by Larry Eubanks | Jun 27, 2019 | Opinion
Labels abound in our overpolarized era. Liberal, RINO, socialist, neo-con, Nazi, Marxist, racist – all these and more aren’t meant to be descriptive but dismissive. Especially when we assign the additional labels of good or evil to people. Labels shut down discussion....
by Larry Eubanks | Jun 17, 2019 | Opinion
The Southern Baptist Convention and the Roman Catholic Church hold little in common. In fact, only in recent years have they even come close to recognizing each other’s legitimacy. They do hold two things in common, however. First, they both believe Scripture forbids...
by Larry Eubanks | Mar 6, 2019 | Opinion
Many people say they believe the Bible should be read “literally.” Whatever that means. Not everybody reads the Bible literally. What is significant is not whether you do or do not believe the Bible should be read literally. It’s whether you actually read it....
by Larry Eubanks | Aug 6, 2018 | Opinion
Saying you’re from some place means more than just you were born there. It indicates heritage, culture and roots. I was born in Alabama, but only lived there for seven years, and none of my family is from there. I sometimes tell people I was born in Alabama to...
by Larry Eubanks | Jul 26, 2018 | Opinion
History repeats itself, they say. They’re wrong. We’re just too stubborn to learn from history. The Maccabean period of Jewish history, which started with the revolt led by Judas Maccabeus in 167 BCE, is crucial in understanding the times in which Jesus lived and the...
