While a case can be made for intelligent design, I can't figure out why some Christians are so thrilled about that possibility. First of all, it doesn't prove there's a God. If anything, intelligent design lends support to some form of pantheism that defines God as immanent within nature.

It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.

An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.

Rituals keep us from forgetting what must not be forgotten and keep us rooted in a past from which we must not be disconnected.

The two hot issues are the gay issue and the abortion issue. These are the two defining issues in the evangelical community these days. I'm sure that these hot buttons will be pushed, time and time again.

I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.

Anyone who resists the notion of women preachers is functioning as a tool of the devil.