{"id":21600,"date":"2026-08-17T16:35:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=21600"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:34:22","slug":"journal-of-the-week-129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=21600","title":{"rendered":"Journal of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8\/20\/2026 Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>U.S. American Debt has reached $40 trillion<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/GFDEBTN\">compares<\/a> $4 trillion in 1992, $400 billions in 1971). According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pLVsR5qvteo\">right wing reasoning<\/a>, Trump is trying to fix this by investigating the <strong>3 major yet \"sacred\" causes <\/strong>of this hike: <strong>Social Security, Medical Insurance, debt interest<\/strong>. Thus inviting many oppositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderna <\/strong>stock surges as melanoma (<strong>cancer<\/strong>) <strong>vaccine<\/strong> trial shows \"<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/healthcare\/articles\/moderna-stock-surges-melanoma-vaccine-145917898.html\">landmark moment<\/a>\". Allegedly great breakthrough in cancer research. On Wednesday, Aug 19, Shares of Moderna surged <strong>$91.52<\/strong>, or <strong>145%<\/strong>, to $154.48 in morning trading after touching an intraday high of <strong>$163<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8\/18\/2026 Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stephen Tong's overview on Liberal churches<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TANYA JAWAB #174 Q: Kisah penciptaan di kitab Kejadian hanya sebuah perumpamaan?  #reformed21tv\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cOexKOX2vSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8\/17\/2026 Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can Christianity Really Fit into a Political Party \/ Are Politicians Just Using Faith to Win Votes? Kaitlyn's answer I like: <strong><em>In the past, voters vote for who has access to God; now, voters vote for who is more sincere.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Are Politicians Just Using Faith to Win Votes?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pIGhmNm-s0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Anti-America Chinese vs. Pro-America Chinese<\/strong>, I think they are both extreme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u6770\u51fa\u4eba\u624d\u82b1\u767e\u4e07\u62ff\u7eff\u5361\uff0c3\u5e74\u540e\u56de\u56fd\uff0c\u72e0\u6279\u7f8e\u56fd\u662f\u6b7b\u5c40 #\u8001\u5c24\u65f6\u8c08 #yypage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u6770\u51fa\u4eba\u624d\u82b1\u767e\u4e07\u62ff\u7eff\u5361\uff0c3\u5e74\u540e\u56de\u56fd\uff0c\u72e0\u6279\u7f8e\u56fd\u662f\u6b7b\u5c40 #\u8001\u5c24\u65f6\u8c08 #yypage\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHLhvq9pdqU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We've finally switched from <strong>GEICO to NJM<\/strong> (both Auto and Home insurance). Uploaded the policy to the Tesla App. At $1600 (Auto) &amp; 1200 (home) annually NJM is twice cheaper than GEICO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Not everyone is called for Street Evangelism<\/strong>; however, what most don't get, including the Holy Post Media, is there's still a need for Evangelism by every believer, i.e. via art, via work, etc. not by force, but <strong>by a desire to participate His kingdom work out of love for God<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LCcOJIhCMEQ\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8\/20\/2026 Thursday U.S. American Debt has reached $40 trillion (compares $4 trillion in 1992, $400 billions in 1971). According to right wing reasoning, Trump is trying to fix this by investigating the 3 major yet \"sacred\" causes of this hike: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=21600\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21600"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21680,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21600\/revisions\/21680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}