by James L. Evans | Oct 6, 2005 | Opinion
The dictionary defines “virtue” as having to do with moral excellence, righteousness and goodness. I bring this up because William Bennett, America’s self-appointed guru of virtue demonstrated on his radio show last week that he may need a virtue...
by James L. Evans | Sep 29, 2005 | Opinion
The U.S. House of Representatives voted recently to allow religious social-service providers that receive federal money to discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion. At issue, of course, is current federal law that prohibits any discrimination in hiring. But...
by James L. Evans | Sep 23, 2005 | Opinion
Wiley Bennett, pastor of Woodland Hill Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, welcomed Katrina evacuees into his community with these words on the message sign in front of his church: “The Big Easy is the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah.” It is standard practice to...
by James L. Evans | Sep 20, 2005 | Opinion
Few issues have been more contentious than the debate surrounding prayer and Bible reading in public schools. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1962 that teacher led prayer was unconstitutional, conservative Christians began to shout “God has been removed...
by James L. Evans | Sep 9, 2005 | Opinion
We find ourselves wedged between twin tragedies this week. The wound of Katrina is still fresh and bleeding. Order is slowly beginning to appear out of the chaos, but painfully slow. The grisly business of counting up the dead is the most recent piece of the...
