Saturday, April 12, 2025
The Foundation of Our Faith
The Lord will put new, vital force into His work as human agencies obey the command to go forth and proclaim the truth. He who declared that His truth would shine forever will proclaim this truth through faithful messengers, who will give the trumpet a certain sound. The truth will be criticized, scorned, and derided; but the closer it is examined and tested, the brighter it will shine.
As a people, we are to stand firm on the platform of eternal truth that has withstood test and trial. We are to hold to the sure pillars of our faith. The principles of truth that God has revealed to us are our only true foundation. They have made us what we are. The lapse of time has not lessened their value. It is the constant effort of the enemy to remove these truths from their setting, and to put in their place spurious theories. He will bring in everything that he possibly can to carry out his deceptive designs. But the Lord will raise up men of keen perception, who will give these truths their proper place in the plan of God.
I have been instructed by the heavenly messenger that some of the reasoning in the book Living Temple is unsound, and that this reasoning would lead astray the minds of those who are not thoroughly established on the foundation principles of present truth. It introduces that which is nought but speculation in regard to the personality of God and where His presence is. No one on this earth has a right to speculate on this question. The more fanciful theories are discussed, the less men will know of God and of the truth that sanctifies the soul.
One and another come to me, asking me to explain the positions taken in Living Temple. I reply, “They are unexplainable.” The sentiments expressed do not give a true knowledge of God. All through the book are passages of Scripture. These scriptures are brought in in such a way that error is made to appear as truth. Erroneous theories are presented in so pleasing a way that unless care is taken, many will be misled.
We need not the mysticism that is in this book. Those who entertain these sophistries will soon find themselves in a position where the enemy can talk with them, and lead them away from God. It is represented to me that the writer of this book is on a false track. He has lost sight of the distinguishing truths for this time. He knows not whither his steps are tending. The track of truth lies close beside the track of error, and both tracks may seem to be one to minds which are not worked by the Holy Spirit, and which, therefore, are not quick to discern the difference between truth and error.
Americans Are Preparing for When All Hell Breaks Loose
Once thought of as a fringe mind-set, the prepared citizen movement is gaining traction in a world shaped by war, the pandemic and extreme weather.
Christopher Eric Roscher, an Air Force veteran, teaches a course called Full Contender Minuteman in Leesburg, Fla.Credit...Zack Wittman for The New York Times
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Thomas Gibbons-Neff reported from Leesburg and Orlando, Fla., and participated in the minuteman training described in the article. The New York Times paid to take the class.
April 9, 2025
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Ten men, some wearing camouflage, others in vests loaded with ammunition for their AR-15 rifles, gathered under the morning shade of oak trees in Central Florida last month. They were there to learn marksmanship tactics common among Special Operation forces and elite law enforcement units.
Their instructor, Christopher Eric Roscher, an Air Force veteran, introduced himself and then led the group in prayer.
“Lord, you would use them as assets, to be protectors in this world, in a world that’s full of evil,” he prayed.
The men gathered around him were not soldiers, police officers or right-wing militia members. They were mostly civilians, including two pilots, a nurse and a construction company executive. The class’s title — Full Contender Minuteman — even referred to the civilians turned soldiers of the American Revolution.
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Thomas Gibbons-Neff reported from Leesburg and Orlando, Fla., and participated in the minuteman training described in the article. The New York Times paid to take the class.
April 9, 2025
Leer en español
Ten men, some wearing camouflage, others in vests loaded with ammunition for their AR-15 rifles, gathered under the morning shade of oak trees in Central Florida last month. They were there to learn marksmanship tactics common among Special Operation forces and elite law enforcement units.
Their instructor, Christopher Eric Roscher, an Air Force veteran, introduced himself and then led the group in prayer.
“Lord, you would use them as assets, to be protectors in this world, in a world that’s full of evil,” he prayed.
