We move from a quiet Christmas reflection and a parable about Christ to a hard look at a Sydney tragedy and the man who stopped a gunman. The throughline is simple and sharp: real manhood is virtue in motion when lives are on the line.

• somber Christmas mood and loneliness in public spaces
• the Man and the Birds parable and its meaning
• Australia’s shock after the massacre
• honouring Ahmed Al‑Ahmed’s decisive bravery
• the four cardinal virtues defined and applied
• prudence as tactical wisdom, not cunning
• justice as moral balance beyond titles
• courage between cowardice and rashness
• temperance as voluntary restraint
• the role of strength as implied by every virtue
• a call for men to be formed

Christ is King, Jesus loves you, and He's Coming back soon

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We dig into why stories change behaviour more than raw facts, from neural coupling and emotion-driven decision-making to the moral architecture inside Pinocchio. Parables, conscience, hedonism, sacrifice, and renewal all thread into a clear case for story as the carrier of truth.

• bad storytelling versus meaningful structure
• how neural coupling makes stories memorable
• emotions as drivers of decisions and habits
• facts and feelings needing each other
• parables in the Bible as layered guidance
• Pinocchio’s conscience, temptation, and captivity
• Pleasure Island as a map of hedonism
• Monstro, sacrifice, and becoming real
• why lies become visible over time
• symbolic truth versus historical proof
• compassion learned through narrative friction
• why story form delivers lasting change

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We open with a fiery take on impending social media bans and the spectre of digital IDs, then move into a deep dive on what makes something morally good. We test utilitarian logic, expose bias in “true self” claims, map Kohlberg’s moral stages, and make the case for objective morality grounded in God and natural law.

• social media bans weighed against digital ID risks
• the difference between functional good and moral good
• utilitarianism’s limits through trolley problems and edge cases
• how emotions and ideology skew perception and belief
• a stroke emergency dilemma to reveal moral stages
• Kohlberg’s six stages and a seventh “friend of God” frame
• Aquinas on eternal, divine, and natural law
• Hume’s is–ought critique and why law is a poor moral anchor
• hierarchies of value and why God as first stabilises choices
• Jesus as the embodiment and standard of good

Christ is King, Jesus loves you, and He's coming back soon

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