by James L. Evans | Apr 29, 2002 | Opinion
My grandfather never owned a Bible. In fact, he could not read. He never attended a church, didn’t sing any hymns, and never prayed—out loud anyway. He also seemed to have a certain contempt for preachers. Although he never said it directly, I got the idea...
by James L. Evans | Apr 17, 2002 | Opinion
We don’t hear much about orthodoxy these days. The notion comes from a time when the church exercised control over the beliefs and practices of its members. The idea of a binding body of religious teaching is simply untenable in the modern world. These days,...
by James L. Evans | Apr 9, 2002 | Opinion
Southern literary icon Flannery O’Connor once said, “By and large, people in the South still conceive of humanity in theological terms. While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted.” That’s a startling image to...
by James L. Evans | Mar 20, 2002 | Opinion
The most recent edition of “Alabama Citizens Watch,” the official newsletter of the Alabama Christian Coalition, features a bit of self-congratulatory indulgence. The celebration was prompted by comments from Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert W. Fogel....
by James L. Evans | Mar 4, 2002 | Opinion
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never harm me.” At least, that’s what we tell our children to help them cope with schoolyard bullies. And at the schoolyard level, it may be true. Unfortunately, it is not always true. Sometimes...
