The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media.

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.

Christianity isn't the only group that has fundamentalists.

In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer.

What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party.

Don't be satisfied with just pumping blood.

I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense of having failed to live out the will of God can give rise to depression. Certainly the fear of death and what might follow can sap the joy out of life.