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		<title>Why The World&#8217;s Population Replacement Rates Are in Decline</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birth Rates]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This may not be news to those who read the news, but it nevertheless seems shocking to me. A lot of people don’t care much about having kids anymore. Wow! Kids make life more enjoyable. I’ve got three and six grandkids. I’d feel pretty lonely without them. Try getting old and not having family loved [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tucker Carlson Apologizes to America for Helping Elect Trump</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For years, Tucker Carlson was practically the face of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News that helped more than any other source thrust the brash and braggart, New York real estate developing tycoon, Donald Trump into the America’s power center—the White House. And now, Mr. Carlson, who has been ejected from Fox News, is apologizing for it. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fitzpatrick Wins RBC Heritage in Playoff with Scheffler</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick defeated American Scottie Scheffler on the first extra hole today to win the RBC Heritage at Harbor Town Golf Links at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It was the former U.S. Open champion’s fourth win on the PGA Tour and his second RBC Heritage win. Scheffler Came from Behind to Tie Scottie [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Americans Should Mourn the Loss of USAID Caused by Trump</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[peace building]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I just now listened to a Council on Foreign Relations webinar entitled “The Future of Strategic Religious Engagement in U.S. Foreign Policy.” It was a panel moderated by Peter Mandaville, former federal government official and now senior researcher of the Berkley Center. The panelists were Melissa Nozell, Dave Hunsicker, and Knox Thames, all experts in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Former MAGA Politician Greene Says Trump Is Not a Christian</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shame, shame, shame Donald Trump! Yesterday, on Easter morning, U.S. President Donald Trump was not celebrating Easter in church. Instead, he was engrossed in his seemingly favorite activity of writing insulting messages on his Truth Social account for the world to read, but especially the leaders of Iran. He barked at them with expletives, saying [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Good Friday Is Today. And Then What?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The KIngdom of God]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is Good Friday, the day of the year Jesus of Nazareth died for our sins that we may be healed. Isaiah 53 is such an amazing and stunning prophecy about it as follows: His Suffering 3He was despised and rejected by others,                          [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Book Affirms John&#8217;s Gospel Is  Historically Reliable</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trinitarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fourth Quest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical Reliability of John]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul N. Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quest for the Historical Jesus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve written two books alleging that church fathers got it wrong about Jesus being God and God being three co-equal and co-eternal Persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit, called the “Trinity.” Some initiates to Christian faith may read that and think I’m denying the existence of these three or something [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Europe Could Dump Trump/USA and Form a More Perfect Union</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eschatology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump has been speaking against NATO a lot during this second presidency, and he did it tonight in his nearly 20-minute speech to the nation at prime time, mostly about his war of choice in Iran that is now about to complete its 5th week. He chastises European countries for rejecting his [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Could Iran and Houthis Force Creation of Palestinian state?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This war in Iran—which is nearly five weeks old and that U.S. President Donald Trump foisted upon the world without either American or European support—has caused the price of a barrel of oil to skyrocket almost double what it was before the war. In the U.S., it caused the price of gasoline at the pump [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trump Deceives</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kermit Zarley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to the nation this evening in nearly 20-minute prepared speech that was mostly about the present war in unprovoked Iran which Israel and the U.S. have jointly waged for nearly five weeks. It was another typical braggamonia speech of the narcissist, with constant superlatives such as “never been anything like [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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