Riddleblog and Blessed Hope Podcast Updates:

I’ve finished the manuscript for The Blessing Hope Podcast episodes on 2 Corinthians. Lord willing, the concluding episodes (chapters 10-13) will be released on alternate weeks. Romans in the late spring?

My new Riddleblog series on the Epistle of James is now underway

Thinking Out loud:

• Kyle Tucker is a very good baseball player—but 240 million for 4 years? That’s 50% more than Aaron Judge makes, who is a much better player

• As usual in California, news agencies list all the laws enacted which went into effect on January 1, 2026. The nanny state cannot fix, nor address homelessness, build a bullet train, or deal with wildfires. But they sure know how to pass nonsensical and intrusive laws by the bushel

• Speaking of the progressive mob in Sacramento, they cannot understand why the state’s remaining billionaires wish to flee—taking their companies, jobs, and tax revenue with them—instead of paying a wealth tax which will be spent on healthcare for illegals, the bullet train to nowhere, but not on the rebuilding of fire ravaged cities in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena (where state red-tape has held up rebuilding for over a year). California was the best state in America until systemically destroyed by progressives politicians and Dem-aligned unions

• Without knowing anything about the teachings of Islam, it is virtually self-evident that any religion which detests dogs, bans music, and debates whether to use smooth rocks or Charmin is not something you would want anything to do with. Oh, and don’t accept the “left-hand” of fellowship from strident followers

• Watching new elected government officers take the oath of office on the Koran is not merely a religious freedom issue—its a a bad sign and trend

• One of the consequences of AI artists and AI generated music—you’ll never be able to see that person live in concert. Nothing better than seeing your favorite band, live and on stage

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