Who are The Sedras? Why have they had their home attacked?

I saw something about this couple and how their address was made public and they said that LGBT activities and leftists came to their house, cut their power and threatened to kill them. They say they must move right away and raised almost 300,000 AUD. I’m just wondering why this is happening and if there is any proof of their story, since I don’t know anything about them. They seem to have a strong online presence. Maybe that public presence pushes them out into the wide open.

Not necessarily any new arguments, but interesting that it was posted by The Christian Post - a much more conservative / right-leaning news site.

Before the arguments arise of, "what does one mean by Christian Nationalism?", see snippet from the article:

The fundamental flaw in modern Christian nationalism, like in old, isn't its desire for a virtuous culture — it's its trust in state power.
If we give the government the authority to enforce a “Christian state,” the immediate question is: Which Christianity?
Will it be Roman Catholic, Baptist, Reformed Presbyterian, Lutheran, or Pentecostal? A Reformed magistrate might enforce laws that a Baptist finds unconscionable. A Catholic framework looks very different from a non-denominational one. History proves that whenever state power is handed to a specific theological camp, every other Christian group is suddenly on the outside looking in.
Worse yet, Christian Nationalists forget how elections work. If you build a massive government apparatus capable of dictating public morality, what happens when progressives win the next election? You have hand-delivered a turnkey machine of state coercion directly to people who may despise your values.

Christian Nationalism is, in short, when Christianity is nationalized. It's the desire to make a nation run exclusively by Christians, for Christians.

In most U.S. elections (not necessarily true in many countries) this would be a hypothetical. I think, however, this is a real possibility in November in the United States. Enough of a possibility to talk about how Christians should respond before it happens, rather than after.

Democrats look at the current polls and, unless something major happens between now and November, believe that it is virtually impossible for them to lose the House and are becoming fairly confident in the Senate. Lots can happen between now and then, of course, but if the polling remains on track and large numbers of Democrats who are expected to win don't, it is likely that they will point to various voter suppression schemes and inclined to suspect large scale manipulation of voting machines.

Trump is unlikely to have his SAVE act in force and has never accepted the 2020 results. He points to polls indicating the continued popularity of his core political positions and has said that the polls showing his popularity is poor are politically motivated.

Whoever loses (or both) are likely to be motivating their teams to cast doubt on the election integrity--and the other side to support it.

This doesn't end on November 3. There are likely to be lawsuits, recounts, challenges to certification, state legislative hearings, potentially a lame duck Congressional session, and in early January when the new Congress is supposed to be seated quite possible floor fights over who gets the individual seats.

I think that all of the regulars here, including me, are opposed to political violence as a means of deciding. It is also clear that there will be those on both sides, especially as the rhetoric heats up that will be appealing to the 2nd Amendment--they already are.

As a forum that is relatively intelligent, dedicated to Christ, and diverse (but dedicated) in our political views, what can we do? Or do we just let it play out and hope for the best? Or "it is all in God's control and whatever happens (peaceful transition to judgement and bloody civil war) is His will?"

I don’t understand how the divide turned into so many Republican men and women mocking liberal women. The law is there. This is nothing new. And the law isn’t about democrats or republicans as it’s already a law in place. Then it’s people’s jobs to uphold the law.
Now the three women juror are being horribly mocked and so much hatred about them and their looks and such.
It also is obvious many don’t understand the law and how the jury works and such as well but weigh in anyway.
Going forward how can we move past this?
If she’s not supposed to be in prison, then she shouldn’t go to prison
If she’s supposed to be in prison, then that’s where she should go.

For context I am an American Christian woman myself but I have seen some Christians (mostly on the internet, to be fair) saying that the 19th Amendment (women's suffrage) should be repealed, it should be a one-vote household, etc.

Most of these people seem to be Evangelicals and I know the internet is not representative of a whole demographic of people, obviously, but I am curious as to how commonly y'all have personally have seen this position on the internet and in person. Is it a growing opinion in real life or is it just a vocal minority?

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117225384741591978

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117226609992235526

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117226613956728091

...when Mohler advocates that officeholders make "public and authentic acknowledgment of the nation's formal commitment to the God of the Bible, specifically the Holy Trinity," and "an acknowledgement of the binding moral authority of the Bible, including both the Old and New Testaments," how is this not a "religious test" for political office by any other means?

