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Jesus would probablu get fired as a modern church pastor I've been around church administration long enough to know that when a multi-millionaire walks in the doors, the eadership rolls out the red carpet. We bend over backwards to keep high-net-worth donors happy. Then I look at Jesus in Mark 10. The Rich Young Ruler walks up. He's wealthy influential, young, and morally clean. He's the ultimate VIP prospect for any church plant. But Jesus tells him to sell everything. The guy gets sad and walks away. And you know what Jesus did? NOTHING. He didn't chase him down. He didn't say, "Wait, let's compromise, how about a 10% tithe?" He let the biggest financial asset walk right out of Hisministry because the man loved his money more than God Jesus didn't compromise the Gospel to fund His ministry. We really need tc check our priorities in the American church. #RichYoungRuler #ChurchTruth #FaithOverMoney #NoCompromise

Viral "Teen Takeovers" Divide Communities Across America Bu G.Siffort Staff Writer A growing social media trend known as "teen takeovers" is sparking debate across the country as hundreds of teenagers gather at malls, beaches, parks, and shopping centers after coordinating online. While many participants describe the events as harmless meetups, critics sau some gatherings have escalated into fights, vandalism, and public disturbances that leave businesses and communities dealing with the consequences.Videos of the events have gone viral, generating millions of views and drawing even larger crowds. Business owners in several cities have reported disruptions while law enforcement agencies have increased patrols in response to safetu concerns. Supporters argue that most teens attend simply to socialize and that a small number of troublemakers should not define an entire generation. They sau young people have fewer safe places to gather and are unfairly blamed for isolated incidents Others see the trend differently. Critics argue that the pursuit of online attention is encouraging reckless

I didn’t fail. It was a learning experience.

Smartphone Good news, owners of old iPhones By Brent D. Griffiths, Apple said it will bring a major efficiency feature to older iPhones. Models as old as the iPhone 11 will receive an update later this year with iOS 27 to better manage CPU use. Apple said the changes "will make older iPhones feel even more responsive." Apple wants older iPhones to run better. That's why on Monday, Apple announced that one of its major efficiency improvements will be coming to iPhones as old as the iPhone 11 lineup. When iOS 27 arrives this fall, older iPhones will have access to an advanced CPU scheduler, a system already available on newer models that helps manage a phone's workload. Stacey Ford, Apple's vice president of OS program management, said the addition "will make older iPhones feel even more responsive." "Even when you're doing a ton of things at once requiring a whole lot of compute, the CPU scheduler ensures the right work is executed at precisely the right time," Ford said. As part of the news, Apple also confirmed that the forthcoming iOS 27 will be available on the iPhone 11, which was first released in September 2019. "This continues our industry-leading support and means iOS 27 is available to more users than any iOS release ever," Ford said. A number of Apple-focused accounts on social media celebrated the news while also lamenting that many owners of older Apple Watch models would be left out for watchOS 27, such as the Apple Watch Series 9, first sold in 2023. Google's Pixel 4 and 4 XL, and Samsung's Galaxy S10, as noted by Android Authority, both released around the same time as the iPhone 11, received just 3 years of platform updates. With Monday's news, the iPhone 11 is set to receive seven years of major up

Scientists have discovered that Earth has recently been spinning slightly faster than expected, raising the possibility that the world may eventually need to remove a second from official time for the first time in recorded history. For decades, Earth's rotation has generally been slowing due to gravitational interactions with the Moon. That gradual slowdown is why leap seconds were introduced in 1972 to keep atomic clocks aligned with Earth's actual rotation. However, since 2020, researchers have recorded several unusually short days. On some occasions, Earth completed a rotation milliseconds faster than the standard 86,400 second day, attracting attention from timekeeping organizations around the world. The difference is tiny and impossible for people to notice in daily life, but modern technology depends on extraordinary precision. Global positioning systems, financial networks, telecommunications, and scientific instruments rely on atomic clocks that measure time with incredible accuracy. Scientists believe changes within Earth's core, shifts in the atmosphere, ocean circulation, and long term climate processes may all contribute to these subtle variations in planetary rotation. One surprising insight is that a change of just a few milliseconds can become important when accumulated over years. Researchers monitoring Earth's rotation have suggested that if current trends continue, a negative leap second, meaning one second removed rather than added, could be required sometime around 2029. No negative leap second has ever been implemented before, making it a unique challenge for global timekeeping systems. #deepuniverse #earth #science #timekeeping #universe #cosmos #spacefacts #fblifestyle

we ,call upon the Lord, when we have fallen short, in our daily lives asking for. his forgiveness, does God turn us away, No, he shows those are his children, forgiveness, through Christ, who interceded for us, this is the grace and mercy of the living God, today let us show gratitude to God by remembering, the forgiveness, he has shown us as we forgive the ones that have wronged us with a sincere heart #Lamentations_3_22

