Pollak: Donald Trump and the Biblical King Uzziah — Successful Term, Rough Ending
The parallels between King Uzziah and President Trump are striking. Uzziah did not turn against his faith, but pursued it with excessive zeal.

The parallels between King Uzziah and President Trump are striking. Uzziah did not turn against his faith, but pursued it with excessive zeal.
Vice President Mike Pence quoted Ecclesiastes 3:3 — “A time to heal” — in his letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday, subtly reminding her that she had recently used that verse to call for an end to the country’s divisions.
President-elect Joe Biden repeated his false claims that Trump had cleared protesters with “tear gas” and held a Bible “upside-down.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden twice mispronounced “Psalmist” during his 18-minute Thanksgiving message on Wednesday.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) experienced a wave of criticism when she misspelled the Gospel of Matthew in a tweet on Wednesday.
Pope Francis reflected Wednesday on the importance of the intercession of the Virgin Mary, proposing that without her intervention at the wedding feast at Cana the guests would have drunk milk rather than wine.
Pope Francis underscored Christianity’s entrepreneurial character Sunday, insisting that good Christians are those who generously take risks and put their talents to work.
A sloppily worded hate crime bill in Scotland could undermine free speech and unfairly stigmatize people of faith, the Christian Institute has warned.
A video posted on social media shows four Roman Catholic nuns posing for photos at the venue for a Trump campaign rally in Waterford Township, Michigan, on Friday.
Joe Biden cited a Catholic hymn during a community meeting at the Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday, misattributing the hymn’s lyrics to the biblical Psalm 23.
Remember the full-time, 24/7 media freakout when some nobody threatened to burn the Koran a few years back?
Joe Biden has been smearing Trump’s faith for months for political gain. His objection is simply that Trump has turned the tables.
President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed a torrent of criticism toward Joe Biden, reminding voters in Ohio that the former vice president had embraced the radical left.
Protesters flocked to the Justice Center and the federal courthouse in Portland again on Friday night, lighting fires and burning American flags and Bibles in the streets.
CLAIM: Joe Biden claimed President Trump held a Bible upside-down when he walked to St. John’s Episcopal Church in June. VERDICT: FALSE.
NFL legend and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker responded to the growing tensions across the country by appealing to the Bible, stressing the power of forgiveness and asking, “Why are we penalizing people for what their ancestors did?”
A black Metropolitan Police Department officer lectured a white Black Lives Matter protester in Washington, DC, on Tuesday evening as she attempted to accuse one of his white colleagues of racism.
Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has tried to “hijack” Christianity, most recently by posing with a Bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Gabby Orr, White House reporter for Politico, issued a string of demonstratively ill-toned questions following President Trump’s visit to St. John’s Episcopal Church, asking why he did not pray or read specific versus from his “prop” Bible.
Actress Ellen Barkin joined the throng of leftists in criticizing President Donald Trump’s Monday visit to St. John’s Episcopal Church, saying Trump “would have gone down in flames” after approaching the church “if Jesus was our Savior.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) opted to read from the Bible on Tuesday in response to President Trump walking to St. John’s Episcopal Church that was damaged during Sunday night’s protests, holding up a Bible.
Trump reminded the nation who we are: people of the Book, or many books, bound by the words of a covenant, and grounded in moral precepts.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized President Donald Trump’s holding of a bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church on Monday, writing on social media: “He holds that Bible like it’s burning him.”
Jim Caviezel recently said that the painful episodes filming the hit movie, ‘The Passion of the Christ,’ made it all the more special.
A group of President Donald Trump’s campaign staffers conducted a Bible study online on Friday morning as the spread of the coronavirus continues in the United States.
A little girl in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, used scripture recently to calm her autistic sibling who felt anxious about the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
Every year around the time of Purim, churches and synagogues around the world dive back into the book of Esther, where we hear of a courageous young Jewish woman in exile saving her people, who were put in danger because of her uncle’s unbending integrity in the face of pagan tyranny. But is that story really what we read–or merely what we’ve read *into* this unique book of the Bible?
A woman is grateful she was not injured after her truck suddenly caught on fire Sunday in Deer Park, Texas.
The “Bible bill” passed with an overwhelming 73-26 vote in the West Virginia House on Tuesday.
ROME — Pope Francis urged his hearers to cultivate the virtue of meekness Wednesday, underscoring the destructive power of anger.
Pope Francis said Wednesday that weeping for one’s sins is a grace that Christians should aspire to.
A fire devastated a family’s home Sunday in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, but did not destroy everything inside it.
A student at Rutgers University was told by his professor not to quote Bible scriptures in an essay because of “separation of church and state,” and because “this wouldn’t work for a Muslim or Jewish person.”
“Boot-edge-edge,” Trump continued. “And all of a sudden, he’s become extremely religious. This happened about two weeks ago.”
A searing essay in the Christian Post Friday examines Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s misapplication of the Bible to justify “far-left positions” on everything from economic policy to same-sex marriage.
Christmas can be a hectic holiday, but there are family activities that put Jesus Christ at the center of the celebration.
Grime rapper and Jeremy Corbyn fan Stormzy, real name Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr., is set to read a passage from the Bible at the end of one of BBC One’s Christmas Day programmes.
The hugely popular Bible App has announced that Philippians 4:6 is the biblical “verse of the year” based on the number of times users accessed that passage.
The PlayWay company has announced a new simulation game called “I Am Jesus Christ,” allowing players to assume the role of Jesus — walking on water, fighting Satan, and healing the blind.
The South Bend mayor released an ad in South Carolina on Monday, emphasizing his citation of Scripture during his November speech at the Iowa Democrats Liberty and Justice dinner.