Ephesians 1:5 - ‘ having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,” I’ve already written about the first two clauses/phrases (in English), so today we will think about “according to the good pleasure of His will.” I was just listening to a podcast ( Old School with Shiloh Brooks , highly recommended) where he interviewed Alex Jones (not that Alex Jones), the originator of the Hallow App. This gentleman is a tech entrepreneur and a devout Catholic; I knew it had Catholic connections because Mark Wahlberg and Jonathan Roumie are the spokespersons. He spoke of how meditative prayer changed his life and brought him back to the faith of his childhood. The point of Old School is to discuss a usually famous book. This episode discussed the wondrous Brothers Karamazov , and I was reminded it’s time for me to read it again. I bring this up because Alex Jones said that his meditative prayer process was to focus on a ...
In this case, we, under Trump, are doing what should have been done 47 years ago. They took our citizens hostage. That is enough, and we've endured the Islamic Republic's nonsense for decades. I hate war, having lived through many, but Iran is a core enemy. I've had the news on all day. By 4:00, we are learning that 40 of the top leaders are dead. This should mean that the theocracy (so-called; God had nothing to do with it) is over. Of course, there are many true believers in whatever they were preaching, but hopefully the Iranian people will desire rule of law, justice, representative government, and a non-Muslim republic. I hope it is better for the non-Muslims than Turkey is. I pray the gospel is freely dispersed. I hope and pray these people have better lives without mass murders.