Scottie Scheffler—the #1 pro golfer in the world for nearly two years—is continuing his hot streak this week by shooting a one-under par 71 today in Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, to take a four stroke lead into tomorrow’s final round. Tied for second place are Collin Morikawa, Sepp Straka, and Adam Hadwin. On the front nine, it looked like Scheffler might run away from this stellar field in the Tour’s 7th “signature... Read more
Meta–whose face is the leading social media platform, namely Facebook, that was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, an American Jew–is increasingly being accused of discrimination against Palestinians in their decades-long conflict with Israel to establish their own state. For instance, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts sent an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg last December accusing Meta platforms, which would be mostly Facebook, of censorship against the Palestinian cause. This letter was co-signed by ninety human rights and civil rights organizations.... Read more
Just minutes ago, a Manhattan jury of all twelve members, all of them New York City citizens, rendered former U.S. President Donald Trump guilty of all 34 felony charges brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. and his team of prosecutors. Judge Juan Merchan set July 11th as the date he will render his judgment of sentencing. That will be only three days before the Republican National Convention is scheduled to begin. The Republican Party already has... Read more
Scottie Scheffler is a prominent Christian on the PGA Tour and the world’s #1 pro golfer for more than the past year. On May 17th, at just after 5:00 AM during the second round of the PGA Championship, Scottie was arrested and jailed. He had been driving his tournament-marked car, and was about to turn into the entrance to the Valhalla Golf Club, located in Louisville, Kentucky, when a uniformed Louisville police officer arrested him, put him in handcuffs, and... Read more
Today is Memorial Day. It is our national holiday when Americans honor and mourn all those who died in the service of our nation as members of the United States Armed Forces. I served seven years in the reserves in both the Army and Air Force, with six months active duty in the Army. My dad served in the U.S. Army in World War II (WWII), and so did some of my uncles and thereafter. That was back during the... Read more
Leading New Testament professor, Dr. Scot X. McKnight, announced early this year that he would be resigning from the embattled Northern Seminary, located near Chicago, due to a toxic culture in its leadership. Scot recently announced that he will resume his teaching career in my old hometown of “Heavenly Houston,” as I like to call it. McKnight will be teaching New Testament and leading the DMin program at the Houston Theological Seminary, a school within Houston Christian University (HCU). This... Read more
SCOTUS–the Supreme Court of the United States–is The New Untouchables. That is, we Americans are now realizing that, due to our brand of democracy as set forth in our Constitution, our Supreme Court justices always have been “the untouchables,” and we just never knew it. How so? Their integrity never needed to be challenged until now. And there is no code of conduct by which SCOTUS justices can be measured. There is no branch of the U.S. government that conducts... Read more
Thirty-year old Xander Schaufelle finally broke through into the winners’ circle today by shooting a six-under par 65 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, to win his first major–the 106th PGA Championship. He won by one stroke over muscleman Bryson DeChambeau by holing a five-foot birdie putt on the last hole. As hard-working DeChambeau was banging out balls on the practice tee, preparing and hoping for a playoff, Schaufelle’s ball on the 18th green curled halfway around the edge... Read more
My favorite religious study for about the past thirty years or more has been what is called “Son of Man study.” Richard Bauckham is a leading, British, New Testament scholar who specializes in Christology, Son of Man study, and Second Temple Judaism. I regard Richard Bauckham as an insightful and outstanding New Testament scholar, and I have four of his books in my library. Last summer, Eerdmans published Bauckham’s first of a highly anticipated (at least among scholars) two volumes... Read more
Months ago, students objected to, and walked out of, Hilary Clinton’s class at Columbia University due to what she said about the Palestinian rejection of her husband Bill Clinton’s Oslo Peace Process. She blamed Palestinians for rejecting that offer, put forth by US President Bill Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. On Thursday, Ms. Clinton appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” She said students involved in these many college demonstrations–calling for Israel to stop the war in Gaza and perhaps... Read more
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