More and more scrutiny is coming regarding the narrative that Trump is God’s chosen one. Iowa Evangelical pastors condemn ‘sickening’ video portraying Trump as messianic figure. See HERE. Christian Site: Trump Is “God’s Chosen Instrument.” See HERE

This looks interesting. Spartan Theology shared he will be debating on the topic of PSA, which is one of my interests. I’ll have to follow up on this. Here is his opening statement:

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — A bill has been filed in the Oklahoma legislature that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. Check out the article here:

Most commentators think Luke had not read Paul’s letters. For reasons too long to go into here, I think Luke did, but just for the fun of it let’s say he did and try an example testing it. One of the most remarkable passages in Paul is that Jesus only got the superlative name/title “Lord” … Some Christmas Trivia: The Divine Name/Title

Check out Ed’s latest interview with Dr. Robert M Price:

Check out Keith Augustine skeptically addressing the life after death hypothesis, especially 15 minutes near the end and forward.

It’s one of the great literary mysteries that Luke researched his account and Paul is the great hero of Acts, yet Luke does not seem to have read Paul’s letters. Unless there is something else going on, like satire. It is often commented by secular critics that it is madness evil people should not be … Why Paul?

There is nothing indicated about the miraculous nature of Jesus’s birth in Paul or Mark. Scholars thereby generally conclude the virgin birth was a later invention by Matthew and Luke. The two genealogies of Joseph’s bloodline in Matthew and Luke might be a clue. Just as new believers are adopted into the family of God … Why the Nativity?

ROBERT COSTA talks about Tim Alberta and the odd bedfellows of a morally corrupt Trump and religious ideals. In the end, a sport analogy may be apt. If my favorite team is in the baseball playoffs, I would probably want the pitcher who is most likely to win, even if I don’t like the pitcher … Politics and the pulpit: How white evangelicals’ support of Trump is creating schisms in the church