Philip Leineweber

🚨Governor DeSantis says his TOP PRIORITY when he leaves office is to see through two constitutional amendments to impose TERM LIMITS on members of Congress and a Balanced Budget Amendment.

BOOM! A new surge is happening, young men ages 18-29 are embracing faith in growing numbers. - 42% now say religion is very important in their lives - That’s a 14-point jump just from last year After years of being told masculinity is toxic, purpose is pointless, and faith is outdated, a generation of young men is rejecting the lies and turning back to something real. Strong faith. Strong men. Strong future.

“I Deserved that Cross” — Powerful video based on Isaiah 53 for our Easter worship services! youtube.com/shorts/oy4CPY3… #easter #GoodFriday2026 #jesus #jesusrose #heisrisen #ideservedthatcross

"She took…and ate: so simple the act, so hard its undoing. God will taste poverty and death before ‘take and eat’ become verbs of salvation." Derek Kidner, Genesis: An Introduction and Commentary (London: The Tyndale Press, 1967), on Genesis 3:6.

Some reflections on the Lord's Supper and Good Friday...Communion proclaims the death of Christ! blog.philwithgrace.com/2026/04/the-lo… #christianity #GoodFridayVibes #goodfriday #jesuschrist #communion #lordssupper #easter #jesusdied #jesussaves #jesuswon

The math on this project should mass-humble every AI lab on the planet. 1 cubic millimeter. One-millionth of a human brain. Harvard and Google spent 10 years mapping it. The imaging alone took 326 days. They sliced the tissue into 5,000 wafers each 30 nanometers thick, ran them through a $6 million electron microscope, then needed Google’s ML models to stitch the 3D reconstruction because no human team could process the output. The result: 57,000 cells, 150 million synapses, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, compressed into 1.4 petabytes of raw data. For context, 1.4 petabytes is roughly 1.4 million gigabytes. From a speck smaller than a grain of rice. Now scale that. The full human brain is one million times larger. Mapping the whole thing at this resolution would produce approximately 1.4 zettabytes of data. That’s roughly equal to all the data generated on Earth in a single year. The storage alone would cost an estimated $50 billion and require a 140-acre data center, which would make it the largest on the planet. And they found things textbooks don’t contain. One neuron had over 5,000 connection points. Some axons had coiled themselves into tight whorls for completely unknown reasons. Pairs of cell clusters grew in mirror images of each other. Jeff Lichtman, the Harvard lead, said there’s “a chasm between what we already know and what we need to know.” This is why the next step isn’t a human brain. It’s a mouse hippocampus, 10 cubic millimeters, over the next five years. Because even a mouse brain is 1,000x larger than what they just mapped, and the full mouse connectome is the proof of concept before anyone attempts the human one. We’re building AI systems that loosely mimic neural networks while still unable to fully read the wiring diagram of a single cubic millimeter of the thing we’re trying to imitate. The original is 1.4 petabytes per millionth of its volume. Every AI model on Earth fits in a fraction of that. The brain runs on 20 watts and fits in your skull. The data center required to merely describe one-millionth of it would span 140 acres.

From Mere Christianity: "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." — C.S. Lewis

In preaching through Acts 11-12 this past Sunday I was struck by the amazing historicity (reliability) of the book of Acts. Read more about this here: blog.philwithgrace.com/2026/02/the-hi…

No superbowl ad will ever beat this alternate 'He Gets Us' banger

@SpeakerJohnson It is hard to believe that we have a House Speaker who can and does speak with such Biblical clarity. Thank you, Sir!

