Well, this is truly horrifying. A new study found abortion drugs in US drinking water. In 2025, 25 Republican lawmakers “signed a letter calling on the Trump administration to determine whether the abortion pill mifepristone has an environmental impact on the U.S. water system.” Mifepristone is the first in a set of two drugs that end the life (are used to murder) of an unborn child, typically early in pregnancy (up to about 10 weeks gestational age). This drug is basically an antiprogestin, blocking the woman’s body from receiving the hormone progesterone that allows the uterine lining to accept the baby’s placenta. Unable to receive nourishment from mom due to the lack of progesterone, the baby dies and a second drug induces contractions to deliver the dead baby’s tiny body. About 63% of abortions today are these chemical abortions (642,700 babies killed in 2023), and an increasing number take place at home. But what happens to the mifepristone after the woman takes it and kills her baby? The baby and the mifepristone leave the woman’s body and are flushed down the toilet to presumably be removed by the wastewater treatment plant—except no one was testing if conventional water treatment removed drugs like mifepristone from drinking water. Turns out, according to a new study, it doesn’t. This study published in Issues in Law & Medicine found “a statistically significant amount of mifepristone was found in all but one of the nine water sources” that were tested (water came from Austin, TX; Blacksburg, VA; and Carbondale, IL). The study authors write: “Conventional water treatment was not effective for removing this EDC [endocrine-disrupting compound] from water in all cities we tested. Two cities showed significant mean concentrations even in tap water.” What impact does this have on the health and fertility of the people drinking the water or the plants and animals that live in or around the water? No one knows because it’s never been studied! But the study summarizes what we do know about these kinds of compounds that disrupt the endocrine (hormone) system: “Past research has shown that endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), including steroid hormones, synthetic estrogens and progestins found in oral contraceptives, are present in water supplies. This problem remains an environmental and health concern, especially given the widespread use of contraceptives and the increased prevalence of medication abortion in recent years. These compounds have a number of deleterious effects on human and animal biology, particularly aquatic animals. Small amounts of these chemicals (parts per trillion) can affect the endocrine system of animals and humans. Progestins, including specifically the anti-progesterone synthetic steroid hormone mifepristone, have been found to have disruptive effects on the fertility and reproduction of fish. Moreover, further highlighting the potential for environmental toxicity and contamination, the FDA recommends treating any unused mifepristone pills as hazardous waste.” In other words, we don’t know the effect on human and environmental health yet for sure, but it’s probably not good! According to an article reporting on this story: “The EPA relied on studies that were done . . . in 1996 . . . to make sure that the excreted chemicals in the wastewater and the thrown away pills . . . would not reach a level that would hinder U.S. fertility rates,” [Vice chairman of the Committee on Health and Human Services in the Kansas House of Representatives Ron] Bryce said. ‘Since then . . . up to 63% or more of abortions are done by chemical abortions. Maybe—who knows—a million a year. And so the levels of mifepristone in our wastewater have grown dramatically.’ “Infertility has skyrocketed . . . 84% between 1990 and 2021 globally. . . . The abortion pill was first approved in the U.S. in 2000 and approved in many European countries in the late 1980s and early ‘90s. In 2021, the study found that more than 110 million women faced infertility, and one in 10 women within the reproductive age range were infertile. “Bryce . . . is calling for a study to be done that analyzes infertility in light of mifepristone in the U.S. water system. “‘[A] study that was done about a year ago on female frogs [found that] when they were exposed to mifepristone that is considered the level that is in our drinking water today, they had half as many babies,” he said. “And so we’re looking at fertility rates that are very low in the United States and in the Western civilization. . . . It’s either environmental factors or it’s behavioral factors. It’s probably a combination of the two. . . . We really need to get to the bottom of the environmental factors that might be contributing to this, and it’s just obvious that we need to look at the levels of mifepristone in our water.’” Abortion advocates love to say that what a woman does with “her body” (but really, we’re talking about a woman’s body and a totally separate body, her unborn child, which is not part of her body but has his or her own DNA—a unique combination of information different to any other human being) is a medical decision between her and her doctor. But abortion doesn’t just impact a woman and her baby, who loses his or her life. This new study highlights yet another way abortion impacts everyone as millions of un-consenting Americans ingest harmful compounds that may wreak havoc on their own endocrine system and their future fertility (not to mention the environmental considerations that also impact everyone in one way or another!). Abortion harms everyone, babies first and foremost, but also men and women—even those not involved in any way with abortion. This new study is just another example of the consequences of a culture that has abandoned God’s Word as the foundation for morality and has legalized and commercialized the slaughter of the unborn. Oh, and it’s a good reminder to filter your tap water! The study suggests, “Maximum removal requires tertiary treatment, such as membrane bioreactors [like a reverse osmosis system], oxidation, or ozonation.”

