by James L. Evans | Dec 11, 2006 | Opinion
In July of this year, the Christian Coalition of America elected Florida megachurch pastor Joel C. Hunter to serve as the group’s new president. He was slated to take over the job from Roberta Combs who will continue to serve as chair of the Coalition’s...
by James L. Evans | Nov 30, 2006 | Opinion
North Carolina Baptists, meeting in their annual convention a few weeks ago, changed the way they determine membership for churches in their convention. In addition to things like believing in God, Jesus and the Bible, North Carolina Baptists also added a statement...
by James L. Evans | Nov 24, 2006 | Opinion
With Thanksgiving Day behind us, we now enter the Christmas season at full gallop. Of course, Christmas has been peeking out here and there since Halloween, but now it’s official. It’s all here–the shopping, the lights, the traffic, the music and the...
by James L. Evans | Nov 16, 2006 | Opinion
Dear Gov. Riley: Congratulations on your re-election. Your 58 percent margin is the largest since 1982, when Alabama governor races started being competitive. For my part, I’m glad you won. You have demonstrated understanding about the needs of the poor in our...
by James L. Evans | Nov 10, 2006 | Opinion
One of the bad things about war is that it is almost impossible to wage one without demonizing the opposition. This is true in actual wars where people get killed, and it’s true in wars of words where people just get insulted. A fierce war of words has been...