Image by Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe United States is no longer the leader of the free world. We as a \u201cChristian\u201d nation have turned from the basic teachings of Jesus in our pursuit to be great (Luke 9:23; 14:11).<\/p>\n
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Many have exchanged the goods of God for the goods of the world. The great Charles Spurgeon wrote, \u201cHe who learns to die daily while he lives will find it no difficulty to breathe out his soul for the last time.\u201d God\u2019s people need to remember that humility is the way to be r\u00fbm!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week, the big news has been the passing of Pope Francis. I remember thinking on Easter as he spoke to the masses, \u201cHe doesn\u2019t look like he is all there.\u201d I believe the whole world has been watching him slowly fade away with age. The response to the Pope\u2019s passing has been tremendous with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5082,"featured_media":5920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,101,12,1216,1240,1267],"class_list":["post-5917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-greatness","tag-judaism","tag-trump","tag-popefrancis","tag-tariffs","tag-tradewar"],"yoast_head":"\n
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