Muslims: Show us where Jesus said "I am God" in exactly these words, only from his own mouth. Christians: Our book says over and over that Jesus is God. That's why you must frame the question in this specific way. Now show us one clear statement in the Quran that tells you to write down Hadiths, use them to interpretate the Quran and make a sunnah. Muslims: … 🤐

The term "theological liberalism" is thrown around a lot. When push comes to shove though, it still boils down to Richard Niebuhr's summation of what theological liberalism truly is: "A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross" (Kingdom of God in America, 193). Liberal/progressive Christianity is more than that but it is no less than that, and it will always come down to it. Niebuhr's words 89 years ago are just as applicable in 1937 as they are today.

John 10:26 LSB — “But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep. People do not belive becuase of insufficient information/evidence? Unconvincing presentation? Bad example of others? Etc? Jesus gives a direct reason - not of My sheep. That's the reason for unbelief.

For a good insight on the subject of historical interaction and contemporary to us consequences between Islam and Christianity, read "Sword and Scimitar" by Raymond Ibrahim

This is a bacterial flagellar motor … one of nature’s most sophisticated molecular machines - a rotary motor embedded in the cell membrane consisting of ~25-30 protein types totaling 20,000-50,000 atoms in a multi-part structure of rotor, stator, drive shaft, and propeller. Operating at 100-300 Hz (6,000-18,000 RPM) with some species reaching 1,700 Hz (~100,000 RPM) at nearly 100% efficiency, this nanoscale engine features rotor proteins FliG/FliM/FliN forming the C-ring, MotA/MotB stator complexes, FlgG rod protein drive shaft, FliC flagellin propeller filament, and FlgE hook proteins acting as a universal joint, all powered by proton or sodium flow across the membrane generating torque through conformational changes in the stator complexes.

Hebrews 6 does not teach loss of salvation, but rather exposes the absurdity of that idea. The passage is structured as a reductio ad absurdum (the author temporarily assumes the claim that a born again believer can fall away, then follows that assumption to its “absurd” conclusion) If that were true, renewal would require crucifying Christ again (Heb 6:6). That conclusion is intentionally impossible, because Hebrews repeatedly insists Christ’s sacrifice was once for all (Heb 7:27; 9:26; 10:10). The absurd outcome exposes the false premise. Salvation is not fragile. It is final. If someone “falls away,” it is not the loss of salvation but a revelation that they were never in Christ to begin with. The author of Hebrews is making a logical point: a truly born-again believer abandoning Christ would be as absurd as Christ being crucified again. It would be impossible. A true believer is a new creation, made new by the power of the Spirit, and nothing can separate them from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. “Though we speak in this way, yet IN YOUR CASE, beloved, WE FEEL SURE of better things—things that belong to salvation.” (Hebrews 6:9)

Okay let me clarify because some of you are confused. Irenaeus, Against Heresies (Book III) Chapter 1: He affirms that “at one time” the gospel was spoken when the apostles were still alive, and “at a later time” that same gospel was committed to writing “to be the ground and pillar of our faith.” Chapter 2: He condemns those who claim that, in order to interpret Scripture rightly, you must have access to unwritten apostolic traditions. Chapter 4: He mentions “barbarians” who preserved tradition without written Scripture, but he explicitly defines their tradition as the SCRIPTURAL rule of faith (one God, Christ incarnate, crucifixion under Pilot, resurrection, etc). Nothing uniquely Roman, and nothing unwritten. Conclusion:
To my knowledge, Irenaeus doesn’t seem to treats oral and written tradition as two separate streams. It is not that some of the apostolic message was written while the rest remained oral. Rather, the entire gospel the apostles preached was later committed to writing. The completed and sufficient gospel of Jesus Christ is fully contained in the Scriptures. So when Irenaeus speaks of “tradition” passed down through presbyteral succession, he is not referring to the Assumption of Mary, papal infallibility, icon veneration, prayers to dead saints, or any other later Roman or Eastern innovations. He is talking about the same apostolic faith that was written down and preserved in Scripture.

On Virginia election results: In Proverbs, when speaking of wisdom: 35 “For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from Yahweh. 36 “But he who sins against me does violence to his own soul; All those who hate me love death.” Proverbs 8:35–36 (LSB) 20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and understanding in their own sight! 24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble and dry grass collapses into the flame, so their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust; For they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts and the word of the Holy One of Israel they have spurned. Isaiah 5:20–21, 24 (LSB) “The stupid are all around us: they are in every place, in every class, ready to cause damage to others and naturally to themselves. The stupid form the most dangerous category of human beings. Woe betide those who underestimate them.” - Carlo Cipolla, "The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity"

