This Week In The News

Current Events

by Norbert Link

We begin with Biden’s, Schumer’s and other Democrats’ unconscious attacks on Netanyahu and the state of Israel; Netanyahu’s response and German Chancellor Scholz’s visit to Israel and his comments; report on the “Weimar Triangle’s” meeting in Berlin; address the impression of many Western observers that Ukraine has lost the war with Russia (please view our new StandingWatch program, titled, “Has the West Written Off Ukraine?”); speak on the devastating description of the EU as an imperial occupying force, being anxious to fight wars; the Italian Margaret Thatcher; the question whether NATO can survive; the fear that Russia might attack NATO by 2026; Putin’s landmark “victory” in a bogus election; and Canada’s attack on free speech.

We conclude with ill-advised comments by Trump regarding Democratic Jews; as well as statements which were willfully taken out of context; another example of a travesty of justice—the “cowardly” decision in the Fani Willis case; Tucker Carlson’s interesting comments regarding spiritual warfare; and the question whether dark matter exists.

Please view our new StandingWatch program, titled, “Europe’s Dark Powers.”

Throughout this section, we have underlined pertinent statements in the quoted articles, for the convenience and quick overview of the reader.

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Editorial

Seek First the Kingdom

Christ’s admonition to seek the kingdom of God is found in Matthew 6:33: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

In the dialogue leading up to this verse are a lot of examples as to what people focus their lives on.  In verses 19-32, Christ focuses on the verse which sums it all up, verse 33, as quoted above.

The analysis deals with where your treasure is; not to serve two masters; and not to worry about the physical things of this life, because if you have your priorities straight, God will supply your physical needs.

If we are to seek first the kingdom, we have to have a clear picture in our mind as to what the kingdom of God is. Even though the definition is broad, it can be narrowed down, in part, to the understanding that God is a Family, consisting of the Father and His Son Jesus Christ who work in harmony to achieve what God wants, while Christ is subject to God the Father, the Most High God.

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Q&A

Why is arrogance so condemned by God? (Part 1)

Why is arrogance so condemned by God?   After all, some may think that it is merely an extension to self-confidence and we all need to be self-confident, don’t we?

On the website powerofpositivity, we read the following:

“A rather fine line exists between arrogance and self-confidence, separated only by empathy. An arrogant person feels they must assert their ego always to feel superior, while a self-confident person knows their worth without having to prove it. Arrogance points to low self-esteem because you feel threatened by other people and believe you must defend yourself. Confident people don’t have anything to show because they know their value.”  

They then quote Stewart Strafford as follows: “Confidence is when you believe in yourself and your abilities, arrogance is when you think you are better than others and act accordingly. You could say that arrogance is false confidence and that the person displaying it is overcompensating for their inner inadequacies.” 

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