David Cullum
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David Cullum
@dkcullum87.bsky.social
Increasingly a man of sorrow over evil within and without. Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner (Luke 18:13). Confident in the sufficiency of Christ, not in myself.

Janesville, WI
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I deleted my account the day before Vance & Trump berated Zelenskyy. I decided to come back because the betrayal of Trump and his sycophants must be met by fierce opposition from every American.
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So Trump's stupid tariffing has put Taiwan's security even more at risk
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Lord, have mercy. I don't like troops on our streets, Lord, but protect them from violence, just as we want to be protected from violence. Bring healing where there is injury. Protect from death where there is danger of loss of life. Bring justice for this evil that has been perpetrated.
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Notice that MAGA never refers to Putin as a “warmonger.” You know, the guy who started the war, bombs civilian population centers daily, & refuses to sign a ceasefire. Nope, according to MAGA, Putin isn’t the warmonger - it’s the people who support Ukraine’s refusal to surrender.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
And false!

"break our laws, we will punish you" UNLESS you sack the US Capitol, act corruptly in govt office, or bribe us to treat you favorably

"harm American citizens, there will be consequences" UNLESS you work for DHS, then you can rough up, tear gas, and detain US citizens for jollies

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this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Frankly, the only reason Russia would accept a peace plan that Ukraine has already agreed to is if Putin is in a worse position than we realise. If he were winning, he’d just keep ploughing on.
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Listen to the whole clip. Insane that we are allowing this to occur, and by we, I mean society as a whole primarily through those who represent us at the local, state, and federal levels. Our political leaders are failing us daily
Kirakosian: We have this Border Patrol agent and he’s literally in his pajamas… he takes it upon himself to march down the street to confront these kids. And then he confronts our client and he points his loaded firearm directly at the 17-year-old…
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"Scripture itself warrants a 'hermeneutics of suspicion,' reminding us that we are all not only as individuals but as cultures prone to suppress the truth, consciously or unconsciously, in favor of our prejudice."
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.

In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.

In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Amen

And that final quote in the QT, I love the rest of it as well since it points me to the anchor of my soul:

"You [Jesus] have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." (ESV)
To me, the hardest apologetic challenges for Christians are not logical, but existential -

~ problem of suffering & evil
~ hypocrites in the church
~ children leaving the faith

To those who struggle with these, I have no good answers except Peter's confession - "Lord, to whom else shall we go?"
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Remarkable ¶ in Sara Ellis' opinion on CBP/ICE abuse of force. This is about an October 14 conflict at 105th Street and South Avenue North (I don't claim to know the neighborhood).

legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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"Without this counteracting witness of singleness, the Christian family (and especially a Christian fixation on having biological children) can all too easily assume a teleological ultimacy that is as pastorally destructive as it is theologically problematic."
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Yep. I've been waiting for EU spooks to start reminding Trump that they've got their own capabilities.
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:

1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.

2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.

3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I think Trump was looking for traitors ... we might have found one 🧐
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So, it was a Trump-Putin call that led to the 28 point plan Trump says the 🇺🇲 drafted 🤢
He advised Putin to call Trump, congratulate him on the Gaza deal, and present Russia as eager for peace before Zelensky visited the White House.

Two days later, Putin called Trump in a discussion Trump described as “very productive.”
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So, since Trump admits the 🇺🇲 drafted the original 28 point 🇺🇦-🇷🇺 peace plan:

Did he and his team rely on notes from one of Trump's many phone calls with Putin to create that draft?

-OR-

Are Trump and his team so far in the tank for Putin they know all the 🇷🇺 talking points by heart?
Trump’s latest tweet. He is taking full responsibility for the “peace” plan. It’s not Witkoff’s, Vance’s or Kushner’s.
It’s Trump’s and it has always been Trump’s.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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⚡️ Russia bombs Kyiv even as peace talks continue, killing seven and injuring many.
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
From Ruins to Russian Residences
YouTube video by Bellingcat
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"We do not graduate from the good news. We don’t receive it at conversion and then move on to other, more pressing subjects. The gospel that justified us also sanctifies us."

1 Corinthians 2:2
Christ and Him crucified
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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How can this be SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, Europe?!
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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On this day in 1865, the Mississippi legislature passed an act restricting the civil rights of recently emancipated Black people as part of the first set of laws designed to codify racial hierarchy in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Nov. 25, 1865 | Mississippi Legislature Approves Nation’s First “Black Codes”
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"the telos of human sexuality in the new creation is not its abolition but rather its perfected realization. This will be expressed through restored and celibate eternal communion with other resurrected people and in the consummation of the one-flesh relationship between Christ and his church."
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This graphic makes it abundantly clear that 🇷🇺 isn't looking for peace

Pray for the peoples of 🇺🇦 and find one other way to support them
Trajectory of Russian drones and missiles during the overnight attack, mainly aimed for Kyiv. Russian drones once again violated the airspace of Romania and Moldova during last night’s attack. This marks another breach of international borders.
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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“Christianity is individual in the sense that each man must be converted, born again, one at a time. But it is not individualistic.” -Francis Schaeffer
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM