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Richard Lund

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Grandpa who follows Jesus, spokesperson, artist

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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
Take a break from politics for a minute or a day. People, little boys, are starving. Not from a natural disaster. But just from being untouchable second class citizens who deserve to die. At least that what some say. John was not a statistic. He was a Christian Sunday school student who could no longer attend because the teacher lost his job and was hungry himself. And now little John is safe in the arms of Jesus. Ponder that for a little while. You could help. But will you? This was the Sunday school site. The link to give is still there. But nobody gave. sundayschoolpakistan.org
Sabir Bashir@sabirbashir97

💔 John’s Story — A Little Life That Touched Heaven His name was John. A quiet boy with the kind of smile that could melt your heart. He loved to hold hands, even with strangers — maybe because deep down, he just wanted to feel safe and loved. But in these past days, food and water became harder to find. Every morning, John would look up at me and whisper, “Will there be food today?” Sometimes, all I could do was smile weakly and pray in my heart God please provide We tried everything sharing what little we had hoping someone would help hoping the next day would be better But the help never came in time A few days ago John grew too weak to stand. He didn’t complain He just lay quietlyb whispering prayers he had learned at Sunday school. His last words were I’m not hungry now. Jesus will feed me And the he went Home. 💔 Now John is safe in the arms of Jesus where there is no hunger no thirst, no pain only love that never ends. But here on earth other children are still waiting. They still ask the same question John once asked: “Will there be food today? Please, if you can — help us answer that question with a yes. Your kindness can save a child’s life before it’s too late. For I was hungry and ye gave Me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave Me drink — Matthew 25:35 (KJV)

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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
Allie Beth gets it. Our generosity does not mean that we are forced to spend tax money on the pet projects of a party leader. I can say with confidence that the money I donate gets used properly. Not so with tax money.
Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey@RelatablewABS

Christian generosity has nothing to do with your taxes. You as a Christian could support zero taxpayer-funded programs and still be considered a generous Christian. Christians are called to charity. Charity, by definition, is voluntary. Taxes are not voluntary. "Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." - 2 Corinthians 9:7 A lot of times you see these so-called progressive Christians referencing the early church in Acts as giving each other everything that they had to make sure that everyone was cared for as a justification for socialism. But these early Christians gave to one another empowered by the Holy Spirit. They did so voluntarily. They weren't forced by the government to do so. Supporting government programs that take money from one group and forcibly give it to another group is not charity. It's coveting. It's stealing. Forced wealth redistribution violates two of the Ten Commandments: "Thou shall not covet and thou shall not steal." That's why socialism never works and always ends in tyranny and misery. It's an ideology that sounds really compassionate. We hear, "Care for the least of these. Close the wealth gap." But it is always carried out in a way that is anti-God and anti-human nature. It is an ideology that is built on greed and envy. And by the way, outsourcing your generosity to the government is a sin. If you're not forking over your dollars to the needy until the government threatens you with jail, then you are an unchristian miser, not a bleeding heart empath.

