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  If you have ever suffered from what the Reformers and Puritans called "melancholy" (the closest modern terminology is "clinical depression"), you might consider perusing the attached. Start at User Prompt 3 (or at the beginning if you prefer). Melancholy, I have come to understand, is rooted deeply in the DNA of my ancestors on my father's side of the Family Tree, and in their progeny. Not so much endemic as recurring. Reformed Christianity generally, and the Puritans specifically, dealt with Melancholy under the umbrella of Christian Ethics and Morality, or how we OUGHT to live compared to how we ACTUALLY live. As a result, there are many great works on what melancholy is, and how Christians should approach it. Timothy Rogers' "Trouble of Mind, and the Disease of Melancholy" is on my bookshelf, and is a constant source of comfort for me. Reading through Rogers' book with your Bible at hand doesn't always obliterate the melancholy, but it...

Mainstream Media refused to cover this speech . Isn't it strange...but in no way funny...that most people in the country are hungry for the declassification of UFO files, but those same people scoff at the idea of corruption in our elections; or, maybe they just don't care about the latter. Satan is roaming Western Civilization to see whom he might devour. The mainstream press and Democrat party are hanging out "Eat at Joe and Barack's Diner" banners. On the menu: Boiled frog, aka U.S. citizens. Read the Election Integrity papers.

  There has been an outpouring of liberal gobbledygook and unbiblical misrepresentation from unbelievers in relation to the recent decision of the Southern Baptist Convention to officially restrict the role of pastor to men. The word "officially" is crucial here. Because what the SBC did was not to create new doctrine, as some charge, but to affirm what the word of God says. For me, the issue was put to bed when the charge was first made, which really means that it was never an issue among Sola Fide, reformed Christians to begin with. For those few self-proclaiming Christians who still cannot quite bring themselves to submit to the entirety of God's word, I offer this final bit of godly agreement with the SBC's decision. I pray that you will be convinced and convicted. If not, then I will shake the dust off my feet and leave your house.

I NEITHER ENDORSE OR OPPOSE THIS GROUP. I just liked this post on Facebook.

Because I was (am) concerned about the likelihood of any sustainable, new "secular" government in Iran, I posed the following question to Gemini AI. I found the answer quite interesting, and thought to share it with the world. 

VALENTINE'S DAY IS COMING UP...