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
Easter is right around the corner, on April 9th, thus less than two weeks away. It is not only about the bunny rabbit and kids hunting for boiled, colored eggs. No, Easter is really about Christians celebrating that Jesus rose from the dead. I insist that Jesus’ resurrection is the fundamental basis of Christian faith, and without it Christianity is inexplicable as the largest religion in the world for the past 17 centuries. The early Jesus Movement and its successor,... Read more
I was mentioned in a New York Post article published Saturday entitled “Inside the PGA Tour Bible Study Group helping golf No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.” I’ve blogged before about Scheffler and his Christian faith. But I don’t recall saying much about his involvement with the PGA Tour Bible Study. Gavin Newsham, the author of this article, is a sports writer who has authored several books on professional athletes. He phoned me last June to interview me about the history of... Read more
Late last year, Benjamin Netanyahu became Prime Minister of Israel for the third time. Recently, it has been a tumultuous time in Israeli politics, wherein disparate coalition governments were surviving only a matter of months until they collapsed and another election was required. Religious and conservative parties have gained such influence that it was necessary for Netanyahu to put together the most radically right-wing coalition government in Israel’s history, with religious parties having and outsized influence on the State of... Read more
Charles M. Blow, op-ed writer for The New York Times, wrote an article published yesterday entitled, “Donald Trump Must Be Prosecuted.” Some Americans, especially many Republican voters, are questioning it. Former U.S. President Donald Trump is under investigation in Fulton County, Georgia, in Manhattan, New York City, and twice by the Justice Department. All four of these investigations appear to be nearing completion now. When they do, the prosecution will decide whether to indict the former president If this... Read more
Today, Scottie Scheffler thrust himself back into the driver’s seat of world professional golf as the hottest stick on the planet by winning the PGA Tour’s marquee tournament–the Players Championship at The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Florida. This 26-year old calm and collected Texas dude made it look pretty easy in winning by five strokes over Tyrrell Hatton to bank $4.5 million and lift the trophy. Afterwards, Scottie explained about today’s play, “I got hot in... Read more
The Bible records that Moses told two of the twelve tribes of Israel that if they did not keep their promise to God and the other Israelites to assist those ten tribes in driving out the Canaanites, “your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32.23). Likewise, it appears that it now can truly be said of the assertion by the name Fox News–that it honestly reports the news–“your sin will find you out.” Eighty-nine year old Rupert Murdoch is... Read more
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