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John 6:41-47
Tonight I read through John 6:41-47 “41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble…
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Prayer: A Spiritual Battle Strategy
I’ve become overwhelmed recently about many events happening in the world. There are very tense situations dividing people, angering people, moving some to violence, hatred, despair, confusion and helplessness. It is very emotionally draining, having a great effect on my mental state. Every day I open my social media feeds, and am berated by negativity, culture wars, political absurdities, religious…
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Sex, Gender and Mental Illness
Some say sex and gender are different. They say gender is a construct and a spectrum, and claim that people can ‘identify as’ any gender they like. Yet for most of history, sex and gender have been synonymous, and this new idea has started to cause confusion. What has changed? People are either male or female, which are two sexes.…
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Bill C-63: Canada’s Hate Crime Amendments
Here in Canada there have been announced by the Liberal Party new lawful measures when it comes to what is deemed as hate crimes. Seeing what has happened in Great Britain, many are concerned that the same might happen here. I took some time to look into the matter, seeing that The Fire Tongue is openly critical of lifestyles of sexual…
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Charlie Kirk – Family and Sexual Health Advocate
The explosion of tension right now on the internet around Charlie Kirk’s assassination is exposing the opinions and positions of many people. Some are showing sympathy for Kirk and his family only to lose many followers, receive hateful comments and even death threats. Others are flagrantly celebrating his death, many of them getting terminated from their jobs. This shows a…
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A Conversation With AI About LGBTQ Issues
I asked DeepSeek to critique one of The Fire Tongue’s recent articles about the state of politics in the world today which included some comments on the current culture war around sexual issues. While it started with some disagreements with me, through some persistence I feel like I eventually broke through and got it to think more critically about those issues, even through a…
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A Look at Politics Today
It’s a very turbulent world right now with a lot of what is going on. I hope to address a few things that I think our society ought to be focusing on. There is great divisiveness among people in Western culture today as many elections are very close between two opposing parties. I’ve been open to discerning the plights of…
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None Are Righteous?
This is a verse I’ve come across many times in my path as a believer. Romans 3:10-12“As it is written:‘None is righteous, no, not one;11 no one understands;no one seeks for God.12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;no one does good,not even one.’” I’ve had some discomfort around this notion for quite some time. I’ve heard people use it…
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My Journey Into Catholicism
This article is dedicated to a Catholic brother of mine, at a terminal state with cancer at the time of starting this article, who has recently passed away. God bless his soul. I decided late in life that I would take upon myself, and felt God’s approval, to join the Catholic Church as a part of my path as a…
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Our Place In This World
Our place in this world is God’s gift to us. His guidance will lead to fulfilling relationships and a beneficial unity that will strengthen any community. Help the needy, heal the sick, visit the isolated. When those in need are helped, society is healthier. When they aren’t helped, crime rises, violence spreads, hospitals fill, services are burdened and lives are…
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The Armor of God
Ephesians 6:10-20 “10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual…
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Christ-Influenced Artists
Who are “Christ-influenced” artists? These can be musical artists that profess to be followers of Christ and produce quality musical material that is not always strictly gospel or worship, but believers can still appreciate it. Growing up as a teenager influenced by the Christian alternative music scene and subculture, there was a constant debate as to what was really “Christian…