I preached on Judas. Then I realized Paul doesn't know about him 😳 (C. J. Cornthwaite on YouTube)

Did the Apostle Paul know about Judas Iscariot? The evidence suggests he didn't.

In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul says Jesus appeared to "the Twelve" - but according to the Gospels, Judas was already dead. And that famous verse about Jesus being "betrayed"? The Greek word παραδίδωμι (paradidomi) doesn't actually mean betrayal.

In this video, I examine:

• Why Paul says "the Twelve" when there should only be 11
• What παραδίδωμι actually means in Paul's letters
• How Paul uses this word elsewhere (Romans 8:32, Galatians 2:20)
• Why this suggests the Judas tradition came LATER

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/uQfQVhzt9Jw?si=SgSoBmihidnyIah-

Rep. Levin: There’s No Reason the House Shouldn’t be Working Right Now

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/43h0p1KkmRU

Houthis move to seize strategic terrain after Trump calls off airstrikes at last minute

Amid increasingly heavy fighting in Yemen, which has displaced tens of thousands of people in recent weeks, the New York Times reported on Monday that the US president had flip-flopped wildly in recent days after a call from Saudi Arabia for US strikes on the Houthis…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/21/houthis-seize-strategic-terrain-yemen-trump-calls-off-airstrikes-last-minute

 

Psaki debunks 'total B.S.' talking point about Biden press passes

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hn3gFtIWwJY

 

Donald Trump just delivered the greatest speech of his life 🤯 #trump

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wsd_E2ENm50

Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’

Meanwhile, the outbreak “seems to be accelerating”, said Dr John Goldman, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “And we’re seeing, actually, types of measles we’ve never seen before,” he added. 

Doctors are now treating congenital measles – newborns who contracted the virus in utero or at birth – which was once exceedingly rare because most pregnant people were protected by vaccines or, before immunization, surviving measles in childhood… 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/22/cdc-pennsylvania-measles-death-outbreak 

WATCH: Senate candidate El-Sayed and former VP Harris speak at Black maternal health roundtable | PBS News

"We're building an electoral coalition here," El-Sayed said, speaking about the economy hours ahead of a planned appearance with the former vice president…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/abdul-el-sayed-says-kamala-harris-visit-for-his-michigan-u-s-senate-race-is-about-democratic-unity

Whiplashed middle powers seek new alliances as Trump rages on world stage

Many observers, including the former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and the former UK foreign secretary David Lammy, predict Trump will concentrate even more on his disruptive foreign policy after November’s midterms, seeking to go even further and faster. Potential legislative gridlock in Congress would block him off from domestic initiatives, so the thinking goes, but much less so foreign policy…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/us-allies-donald-trump-world-un-global-order

 

Trump, dragged down by Iran war, hits lowest approval ever on foreign affairs in new poll - POLITICO

Just 29% of U.S. adults said in the CNN/SSRS survey that they approve of the president’s handling of foreign affairs, down from 42% shortly after he returned to office last year and 36% this March, weeks after the war kicked off…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/22/trump-foreign-policy-approval-rating-poll-01087383

 

Worsening El Nino threatens Asia with severe drought, potentially threatening global food security | PBS News

BANTEN, Indonesia (AP) — All signs are pointing toward a record-breaking El Nino this year, which experts say may cause severe drought in Asia and other extreme weather across the world, threatening food security for millions of people…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/worsening-el-nino-threatens-asia-with-severe-drought-potentially-threatening-global-food-security 

 

Trump signs ‘fantastic’ Greenland security deal with Denmark – POLITICO

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a deal on the future of Greenland, ending months of transatlantic tensions over his demand to take over the North Atlantic territory…

 https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-signs-fantastic-greenland-security-deal-denmark/

 

Part 5 1860 or 2026: Truly Making America Great Again #historyshorts

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vR56Je6j2O8

Trump talks peace, threatens annihilation of Iran in UNGA speech - POLITICO

But Trump insisted that his mantra of peace through strength is making the world a safer place — even as wars rage and a skeptical public looks likely to punish his party at the polls come November…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/22/trump-iran-annihilation-unga-speech-01087902

 

Appeals court’s Capitol steps ruling may signal trouble for Trump on media ban - POLITICO

The majority opinion, written by Trump appointee Neomi Rao, concluded that the East Steps of the Capitol are a “nonpublic forum” — just like most areas of the White House grounds, including the press facilities. While the government may impose restrictions on access to those nonpublic areas, the limits must be “viewpoint neutral,” apply “objective, workable standards” and not permit officials to exercise “unbridled discretion over a forum’s use,” the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel concluded…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/22/dc-circuit-ruling-capitol-steps-01087843 

Macron and Carney announce closer France-Canada ties amid Trump tensions

Two leaders meet in French territory off Canada as Ottawa seeks stronger relations with EU while fighting trade war with US…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/21/france-canada-relations-eu-europe-macron-carney

 

RFK Jr. Wants to “Investigate” Wi-Fi. Scientists Already Have

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/54ny_gyrBJY

 

FBI Eyed Susan Collins Over Defense Contractor’s Donations — ProPublica

Probe: In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show.

