Welcome back to High on Christ! Today's top story is what happens when "love thy neighbor" runs into a genuinely awful neighbor. We will explain.
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The Bullets
Pray for Venezuela: The death toll from last week's twin earthquakes has climbed past 1,700 with more than 46,000 still missing near Caracas, as rescuers dig through rubble and the USGS warns the final count could go far higher.
Ford Calls Back the "Gray Beards": After leaning too hard on AI for quality control, Ford rehired around 350 veteran engineers when the tools could not match human judgment on complex problems, then climbed to No. 1 in J.D. Power's initial-quality ranking.
Out With Verizon, In With Google: Alphabet elbowed Verizon out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 29, and the swap says the quiet part loud: the 129-year-old index that once ran on phone lines now bends toward AI, with Google joining Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia.
Giant-Killers at the World Cup: Paraguay stunned four-time champion Germany on penalties in the Round of 32, the first shootout Germany has ever lost at a World Cup, hours after Morocco bounced the Netherlands the same way.
A Pastor, a Highway, and a Fistfight
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Spiritual Perspective
Here is where we will be honest: this is a complicated one, and we are not going to pretend a single verse settles it. Protecting your family and refusing to repay evil for evil are both deeply biblical, and sincere Christians can wrestle over where one ends and the other begins. So instead of rushing to a verdict on Pastor Spell, maybe the harder and better move is to pray, for the family that was threatened, for the young man who was hurt, for a pastor under real pressure, and for ourselves, that we would have the wisdom we so often lack in the heat of the moment. "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him" (James 1:5, ESV).
Bible Trivia!
What did David use to defeat the giant Goliath?
Inspiring Quote
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.
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