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By Norbert Link
We are discussing the increasingly hostile rift between the Trump administration and the Vatican and Pope Leo XIV. Please view our new StandingWatch program, titled, “Pope Leo’s Condemnation of Trump’s Unholy Iran War.” We report on a Bishop’s confession that the Catholic Church changed the godly Sabbath.
We speak on the dangerous consequences of the Iran War for the USA and the entire world; the “ceasefire deal” between the USA and Iran which was destined to fail from the outset; the undeniable fact that Trump has lost the Iran War; demands to remove Trump from office; the widening alienation between the USA and Europe; and Trump’s ongoing threat to leave NATO.
We point out Europe’s and Germany’s preparations for war; report on Artemis II’s spectacular journey to the moon and back; and Trump’s [hopefully unsuccessful] fight against birthright citizenship.
Editorial
We Must Be About Our Father’s Business
The story of the 5 loaves and 2 fish that we read about in Matthew 14:13-21 is a very encouraging and uplifting miracle, showing the compassion that Jesus had for others. It further shows His amazing capacity to produce a miraculous event, when necessary. The number of people who ate and were filled was about 5,000 men, besides women and children, perhaps a total approaching 15,000 to 20,000 people. And after they had all eaten, there were still twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.
It is an example of how our great God can provide in such abundance, even from insignificant beginnings. The 5 loaves and 2 fish would normally only feed a very few people, but not in this case, as thousands were fully catered for.
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Is the cult of celebrity the opposite of true Christianity?
Many young people today, when asked what they would like to be when they grow up, say that they would like to be famous. Being a celebrity has attractions that many would seem to covet. However, an immediate transformation from being a nobody to a somebody is a work-free promotion that many would not be able to cope with, nor would it be good for them. Having the adulation of many seems to be exciting, but dangers can lie ahead for those who suddenly become, for whatever reason, an icon, a famous figure and someone to follow. The cult of celebrity is alive and kicking and coveted by those who feel that it is for them.
One writer opined that “Having rejected the morality of the Judeo-Christian basis for western society, we have turned to the lifestyle of celebrities to inform us as to right and wrong.” There are many examples of this by Hollywood actors and producers living and celebrating wrong life-styles which influence so many who look up to these “idols” and other “celebrities” who think that they know better than their Creator!
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