Mexican-American Lee Trevino, the 5 foot, 7 inch tall comedian they call Super Mex, was one of the greatest pro golfers of all time. He won 6 majors and a total of 29 PGA Tour tournaments. Apparently, it was yesterday that he publicly revealed more information about why, at the early prime of his career, he announced he would never play in the Masters Tournament again. I know because I was there. In 1969, Lee Trevino and I played together... Read more
What, you say. That’s right. A few days ago, ex-President Donald Trump messaged on his Truth Social that he would be “indicated” by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last week on Tuesday. Trump has a habit of misspelling words. He meant “indicted.” Instead, it happened yesterday. Trump had to fly from Florida to New York to become indicted at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse for alleged crimes related to his having won the presidential election in 2016. Judge Juan Merchan had... Read more
Today, NASA administrator and former U.S. Congressman Bill Nelson introduced for the first time the four astronauts who have been chosen to fly to the moon late next year in the first U.S. manned-moon mission in 50 years. The ceremony was conducted at a hangar at Ellington Field in South Houston, a few miles north of the Johnson Space Center. Ellington Field is three miles from my former home in Friendswood, Texas, where I lived for 25 years and... Read more
Amber’s Question: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again? Kermit’s Answer: Yes and no. First, the yes. It has been nearly 2,000 years since Jesus lived, died, resurrected, and ascended to heaven. Many Christian scholars have interpreted several statements in the New Testament to mean that Jesus, his disciples, or both, believed that the risen and ascended Jesus would literally return from heaven to earth in the near future. I think these scholars have been... Read more
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg surprised former President Donald Trump and his lawyers Thursday by announcing that his office had gotten the vote of a grand jury investigating Trump to indict him. The case involves either one or two women whom Trump supposedly paid hush money to only days before the 2016 presidential election to keep them from going public with their allegations that they had a sexual relationship with Donald J. Trump. The ex-president is being investigated for criminal... Read more
Amber’s Question: Why do you think Christians have ignored the “third day motif” for so long? Kermit’s Answer: I don’t think Christians have ignored the third day motif in scripture as much as they have failed to recognize its prominence and thus have not sought to understand its significance. Rabbis have understood its prominence, and some have searched out its significance, but largely without success in my opinion. They generally have concluded that it signifies a crisis from which God... Read more
Amber’s Question: How is your book different from other books that decode messages in sacred texts? Kermit’s Answer: I don’t think this question has a simple answer. For example, the book, The Bible Code (1994), advocates applying “equidistant letter sequence” (ELS) mostly to the Pentateuch. But ELS advocates are naïve about Old Testament textual criticism. In my preface, I compare these two books and say of mine, “It presents a true Bible code that has nothing to do with the... Read more
Amber’s Question: Has your faith helped your game? How? Kermit’s Answer: I think being a Christian has helped me to think positive, be confident, be determined, control my temper, and generally enjoy life. Indirectly, these things have surely had a positive influence on my performance as a professional golfer. And being a Christian has helped me be a diligent worker at whatever I do. I believe God expects me to work hard to achieve noble goals with whatever talents he... Read more
A Manhattan grand jury just indicted former U.S. President Donald J. Trump this afternoon. It is the first time in the history of the United States of America that a former president has been indicted by its court system. He will be arrested and arraigned next week, and then the charges against will be announced. Afterwards, he will face trial in a case involving the alleged coverup of a political campaign finance violation involving paying off a porn star in... Read more
Amber’s Question: How have you brought Christianity into the athletic world? Kermit’s Answer: This evangelistic Christian movement in American pro sports began with the Major League Baseball chapel program in the early 1960s. It happened next on the PGA Tour. In 1965, my close friend, Babe Hiskey, and I co-founded “the PGA Tour Bible Study,” now called “the Tour Chapel,” at the suggestion of Babe’s brother, Jim Hiskey. I gave leadership to this group until my career on the regular... Read more
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