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1. Dowd: GOP ‘Empowered’ Clinton’s Predatory Behavior With ‘Tainted’ Justice Thomas

 

ABC’s make-believe Republican Matthew Dowd went completely off the rails Sunday during his appearance on This Week. During the panel discussion of the latest sexual harassment allegations around the country, Dowd went off the deep end and claimed Republicans “empowered” Bill Clinton’s sexually predatory behavior and “gave up their values” by putting “tainted” Justice Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court.

2. NBC Downplays Bill Clinton Sex Allegations With Family’s Talking Points

 

With the national discussion centered on sexual harassment and sexual assault, many in the liberal media had been itching to get to the allegations directed at the President. The media seemed to have recently gotten the ‘okay’ to pursue the claims when Hillary Clinton brought them up in a radio interview. It’s hypocritical for Clinton to lead the charge because of her philanderer husband with a rape charge, but that wasn’t a problem for NBC’s Sunday Today, which disregarded it using Clinton’s defense.

3. ABC Ignores Sen. Gillibrand Admitting President Clinton Should’ve Resigned Over Lewinsky

 

What a surprise. The morning news broadcast headed by a former Bill Clinton White House staffer completely ignored the news that a prominent Democrat just admitted that Clinton should’ve resigned after his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky came to light.

4. MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Condemns Sexual ‘Predator’ Bill Clinton

 

Twenty five years after he first ran for president, MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski on Friday lashed out at Bill Clinton, assailing the Democrat as a sexual “predator” who ruined the lives of women. The Morning Joe co-host, who didn’t wait two decades to go after Donald Trump, attacked: “There are cases where the predator flourished and continued to be the president of the United States. I’m talking about Bill Clinton.”

5. Stelter Frets ‘Stupid’ Mistakes in Media Are ‘Amplified by Some Right-Wing Outlets’ to Discredit the Press

 

CNN’s Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter invited on HLN’s S.E. Unfiltered host S.E. Cupp for an illuminating 22-minute podcast released Friday dealing with conservative distrust in the news media. It featured solid points by Cupp and complaints by Stelter that mistakes in the media have unfairly been “amplified by some right-wing outlets as if the entire press is culpable.”

6. CBS, NBC Hype ‘Controversy’ and ‘Cloud of Suspicion’ Over Museum of the Bible

 

Fearing that America was one step closer to becoming a theocracy with the opening of the privately-funded Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., on Thursday and Friday, CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today hyped the supposed “controversy” swirling around the institution, even claiming that a “cloud of suspicion” hung over the building as it opened its doors.

7. CNN’s Stelter Fawns Over Trump Impersonator Breaking Down Gestures

 

To promote his Monday night special glorifying late-night comedians bashing Trump, CNN’s Brian Stelter closed out his Sunday show by showing off his giddy interview with Trump impersonator Anthony Atamanuik. Stelter was like a kid in a candy store as he laughed along with his guest, joking about Trump’s speech patterns and mocking him for being out of shape.

Keeps Getting Better For Franken …

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A second woman has accused Sen. Al Franken of groping her, saying the Minnesota Democrat inappropriately touched her in 2010.

The women alleges Franken grabbed her buttocks while posing for a photo with her at the Minnesota State Fair, according to CNN.

The woman, Lindsay Menz, also tweeted about the alleged incident last Thursday, in response to explosive claims by Los Angeles radio anchor Leeann Tweeden that Franken forcibly kissed and groped her during a 2006 USO tour.

via Second woman alleges Al Franken groped her | Fox News

Two Pillars

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Two Pillars

November 20

 

 

“He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz” (Chron 3:15-17).

In 2003, I took my first trip to Israel. I visited the Wailing Wall, the only thing left of the original temple built by David’s son, Solomon. I took an underground tour of the temple foundation which allowed us to see the incredibly huge, square boulders that were used to lay the foundation. History states that these boulders were cut off-site and transported to the temple location to avoid loud noises in the temple area. Pillars are designed to provide the foundation to a structure. These towering cylinders provide the height and strength to connect the roof to the lower foundation.

What’s remarkable is the name of the two pillars that stood in front of the temple: Jakin, which means it establishes. And Boaz means in it is strength. Jakin was a priest. Boaz was a business man also known as a “king” in the scriptures. He was also Ruth’s kinsman redeemer whose lineage would be traced all the way to Christ (Mt. 1:5). It is a picture of two people God would use to represent the entrance into God’s presence and the forming of the foundation of Christ’s Church. The Bible says we are both kings and priests, but we also have two separate distinct roles to play in his Body.

Kings and Priests are joining together to bring the presence of God into the place that has been forbidden territory – the workplace. It is only when this partnership cooperates in unity, mutual respect, and affirmation that we see God’s power released. Alone, we cannot do it. Together, we can bring the presence of God into all spheres of society to transform workplaces, cities and nations.

Self-effacement — to gain face

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November 20
Self-effacement — to gain face
Philippians 2
“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.” (v.5)

We said yesterday that humility has not been praised — except by a few — in any age. Ancient writers regarded the quality of humility as a “servile, grovelling spirit.” People today seem to view it in the same way and place it alongside the cringing spirit of Uriah Heep — “I am so very ‘umble, Master Copperfield.” Perhaps it was this confusion that led to Gladstone, one of Britain’s past Prime Ministers, to say: “Humility as a sovereign grace is the creation of Christianity.” In choosing “humility” as the best translation of the Greek word used in the list of the fruit of the Spirit, we must be careful not to miss the thought that is contained in some of the other words used by translators, such as gentleness, meekness, forbearance, adaptability and tolerance. Threading them all together, we have a picture of this fruit of the Spirit as a gentle spirit of lowliness and humility with no arrogance but a joyous desire to serve.
Humility is not only misunderstood by the world; it is also largely misunderstood by the Christian Church. Some confuse it, for example, with self-belittlement. They think that by denigrating themselves or putting themselves down they are acting in humility. But by deliberately setting out to make themselves small, they are really trying to make themselves great. Self-effacement is their way of gaining face. They take the lowest place in order to be invited to go up higher. They express derogatory opinions of themselves in the hope that they will be contradicted. This is not real humility — this is feigned humility: an unworthy substitute.
Prayer:
O Father, clarify my understanding so that I can discern between true humility and feigned humility. Help me to have a mind that is open to Your mind so that I comprehend all things clearly. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
For Further Study
1. What did Jesus teach the disciples?
2. How are we to think of ourselves?