An Open Letter to the Governor of Alabama

Dear Gov. Riley: Congratulations on your re-election. Your 58 percent margin is the largest since 1982, when Alabama governor races started being competitive. For my part, I’m glad you won. You have demonstrated understanding about the needs of the poor in our...

To the Father’s House

At the association pastors’ prayer breakfast this morning, Deputy Sheriff/Pastor Eddie reported on the recent theft of the SUV owned by a fellow pastor. The account went like this. Pastor Melvin stopped at a gas station to buy a newspaper and a cup of coffee on...

The Great ‘Yawn’ of Oct. 17

When President Bush signed the Military Commission Act on the 17th of last month there went out across this land a “great yawn.” That is according to Professor Jonathan Turley, nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas...

Biblical Family Values

Many religious folk of our day have reduced Jesus to a family values preacher who sells eternal fire insurance on the side. We live in a world that gives lip service to Jesus, the eternal Savior but rejects His teaching absolutely. The other day I was listening to a...

A Bible Verse for Victors

God expects a lot from Democrats. Democrats need a word from the Lord. Now that Democrats control both houses of Congress, the majority of governorships and more state legislatures than Republicans, they need a watchword from the Bible. They need a verse that guards...

Scientists Come Out Swinging and Praying

One of the bad things about war is that it is almost impossible to wage one without demonizing the opposition. This is true in actual wars where people get killed, and it’s true in wars of words where people just get insulted. A fierce war of words has been...