by James L. Evans | Apr 12, 2010 | Opinion
In “Parting the Waters,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the early years of the civil rights movement, Taylor Branch describes some of the differences between Dr. Martin Luther King’s goals and those of the NAACP. King, following the teachings of...
by James L. Evans | Apr 5, 2010 | Opinion
While researching another project, I came across an interesting study completed a few years back by Auburn Theological Seminary in New York. The study suggests that churches in America may be facing a dramatic shortage of ministers in the coming years. According to...
by James L. Evans | Mar 25, 2010 | Opinion
On Palm Sunday, churches around the world will celebrate that fateful moment when Jesus rode a borrowed donkey into Jerusalem. This event is ironically dubbed the “triumphant entry.” An enthusiastic crowd certainly cheered him on that day, but another...
by James L. Evans | Mar 21, 2010 | Opinion
In 1981, Langdon Gilkey, professor of theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School, found himself embroiled in a church-state battle in Arkansas that would eventually be known as McLean v. the Arkansas Board of Education. The case was the result of a suit...
by James L. Evans | Mar 15, 2010 | Opinion
In the closing chapters of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus offers a parable describing the criteria by which the human community will be evaluated on Judgment Day. I remember my surprise years ago when I read these words for the first time. After hearing that we would...