The men gathered around him were not soldiers, police officers or right-wing militia members. They were mostly civilians, including two pilots, a nurse and a construction company executive. The class’s title — Full Contender Minuteman — even referred to the civilians turned soldiers of the American Revolution.
Friday, April 11, 2025
Tuesday, April 08, 2025
As Denmark tears down homes in ‘non-Western’ areas to force assimilation, residents fight back in court
Denmark is taking a wrecking ball to people’s homes in neighborhoods where the government feels residents don’t share “Danish values.” A 2018 law allows the demolition of homes in communities designated as “parallel societies.” The underlying idea is “integration through dispersion” but this attempt at social engineering is raising hackles, and the country’s most vulnerable people seem to be left in the dust.
April 7, 2025
Updated on Apr 7, 2025By Joshua Coe
The remnants of a public housing block loom in the center of Gellerupparken in Aarhus, Denmark, on Dec. 14, 2024. The country is demolishing or repurposing public housing across the country in neighborhoods designated “parallel societies,” as part of a forced assimilation policy.Joshua Coe/The World
Muhammad Aslam, 57, pointed out his old apartment in Mjølnerparken, a well-known public housing complex in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
The place was fenced off and monitored by security cameras, while the next-door lot — where neighboring apartments once stood — rumbled with the sounds of construction underway.
“This was our original home where we have lived since 1987, where the kids grew up, went to school and university,” Aslam said, gesturing toward a balcony on the third floor of an apartment building with a clean, red-brick facade.
April 7, 2025
Updated on Apr 7, 2025By Joshua Coe
The remnants of a public housing block loom in the center of Gellerupparken in Aarhus, Denmark, on Dec. 14, 2024. The country is demolishing or repurposing public housing across the country in neighborhoods designated “parallel societies,” as part of a forced assimilation policy.Joshua Coe/The World
Muhammad Aslam, 57, pointed out his old apartment in Mjølnerparken, a well-known public housing complex in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
The place was fenced off and monitored by security cameras, while the next-door lot — where neighboring apartments once stood — rumbled with the sounds of construction underway.
“This was our original home where we have lived since 1987, where the kids grew up, went to school and university,” Aslam said, gesturing toward a balcony on the third floor of an apartment building with a clean, red-brick facade.
Muhammad Aslam stands outside the apartment building where he had lived since 1987, in the Mjølnerparken neighborhood of Copenhagen. While he got his Danish citizenship in the 1980s and has worked in Copenhagen’s taxi industry, Aslam was ordered to move out of his apartment under Denmark’s 2018 “ghetto package” policy.Joshua Coe/The World
The Catholic Church is breaking up with the U.S. government. Here’s why it matters
The Catholic Church is breaking up with the U.S. government. Here’s why it matters
Catholic refugee programs in the U.S. have been reeling since President Donald Trump froze federal funding after returning to office
Published: April 7, 2025, 12:25 p.m. MDT
Kelsey is an assistant managing editor for the Deseret News. She covers religion, sports and the Supreme Court.
U.S. Catholic leaders are ending their church’s 50-year partnership with the federal government and seeking new ways to help refugees.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the change in a press release and Washington Post column on Monday, arguing that the Trump administration forced his denomination’s hand.
“The bishops’ decision came after the federal government suspended our cooperative agreements to resettle refugees. The drastic reduction of these programs forced us to reconsider the best way to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters seeking safe harbor from violence and persecution,” he wrote for The Washington Post.
Catholic refugee programs in the U.S. have been reeling since President Donald Trump froze federal funding after returning to office
Published: April 7, 2025, 12:25 p.m. MDT
Archbishop Timothy Broglio conducts an Easter Sunday Mass at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Archbishop Broglio has served as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since November 2022. Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press
Kelsey is an assistant managing editor for the Deseret News. She covers religion, sports and the Supreme Court.
U.S. Catholic leaders are ending their church’s 50-year partnership with the federal government and seeking new ways to help refugees.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the change in a press release and Washington Post column on Monday, arguing that the Trump administration forced his denomination’s hand.
