Upon reading your editorial of Monday, May 19 on civility in the appointing of Supreme Court Justices, one question came to my mind. Did you also encourage civility when Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and Samuel Alito were nominated for the Supreme Court? If you did not, why not and if you did not, why then are you advocating it now? ...more

May 22, 2009

As one who has preached the gospel for over 40 years, I could not agree more with Dean Johnson's letter of Dec. 6 concerning global warming. Dean writes: "God controls the world's temperature not man. God controls the climate, the earth's eco-system and our environment, not man. Dean questions why evangelical Christians are caught up in trying to save the earth. I also question that. The one verse of Scripture, known by more people than any other, is John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life." The word "world" does not refer to the planet earth but "people." God has called Christians to save people from their sins not to save this earth. ...more

December 15, 2007