Before you ask the obvious question, "But, the Apostles never did this, never dreamed about doing this" remember, for Rome, that is irrelevant. They just made John Henry Cardinal Newman a Doctor of the Church. "Development" is now the essence of Roman theology. There does not have to be the slightest historical or even conceptual connection to anything the Apostles ever taught or wrote. Though Newman himself, I think, would be startled at what has happened post Vatican II with his theories, he lit the match that burned down the last vestiges of historical connection to the Apostles. Though Rome denies it directly, she is truly capable of new revelation, only she has to call it "development of apostolic tradition." How else can you get such astonishingly unapostolic things as the Bodily Assumpion or Mary as Mediatrix of all grace (or even "Spouse of the Holy Spirit")? I walked the halls of the Vatican. I saw the artwork, the marble, the gold. It was not beautiful to me. Why? Because I knew what it represented, and I knew how it got there. Beauty in God's world is a whole cloth. You can place the most gorgeous tapestry around a monstrously hideous statue and that doesn't make it beautiful. In this picture the finished work of Jesus, upon a hard, wooden cross, surrounded by dirty, smelly Roman soldiers, bringing those united to Him true and perfect peace with God, is replaced with gold and satin and velvet and empty promises.

Random: I was curious to see how much of the New Testament could be pieced together from the writings of the church fathers, so I built a tool to visualize it. Of all the projects I’ve worked on, this one is the most meaningful. Just click on text in blue to be taken to a list of references. jennica.github.io/fathers/bi…

Is it not curious that a bullet that struck and killed Charlie Kirk is still at large? One would think it would be the primary evidence. But of course, who are we to say...

This is a general equity principle concerning how unrighteous judges should be treated. If a judge releases a violent criminal the first time, not knowing the individual’s history of violence, then the criminal alone bears the blood guilt and the death penalty as the consequence. Yet, if a judge releases a so-called “career” violent criminal, and that criminal commits another violent crime, then the pursuit of the appropriate to crime penalty (death for death) by the governing authority for both parties is a just application of the law. Exodus 21:28-29 LSB — “And if an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished. “If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it puts a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.

Monte Mader just went viral telling people the Bible endorses polygamy, concubines, and sexual chaos. 192k likes. Young people believing it. Churches silent. I'm about to commit career suicide and tell you what your soft serve christianity is too scared to say: 🧵

Any case or claim that Jesus isn’t presented as divine within the Gospels or that he never claimed divinity is found utterly bankrupt when presented by the actual historical and internal evidence. This is presented systematically and exhaustively by @EdKomoszewski and @RobertMBowmanJr in The Incarnate Christ and His Critics. It is not only the most up-to-date but the clearest presentation of the topic. Detractors saying otherwise must deal with the depth of the research by Komoszewski and Bowman.

Roman Catholics object strenuously when I say there are one billion denominations of Roman Catholicism. "No," they claim, "we are all united under the Pope!" But two recent videos by two staunch Roman Catholic apologists make exactly my point for me. Each Roman Catholic arrives at his own personal version of Catholicism, and then disfellowships any who disagree with his personal interpretation of the Magisterium. I submit exhibits A and B: Exhibit A) Within the first two minutes of a video entitled, "Lofton Must NEVER Be Listened to," Scholastic Answers jokingly called Michael Lofton "the infallible interpreter of the infallible Magisterium," and then "all joking aside," said that Lofton's opinions made him into a denomination of one: “For Lofton this obviously means stating things in the most scandalous way possible so he is the only one left in the church, a church that has been completely cleared out of all the RadTrad schismatic dissenters who hate the Magisterium.” Through his personal interpretation of the Magisterium, Scholastic Answers says, Lofton had essentially created his own denomination, free of all the RadTrads who didn't interpret the Magisterium the same way he did. youtube.com/watch?v=KirnKhOJ… Exhibit B) At about the same time, Traditionalist Timothy Gordon hosted an online discussion on Papal Minimalism entitled, "Catholicism REQUIRES Papal Minimalism." In the final minute of the video, Gordon insisted that Papal minimalism is the only truth, and that "a lot of Catholics" aren't even Roman Catholic because of their Papal Maximalist views, and therefore belong to a false religion, just like Protestants do: “Anything, anything, anything but Papal minimalism is not Roman Catholicism, and therefore is false like other versions of Christianity. … A lot of Catholics have the view that a lot of non-catholics have of us. But Papal minimalism is not one styling prescinding from the truth. It is the only truth.” youtube.com/watch?v=cASs0I30… This is funny to me because if I say there are One Billion Roman Catholic denominations, I get such answers as this from @SecretFire79 stating that "those aren't denominations." Of course they are. They are Roman Catholic denominations formed in exactly the same way Protestant "denominations" are ostensibly formed according to these same Roman Catholic apologists: one minor disagreement on how the Magisterium is interpreted and suddenly Lofton is outside the faith, a "church of one." One slip into papal Maximalism and you aren't even Roman Catholic anymore, says Gordon. These are "Catholics" disagreeing on the "essentials" of the faith, daily spinning off denominations as they discover how difficult it is to find another Roman Catholic who agrees with you on every single point of interpretation of the Magisterium. With Joshua Charles, I thought the count was up to 1 billion and one, but with Lofton, Scholastic Answers and Timothy Gordon, I'm sure it's at least 1,000,000,004.