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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
Mason. You just don’t know enough conservative Christians. It is also important to distinguish between the needs of that long string of consonants. To see the individuals involved. The Bible teaches sexual purity as being the way of life for people following Jesus. The authors of scripture call us to be holy. To flee fornication. A whole host of things to choose instead of wanton lust. Sinners are welcome in my world. But not because I want to sin with them. But to encourage them to follow Jesus. Are you gospel-curious? Try attending a Bible study or a church service. Leg down your guard a little.
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Mason Mennenga@masonmennenga·
even if you believe being gay is a sin (it’s not), jesus was friends with sinners and even protected them from being killed but i don’t see conservative christians doing any of that with LGBTQ people
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Anish Moonka
Anish Moonka@AnishA_Moonka·
Researchers at UC Irvine took saliva samples from a choir before and after performing Beethoven. One antibody, the most abundant in your entire body, spiked 240%. That antibody is called secretory immunoglobulin A. Mouthful of a name, but it does a simple job: it coats your throat, gut, and airways and acts as your body’s first barrier against every cold, flu, and respiratory virus you breathe in. Your body makes more of it than all other antibody types combined. The 2000 study found this antibody rose 150% during rehearsals and 240% during the live performance. A separate 2004 study from the University of Frankfurt tested what happens when choir members just listen to the same music instead of singing it. The antibody barely moved. And their mood actually got worse. Marathon runners show the exact opposite. A study of 98 competitive runners found this same antibody dropped 21 to 31% after the race. 17% came down with colds or throat infections within two weeks. Cross-country runners tracked over a full season saw it fall to 40% of their starting level by November. Running was suppressing the same antibody that singing was tripling. It works through the vagus nerve, the longest nerve in your body. It runs from your brain down through your chest to your gut and controls your “rest and digest” mode. When you sing, your vocal cords physically vibrate against it where it wraps around your voice box. You’re also breathing from deep in your belly with long, slow exhales, which tells your nervous system to calm down. Your stress hormones drop. Your immune system responds. A 2016 study from the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London tested 193 cancer patients and carers across five choirs in South Wales. One hour of group singing lowered cortisol (the body’s main stress hormone) and raised five different immune signaling proteins. The people with the worst depression scores improved the most. You don’t need to be good at it. The boost comes from the physical act, the vibration and the breathing, not the melody. Trained soprano or shower singer, your body responds the same way. One caveat: that 240% number came from a live performance, where adrenaline and emotional intensity were at their peak. Singing along to the radio probably produces a smaller spike. And these are temporary boosts, not permanent changes. But the 193 cancer patients in the 2016 study weren’t performing Beethoven on stage. They were just singing together for an hour in community choirs.
All day Astronomy@forallcurious

🚨: Singing raises key immune antibody by 240% in under 1 hour

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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
We are quietly wondering if ML King will get the same treatment in 2027 as Cesar Chavez is receiving now. I am not trying to diminish King’s role in civil rights and bringing in a welcoming environment for all Americans. I truly admire him. But when a person has his flaws revealed, they often enter into a blast furnace and are erased. I hope we can remember the good.
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sbs.60
sbs.60@sbmcks·
We don't call it Kings' Day, yet.
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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
See. You helped me. Thanks. Xi Jinping. Of course since we lack the ability to easily type the tone marks, we will have to pretend that we know how to say it. There is a group who believe in the supernatural preservation of the text of the New Testament. Not unlike the magical beliefs of Islam for the preservation of the text of the Quran. The Christians who believe in that follow what is known as the Textus Receptus (TR). In that type of church, the table in front of the church will be inscribed with 1611 along with what may be written “Do this in remembrance of me.” And King James Version. Often certain groups of Baptists. (I was raised Baptist and my mom is still a baptist, so back off.) Lower textual criticism is the field in view here, not numerology. The text of the Bible marketed by Trump has been poured over with millions of eyes by now. Those folks care about the text. To my knowledge that Bible is not heavy on commentary. As a boy raised in dispensational churches, many folks carried the Schofield reference Bible. (Oxford University Press, if I recall) During my childhood the publisher released the new Schofield reference Bible. A few words were changed because the meanings of those words had shifted over the four hundred years. Lots of uproar. Lots of scrutiny. If the text of the KJV in the Bible from Trump were changed, I am sure we would have heard.
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RandomWhiteGuy
RandomWhiteGuy@TheReelRandom·
I taught American Government for decades. Separation of church and state is about as basic as you get. It’s not just the 1st Amendment that makes this clear. Article VI, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits any religious test as a qualification for federal office or public trust. That’s also a clear separation between religious belief and your right to serve in elected office. My high school juniors understood this, but a sitting Senator doesn’t?
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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
Xi Jintao is the head of the communist party of China. Or if I made another mistake from my memory, please correct me. I presumed that because the so called “Trump-Xi Bible” was given that moniker was that the manufacturing was done in China. A much more obscure reason might be that the Xi was in Roman numerals standing for eleven. That is the publication year of the authorized version. The well known derangement syndrome has curious twists and turns.
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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
@herotimeszero Besides your apparent TDS, what reason do you propose that the Biden Administration sat on the Epstein files. They seemed to be full throttle to find anything to charge against Trump. Yet they did not release anything.
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💙🌊 Zero Dark Twenty-Nine 🌊🌊🖋️🧫
Epstein dies in prison while Trump is President. The DOJ closes Epstein's case while Trump is President. Ghislaine Maxwell is moved to a vacation prison while Trump is President. Congress forces DOJ to expose the files but they barely show half because Trump is President. As the pressure builds to show more files, we go to war - while Trump is President. Whatever you think Trump did on Epstein's island, it's worse. Much worse.
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Richard Lund@lundpix·
How many here from the South Eastern US have experienced this? And are there some here who are members of congregations who have a sung liturgy? There is new research showing the positive effects of choral singing.
Loyette@LoySwanee

