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18+ min ago (749+ words) A Journey Through Ezekiel 16:814 Let's explore 10 powerful truths about salvation from this profound passage. 1. Salvation Begins with God's Initiative "I passed by you again and saw you" (v. 8) God takes the first step. The imagery here shows God revisiting the helpless, abandoned child (see vv. 17), now grown. He chooses to act'not out of obligation, but out of compassion. Hence, we love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). Salvation is not something we seek; it's something God initiates. 2. God Enters into Covenant with the Broken "I spread the corner of my garment over you I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant" (v. 8) This is marriage language. In ancient culture, covering with a garment was symbolic of protection, commitment, and union. Consequently, God doesn't just rescue sinners'He commits to them. Salvation is not transactional; it's relational and covenantal. 3. Salvation Involves…...

18+ min ago (583+ words) Karen Gleason, a veteran reporter, observes the border wall that was expanded by Governor Greg Abbott to deter the inflow of migrants. It does not quell migrants, nor does it resolve the political divide of Del Rio, where Gleason lives.Sara Hylton/Amplifier Del Rio sits on the banks of the Rio Grande River in Val Verde County in southwestern Texas. The small border city of 34,000 people has been at the center of the migrant crisis, most notably when thousands of Haitian migrants made headlines in September 2021 as they sheltered under a bridge outside of town. This crisis was just one of several incidents during which residents of Del Rio and surrounding communities received a slew of misinformation and disinformation. The Del Rio News-Herald, a longstanding daily newspaper, closed in November 2020, making the city part of a growing trend of…...

18+ min ago (52+ words) The best movies, books, TV shows, albums, jokes, and podcasts of 2025. Holiday gift guides for kids, coffee nerds, food lovers, nostalgists, tech enthusiasts, and your host. When an Ivy League school turned against a student. How to cycle like a Dutchman. The day the dinosaurs died. The brothers behind Warner Bros....

18+ min ago (297+ words) How often does one put thought into what a meal from McDonald's is worth? Sure, it may be cheaper than most other places, but it doesn't mean it's affordable to everyone, especially with inflation plaguing several fast food places in recent years. One mom and daughter just experienced this firsthand. Dayana, who goes by @dayajiselle on TikTok, captures a bittersweet moment and uploads it to TikTok. The short eight-second clip now has 4.6 million views and over a thousand comments. Now, several viewers are angry about the prices, but not many mention the difference between the countries selling them. Newsweek sent out reporters in the two countries to compare taste and variety. Aside from the many comments about those, they also compared the prices. Most of the top comments came from viewers blasting McDonald's pricing. One viewer says, "Them not making…...

18+ min ago (52+ words) The best movies, books, TV shows, albums, jokes, and podcasts of 2025. Holiday gift guides for kids, coffee nerds, food lovers, nostalgists, tech enthusiasts, and your host. When an Ivy League school turned against a student. How to cycle like a Dutchman. The day the dinosaurs died. The brothers behind Warner Bros....

18+ min ago (52+ words) The best movies, books, TV shows, albums, jokes, and podcasts of 2025. Holiday gift guides for kids, coffee nerds, food lovers, nostalgists, tech enthusiasts, and your host. When an Ivy League school turned against a student. How to cycle like a Dutchman. The day the dinosaurs died. The brothers behind Warner Bros....

27+ min ago (69+ words) Congrats! Want to do another?" Slate Pears Game 118: Dec. 12, 2025 Slate Crossword: Where You Might Do the Rite Thing (Five Letters) Think You're Smarter Than Mark Joseph Stern? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 12, 2025 Join today to keep reading. You'll also get access to all of Slate's independent journalism, unparalleled advice, and daily games. Cancel anytime....

28+ min ago (1663+ words) Rian Johnson pays a hat tip to the locked-room mystery in Wake Up Dead Man. Of the three modes of mystery stories'whodunit, whydunit, and howdunit'the first two are currently most common, as seen in everything from Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series to Mindhunter. But the Golden Age of detective fiction in the first half of the 20th century was a heyday for the howdunit, or the locked-room mystery. These celebrated literary puzzles receive a hat tip in Rian Johnson's third and latest installment in the Knives Out franchise, Wake Up Dead Man, including a brief disquisition on the subgenre from the detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). Wake Up Dead Man, now streaming on Netflix,itself contains a locked-room mystery. The charismatic but sulfurous Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin) steps into a storage alcove to the side of the altar during…...

52+ min ago (670+ words) Oil tanker movements in and out of Venezuelan waters come to near standstill after US seizes vessel and fuel cargo. US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela coast, Caracas calls it 'international piracy' By Al Jazeera and News Agencies Venezuela's oil exports have plummeted since the United States seized an oil tanker off the country's coast this week and imposed new sanctions on shipping companies doing business with the embattled Latin American country. Oil tanker movements into and out of Venezuelan waters have almost come to a standstill, the Reuters news agency reported on Friday, after the US announced that it would seize more vessels as part of its military pressure on Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. The seizure on Wednesday of the Skipper tanker marked the first US capture of Venezuelan oil cargo since Washington imposed sanctions on Caracas in 2019. It…...