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2024-12-16T11:38:54-07:00

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Why Jesus Said Don’t Tell of His Healings & Go Tell of Them

Last updated on: December 16, 2024 at 11:38 am By Kermit Zarley

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Many times, Jesus would heal someone and then tell that person and others not to spread the news about it. Yet occasionally, he healed someone and told that person to go tell others about it. Why this seeming contradiction? Jesus Told People Not to Tell about His Healings For example, at the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry, all three synoptists record that a leper came to Jesus and asked him to heal him. Mark records, “A leper came to him... Read more

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2024-12-10T19:55:42-07:00

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Scottie Scheffler Wins Player of the Year Award as Threepeat

Last updated on: December 10, 2024 at 7:55 pm By Kermit Zarley

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Scottie Scheffler—the #1 pro golfer in Official World Golf Ranking for the past 82 consecutive weeks (he has been #1 for a total of 117 weeks)—has this evening been awarded Player of the Year by the PGA Tour. Only Tour players vote for this award, and 91% of them voted for Scheffler. Scottie solidified this position two days ago by winning the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas for his ninth win in this 2024 calendar year. That tied the... Read more

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2024-12-09T14:39:37-07:00

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God Operates “By the Numbers,” Sometimes Forty Years

Last updated on: December 9, 2024 at 2:39 pm By Kermit Zarley

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There is a striking parallel in ancient history in which the prophets Jesus and Jeremiah similarly prophesied two separate attacks on their own nation of Israel that occurred forty years later, resulting in the destruction of Jerusalem. It shows God operates by the numbers. God Calls Jeremiah God called Jeremiah in about 627 B.C. at the young age of about twenty years. and he said to him, “I appointed you a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1.5 NRSV). Jeremiah relates,... Read more

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2024-12-05T11:51:38-07:00

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The Quest for the Historical Jesus at SBL’s Annual Meeting

Last updated on: December 5, 2024 at 11:51 am By Kermit Zarley

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Annual Meeting of Society of Biblical Literature I’ve been a member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) since 1999. During this time, I’ve attended all of its Annual Meetings except one. They are always held the weekend before Thanksgiving. Last weekend, I attended it at the large San Diego Convention Center in downtown San Diego, which is located near the Pacific Ocean. Every year, this gathering of thousands of Bible scholars takes place in about eight different cities in... Read more

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2024-12-05T00:10:28-07:00

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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Does Not Need Mike Huckabee

Last updated on: December 5, 2024 at 12:10 am By Kermit Zarley

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The 1973 Oil Embargo The traditional two-state solution for the now sixty-year old Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been a non-starter. I decided this fifty years ago, right after I became an interested observer of this conflict due to the 1973 oil embargo that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries foisted upon all nations that traded with Israel. That greatly affected the U.S. because it was Israel’s #1 ally and trading partner. The result of this oil embargo, which was greatly... Read more

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

2024-11-21T09:30:26-07:00

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Will the Sex Strike in South Korea Spread?

Last updated on: November 21, 2024 at 9:30 am By Kermit Zarley

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4B Movement A female movement has started in South Korea called “the 4B movement. It is a radical feminist movement that opposes male dominance and overall mistreatment of women by advocating “4 Nos: (1) no dating men, (2) no sex with men, (3) no marriage with men, and (4) no children with men. It seems to be an extension of women refusing to have children. Low Birth Rates There is a serious problem in much of the world in which... Read more

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2024-11-19T23:29:20-07:00

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Jesus’ People Will Arise and Eat and Drink in His Kingdom

Last updated on: November 19, 2024 at 11:29 pm By Kermit Zarley

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Just about all Christians celebrate two rituals no matter what church denomination they belong to: (1) water baptism once and (2) communion service often. Jesus instituted the latter at the so-called Last Supper, which was the Passover meal. All three synoptic gospels of the New Testament—Matthew, Mark, and Luke—tell about it. The Gospel of John does not record it, and this omission suggests that its author knew that previous writings had been circulating among believers—such as perhaps one or more... Read more

2024-11-19T14:02:29-07:00

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Those Who Destroy Earth Will Be Accountable at The Judgment

Last updated on: November 19, 2024 at 2:02 pm By Kermit Zarley

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Nearly all nations are presently being represented at the United Nations’ climate change conference, called COP29. It is being held from November 11th to the 22nd in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Nations are discussing items about the increasing temperature of earth’s atmosphere that has been caused mostly, or entirely, by humans burning fossil fuels since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, in the mid-1850s. Climate scientists claim that this temperature increase of about 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit is worsening weather... Read more

2024-11-18T07:34:03-07:00

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Is Trump a Warrior for the Word of God and Wisdom from God?

Last updated on: November 18, 2024 at 7:34 am By Kermit Zarley

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Jack Graham is the senior pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano (suburb north of Dallas), Texas, a 50,000-member Southern Baptist congregation. He was a strong supporter in reelecting Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency. Shortly before the November 5th election, Pastor Graham attended the National Faith Advisory Board summit in Georgia, a group of church leaders who gathered to pray for Trump to become president. Mr. Graham prayed there, “We love you, Jesus, and we also love our country.... Read more

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2024-11-15T00:39:21-07:00

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Democrats Who Voted Against Harris Due to Gaza Were Foolish

Last updated on: November 15, 2024 at 12:39 am By Kermit Zarley

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Many Arab American Democrats voted against Vice President Kamala Harris for president—either not voting at all or voting for Republican Donald Trump—due to anger toward her for not taking a more Palestinian position about the ongoing Israeli war in Gaza against Hamas. I believe Ms. Harris had made an important mistake when asked if she disagreed with anything President Joe Biden had done during his presidency. She paused before answering, as if she had not thought about that question. She... Read more

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