@AnishA_Moonka Sacred Harp singing was very popular in many churches and regions of the American South. The frequencies of Sacred Harp singing had profound healing properties on the congregation. youtu.be/YHUfHNEZDPc?si…

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Monty
Monty@montymccoy·
@AnishA_Moonka And yet, the first documented COVID spread event was with a choir practice in Skagit county Washington. 😆🫡
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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
Time to gather and sing praises to our Gods.
PedaNye@pedanye224

@AnishA_Moonka Wow!! Science continues to underscore scripture. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” – Colossians 3:16

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Deborah Hollifield
Deborah Hollifield@presbyrista·
@AnishA_Moonka @StarLasswell1 And yet during Covid, they told us that we couldn’t have choir practice, or if we did, we had to sing behind our masks. Never forget what they did to us.
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Richard Lund@lundpix·
Loyette. I have attended just one all day sing of sacred harp. I will remember that day for the rest of my life. Thanks so much for sharing this in relation to the scientific discovery. I have a few brothers in Christ who love the sung liturgy. I am beginning to get it. I am learning. Thank you.
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Loyette
Loyette@LoySwanee·
@AnishA_Moonka Sacred Harp singing was very popular in many churches and regions of the American South. The frequencies of Sacred Harp singing had profound healing properties on the congregation. youtu.be/YHUfHNEZDPc?si…
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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
You make some points. The federalist papers were published to explain the new document. And to intellectually defend its structure. The states rights are provided for in the bill of rights. But were effectively limited by the civil war. And later actions by U.S. presidents. Just ask George Wallace.
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MaryBrigid McManamon
MaryBrigid McManamon@mbmcmanamon·
@JimmytheMan54 @lundpix @TheReelRandom So, by your logic, there is no federalism or states’ rights. No separation of powers or checks and balances. Or maybe, just maybe, you weren’t paying attention when they taught about the American government when you were in grade school. 🤷‍♀️ Do you understand the word “infer”?
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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
Your attempt to link the Bible to Xi Jintao is disrespectful. It is a product that has the texts of four documents in one volume. Those requirements were written by a state. Oklahoma if memory serves me. If you wanted to link it to King Charles as the head of the Church of England it would be more accurate. China does a lot of manufacturing. As does South Korea. My Xi phone is made there. When I took my last Ximpacllin it was too. And I put 36 heads of garlic into my garlic processor last week to make Xi-black garlic. The authorized version is the text of the Holy Bible used. To avoid Crown Copyright strikes they used the name King James Version. Modern spellings were the only modification. The other documents were the original U.S. constitution as ratified in 1789, the bill of rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the pledge of allegiance to the United States of America. All of these documents are used in the study of the formation of this nation. Of course you will bring up the Bishop’s Bible. But we are talking about Oklahoma. And not Virginia. So they chose the AV.
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sbs.60
sbs.60@sbmcks·
@CommanderRedEXE @BearBoyd924 @lundpix @TheReelRandom Does a source that you respect report on this Bible? Does its account materially differ from that of wikipedia? That the Trump-Xi Bible is not just a Bible (e.g., it contains an incomplete copy of the US Constitution, among other documents) has been widely reported.
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Richard Lund
Richard Lund@lundpix·
@CoryBooker Vote yes for the SAVE America act and you may get something else done.
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Cory Booker
Cory Booker@CoryBooker·
Get ICE out of our airports and fund TSA!
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