Rob Bell has gained notoriety within the evangelical community for his views, among other things, on Heaven and Hell.  In his 2011 book, “Love Wins” (HarperCollins Publishers), the founding pastor of the Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, presents cogent, if simplistic, arguments for his views and beliefs.              The book is […]

            With three different candidates winning the first three contests, the Republicans have established that the race to their party’s presidential nomination will not be decided early in the process.  While the lesser lights (Cain, Bachmann, Huntsman, and Perry) have all bowed out, four intrepid souls are still very much in the game as the […]

            At the end of the long opening scene of Steven Spielberg’s 1998 film, “Saving Private Ryan,” American troops gun down German soldiers who have attempted to surrender.  The Germans had earlier in the long scene (depicting the D-Day invasion of Omaha Beach) killed hundreds of the American GIs as they began their assault.             […]

                In baseball talk, the presidential campaign is in the spring training part of the season.  That part of the year follows the “hot stove league,” when teams make trades and sign players while fans and reporters have fun assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each team.                  We’re well past the campaign “hot stove […]