“Do Christian Nationalists Want to Preserve American Democracy or Change It?

Last updated on: May 23, 2023 at 11:57 am By Kermit Zarley

Christian Nationalism has been in the news a lot recently. But what is it? It’s not easy to define. And many Christian Nationalists don’t actually identify themselves that way. The February 3, 2021, issue of Christianity Today defined it as follows, “Christian nationalism is the belief that the American nation is defined by Christianity, and that the government should take active steps to keep it that way. Popularly, Christian nationalists assert that America is and must remain a ‘Christian nation.'”... Read more

Update on Mel Gibson’s Upcoming “Resurrection” Film

Last updated on: May 22, 2023 at 12:33 pm By Kermit Zarley

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Mel Gibson is still working on a sequel to his blockbuster film of 2004, “The Passion of the Christ.” This sequel is entitled “The Passion of Christ: Resurrection.” This title suggests the film will be about Jesus’ resurrection and perhaps some of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances recorded in the New Testament gospels, of which there are nine or ten. Not so! The film’s title seems misleading because Gibson has made it clear that this followup movie will “focus” on the time... Read more

Update on UFOs, Now Called UAP

Last updated on: May 17, 2023 at 11:24 pm By Kermit Zarley

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The U.S. underwent a UFO craze back in the late 1940s and all of the 1950s and 1960s. Years ago, I blogged about this in a series of ten posts entitled “The Most Renowned UFO Incidents.” I had an introductory post entitled “Are UFOs Real? Some of Them,” The first of the series is here. I became interested in UFOs as a teenager because a favorite Zarley uncle of mine claimed to have had many UFO experiences, and I did... Read more

Why Did Trump Say “Fortunately”?

Last updated on: May 10, 2023 at 7:29 pm By Kermit Zarley

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Yesterday, a nine-member jury (six men and three women) in Manhattan, New York, decided in favor of E. Jean Carroll in her two lawsuits alleging former U.S. President Donald Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. The jury did not go so far as to decide Mr. Trump raped Ms. Carroll, but that he “sexually abused” her. The jury concluded that Trump had to pay Carroll a series of damages totaling $5 million. The jury had been... Read more

Richard Bauckham ‘s Upcoming Two Volumes on “Son of Man” Study

Last updated on: May 8, 2023 at 12:27 pm By Kermit Zarley

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My favorite study for the past few decades has been what scholars called “Son of Man study.” It is mostly because, according to the four gospels of the New Testament, this is the title Jesus used by far the most to identify himself. Scholars agree that during the time that Jesus lived, and throughout much of history, this title Son of Man in Jewish literature was rather ambiguous, and that seems to be partly why Jesus used it. Son of... Read more

Jesus’ Warning About the Abomination of Desolation Will Be Like a Tsunami

Last updated on: May 8, 2023 at 7:00 pm By Kermit Zarley

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I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. What a beautiful state, which is shaped somewhat rectangularly from east to west! Its mountainous Olympic Peninsula in the northwest is quite a treasure. The voluminous Columbia River is much of the state’s southern border with Oregon. And Washington has multiple mountain peaks that can be snow-covered year round. In sort of the middle of the state the Cascade mountain range runs north and south. It serves as a divider that makes... Read more

Trump’s Love of Both the Bible and Litigation Don’t Mesh

Last updated on: May 7, 2023 at 10:36 pm By Kermit Zarley

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In my last post, I related former U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent praise of the Bible, admitting it was a better seller than his new book, He said of the Bible, “That blows this book away,” referring to his book, Letters to Trump, “I have to be honest with you.” Yes, please do, especially when it comes to the Bible. Then I concluded that post saying, “Mr. Trump, I have to be honest with you too. . . . It’s... Read more

Trump Update: Docs Investigation Involves LIV Golf and How Trump Views the Bible

Last updated on: May 4, 2023 at 11:11 pm By Kermit Zarley

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Of all the mounting legal problems that former U.S. President Donald Trump has gotten himself into, most legal experts seem to agree that the federal investigation of Trump’s unauthorized removal of government classified documents from the White House and taking them to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Pam Beach, Florida, could be both the most egregious and easy-to-prove in court as being a crime that could result in Mr. Trump doing time in prison. But how does this have anything to... Read more

LIV Golf-PGA Tour Lawsuit Update

Last updated on: April 28, 2023 at 9:58 am By Kermit Zarley

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Ever since the Saudi-backed LIV Golf launched last year to challenge the PGA Tour’s hegemony in professional golf the world over, which has resulted in lawsuits between them, I blogged often that it was all about whether the PGA Tour’s “conflicting events” clause would hold up in a court-of-law in the U.S. And I stated that I believed it would. Why? The PGA Tour is a voluntary trade organization that has a legal right to set its own rules for... Read more

Why Did Rupert Murdoch Fire Tucker Carlson?

Last updated on: April 26, 2023 at 4:25 pm By Kermit Zarley

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Journalist Tucker Carlson–the prime-time host of politically Republican, right-wing Fox News, by far the largest cable network on television–was fired yesterday with no reason given. His program, Tucker Carlson Tonight, had existed at the 8 PM ET prime time slot for the past seven years. Speculation has been swirling about why his firing. HuffPost reported yesterday that Carlson’s firing was connected to 92-year old Rupert Murdoch, the founder of Fox News and board chairman of its parent organization–Fox Corp. It... Read more