by James L. Evans | Oct 2, 2008 | Opinion
This past Sunday 33 pastors from all across the country deliberately broke the law. Prompted by the Alliance Defense Fund, a socially conservative legal consortium based in Arizona, these pastors stood in their pulpits and endorsed political candidates. The law...
by James L. Evans | Sep 26, 2008 | Opinion
Would Jesus condone torture if it yielded information that might prevent a terrorist attack? Anyone who has studied the life and teachings of Jesus closely, really thought about the red-letter parts of the New Testament, would answer, no. The only way to get from turn...
by James L. Evans | Sep 15, 2008 | Opinion
What would happen if Jesus came to 21st century America, performed a couple of low-key miracles just to get folks talking, then announced he was running for president of the United States? That is the story line in Roland Merullo’s new book, American Savior: A...
by James L. Evans | Sep 5, 2008 | Opinion
Sometime around the middle of August, James Dobson’s Focus on the Family released a video urging Christians to pray for rain. Not rain to end the drought in the Southeast and other places, but rain to drown out a political message. The video encouraged...
by James L. Evans | Aug 29, 2008 | Opinion
We live as a people in the midst of great diversity. We are diverse in age and gender and race and religion, especially religion. Even among Christians there is great variety. When we factor in the many other religious expressions in America, we are as one scholar put...
