I know the following three, Evangelical, Trinitarian scholars who I am about to cite: N.T. Wright, James D. G. Dunn, and Larry Hurtado. I have had christological discussions with all three. It’s because I’ve been a member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) for 20 years and Dunn and Hurtado were keynote speakers at the Kermit Zarley Lectures at North Park University in Chicago in years 2000 and 2008. Britisher N. T. (Tom) Wright is generally regarded by his... Read more
Today, President Trump in an interview said “the market would crash” if he is impeached by Congress. That is a sobering thought. Trump has a serious trade war going on with especially China and the European Union. There are many factors to consider. In the Watergate crisis, after President Nixon was pretty much forced to resign under threat of impeachment, the U.S. stock markets went down 30%. Several things have happened this week that are causing talk about impeaching President... Read more
Last week, the Mormon church officially ended calling itself “Mormon” and its worshippers “Mormons.” It’s official name has always been “the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” So, the church’s 93-year old president, Russell M. Nelson announced that “Mormon,” Mormonism,” and “L.D.S.” are no longer acceptable identifications. According to church doctrine, its founder, Joseph Smith, gave the church this name, “the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,” in 1838. President Nelson has has a campaign going since 1990... Read more
Pope Francis has changed Roman Catholic policy regarding its previous endorsement of the civil death penalty. Now, saying this, I’m not going to get into the important and big discussion about jurisprudence on how convictions ought to be decided. Pope Francis’ main argument is that the death penalty always “attacks human dignity.” I think he’s quite wrong about that because the Bible teaches otherwise. If a person clearly commits first degree murder, that person automatically forfeits his or her human... Read more
President Donald Trump says, “If you’ve seen me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear.” Trump, how do you do in a fight with a special counsel?” He said it because of Omarosa and her new book. And oh yes, that’s a guy fighting a woman, now calling her a “lowlife” and a “dog.” Why don’t you pick on somebody like Joe Biden instead of a woman. BTW, you didn’t do so well about fighting as a... Read more
I think it’s a statement that she’s telling the truth as she understands it and with God’s help about President Trump in her new book, Unhinged: An insider’ Account of the White House, and in several TV interviews she gave about the matter today. Omarosa Manigault Newman has been friends with Donald Trump for the past ten years. But not any more. She met him on “The Apprentice” reality TV show that Trump hosted. Since Donald Trump has been president,... Read more
When U.S. President Donald Trump delivered the graduation commencement speech at Liberty University last year, the school gave him an honorary doctorate of laws degree. Honorary degrees are controversial since they are not earned degrees (I was given one at North Park University, located in Chicago, in 2000). But in this case, it looks pretty suspicious and thus more controversial. Plus, Liberty University is the largest Christian university in the U.S., and it was founded by the Reverend Jerry Falwell... Read more
Brooks Koepka continued his dominance of the majors in pro golf today by winning the PGA Championship, the fourth and last of the four majors of the year in pro golf. It gives him three major wins in the last six majors, with two of them consecutive U.S. Open wins. He is on an incredible streak, and it looks pretty easy for him. The muscle-man started the day with a two-stroke lead over Adam Scott and never relinquished it. Tiger... Read more
The leaders are teeing off right now in the 100th PGA Championship, the last of the four majors for the year in professional golf. Brooks Koepka is leading the field by two strokes, at 12-under par, for 54 holes on the par 70 Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. Adam Scott is at 10-under par, 200. Then there are three pros tied at 9-under par. So many of the leaders are the best players on the PGA Tour. Koepka... Read more
Osama bin Laden was head and founder of Al Qaeda. It attacked the U.S. on 9/11/2001 with four highjacked, commercial airliners in the U.S. and used them in suicidal crashes to kill nearly 3,000 Americans. This was the worst tragedy conducted against Americans since the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor which led the U.S. into World War II. Osama bin Laden’s mother, Alia Ghanem, who is in her mid-70s in age, lives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She has never granted... Read more
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