“The bishops’ decision came after the federal government suspended our cooperative agreements to resettle refugees. The drastic reduction of these programs forced us to reconsider the best way to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters seeking safe harbor from violence and persecution,” he wrote for The Washington Post.
Monday, April 07, 2025
Is this the End of Globalism?
Signs of the Times
Signs of the Times #90
Apr 06, 2025
“To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff.” Donald Trump, Bloomberg News Economic Club of Chicago,
Signs of the Times #90
Apr 06, 2025
“To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff.” Donald Trump, Bloomberg News Economic Club of Chicago,
Original Source of NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM
Motto at the Foundation of the Unfinished Pyramid on the Great Seal
The motto Novus Ordo Seclorum was coined by Charles Thomson in June 1782. He adapted it from a line in Virgil's Eclogue IV, a pastoral poem written by the famed Roman writer in the first century B.C. that expresses the longing for a new era of peace and happiness.
The original Latin in Virgil's Eclogue IV (line 5) is: "Magnus ab integro seclorum nascitur ordo."
For a better sense of its meaning, below are two translations (by James Rhoades and by C. S. Calverley) of the passage at the beginning of Virgil's poem which refers to the Sibyl who prophesied the fate of the Roman empire.
Now the last age by Cumae's Sibyl sung
Has come and gone, and the majestic roll
Of circling centuries begins anew:
Justice returns, returns old Saturn's reign,
With a new breed of men sent down from heaven. Only do thou, at the boy's birth in whom The iron shall cease, the golden age arise. . .
Under thy guidance, whatso tracks remain
Of our old wickedness, once done away
Shall free the earth from never-ceasing fear.
He shall receive the life of gods, and see
Heroes with gods commingling, and himself
Be seen of them, and with his father's worth
Reign o'er a world at peace.
Come are those last days that the Sybil sang:
The ages' mighty march begins anew.
Now come the virgin, Saturn reigns again:
Now from high heaven descends a wondrous race. Thou on the newborn babe – who first shall end That age of iron, bid a golden dawn. . .
Thou, trampling out what prints our crimes have left, Shalt free the nations from perpetual fear. While he to bliss shall waken; with the Blest See the Brave mingling, and be seen of them, Ruling that world o'er which his father's arm shed peace.
That key phrase (bolded above) has also been translated as:
a "great series or mighty order of ages is born anew."
Charles Thomson was a former Latin teacher, and Virgil was one of his favorite poets. Inspired by the above passage, he coined the motto: "Novus Ordo Seclorum" and placed it beneath the unfinished pyramid, where he explained it signifies "the beginning of the new American Æra," which commences from the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
An accurate translation of Novus Ordo Seclorum is:
"A New Order of the Ages"
Note: Seclorum is a shortened form of seculorum, where the first "u" is deleted. In Latin poetry, it was very common to drop a letter in the middle of a word in order to preserve the meter of the poem – a device known as syncope.
Another proper spelling is "sæculorum." "æ" is an example of a ligature where two letters are combined into a single character.
Virgil's The Georgics inspired Annuit Coeptis, the motto above the eye of Providence. Also, his epic masterpiece, Aeneid, describes an ancient symbol of peace held by the American Bald Eagle, the olive branch.
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What are stablecoins?
Cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile assets, which is why they are primarily of interest to potential investors as exchange instruments for trading. However, it is legally challenging for exchanges to launch cryptocurrency trading pairs with fiat currencies because it requires obtaining an extended broker license in most countries. This is why there was a need to create cryptocurrencies whose value would be tied to the price of a specific asset. Thus, stablecoins emerged. Their main task is to simplify exchange trading.
Are stablecoins cryptocurrencies?
Technically, stablecoins are cryptocurrency tokens with a blockchain and a decentralized network. However, their value is pegged to a real asset, which can be:
specific currencies (dollar, euro);
securities (stocks of various companies);
non-financial assets (oil, gold, silver).It is important to understand that stablecoins are issued by a specific company. Its task is to conduct emission and ensure that the exchange rate of their token closely matches the value of the asset to which they are pegged. Dollar is often used for this purpose, thus simplifying exchange calculations. Launching stablecoins allows cryptocurrency exchanges to completely abandon the use of fiat currency pairs.
