) book called “The War on Ivermectin.” She was thrown in Facebook jail for 30 days. Another friend of mine just posted a link to my book on Instagram and she was immediately shadow banned. They are literally “burning books” again, and with impunity. Yet few know the true extent of the censoring and even fewer are fighting back.

"America is unrecognizable to me and has been now for 3 years. More grotesque by the day. This will not end well as our society and democracy (whatever shred we had left of it) is being destroyed by those who own corporate controlled media and run the agencies (health, agriculture, energy, etc). The absence of open exchange and debate of emerging data combined with being drowned in incessant propaganda narratives day after day, has made the world go stark raving mad. This madness caused millions around the world to take deeply personal actions which served Pharma’s interests over their own health, causing many to be complicit in their own demise or disability.

"In my opinion, the last bastion for truth are books, documentaries, Substack (for now) and independent podcasters. I would suggest consuming little else but those sources or we’re done for. if you cant tell, I’m really really pissed off (and frightened) tonight.

Sermons in Acts: Peter and John raise up the lame man

MONDAY, MAY 8, 2023 

CHRISTIANITY / BIBLE / ACTS

The second in a series: The sermons of the Apostles in the book of Acts.   Today's excerpt is Peter and John preaching after healing a lame man at the temple.  


Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon.  And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, he asked them for money. 4 Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, “Look at us!”  So the lame man paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them.  But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!”  Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.  He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.  All the people saw him walking and praising God, and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.  When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, 

“Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? 

Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety? 

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him. 

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you. 

You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! 

And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man—whom you see and know—strong. 

The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all. 

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too. 

But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets—that his Christ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way. 

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you—that is, Jesus. 

This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets. 

Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you. 

Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’ 

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days. 

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’ 

God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”

While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,  angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.  So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day (for it was already evening).  But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about 5,000.

On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.  Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.  After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”  Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied, 

“Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man—by what means this man was healed— let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy. 

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone. 

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved.”

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.  And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.  But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another, saying, “What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it. But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”  And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, 

“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide, for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.” 

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened. For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old.

- Acts 3 & 4 New English Translation
https://netbible.org/bible/Acts+3


Commentary:

The message of this second sermon found in the book of Acts is very simple and straightforward: Jesus was sent to bring salvation to all mankind, and there is no other name that can be substituted for his.   But to receive this gift of salvation, you must repent of your sins and accept Jesus as the Messiah.   

Notice what Peter does not say: "Jesus died for your sins."  It's implied, but not stated, nor will you ever find that phrase in the book of Acts.  Rather, the emphasis is on Jesus coming to earth and being resurrected from the dead.  Jesus does have the power to forgive you your sins, but you must repent of your sins first.     

Understand that "repent" means simply stop sinning.  Sadly, in this day and age, it has come to mean feeling sorry for your sins, which is a good thing, but that's not what repentance is.  True repentance is cessation of sin.  If you believe in Jesus, but don't want to stop sinning, then you are no more a Christian than the devil himself, no matter how sorry you are.   

It's also important to realize that there was no cessation of signs and wonders after Jesus left earth and went back to heaven.   The miracles continued, thanks to the impartation of the Holy Spirit.   It's very obvious that these signs were to continue.  

For some odd reason, many people think that miracles ceased soon after the deaths of the apostles, but that's simply isn't true, nor is biblical.  Miracles may have become less frequent, but at no time have they ever ceased entirely.  I've seen several miracles myself, and know of a whole bunch of people who can testify of their own miracles.   

In looking at Church history, one can plainly see that Christians began living by their wits rather than by the power of the Holy Spirit.   The faith was soon rationalized, and that rationalization continues to the present day.  Philosophy and logic replaced the power of God in a believer's life.  It got so bad that during the most mis-named period in all of history, "The Enlightenment", belief in miracles all but disappeared, as almost all aspects of spiritual life were totally rationalized, to the point where even the miracles in reported in the Bible were scoffed at...by Christians!   

Despite what we "intellectuals" believe or think, both Jesus and the apostles regularly used signs and wonders in their ministries, and did so quite successfully.  Thanks to the miracle of the lame man regaining his strength, 5,000 people put their faith in Jesus in a single day.  And let's remember, and never, ever forget, that the signature "sign and wonder" of the entire Bible was Jesus being raised from the dead.  The most important thing that Jesus ever did was his greatest miracle.  

- Pseudo Boethius