This family has hundreds of conversations every week, and here's one of them!  Poor Tabby regularly gets teased and criticized when she's not here... So how much should we let it bother us when someone doesn't like what we're wearing? How much should we listen when people criticize?

Later: John got a list of "Conservative Causes" from the Heritage Foundation, but he noticed a couple important things missing.  What is the point of sending these lists to Washington anyway?

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In this episode, Tom Short and I share storeis from our week preaching on campus together.

Today Chris shares some of his work on artificial intelligence and the prospects for a wholesome humanism. The question he's attempting to answer is, "Is it possible to preserve permanent things such as traditional family life when the technology we have developed can easily tears wholesome life to shreds?" In other words, is dystopia inevitable, or can we have an apple pie American wholesomeness and still have rocket ships? Join us for a little science fiction fun!

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When the Finance function's job of keeping score turns inward, it forgets about customer value, causing the entire business to neglect it. But, in remembering that it's purpose is to give the business incite into value-delivery, the Finance department aligns the business effort for the customer.

Many business problems arise when finance doesn't serve the customer.

Tom Ascol, Tom Buck, William Wolfe and Jeff Wright join host Cory Wing to discuss financial fraud and abuse and the future and importance of the Southern Baptist Convention

We start with this week’s China propaganda update (2:27), followed by a look at a 112 y/o letter from Borden in Cairo (34:05). Next, we look at how to Pray for China this week (39:19) followed by an insane team schedule that I unearthed from exactly 12 years ago in NW China (46:06).

Follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I post daily reminders to pray for China (PrayforChina.us). If you enjoy this podcast, follow or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also email any questions or comments to contact @ PrayforChina dot us. And don’t forget to check out all the things we are doing at PrayGiveGo.us. Luke 10:2!

China/Russia vs Ukraine/USA: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1329289.shtml

The “Real China” Breaks Through: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1329281.shtml

Death Sentence for Child Trafficker: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1329258.shtml

China: US Violates Human Rights: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202503/1329294.shtml

Borden’s Arab Homestay: https://open.substack.com/pub/chinacall/p/arab-homestay

Pray for China (PrayforChina.us)

Mar 1 (Sat) - Pray for Tongling in Anhui Province, which is paired with Iowa for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

Anhui Podcast: Beheaded https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/31

Mar 2 (Sun) - Pray for Siming District in Xiamen Prefecture of SE China's Fujian Province, which is paired with South Carolina for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

Fujian podcast and more info…https://prayforchina.us/index.php/fujian/

Mar 3 (Mon) - Pray for Chengguan (“CityGate”) District, the urban core of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, which is paired for prayer with its sister state of Oklahoma: www.Pray4Gansu.com

Here's my Gansu podcast (and more)... https://prayforchina.us/index.php/gansu/

Mar 4 (Tue) - Pray for Shijingshan District in the suburbs of west-central Beijing, which  is paired with Washington DC (and MD) for prayer: prayforchina.us/index.php/maryland/

My Tiananmen Crosspolitic interview: https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/videos/30786

Mar 5 (Wed) - Pray for Kaili City, the most populated in Qiandongnan Prefecture in Guizhou Province, which is paired with Missouri for prayer: www.prayforchina.us/states/missouri.html

Here's the Guizhou podcast (and more)... https://prayforchina.us/index.php/guizhou/

Mar 6 (Thu) - Pray for landlocked Nada Town, the largest in Danzhou Prefecture on Hainan Island, which is paired with Hawaii for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

Here's the Hainan pod: https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/37

Mar 7 (Fri) - Pray for Yongnian District in Handan City, in southern Hebei Province. “Huh-bay” is paired with both Wisconsin and Michigan for prayer: https://prayforchina.us/index.php/michigan/

Here's my Hebei pod: https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/39

Mar 8 (Sat)  - Pray for Nangang District, the most populated in Harbin City, the capital of Heilongjiang, which is paired with MN and the UP of MI for prayer: https://prayforchina.us/index.php/michigan/

My Heilongjiang podcast: https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/20

Listen to hear the "Insane Adventures" I share at the end of today's podcast...

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Right now, it’s hard to tell whether or not America’s allies feel comfortable with all of her recent political changes, and we can see this attitude whether we consider Vice President J. D. Vance’s speech in Germany or even the most recent national hockey league games of Canada versus America.

For example, as our reporter Justin Chartrey noted, while the Star-Spangled Banner began to play at the NHL (or national hockey league), people in the Canadian crowd began booing the song, most likely angry at America for the tariffs that President Trump wants to enforce on Canada. And then, when the whistle blew and the game began, there were immediately three fights between the players of the two teams in the first nine seconds.

We don’t necessarily know that these fights were provoked by the booing of the crowd, but it seems evident that a tension filled the stadium between America and Canada.

Meanwhile, as our journalist Jonathan Kelly reported, President J.D. Vance recently gave a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, and the topic of the speech wasn’t quite what Europe expected. Instead of talking about the conflict between Ukraine and Russia or the rising power of China, Vance addressed the internal problems that currently plague the nations of Europe, infections that eat them from the inside out.

Vance criticized the willingness of Romania to stall elections because of possible interference from Russia, and he critiqued the swiftness of German authorities for executing punishments on people who used “hate speech.” Vance even rebuked the U.K. for unjustly treating a man named Adam Smith Connor by prosecuting him for praying silently nearby an abortion clinic. All of these actions, according to Vance, stifle the democracy of Europe’s nations.

“The fundamental principle of democracy is the ability of people to express their views, even if they are unpopular. Yet across Europe, we are witnessing a systematic suppression of dissenting voices, all in the name of combating misinformation or extremism.” – J.D. Vance

Additionally, Vance also attacked the willingness of Europe’s nations to allow illegal immigrants to enter their borders, yes, allowing illegal immigrants to come into their land, despite the harm done to their own citizens and despite their citizens’ longing for security. In his speech then, Vance took this opportunity not to point out the problems that arise for Europe from other countries, but to show Europe the problems that they are creating themselves, the sickness that they don’t want to see.

Vance gave his speech as a call for action and hope, but we will have to see if Europe repents, if they turn around, or if they clench their fists and refuse to listen. Just like tension filled the hocky stadium, we can sense the tension that is filling the nation of Europe.

To discover more news, check out some of our other articles, such as “Can We All Acknowledge That Pope Francis is a Progressive, Globalist, Heretic Yet?” by our journalist Luke Edison, or “Rick Warren’s Politics Isn’t the Worst of It” by our reporter David Fowler, or even “Gen Z Christians On The Rise: Interview With Noelle Fitchett” by our journalist Esther Elliott.

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The common law right to freedom of speech is being lost in Europe and even England where it developed. Will the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause prevent that loss in our nation? Don't say yes too quickly. Today, I explain why the Christian understanding of that right can be made to yield to lies. The United States Supreme Court has us headed in that direction. Freedom of speech, like everything else, depends on what kind of world our various magistrates (and the public that elects them) think we live in.