The world’s oldest, complete Hebrew Bible–Codex Sassoon–will go on sale soon at Sotheby’s in New York City. It is about 1,000 years old. It is so named because of its former owner, David Solomon Sassoon, a British collector. What makes this even more interesting is that it is believed that it will sell for between $30 million and $50 million. Sotheby’s says it could “become the most valuable historical document ever sold at auction.” The highest sale ever for a... Read more
Leader Scottie Scheffler just now won the Waste Management Phoenix Open for the second year in succession at the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona. Both he and Nick Taylor, with whom he was playing in the last pairing, shot six-under par 65s. Scheffler won by two strokes over Taylor, who finished alone in second place. Jon Rahm was third. Scheffler and Taylor were tied at 16-under par total in the middle of the back nine today.... Read more
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler hung on to his two-stroke lead in the Waste Management Phoenix Open today after three rounds at the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona, with a total score of 13-under par 200. Nick Taylor and Jon Rahm–who lives in Scottsdale (so do I) and is an Arizona State University graduate and thus a tournament favorite–are tied for second. Scheffler and Rahm have been the two best players on the PGA Tour in the past... Read more
Ever since Donald Trump came on the political scene to become the U.S. president and afterwards, he has lambasted the news media, often calling it “FAKE NEWS.” And he has written it as such with his amateurish total caps habit on Twitter and now on his Truth Social network. Plus, like the Nazis and Adolf Hitler, Trump sometimes said the news media was “the enemy of the people.” And being from New York City, where his business was headquartered, he... Read more
For the past few months, I’ve been following the FB group, “Christians Against Trump,” which now has 31,200 followers. A similar petition has just come out in the past few days, created by the progressive Christian organization Faithful America, that has over 20,000 signatures of people who oppose Donald Trump’s campaign for the 2024 presidential election. It says, “Another Trump presidency would be a disaster for our country.” It alleges that Trump’s MAGA movement “clearly rejected” core teachings in the... Read more
The European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen and her delegation visited Ukraine today and met with its heroic President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amidst the ongoing war there due to the invasion of Russia. It was the fourth time the German politician has visited Ukraine and Zelenskyy since the war began, almost one year ago. Part of the discussion between these two heads of state regarded Ukraine’s request for membership in the European Union, which the EU accepted for last June... Read more
Early in Donald Trump’s first campaign for the U.S. presidency, on January 23, 2016, he spoke at a Christian college–Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa–and exclaimed both jokingly and egotistically, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” No, Donald, that was not okay then and it’s still not okay now. But did we really listen? The Mueller Report represented the special counsel Robert Mueller’s examination of possible collusion... Read more
When Benjamin Netanyahu barely won Israel’s election for prime minister last November 1 for the third time, he had to form a very right-wing, extremist coalition government that included both nationalist and religious political parties that wanted to further legitimatize the Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank which comprise nearly 500,000 Jews and that are deemed illegal according to principles of the United Nations, of which Israel is a member and wants to stay a member. But some of... Read more
Max Homa just won the Farmers’ Insurance Open, his sixth PGA Tour tournament win, by shooting a six-under par 66 for a 13-under par total of 273 at Torrey Pines Golf Course located just north of San Diego, California. He was two strokes ahead of Keegan Bradley, who finished alone at second, and Collin Morikawa finished alone at third, three shots back. Winless Sam Ryder had led the tournament all the way until he missed his drive to the right... Read more
Absolutely not! That is, if you believe the Bible. I don’t like to disagree with Christian leaders, such as Pope Francis. But Christians should let the Bible teach them both how to believe and how to live, and the Bible never says all people are “children of God.” Pope Francis has been saying this throughout his papacy. He said it again today in an interview about homosexuality. The Bible very clearly condemns homosexuality. But Pope Francis seems to have a... Read more
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