The Bible is silent about holy water the way it is used today. For baptism, Matthew 3:11 speaks of “baptizing with water for repentance,” with nothing in the context suggesting that the water itself is holy. Baptism is a symbolic ritual, identifying oneself with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. A closer parallel to the modern use of holy water would be God’s laws in the Old Testament, which required cleaning ritually unclean things with water to purify them before one could touch them (see Leviticus 15, 16, and 17:15).

In the '90s, Portugal had one of the worst rates of overdose deaths in Europe, as well as the highest rate of HIV among drug users. In response to this public health emergency, Portugal's government set up a group of experts to come up with a nationwide strategy. The committee proposed a raft of radical measures including the decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use. Dr João Goulão, one of the architects of the drugs policy, discusses the success of the strategy.

The TLU Bulldogs community is grieving the sudden Zachary Herman death, and many are left wondering what could have happened to such a young and vibrant student-athlete. The Texas Lutheran University community is reeling from the loss of former student-athlete Zachary Herman, whose passing at the age of 25 has profoundly impacted all who knew him. Despite the absence of an official disclosure regarding the cause of his demise, the sudden departure of Zachary has stunned many, and the TLU Bulldogs community is uniting to grieve the loss of one of their members.

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