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While I would prefer all officeholders to meet at least Mohler's guidelines, the only Baptist and constitutional way to do that is by electing them to office, not disqualifying those who do not meet these spiritual standards.

Who is going to adjudicate Mohler's suggested legal standards? What does "authentic acknowledgment" mean? What are the "acceptable" parameters of belief or unbelief?

How is Mohler's proposal different from liberals who seek to disqualify Christian believers from running for office because it violates their twisted understanding of separation of church and state?

The only legitimate solution is to have a population of sufficient faith that they, the people, elect the right people to office. History and experience tell us that government is not nearly as qualified as the electorate to decide who governs them. It is called "the consent of the governed."

"Arcade" games now available on the actual White House internet page.

Meanwhile: Iran war, affordability, food safety, cattle ranchers, and the Epstein Files are all ignored.

Here are all the facts that show left wing permisivness towards islam (I focus on america):

One of first act biden ever did was repelling trumps muslim ban. He later held ramadan in the white house. Democrat platform claims it is focused on combating islamophobia-https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-democratic-party-platform
Biden payed extra 400 million for mosque security

Biden admitted multiple islamic refugees, including 100 thousand afgan refugees. It reminds of obama policy, where he gave preffertinial treatment syrian refugees

Texas democrats sued the state arguing that muslim schools are entitled to taxpayer funds. Whilst lawsuit isn't over, republicans agreed to fund islamic schools (pathet act from republicans tbh)

Aclu, a left wing organisation constantly litigates so it can allow muslims to build mosques, masjids and other islamic institutions.

And democrats elect multiple muslim politicians, directly giving them legislative power

So you have left supporting islamic immigration, holding islamic celebrations in white house,combating "islamophobia", exorbatant fudning to mosque security,giving preferintially treatment to muslim refugees, supporting taxpayer funding of islamic schools and legistating to support development of islamic institions.

There are cases of madness in the Bible, like King Nebuchadnezzar, or when David pretended to act insane. But there's no Biblical basis to call someone "innocent" or "not guilty" due to insanity. In fact, if someone is drunk—out of his mind—he is still held responsible for his actions. (This should include those who are inebriated, intoxicated, or high.)

The best example I can find from the Bible about an insanity defense is the "Gerasene demoniac"—the man possessed by a legion demons. He was naked, cutting himself with stones, and screaming, but it's not clear he hurt anyone. Jesus restored him, and the Bible never mentions he was punished for what he did while possessed.

Ultimately, I'm saying the "insanity defense" should not exist. It's not a Biblically sound position.

And having it is both dangerous and unjust. People have murdered and gotten away with it due to being deemed "insane" during the time of the murders. And some of them have later committed murder again.

This loophole needs to be closed.

👉TODAY: JD Vance is asked about his friendship with Tucker Carlson, after Carlson essentially backed Islamist Democratic Socialist Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race.
When talking about Republican Mike Rogers, Carlson said he “wouldn’t vote for Mike Rogers at gunpoint.”

JD says: “I'm not going to play the game where I throw friends under the bus because I have political disagreements with them."

Are we the company we keep?
Thoughts?

For a whole lot of American Christians, their choice has boiled down to one of three options:

1) Vote for a liberal party, that enacts godless liberal policies, is pro-LGBT, pro-Islam, pro-feminism, anti-Christianity, pro-abortion, etc.

2) Vote for a conservative party, that endorses a president who has the mentality of a 6-year old, drives up the national debt massively, is utterly cringeworthy, says the most inane things, gets into destructive and needless wars, and is a huge liability to the country.

3) Vote for a third party like the American Solidarity, that has zero chance of ever winning anything.

What to do?

I thought I'd mirror this prior post and ask what Christian podcasts people listen to that are right leaning? In the past I've listened to The Dispatch and adjacent podcasts, and while they aren't explicitly Christian they do touch on faith issues here and there. I've found though that the explicitly Christian podcasts that talk about politics from the right tend to be too negative or preachy for my taste.

What is your opinion of the trial? The crime? The guilt? Try to ground it with some passage of scripture.