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 I have started listening to Erick Erickson's podcasts. Today he had on Clark Howard, who runs a charity for foster care kids at Christmas to guarantee they all have gifts.  Foster care is one of those hidden problem in the U.S. Christmas gifts can't make up for not being raised by your real parents, but they do need our support in other ways.  Here is the link. I looked up four children in counties near by and donated a gift for each. There are different price levels and you can pick the child by age and gender.  Clarks Christmas Kids

  https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-seeking-deport-criminal-illegal-immigrant-who-allegedly-threw-coffee-baby-mother-dog Why are crimes that concern people being reported as including a dog?  I see this a lot. I love dogs, but come on. 

 To start this discussion (one-sided thought it may be) I will quote a wonderful essay from the Dispatch Faith platform by Bruce Mattson. In context, he has just quoted N.T. Wright that the issue of the cross and gospel is fulfillment, not replacement, of the Jewish law and worship: ______ That last word is important. Christianity does maintain that national Israel’s covenant purposes and function have been put out of gear, retired, made obsolete in terms of  redemptive-historical significance , but this is not what is  often derided  as “replacement” theology. Properly understood, it is  fulfillment  theology. Wright, again: “[T]o distinguish between a signpost and the building to which it points is not to say anything derogatory about the signpost” (175). Much less is it to say anything derogatory about Jewish people. That anyone would abuse these doctrines in service of antisemitism is an affront to the Christian gospel, which, Christians believe, is for...

 November 24. The Bible is tied together. Did anyone ever do the “Walk Through the Bible” event? The value of such a thing is to see all the connections in the Bible. Almost everything stated in the Bible is tied to somewhere else. One of the least used study helps are those notes in the margins or middle, where there are references to other passages about that passage. So I am going to tie together three passages; the first two for about 10 minutes and then the last, going to my slides of Turkey to show the connections. II Chronicles 36 We already had this lesson the last time I taught, three weeks ago. Josiah the last good, righteous king, died in battle with Egypt. His son Jehoahaz became king, and a bad one. The King of Egypt took over in Jerusalem, carried off Jehoahaz (a trophy), and made his brother Eliakim king and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim was evil. After years of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Chaldeans) was the military power and car...

  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-announces-resignation-from-congress-after-president-trump-withdraws-endorsement Most people will not care, but she is my Congresswoman, so I do.   Her speech is interesting, although self-aggrandizing. She wants us to feel sorry for her being away from her family while being in Congress. Sorry, what did she expect? She doesn't get points there. Everyone does it. It's almost like she ran for Congress without knowing the job.  Her antics have sometimes been an embarrassment.  https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-resign-in-january The reasoning: She doesn't want to lose her election because Trump is going to primary her, so she quits. I guess we'll have a quickie election. Who will it be? I'm sure the party leaders has someone in mind. They aren't happy with her anyway. My son worked with leaders in the carpet industry here and that was clear. There was a billboard here in Dalton as...

 https://www.foxnews.com/us/larry-summers-steps-public-roles-house-release-epstein-correspondence Okay, I know I am  not supposed to read Fox News. Who says? It used to be listed on a graph of reliable and questionable sources for students to use in college.  But I'm not using it for a research paper, it really has a better news organization than it's given credit for (but still too pro-Trump) and this particular story is from another source.  Larry Summers and Bill Gates were two of the non-politicians affiliated with Epstein. He really, really made some bad decisions here.  I don't usually get into conspiracy theories and scandals, but this one matters.