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An LA detective’s pay was revealed. “$343,000 a YEAR.” Base: $146K. Overtime: $178K. Other: $18K. For ONE detective. Taxpayers are getting destroyed by Democrats.

PSA: 1) The "Pope" or even a description of that role is not in the Bible. 2) The word "Pope" wasn't coined until ~3rd century, and did not become associated with the Bishop of Rome until between the 4th and 6th centuries. 3) The main Bible passage used to support the idea of a Pope (Matthew 16:13-20) simply doesn't say what many think it does. Simon Peter confesses to Jesus that, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus responds, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in haven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in haven." Couple things to unpack here. Jesus says, "...ON THIS ROCK I will build my church..." He doesn't say, "On YOU, PETER THE ROCK, I will build my church..." "This rock" is not a person. "This rock" is the confession that Peter had made a moment prior about Jesus being "The Christ, the Son of the living God." THAT is the ROCK upon which Jesus builds his church, the confession of him as savior, Christ, and God. And, after all, doesn't that make sense? The word we translate as church is from the Greek word, "ecclesia," which essentially means "gathering" or "assembly." Gathering or assembly of whom? It's the gathering or assembly of the followers of Christ, and who are the followers of Christ? They are those who confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior, the Son of God! When we simply look carefully at what Jesus said, we see it fits clearly with that which we know to be true! Ok, but you might ask, "What about that part about binding on earth, and loosing on earth, and being bound up or loosed in haven and hell, etc.? What about that???" I'm glad you asked. Let's look a few chapters later at Matthew 18:15-20. Jesus explains what to do when your brother (as in another member of the church) sins against you. He explains the process to go through, but look at what he says in verses 17 through 20: "If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." Is Jesus saying that everyone who works through an issue of forgiveness with a brother in the church is the Pope? Is he giving them some kind of Papal authority? Is he saying that everything they say is now on par with scripture? No! Both in chapter 16 and chapter 18 Jesus is helping his followers to understand that they have significant authority as believers and followers of Christ. By sharing the gospel with others they are sharing the most valuable thing possible with others (salvation and connection with God), and by casting those out of the church who should be cast out, they are withholding connection with God through his body (the church). This is great authority indeed. But it doesn't create or necessitate a Pope. 4) The doctrine of Ex Cathedra, in which the Pope "speaks for God," was not a formal doctrine of the Catholic Church until 1870. Certainly the idea existed prior to that, but considering the church went over 1,800 years without this doctrine, is notable. 5) There's nothing Biblical about the primacy of Rome. If there was a "Capitol" of the church in the New Testament, it was Jerusalem. Rome didn't become the center of gravity of the Catholic Church until Emperor Constantine's conversion in AD 312. Whether Constantine's conversion was genuine or not, the truth is that after 312 the church's power was often as much (or more) political than anything else. The Church being ROMAN Catholic is a reflection of political power, not a Holy mandate from God. When you read revelation, and see that God will establish his Kingdom in FULL on earth in the future, you see that it will be in Jerusalem, NOT Rome. That's some food for thought.

Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them.