The U.S. Vetoes UN Recognition of a Palestinian State

April 18, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

Today, the U.S,. as a permanent member of the 15-member UN Security Council, vetoed a long-sought resolution by Palestinians for the Security Council to recommend that the 193-member UN General Assembly upgrade Palestinian observer status of the UN to present recognition of a Palestinian state. As a keen observer of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the OPEC oil embargo of 1973, and an author of this subject, I have advocated for the past forty plus years that Palestinians are entitled to... Read more

Scottie Scheffler Wins the Masters Again

April 15, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

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Scottie Scheffler–twenty-seven year old PGA Tour golfer and #1 player in the world–held off several challengers today on the front nine and solidly closed the deal on the back nine with a four-under par 68, the lowest score of the day, to win the Masters Tournament by four strokes over twenty-four year old Ludvig Aberg of Sweden at the famed and beautiful Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was Scheffler’s second Masters win, his first being in 2022.... Read more

Scottie Scheffler Leads the Masters with One Round to Go

April 13, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

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Scottie Scheffler–the world’s #1 pro golfer for the past nearly two years and the Masters winner in 2022–shot a one-under par 71 today to take the lead by one stroke over two-time major winner Collin Morikawa in the Masters Tournament with one round to go. After the leaders completed the front nine, five players were tied for first place at six-under par for the tournament. That made for a lot of excitement. Scheffler was one of them. But then on... Read more

Three-Way Tie Half-Way Thru the Masters Tournament

April 12, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

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Half-way through the Masters Tournament today at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia–the first of the four major tournaments in professional golf every year worldwide–three players are tied for the lead at six-under par 138 total: Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, and Max Homa. DeChambeau led the tournament yesterday with a blistering 7-under par 65, and Scheffler was alone in second place with a 66. Both are major tournament winners. Scottie, presently the #1 player in the world, won the... Read more

Did Polycarp Identify Jesus as “God”?

April 12, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

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Trinitarians have scoured the writings of church fathers and seized upon certain portions in them to show that those authors believed Jesus was God. Of course, this is well known of Nicene and post-Nicene fathers because the Catholic Church determined in 325 at its Nicene Council that Jesus was “very God of very God.” This meant that Jesus was just as much God as God the Father was, thus making Jesus equal in deity with the Father. But it is... Read more

Did Jesus Say He Was God the Father in John 14.9?

April 10, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

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Some Christians are confused about Jesus saying to his apostles, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14.9 NRSV). They think Jesus therein said he is God. Here’s how they reason: (1) the Father is God, (2) Jesus said he is the Father, (3) so Jesus must be God. Their mistake in reasoning is step two: Jesus said he is the Father. Trinitarian teachers quickly correct this, and rightly so. Why? Jesus and God the Father are presented... Read more

Does Bible Affirm Parents of Shooter Sentenced to Prison?

April 9, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

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Today, for the first time in US history, its legal system has sentenced to prison the parents of their 15 year old son Ethan for his mass shooting that killed four of his fellow students at Oxford High School in Pontiac, Michigan. Parents James and Jennifer Crumbley, 47 and 46 years old, respectively, were sentenced to between 10 and 15 years of incarceration. They were charged with involuntary manslaughter for failing to prevent their teenage son from committing murder. Ethan... Read more

“Cancer Alley” in Louisiana’s St. John the Baptist Parish

April 9, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new rules today that will protect designated neighborhoods around the country from certain chemicals that industrial manufacturers have been producing and spewing into the atmosphere for decades. These chemicals include especially ethylene oxide, chloroprene, benzene, vinyl chloride, 1.3 butadiene, and ethylene dichloride. The EPA says over 100,000 Americans live within six miles of factories that have been churning out these airborne toxins that cause cancer. It is well known that poorer minorities, particularly... Read more

The Lord’s Prayer Shows God the Father Is Greater than Jesus

April 6, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

Some Christians have been confused about how to address their prayers. Should we pray to God the Father or to Jesus? Sometimes, Christians pray to God and call him Jesus, which, of course, is not biblical. God and Jesus are two different persons. Luke tells us that Jesus “was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them,... Read more

Stephan Jaeger Wins the Texas Children’s Houston Open

April 1, 2024 By Kermit Zarley

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Stephan Jaegar broke through yesterday for his first win on the PGA Tour by shooting a three-under par 67 at the historic Memorial Park Golf Course to win the Texas Children’s Houston Open by one stroke over five players who tied for second place. One of them was Scottie Scheffler, the #1 player in the world, who was going for his third successive win on Tour. Playing together in the last pairing, Stephan finished the last hole and had to... Read more