People instantly think because someone is young they could work. No one knows their medical conditions that may not show age does not always have a bearing on a persons physical and mental health, people are too judgmental from just looking at someone Do the people that don’t like people that stand on the corner every day maybe they are hungry every day maybe they are veterans, this country has lost his empathy and compassion, especially for homeless people and with the low pay that many people get a person could be one paycheck away from being homelessness, which homelessness is now against the law. You also have to have good credit and deposit to rent a place to live. There are so many stipulations. It’s hard for a homeless person to get their life back and especially if you add possibility of mental health issues or health issues. I don’t know why there’s so much hate for people in poverty for poor people homeless people people that stand on the corner what is the big deal? Is it really gonna break you? Do you hate them that much? Taxpayers you are not having more money the rich people are having more money

A man convicted in the 2017 murder of a wheelchair user during a failed carjacking outside a Country Club Hills movie theater has been sentenced to 85 years in prison. Prosecutors said the victim was shot and killed after the suspects couldn't operate his specially equipped vehicle. While awaiting trial, the defendant was twice accused of possessing firearms while on electronic monitoring. Court records show he must serve the full murder sentence and is currently projected to remain behind bars until Christmas Eve of 2096, when he would be 103 years old.

Christianity. In the clip posted by EDW contributor, Defiant Baptist, young LDS presenters openly affirm belief in a Heavenly Mother, the divine wife of Heavenly Father, and literal mother of human spirits. They ground this in: The plural Hebrew Elohim (suggesting multiple divine beings). The idea that spirit children are born to heavenly parents. References to ancient Canaanite worship of Asherah (consort of El) as a cultural precedent for a divine feminine alongside Yahweh. The Mormon view of Heavenly Mother flows directly from Joseph Smith’s later theology: God was once a man who progressed to godhood; humans can follow the same path via eternal marriage and exaltation. This is a form of henotheism or polytheism (multiple gods, with one worshipped as our Father) rather than monotheism in the classical sense. Thus, the DOW decision (even if later adjusted) reflects a practical recognition of these differences. While Latter-day Saints revere Jesus Christ, read the Bible, and self-identify as Christians, their doctrine of God, cosmology, and soteriology diverges sharply from the historic faith once delivered to the saints. Evangelical apologists and theologians have long argued that Mormonism represents a cult movement with its own scriptures (Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants) and prophets that introduce ideas absent from and often contrary to biblical revelation. One valid ciriticims of Pete Hegseth’s DOW is that the Mormons are singled out while Christian Scientists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Oneness Pentacostals, and even Quakers are allowed to remain in the camp. However, it would be difficult to argue, using Nicea as a standard, that the Mormons are not significantly more deviant than the other cults labeled briefly as Christian IF YOU ARE NOT BORN FROM ABOVE, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU CALL YOURSELF.

Daytime naps may slow brain aging by up to 6.5 years, according to a 2023 study published in the journal Sleep Health. Researchers from University College London and the University of the Republic in Uruguay analyzed data from 378,932 UK Biobank participants and found that people genetically predisposed to napping had larger total brain volume, a marker of brain health linked to lower dementia risk. The difference, about 15.8 cubic centimeters, equates to roughly 2.6 to 6.5 fewer years of brain aging. The study's strength is its method. Rather than simply asking people how often they nap, which can be skewed by illness, researchers used a genetic technique called Mendelian randomization to isolate napping's actual effect, making the case for causation stronger than a typical observational study. Several caveats matter. The benefit appeared in brain structure only, with no measurable improvement in memory, reaction time, or cognitive test scores. The authors caution against overinterpreting the results, noting that napping can disrupt nighttime sleep, and prior research suggests short naps under 30 minutes are best. Sources: Sleep Health, UCL, Medical News Today.