by James L. Evans | Jul 30, 2009 | Opinion
The clock is ticking on President Obama’s health care reform plan, and not necessarily in his favor. The inertia in this session of Congress regarding any health care reform bill is evident and bipartisan. Surprisingly, however, there has appeared a strong...
by James L. Evans | Jul 26, 2009 | Opinion
Several Christian conservative leaders are doing some serious fretting about a pending hate crimes bill. Congressional Democrats have proposed adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of federally prosecuted hate crimes. The bill carries the name of...
by James L. Evans | Jul 17, 2009 | Opinion
In Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” there is a scene where Alice and Humpty Dumpty are having a conversation about words. “‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty says, in a rather scornful tone, ‘it means just what I...
by James L. Evans | Jul 9, 2009 | Opinion
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship just finished their annual meeting. These are moderate Baptists that for the most part broke away from the Southern Baptist Convention after that entity surrendered to fundamentalism. They met in Houston just ahead of the Fourth of...
by James L. Evans | Jul 3, 2009 | Opinion
We observe Independence Day this weekend. Grills will be smoking and fireworks popping as we celebrate our freedom. For some reason I have found myself remembering a July 4th from a few years back. A group from the church I was serving then was in Piedras Negras,...
