New sanctions package in place.

What a gift to the church she was—and still is—and what a gift to me: open.substack.com/pub/karenswa...

My reflections in @christianitytoday.com on the death of Duane Rollins www.christianitytoday.com/2025/05/sbc-...

Duane Rollins's testimony and case against Southern Baptist judge Paul Pressler changed the trajectory of the abuse crisis. Fellow survivor @revchrisdavis.bsky.social reflects on Rollins's legacy and the weight he shouldn't have been left to carry: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/05/sbc-...

Dee Parsons and Amy Smith are two Christian moms who have become unlikely whistleblowers, exposing sexual abuse within America's largest churches. In 2024, they joined forces in a case involving Texas pastor Robert Morris, head of Gateway Church. youtu.be/rNqk39tlYVQ

Sunset 5/19

-Kremlin offers direct talks - no ceasefire -EU & Zelensky demand ceasefire first. -Kremlin insist on direct talks first. -Trump sides with Kremlin (😱) -Zelensky agrees to direct talks -Kremlin reject own suggestion of direct talks -Trolls blame Ukraine

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

⚡️🇩🇪 Friedrich Merz is Germany’s new chancellor — elected on the second attempt by the Bundestag. He secured 325 votes in favor, 289 against, with 1 abstention, out of 618 total votes cast. His appointment now awaits confirmation by President Steinmeier before he takes office.

I mean, give the man points for refusing to give up on his dream.

Jesus is risen. He lives today and reigns in victory.

The number of casualties from the Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy has risen to 129, including 17 children, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service. The death toll from the attack earlier today increased to 35.

Trump full-on accusing Zelensky of starting the war Russia launched against Ukraine in 2014, before Zelensky was even president, and escalated in 2022 with it unprovoked, full-blown invasion. Not a single criticism toward Putin, a day after the deadliest single attack of the war by Russia this year.

A shotgun-equipped drone from the 5th Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hunts down Russian quadcopters.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he is genuinely unaware of the fact that Russia doesn't fully control the "annexed regions". It's not Witkoff's fault, though, all his briefs are in Russian, and that is a hard language to master

Does anyone anywhere know how to permanently get rid of these google sign-in popup windows? I never, ever want to sign in to anything with a google account.

People are learning/remembering why we made him a one-term president in the first place.

Three years ago, Russia bombed the Kramatorsk train station a lifeline for civilians fleeing war. The missile was marked: “For the children.” 61 people were killed, including 9 children. 121 were injured. Three days ago, Russia killed 9 more children in another strike.

Shocking. You men this administration isn’t going to willingly give up the power to make it up as it goes along??

If you’re tempted to become cynical and unbelieving, or give up all intention of taking right and wrong seriously, Malachi has something to say. (Baldwin, Tyndale Series)

✅🇺🇦 On April 2, 2022, the end of the battle for Kyiv and the liberation of the entire Kyiv region from the Russian occupiers was announced.

Fascinating article on Church Covenants and the arbitration/conciliation clauses often found in them. canopyforum.org/2022/03/17/r...

I was one of those who saw Bucha after it was liberated from Russia. I organized for Western&global media to visit Bucha⤵️ 📷 Me in Bucha during those first days after it was de-occupied.l still remember those days vividly 📷 International journalists documenting Russian war crimes in Bucha

Christians, we cannot support this type of mockery and humiliation. Wanting legal boarder protection is one argument, but this type of gleeful insult to humanity is Christ-less.

This appears to be a completely unserious push from the US. We should be trying to help Ukraine—not plunder it.

More information of the Signal Chat conversation has been released by the Atlantic.

U.N. Charter. Article II. I have a pretty low opinion of the U.N. as it operates. The concept is good. But it’s shocking to read this and realize we are seeing the foundational principles betrayed over and over again… and hardly anyone seems to care.

It’s time to step away.

Mourn with those who mourn. Survivors of sexual abuse and violence within the SBC made themselves incredibly vulnerable in hopes of protecting others in the future. That they feel their efforts were in vain should break our hearts.

Good job by the headline writer here.

The USA is reportedly withdrawing from the International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine -a group that investigates leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine(starting with Putin,obviously,&including Russia's allies in Belarus,North Korea&Iran) -the NYT

💔🇺🇦 3 years ago, Russia destroyed a drama theater in Mariupol, killing approximately 600 people who took refuge there. ❗️Today, Russians are "rebuilding" the city, trying to erase the evidence.

Seen. Appreciated.

“There are members of the church that know things and do nothing.” m.youtube.com/watch?si=Ta4...

To steal a quote from C. S. Lewis, when it comes to empathy, the task of the modern Christian is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

Trump won't call on Putin to stop his brutal and illegal war on Ukraine. When Putin is "bombing the hell out of Ukraine," a US ally, Trump identifies Zelenskyy as the problem. This is despicable. Will any Republican speak out against it? (That's a rhetorical question.)

Trump is trying to degrade Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, and he expect that won’t result in Russia trying to take advantage of that to attack military and civilian targets? From the brilliant mind that said he’d end the war in 24 hours. We have a toddler playing with power tools.

Reading this and then realizing that those „opponents“ are Tymoshenko and Poroshenko, tells me how politically illiterate those Trump officials are.

The American paleo-cons making excuses for Russia's invasion of Ukraine sound just like my socialist social studies teacher in the 80s who said the it was the US who forced the Soviets to put all of Eastern Europe under its iron thumb. 1/2

Full segment of a heated conversation between Zelensky and Trump in the Oval Office. Full video: t.me/wartranslated

One thing that I’ve tried to remind myself recently is that there is still goodness, beauty, & truth in the world. None of that has changed. We can still strive for virtue. One way I’ve seen that has been a couple meetings we’ve hosted w/local pastors about supporting immigrant churches right now.

Joined our local Ukrainian community tonight in VA Beach for a vigil honoring the heroes of Ukraine as we approach the third anniversary of Russia’s barbaric illegal invasion.

Yeah that’s not how it works.

You guys see the AI Reagan speech about Ukraine? twitter.com/dietmarpichl...

Been saying it for awhile. twitter.com/brent_hobbs/...

Van Hollen: "Can you imagine FDR in the middle of WW2 saying to Churchill, 'you know, we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.' That's not how you behave when you want to support a friend who's under attack by an authoritarian like Putin."

Here’s the heartbreaking reality of this. The SBC will likely vote for this 3 million to be spent. And it will not go to care for abuse survivors and the people who have been hurt along the way. (Still waiting for THAT recommendation, right??) It’ll be spent to accommodate a disgraced pastor’s ego.

Two superpowers opening discussions on the future of a country which one of them is still invading, without that country