I know it’s a little bit early yet, but Easter is fast approaching. I have sometimes been asked why I have written my books on totally different subjects. Well, the short answer is my background is in law, therefore the Trial of Jesus Christ became a very real matter of interest to me.

I lived outside of the country for a while which imbued in me a spirit of patriotism. Then when I attended a conference in Philadelphia, in 1976, the Bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence my interest in the Founding Fathers grew by leaps and bounds. I gave many presentations about my heroes, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Adams, and James Madison, to the point where people in my audiences began to ask for me to write a book. So I did.

My book publisher learned of my background relating to the Trial of Christ, and asked me to put that information in a book form. I had all the research and loved what writing my previous book had done for me—and for others, so I quickly put my research in book form. Hence “The Illegal Trial of Christ.” Later, of course, Bill O’Reilly wrote his own book about the trial—but it doesn’t include everything.

In writing those two books it has forcefully occurred to me how much our Founding Fathers warned us about things that really cause the trial of Christ to come about. The Sanhedrin was a one body governing system. The law making, judicial, and executive powers resided in the Sanhedrin and were mainly held by the chief high priest. No checks and balances.

That’s then what the Founders built into our form of government. Two separate houses of Congress to make the laws. An Executive branch to carry out the laws. And an independent judiciary to judge the laws. It’s a miraculous system based on wisdom and experience. We should stick to it!

Now if you look closely at what’s happened in our country, it seems we have lost sight of the reasoning behind our different branches and their purposes. The Executive branch has its own courts in many cases. The judicial branch tries to change the law or even make new laws. And the legislative doesn’t hold either other branch to strict uses of it proscribe powers. The citizens are the losers. Now we are getting closer to the type of government our Founding Fathers warned us against. And we are too busy and distracted to listen. We are getting close to the kind of country that would again try Jesus and put him to death.

I hope Dr. Seuss was correct when he said:

“Sometimes life is bumpy and blue,
filled with gobs of goo-gunk
and sticky-ick stew.
But you’ll find your way
And you’ll pull yourself through,
You’re stupendously strong!
But, mostly, your YOU!”