In the press gaggle following today's vote, I was asked to defend the Biblical case for border security and immigration enforcement. I did so, and then promised to post a longer explanation that I drafted during the Biden Administration. Here it is, and I hope it's helpful: Despite the insistence of the progressive Left, people of all religious faiths should support a strong national border—and Christians CERTAINLY should. Critics are fond of citing particular Bible verses out of context to claim that Christians and Jews are being “unfaithful” if we oppose their radical open borders agenda. It has become increasingly important for us to set this record straight. Perhaps the verse most often cited by the Left is Leviticus 19:34. Whether they know it or not, that passage happens to be from the instructions Moses delivered to the Israelites when they were on their journey through the wilderness in Sinai, before they reached their own Promised Land. The verse reads as follows: “But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.” (KJV) CONTEXT IS CRITICAL It is, of course, a central premise of Judeo-Christian teaching that strangers should be treated with kindness and hospitality. We are each called to love God first and to love our neighbors as ourselves (Deut. 6:5, Lev. 19:18, Matt. 22:36-40, KJV). However, that “Greatest Commandment” was never directed to the government, but to INDIVIDUAL believers. The Bible teaches that God ordained and created four distinct spheres of authority— (1) the individual, (2) the family, (3) the church, and (4) civil government—and each of these spheres is given different responsibilities. For example, while each INDIVIDUAL is accountable for his or her own behavior (e.g., Exodus 20), the FAMILY is commanded to “bring up children in the training and instruction of the Lord” (Eph. 6:4) and “provide for their relatives” (1 Tim. 5:8). The CHURCH is commanded to make disciples and equip people for the work of the ministry (Eph. 4:11-13), and the CIVIL GOVERNMENT is established to faithfully uphold and enforce the law so that order can be maintained in this fallen world, crime can be kept at bay, and people can live peacefully (Rom. 13, 1 Tim. 2:1-2). To be properly understood, anytime a command is given in Scripture, one must first determine to WHOM that command is directed. For example, when Jesus taught us as His followers to practice mercy and forgiveness and to “turn the other cheek” (Matt. 5:38-40, KJV), He was not giving that command to the government. To the contrary, when government officials ignore crime, they are directly VIOLATING their responsibilities before God. Indeed, the civil authorities are specifically charged to do justice, to ”bear the sword,” and to serve as “the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil” (Rom. 13:1-4, KJV). As the Bible warns: “When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.” (Ecc. 8:11, TLB) Read in its context, the passage in Leviticus 19 makes perfect sense. Showing love and kindness to a stranger was not a command given to civil government, but instead to individual believers. That same principle is emphasized in the New Testament. When Jesus spoke of embracing, caring, and providing for “the least of these” (E.g., Matt. 25:31-40), His instruction was given to His disciples, and not the local authorities. The Bible is clear that Christians should practice personal charity—but also insist upon the enforcement of laws (like our federal immigration statutes) so that “every person is subject to the governing authorities” and “those who resist incur judgment” (Rom. 13:1-2). BORDERS ARE BIBLICAL Many on the Left today, and even some at the highest levels of our government, consider themselves “globalists” who envision a utopian world order where there are no borders between countries at all. Their fantasy will simply never be realized, and their basic premise (that man is inherently good and perfectible on his own) is the opposite of the Biblical truth that man is fallen and in need of redemption that is available only through salvation in Jesus Christ. The Bible speaks favorably and consistently about distinct nations of people (see, e.g., Gen. 18:18, Num. 32:17, Psalm 67:2, Matt. 28:19, Rev. 5:9, 7:9, NIV), and about borders and walls that are built to guard and secure people, property, and jurisdictions (see, e.g., Deut. 19:14, 27:17, 32:8, Acts 17:26, NIV). When Nehemiah heroically led the Jewish remnant to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem after their enemies had destroyed those walls, he was doing the noble work of God (Neh. 1-6, NIV). Maintaining a secure border is not an offensive measure, but a wise, defensive one to prevent chaos and safeguard innocent life. As Rev. Franklin Graham once summarized, “Why do you lock your doors at night? Not because you hate the people on the outside, but because you love the people on the inside so much.” THE CURRENT CATASTROPHE Right now, because of 64 deliberate policy choices and executive orders of the Biden Administration, America is facing an unprecedented humanitarian and national security catastrophe at our open southern border. More than 10 million illegal aliens from around the world have entered the U.S. since Joe Biden became President, the majority of whom are single, military-aged men. Among them are countless violent criminals and more than 300 suspects on the terrorist watchlist. Cartels are making billions trafficking young women and unaccompanied minors, and many are suffering unspeakable abuses along the way. The Fentanyl that China and the cartels have pushed into the U.S. has become the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45. As the peril increases and communities across our country become more and more overwhelmed with the crushing financial burdens of managing the influx of illegals, American citizens (and even a few Democratic governors and mayors) are finally demanding a return to sanity. America has always been a haven for people legitimately seeking asylum from danger in their home country, but we must insist they pursue a course of legal immigration and not simply ignore our laws. Of course, the President of the United States must be the first to uphold our laws. Every citizen should insist that President Biden immediately use the eight broad statutory authorities he has right now to secure our borders and stop incentivizing illegal immigration. Among his most important executive authorities is 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), which empowers a President to “suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate” if he “finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.” AN AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN RESPONSE Due in large part to our Judeo-Christian foundations and the deep religious heritage we enjoy in this country, America is the most benevolent nation in the world—by far. However, we cannot maintain that strength and generosity if we surrender our own safety and sovereignty. Preserving law and order and securing our borders should not be partisan issues, but matters of common sense. These are certainly responsibilities fully authorized by the Bible—and expected of us by God. Any time liberals attempt to bolster their “open borders” agenda by citing Scripture out of context, they should be kindly corrected with the facts (2 Tim. 2:24-25). Christians are called to love unconditionally, serve selflessly, and defend the defenseless. We are also called to stand for, and work to ensure, just government. Justice and mercy are not mutually exclusive pursuits. To the contrary, God specifically requires His people to practice both (Micah 6:8). Despite the unfounded claims of the Left, supporting a strong national border is a very Christian thing to do. The Bible tells us so.

