COVID-19: Part 7: The Bible Says the Church Is “a Foolish Nation”

Last updated on: June 20, 2022 at 11:24 pm By Kermit Zarley

The current COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc throughout much of the world. In the U.S., state governors are either advising, or requiring by law, that citizens practice social distancing and shelter-in-place, that is their homes, as much as they can to avoid spreading this deadly virus. Some state directives limit social gatherings to ten people or less. Some don’t allow any such gatherings at all. People are only allowed to leave their homes for “essential” goods or services, such as... Read more

What Does It Mean to “Believe in the Name of Jesus”?

Last updated on: April 8, 2020 at 7:19 pm By Kermit Zarley

The author of the Bible’s Gospel of John says of Jesus of Nazareth, “But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God” (John 1.12 NRSV). And the author of the letter known as 1 John in the same New Testament of the Bible says of God, “And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 3.23). We also read therein,... Read more

Trump Doesn’t Get It? NO! Trump Is Trying to Change It

Last updated on: April 7, 2020 at 9:27 am By Kermit Zarley

U.S. President Donald Trump holds press briefings for what he calls FAKE NEWS. When he does, he often chastises one or more journalists for the type of questions they ask. Then, journalists often write articles complaining about this ill-treatment of their profession by the president. For example, CNN’s Editor-in-large Chris Cillizza just wrote an op-ed entitled, “Here’s the biggest thing Donald Trump doesn’t get about the media.” Chris then relates the incident that occurred at yesterday’s briefing in which Fox... Read more

COVID-19 Part 6: Bat-Caused Infectious Disease Epidemics

Last updated on: June 20, 2022 at 11:41 pm By Kermit Zarley

Bats are kind of scary creatures. There are vampire bats that suck blood from other animals. There’s the expression, “bat out of hell.” That seems pretty appropriate when you see a flock of them flying out of some cave in the southwestern U.S. And then there’s Batman on TV. I try to stay away from bats, including that silly Batman and Robin series, played by Adam West and Burt Ward, respectively. But one summer I didn’t. I took my family... Read more

COVID-19: Part 5: Did Trump’s Tariff War Cause China to Reject U.S. Help for COVID-19?

Last updated on: June 20, 2022 at 11:21 pm By Kermit Zarley

Since the 1980s, real estate tycoon Donald Trump of New York City had trumpeted that the U.S. should reduce its trade deficit with China by starting a trade war with China. And when Trump campaigned for the U.S. presidency, in 2015-16, he said if he became president he would do that, alleging China had “ripped off” the U.S. for years. Trade disputes between nations are supposed to be brought before the World Trade Organization (WTO) for arbitration. But Trump has... Read more

COVID-19 Part 3: Lindsey Graham Says, “China–Don’t Eat Bats!”

Last updated on: June 20, 2022 at 11:18 pm By Kermit Zarley

Today, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham called on President Donald Trump to demand of China’s President Jinping Xi to “crack down” on their “wet markets” where exotic, wild animals, both live and their carcasses, are sold. It reportedly is an $85 billion annual industry. They are used for both human consumption and in traditional Chinese Medicine. This coronavirus, called COVID-19, that the world is now suffering as a pandemic, is believed to have originated from bats sold at the Huanan Seafood... Read more

Trump Has Dropped the Ball about this Coronavirus

Last updated on: March 29, 2020 at 10:09 pm By Kermit Zarley

Today, President Donald Trump finally admitted that the U.S. likely will suffer 100,000 to 200,000 deaths from this coronavirus pandemic that the whole world is undergoing. He said if we have only 100,000 deaths from it, his administration will have done “a very good job.” And he extended the federal guideline of people practicing social distancing to April 30. Thus, he also abandoned his desire of seeing churches packed out on Easter Sunday, April 12, as if he was trying... Read more

Trump’s Trying to Give Christians the Coronavirus

Last updated on: March 28, 2020 at 10:56 pm By Kermit Zarley

Several state governors recently have ordered their citizens to remain in their homes to avoid getting the furiously-spreading coronavirus. This “lockdown” now consists of half of all Americans. In these states, public transportation is shut down and businesses are closed. Their employees have been sent home or are working from their homes when possible. The only exceptions are “essential” businesses that remain open, such as groceries, pharmacies, and hospitals. Yet today, the clown in the White House–who at first so... Read more

New Coronavirus Golf Rule

Last updated on: March 22, 2020 at 9:05 pm By Kermit Zarley

This coronavirus crisis is so depressing! But golf has come along to give us a little humor about it. Despite all of the professional and amateur sports organizations cancelling the playing of their competitions due to the current coronavirus pandemic, called COVID-19, the United States Golf Association U.S.G.A) is bucking the tide by encouraging golfers to keep playing. Evidence of this is that the U.S.G.A released a statement today about a new and temporary rule for “holing out.” To play... Read more

Does Trump Know Gates Warned about This?

Last updated on: March 22, 2020 at 1:35 pm By Kermit Zarley

President Trump keeps trying to deflect criticism against him for his mishandling of this coronavirus pandemic. Indeed, at first he said Democrats were blowing it out of proportion, calling it their “new hoax.” That’s because he had constantly called the Mueller investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election “a hoax” and “a witch hunt.” So, he started doing the same thing regarding the spreading of this most deadly coronavirus. He lies about it. Thursday, Trump was at it... Read more