So, the fundamental differences are as follows:
for cryptocurrencies, the price is not tied to assets, it depends only on demand, supply, and total emission;
for stablecoins, the price is tied to a specific asset, and emission is possible only through its exchange by the issuer (the company that issues the coin).
Sunday, April 06, 2025
Saturday, April 05, 2025
Thursday, April 03, 2025
Catholic News Agency: “Muslims, Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists Gathered to Pray Together for the Holy Father’s Speedy Recovery”
March 28, 2025 by Andy Roman
Pope Francis has emerged as the most celebrated and universally revered figure in the world, as people of all faiths—Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and others—unite in prayer for his swift recovery. His message on interfaith unity and cooperation contained in Fratelli Tutti has inspired millions to see the Vatican as a symbol of peace and moral leadership in these last days. In an unprecedented show of global support, people of all faiths, including political leaders, have offered prayers and well-wishes for the ailing pontiff. This is proof that Bible prophecy is on track to its ultimate completion as more and more faith traditions recognize the Pope of Rome not just as the leader of the Catholic Church, but as the guiding light for a world yearning for unity and hope.
On March 12, 2025, Catholic News Agency published the following news about how the religious world is worried about the Pope’s health:
• “The Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, said with emotion that most of the Iraqi population has been distressed by Pope Francis’ extended hospitalization and that even Muslims are praying for his recovery.” [1]
• “The cardinal emphasized that Muslims, too, have wanted to show their closeness to him. ‘Many Muslims contact me every day to find out how he is,’ he continued, adding that they hold dear the memory of the Holy Father’s visit to this country four years ago.” [1]
• “Everywhere there were pictures of the Holy Father and the Vatican flag,’ he added.” [1]
• “In addition, young Indonesians of different faiths have also wanted to join the prayers arriving from around the world to the 10th floor of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where the pontiff remains hospitalized with double pneumonia.” [1]
• “In a gesture of unity and hope, young people and leaders of different religions gathered at Hati Indonesia.” [1]
• “On this occasion, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists gathered to pray together for the Holy Father’s speedy recovery.” [1]
Pope Francis faces new phase of papacy
A man walks past a mural of Pope Francis in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 19 as the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires calls on all churches in Argentina, the pope's native country, to hold Masses for the pontiff’s quick recovery. Francis returned home to the Vatican March 23 after five weeks in the hospital. (OSV News/Reuters/Pedro Lazaro Fernandez)
by Christopher White
Vatican Correspondent
Rome — April 2, 2025
In 1990, as Argentina's Jesuits were divided over the church's role in the country's politics and society, frustration with the future Pope Francis' leadership style resulted in his two-year exile in Cordoba. Then-Fr. Jorge Mario Bergoglio used his solitary time in a Jesuit residence to pray, write and read — including a five-volume series on the history of the papacy.
Francis later would describe his "dark night of the soul" as a "time of purification" for his inner life.
Three decades after that spiritual crisis — at age 88 — Francis is facing another spiritual crossroads as he recovers from his most serious physical challenge. His five weeks hospitalized for double pneumonia that twice nearly cost him his life provided time to reflect on his life thus far and what he hopes to accomplish before he dies.
'He has a great ability to learn from life, from whatever comes, to grasp beauty even in dark moments. … I am sure that something very beautiful will come out of this experience.'
—Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez
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In his March 30 Sunday Angelus reflection, Francis alluded to his illness, encouraging the entire church to view the current Lenten season as a time of healing.
"I too am experiencing it this way, in my soul and in my body," he wrote, saying that his health was improving.
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
BRICS Press Breifing
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Vietnam’s Deputy PM & Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son speak to the media following high-level diplomatic talks.
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