Beltz attributed the improvement, in part, to the fact that “a lot of state legislatures are passing free speech-supporting bills that apply to [public] colleges.”

Jess Rendall and Lily Nothling wrote:
News of the University of Queensland's coronavirus vaccine trial cancellation may have sounded disappointing, but experts say it should give the public confidence in the Federal Government's vaccine development process.
Key points:

• The cause for cancellation of the trial is not a safety issue, researchers say
• The "stigma" surrounding HIV could have impacted the public's perception of the virus and affected uptake
•News of the University of Queensland's coronavirus vaccine trial cancellation may have sounded disappointing, but experts say it should give the public confidence in the Federal Government's vaccine development process...

https://tinyurl.com/y5n5b3gp

"Can Trump’s lawyers get in trouble for frivolous lawsuits?"

https://tinyurl.com/y5jjss6f

Apparently some Republican leaders think that the Republican apparatus is trying to steal elections❗👎

From the above:

'... in the attempts by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) to have the Supreme Court overturn the results in four key states has been ridiculed even by some top Republicans.

From this article,

https://tinyurl.com/y3vmyqx5 (Joe Biden and Kamala Harris jointly named Time Magazine's Person of the Year) I learned that Time magazine actually made Trump Person of the Year in 2016 ❗👎

https://tinyurl.com/y5jqtgur

https://tinyurl.com/y3nqv8wt

Greg Jennett wrote:
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With a panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voting to endorse emergency use of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine,
https://tinyurl.com/y6mnsvqg
paving the way for the agency to authorise the shot, we are about to find out whether all the confidence was well-founded or just another exercise in flaky marketing from people who should have known better.

https://tinyurl.com/y5cpt6qh

John MacArthur wrote:
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Think about it. The vast scope and endless outworking of divine providence, in which God draws together millions of details and circumstances to achieve His will each day, is a far greater miracle than the relatively uncomplicated, one-time supernatural occurrences that we usually term miracles. Belief in God’s providence is, therefore, one of the greatest exercises of faith we can have and a major contributor to our general preparedness and peace of mind as we encounter trials and hardships.

Paul trusted wholeheartedly in the providence of God, no matter how easy or challenging life was (Phil. 4:11). Joseph the patriarch stated his confidence in providence this way: “You [his brothers] meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive” (Gen. 50:20)....

https://tinyurl.com/yxo73mjd

The Christmas star may very well not have been the conjunction of these planets

"But was Jesus really born on December 25 in the first place? Probably not. The Bible doesn’t mention his exact birthday, and the Nativity story contains conflicting clues...."

John MacArthur wrote:
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As Christians, of course, we are for morality; we’re not for immorality. And we can do some topical, some superficial good; we can through political means, because we live in a republic and a democracy. We can mitigate public indecency in some ways. We can mitigate public scandal, can use our democratic privileges. But that does not advance us in divine favor either individually or collectively.

In fact, in 1 Corinthians 16:22 it is said unmistakably, “If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema,” cursed, judged, damned, condemned. There’s only one thing God will bless and that’s faith in and love for His Son the Lord Jesus Christ....

https://tinyurl.com/yapvm8uy

"Time magazine names President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as Person of the Year"

https://tinyurl.com/y3539h9a

I'm sure Time Magazine could find an appropriate category for Mr. Trump, even if they didn't pick him as person of the year

David A. Graham wrote:
When Donald Trump was granted a coat of arms for his Scottish golf courses in 2012 (after a lengthy court battle, of course), he chose as its motto “Numquam concedere”: Never concede. He has not, even as it has become clear that he lost the presidential election by a wide margin....

https://tinyurl.com/y6k4xu8k

Adriel, you really should look at: 👍

https://www.pbs.org/show/rise-nazis/

https://tinyurl.com/y6k4xu8k

Adriel, you really should look at: 👍

Mona Charen certainly isn't the liberal, so it makes this observation even more important

Mona Charen wrote:
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There’s a theory that people have rallied around President Donald Trump and alternative news sources because they feel disrespected by the mainstream, liberal-leaning press. There is some truth in this, but my experience with conservatives makes me skeptical of that as a complete explanation.

Sure, the urban/rural divide is real — and not limited to the United States — but resentment of elites has always been with us. From suspicion of the First Bank of the United States among the Jeffersonians to the populist movement of the 1890s, “coastal elites” have always been despised by some. But it didn’t drive people into abject lunacy in the past, or at least not on the scale we see today....

John MacArthur wrote:
Jesus had little trouble reaching the harlots. He had little trouble reaching the thieves and the robbers and the criminals and the outcasts and sinners of society, including the tax collectors, the extortionists. But He had an almost impossible time reaching the religious, self-righteous, moral people who were under the illusion and self-deception that because of their goodness, everything was okay between them and God. You see, they recognized no sin, so they needed no Savior.✓ And that is always the danger of morality, that morality creates an illusion of safety when in fact the person who is moral may be in the greatest danger of all. We see this particularly among the Mormons, who feel so secure because of their morality, when in fact they are so insecure and under the judgment of God and so hard to convince.

https://www.gty.org/library/print/sermons-library/2296

John MacArthur wrote:
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What are Christians to do about it?

Many think this is a political problem that will not be solved without a political strategy. During the past twenty-five years, well-meaning Christians have founded a number of evangelical activist organizations and sunk millions of dollars into them in an effort to use the apparatus of politics—lobbying, legislation, demonstration, and boycott—to counteract the moral decline of American culture. They pour their energy and other resources into efforts to drum up a “Christian” political movement that will fight back against the prevailing anti-Christian culture.

But is that a proper perspective? I believe not. America’s moral decline is a spiritual problem, not a political one, and its solution is the gospel, not partisan politics.

LESSONS FROM HISTORY

This is a lesson evangelicals ought to know from church history. Whenever the church has focused on evangelism and preaching the gospel, her influence has increased. When she has sought power by political, cultural, or military activism, she has damaged or spoiled her testimony....

Allison Durkee wrote:
Tuesday marks the “safe harbor” deadline by which states can lock in their presidential election results with Congress before the Electoral College meets Dec. 14—but the deadline isn’t expected to stop the Trump campaign and Republican Party’s long-shot legal efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Here’s what the safe harbor deadline means for Trump’s post-election court fight:..
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Judges can legally still rule on election challenges after Dec. 8—and theoretically change the results, though judges have universally refused to do that so far—but “courts are going to be very reluctant to mess with the safe harbor deadline,” election law expert Rick Hasen wrote, later adding on Twitter to think of the safe harbor date “not as a drop dead deadline but as another nail in the coffin.”...

https://tinyurl.com/y3ywp8tm

"The First Foundation: Consistent Literal Interpretation"

https://tinyurl.com/y7bl8nzj

"Premillennialism: The Second Foundation"

https://tinyurl.com/ycb4dg47

"Futurism: The Third Foundation"

https://tinyurl.com/y965aje4

"Israel / Church Distinction: The 4th Foundation"

https://tinyurl.com/yc7f5e86