JUST IN: Vice President JD Vance compares the left's obsession with abortion to the child sacrifice of the Mayans, says every child is wonderfully made by God. Vance also warned America against turning to paganism. "As important as all this politics stuff is, it is about whether we will remain a civilization under God or whether we ultimately return to the paganism that dominated the past." "Today, the far left in this country tells our young people that marriage and children are obstacles, that it's irresponsible, even immoral, because of climate change or some other reason..." "They tell us that life itself is a burden, but we here at this march, we know that it's a lie. We know that life is a gift." "We know that babies are precious because we know them and we love them, and we see the way that they can transform our families." "We know that family is not just the source of a great joy, but it's part of God's design for men and women, a design that extends outward from the family to our neighborhoods, to our communities, and to the United States of America."

The Bush Administration hid under the bed during the March For Life and waited for it to be over. The Trump Administration has the Vice President there in person calling abortion child sacrifice. Pretty extraordinary.

🚨 JUST IN: It's been confirmed that the LOW END of annual US fraudulent spending is over half a TRILLION dollars, $521 billion "It is probably much higher. This comes from a small number of federal agencies." Elon was right. Everything must be DOGEd.

There is not enough time in the history of the entire universe for random mutations + natural selection to construct even a single novel protein - let alone the hundreds needed for even the simplest life. The simplest cell ever created by scientists in a lab (JCVI-Syn3.0) required 438 unique proteins, totaling over 77,000 total proteins, to keep it alive. This gives us a scientifically observed and confirmed minimal cellular requirement. It's absurd to believe Life arose by chance natural processes.

Also the massive borrowing and printing by the federal government has fueled inflation which is an invisible tax that disproportionately hurts low and middle income families. This has been larger than any formal tax increase that has ever been enacted.

Can a family live on one income today? Yes, but not today’s lifestyle on yesterday’s budget. Here’s what it actually looks like: • 1,000 sq ft home, not 2,500 • One used car • One family phone — no smartphones for kids • One TV, no subscriptions • No microwave, no central A/C • Home-cooked meals, no dining out • No childcare, 1 parent stays home • Public schools only • Local sports, not travel leagues • Basic health insurance: pay dental & extras out of pocket • Simple clothes, thrift store toys • Rare vacations, little debt That’s how most families lived for decades and they raised kids, built communities, and made it work. The issue isn’t that you can’t raise a family on one income. The issue is that we’ve inflated “middle class” to mean upper middle luxuries: two cars, two iPhones, dining out, Amazon Prime, orthodontics, soccer trips, Disneyland, and a home office with Wi-Fi. In 1960, one income worked because expectations were lower, families were more self-reliant, and debt wasn’t a lifestyle. You want one income? You can do it. But you have to live like the people who actually did it. Not poorer, just simpler and more deliberate. The people of the past didn’t have a choice, but you do.

Even with all the Molech and Ba'al worship, I doubt there was any Old Testament civilization with this much blood on its hands.

It is increasingly difficult to avoid the conclusion that the Democratic Party is the party of ardent secularism. If I were an inquisitive Christian who voted for Democrats, it would lead me to ask some important questions, such as: — What am I not seeing that so many secularists are? — Why are so many of my co-religionists seeing things the exact opposite of me? — Am I failing to connect the principles of discipleship to the ethics that inform my voting?

While @SenateDems double down on their Schumer Shutdown and collect their paychecks, TSA, FAA, and so many other federal workers are left without. We need to pass my No Budget, No Pay Act to hold Congress accountable for passing a budget, or forgo their paycheck.