James Comey is making the rounds in the news media promoting his new book, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership. Comey, in case you don’t know, was the Director of the FBI before President Donald Trump fired him a year ago. When Comey was being interviewed on CNN’s Andersen Cooper 360 television broadcast days ago, he mentioned that a student had asked him the question, “Is torture morally acceptable?” Comey answered “no.” The context of the question was the... Read more
This week, Republican Paul Ryan of Wisconsin–the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives–fired Catholic Jesuit Patrick Conroy who had been the Chaplain to the House for the past seven years. What made this announcement particularly surprising was that (1) it was totally unsuspected publicly, (2) Ryan did not personally inform Conroy of it, (3) it was the first time in U.S. Congressional history that a chaplain was fired, Ryan gave no reason for the dismissal, Ryan is a Catholic,... Read more
Jesus’ Hometown People Tried to Kill Him Read Lk 4.16-31. When Jesus had just begun his public ministry by visiting cities, towns, and villages in Galilee, Luke says he “was praised by everyone” (Lk 4.15; Bible quotations are from the NRSV unless otherwise noted). Then Jesus went to his hometown of Nazareth. In the synagogue on the Sabbath, he read aloud from Isaiah 61.1-2 and commented on the text. One thing he said in his remarks was, “no prophet is... Read more
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice released to Congress the memos that former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey had taken during the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency before Trump fired Comey in May, 2017. These rather voluminous notes were a personal recording of Comey’s recollection of interchanges with President Trump in several meetings with him. On multiple occasions, the president voluntarily mentioned allegations in the Steele dossier about Trump and prostitutes in Moscow. Christopher... Read more
Today, Stephanie Clifford, a.k.a. Stormy Daniels, and her lawyer Michael Avenatti released a headshot sketch of the perpetrator who briefly appeared before Daniels when she was getting out of her car in Las Vegas and threatened her, saying, “Leave Trump alone. Forget the story.” The story was about her alleged one-time sexual tryst with Donald Trump at a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe in 2006. She was about to contract with a magazine to publish this “story.” The goon, looking... Read more
The U.S. political atmosphere continues to heat up concerning Donald Trump’s presidency. Last week, the FBI raided materials of Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. It’s because he is now under investigation for criminal activity, including fraud and violation of election laws regarding two women who claimed to have had illicit sexual relations with the president, which Cohen tried to cover up. Then today, a memoirs book was released by fired FBI Director James Comey that is hyper-critical of President Trump.... Read more
I saw this film on 4/12/18. It is about one hour and forty minutes in length. It is produced by Affirm Films, a Sony Company. It was filmed on location in Malta, an island south of Italy. In this film, American actor Jim Caviezel plays the role of Luke. He played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s blockbuster film, “The Passion of the Christ” (2004). English actor James Faulkner plays the role of the Apostle Paul. Faulkner is a formidable looking man,... Read more
[The following is a portion of a chapter in a book manuscript I intend to publish in my Still Here book series on biblical eschatology. I believe some UFO sightings–probably hundreds worldwide in the past two generations–have been unnatural phenomena attributable to angels (cf. Daniel 4.13, 17, 23; Hebrews 1.14; 1 Peter 1.12).] UFO Analyst Nick Pope Nick Pope is a British freelance journalist and UFO analyst. The British Government’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) employed him from 1985 to 2006.... Read more
[For several successive days, I have been posting excerpts from a chapter on UFOs in an unpublished book manuscript I’ve written. I believe some UFO sightings–probably hundreds worldwide in the past two generations–have been unnatural phenomena (I would say supernatural) attributable to angels (cf. Daniel 4.13, 17, 23; Hebrews 1.14; 1 Peter 1.12). Yesterday, I posted about NASA UFO incidents, with the main one being the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 in which humans walked on the moon... Read more
[The following is a portion of a chapter in a book manuscript I intend to publish in my Still Here book series on biblical eschatology. I believe some UFO sightings–probably hundreds worldwide in the past two generations–have been unnatural phenomena attributable to angels (cf. Daniel 4.13, 17, 23; Hebrews 1.14; 1 Peter 1.12).] NASA Astronaut Jack Lousma in Skylab 3 For twenty-eight years, from 1970 to 1997, I lived in Friendswood, Texas, a southern suburb of Houston. Friendswood is located... Read more
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