by James L. Evans | Sep 29, 2003 | Opinion
Alabama’s Republican Governor, Bob Riley, recently led an unsuccessful effort to reform the state’s regressive tax structure and raise needed funds for state services. He cast the struggle in moral terms arguing that Alabama’s present tax arrangement...
by James L. Evans | Sep 25, 2003 | Opinion
Recently hundreds of Christians gathered on the steps of the state judicial building in Montgomery, Ala., to offer support to Judge Roy Moore and his 5,300-pound monument to the Ten Commandments. They were also there to protest a federal court order that had the...
by James L. Evans | Sep 24, 2003 | Opinion
Watching Judge Moore over the past few months has reminded me of the Christian philosopher Pascal. He wrote that humans “never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” In other words, there is no one more...
by James L. Evans | Sep 5, 2003 | Opinion
The Sermon on the Mount is regarded by most Christians as the heart of Jesus’ teaching. Unfortunately, what Jesus has to say there has not been overwhelmingly embraced by much of the Christian community in America. Perhaps it is time to update the sermon so that...
by James L. Evans | Aug 26, 2003 | Opinion
One of the more curious features of the Ten Commandment controversy is the discovery that Chief Justice Roy Moore has a copyright on the monument. The copyright symbol is not readily visible. You have to walk to the rear of the monument and look down on the base to...