 Confession: The donor, an ex-defense contractor, told agents his company won millions in federal contracts by bankrolling campaigns of powerful politicians. 

Shutdown: After Donald Trump returned to office, the investigation died, a casualty of his purge of the FBI. Its closure shut a potential window into how Washington works...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation

 

Democrat says ICE restricted her oversight visit to country’s largest detention camp

Veronica Escobar tells Guardian she was prevented from speaking to detainees at much-criticized Texas facility

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/22/texas-democrat-visit-ice-detention-camp-east-montana

 

GOP senator wants to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over Russian-funded wedding - Live Updates - POLITICO

Sen. John Curtis is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to compel testimony from the president’s son…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/22/congress/curtis-has-questions-01086970

 

New York and California sue to block Trump's plans to cancel offshore wind projects | PBS News

"Americans are facing increasing energy costs because this administration would rather pay off energy companies than let us build the new power sources we need," James said in a statement. "These illegal backroom deals take money that should have gone toward lowering New Yorkers' bills and hand it to fossil fuel projects in other states."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/new-york-and-california-sue-to-block-trumps-plans-to-cancel-offshore-wind-projects

 

Trump rejects global entity for AI oversight - POLITICO

On Monday, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, 22 nations adopted a declaration that artificial intelligence “must remain under human direction, oversight and control” and suggested creating a global supervisory regime. Finnish President Alexander Stubb, one of the organizers of the document, told POLITICO that he thinks “it will be in the interest of both China and the United States to have some kind of guardrails.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/22/trump-rejects-global-entity-ai-oversight-01087546

Trump’s racist politics BACKFIRE in Michigan GOP primary

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J2H1wSM3YbI

‘The scientific, technical term is BS’: Inside the new Bessent-China AI hotline - POLITICO

“The dialogue mechanism is basically Bessent and He Lifeng — it’s not a formal body of experts,” said a person briefed by an administration official. 

“The scientific, technical term is BS,” said a second person familiar with the mechanism…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/22/new-ai-safety-mechanism-is-a-channel-between-bessent-and-his-chinese-counterpart-01086967

 

Democrats warn Trump plans to kill $3.2B in Hill-approved foreign aid - Live Updates - POLITICO

Congress “did not hand Trump a checkbook to spend on whatever he pleases while blocking funding for everything else,” Murray and Schatz said in a joint statement, urging Republican lawmakers to join them in demanding that the administration use those dollars “as Congress intended” before they expire next week…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/22/congress/usaid-shutdown-efforts-continue-01087928

Abdul El-Sayed: 'Me, my name, my faith, they're not raising the price of your gas

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jGbrEvDdNqk

 

Fact-checking Trump's speech to the 2026 United Nations General Assembly | PBS News

Here are fact-checks of some of Trump's statements…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trumps-speech-to-the-2026-united-nations-general-assembly

The #KennedyCenter was thriving until #Trump took over #journalism

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/er7E8dFRaH0

 

House Republicans spent last week trying to create a new so-called “fraud enforcement unit

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rlmJe_hZQ4Q

 

RFK Jr. fuels ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theory

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bQfREG0wb-U

 

I Took A Gay Conversion Class for Christian Teens. It Was Awful. (Drew / Genetically Modified Skeptic)

“The Holy Sexuality Project” wants kids to stop being gay. Can they pull it off?

Dr. Christopher Yuan of Moody Bible Institute used to live as a gay man, but now no longer identifies as gay. He does not use the term ex-gay or ex-LGBT, but embraces what he calls Holy Sexuality. His curriculum for parents of LGBT kids explains why. Is this gay conversion therapy? How does gay conversion therapy work? Can you go from gay to straight? Can you stop being gay? Can Christians support LGBT people? Is being transgender anti-science? Here I answer all of those questions.

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/-QnyYMEy3HA?si=w3RQdzCwu7wkFIHJ

Trump LIED. #isaiahmartin #debate #democrats

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9Ar0DawpwXM

God Is Evil AND Silly Jul 12 (Jon Cohen, Unconvinced on YouTube)

A mix of serious moral critique and complete absurdity as we examine religious claims, apologetics, suffering, divine hiddenness, eternal punishment, and the strange lengths people go to defend impossible ideas.
Believers and nonbelievers welcome.
Just bring arguments.

Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/TSoUWo0ftW4?si=ZjYB-St8aX-NVO_W