by James L. Evans | Mar 30, 2012 | Opinion
Some 2,000 years ago, a rogue rabbi from Galilee led a ragtag group of dissidents into Jerusalem at the height of a high holy time. As Jerusalem was celebrating its most celebrated moment of political and religious liberation, Jesus arrived to protest the whole...
by James L. Evans | Mar 16, 2012 | Opinion
Harold Camping, a 90-year-old radio evangelist based in North Carolina, created a bit of a controversy for himself lately by attempting to predict the future. According to a variety of sources, Camping predicted that the world would end on May 21, 2011. In case you...
by James L. Evans | Mar 9, 2012 | Opinion
It was my privilege to attend a briefing at the White House on Wednesday along with 60 other Baptist leaders. Our stated purpose was to hear how the administration was willing to work with faith communities on common-good issues – that is, issues on which religious...
by James L. Evans | Mar 5, 2012 | Opinion
This past Tuesday, a group of Alabama religious leaders gathered in the Archives building in Montgomery and called for the repeal of Alabama’s infamous immigration law. Passed as HB 56, the law has been variously identified and vilified as one of the toughest...
by James L. Evans | Feb 24, 2012 | Opinion
I must confess that I am a huge fan of the space program. From the launch of Sputnik in 1957, through the moon landing in 1969, and everything that has happened since, the exploration of space has piqued my interest and stirred my imagination. Certainly the case can...
