A Catholic's Confusion

Last week, a Catholic church in Massachusetts made headlines with its Nativity display — in which an empty manger and an anti-ICE poster replaced Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus. Now, it seems the church’s pastor is refusing to take down the display. 

St. Susanna, located in the Boston suburb of Dedham, “displayed a Nativity scene outside the church with an empty manger and a sign that says, ‘ICE was here,’” Fox News reported Wednesday. The implication, of course, is that the baby Savior was either apprehended or threatened by federal immigration agents.

The Holy Family fleeing from one Roman-controlled region to another in the first century is in no way a mandate on whether America has a right to enforce immigration laws.

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Chic-fil-A Waffles on Wokeness and DEI...Again

Suzanne Bowdey writes, "While most of corporate America wisely took the temperature of angry consumers and backed away from woke politics, one shocking holdout remains: Chick-fil-A. The beloved fast-food franchise, who’s best known for its Christian ownership and family-centric policies, is quietly still condoning a message that is radically at odds with the biblical values that most people associate them with — including same-sex marriage."

Why does the Cathy family continue to betray the Christian community? The very people upon whom the company was built.

Mike Huckabee feels betrayed. So do many other Christians.

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Political Corruption: Schemes Stacked Upon Schemes

Tim Graham said Saturday, "Many local stories that could be harmful to Democrat politicians don’t become national TV stories for an obvious reason. In the case of the massive welfare fraud committed by Somalis in Minnesota under Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 running mate, that is doubly obvious.

The focus launched with conservatives on Nov. 19, with a City Journal article by Christopher Rufo and Ryan Thorpe that included a rather unforgettable sentence: "The largest funder of [al Qaeda-linked] al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer."

Fraudulent social service payments were sent to Somalia and ended up in a dangerous place.

Corruption dates back to our earliest history of human existence.

This is the worst we've seen in a very long time. Maybe the worst ever.

What has been revealed in the last few days makes Al Capone and his cohorts look like a scrimmage on the playground. 

The Bible has a great deal to say about corruption.

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Designer Babies: Who is In Charge? God Or Man?

A few days ago, on December 3, CBS ran this headline: "CEO of company screening embryo DNA defends 'genetic optimization' for babies."

CBS continued, "Kian Sadeghi, the founder and CEO of Nucleus Genomics, believes every parent has a right to select the qualities they most desire in their potential future children, calling it 'genetic optimization'. The 25-year-old says DNA screening of embryos can prevent disease, and defended practices amid ethical concerns over screening for traits like height and intelligence."

Who is in charge? God or man? 

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Pastor: "I'm Giving Up Pretending To Be a Man"

'I'm giving up pretending to be a man,' the pastor told his congregation, as he threw on a wig. I am 'transitioning,' he told them, while encouraging them to walk this path of transition with him.  

A statement on the church's web page says, "Our vision is to 'live the Gospel of Jesus Christ' and to be God’s love with our neighbors in all places."

It never ceases to amaze how people can decide the path they are going to personally take, then bend Scripture to support their actions.

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