Opinions & Viewpoints

By Ty B. Kerley,DMin  / * Inglés y español |             Over the last few weeks, we have been looking at possible reasons why God allows evil and suffering to exist, including as punishment for sin, and as a consequence ofother people’s sin (as a byproduct of free will). Recently, we have suggested that the…

  By Ty B. Kerley, DMin  / * Inglés y español |      This week, we begin to investigate five possible reasons God allows evil to exist, which can be extracted from the biblical text. First, the Bible is quite clear that God allows evil to exist as a form of punishment for sin.…

By James Finck  / * Inglés y español | May 12, 2026 4 Minutes From the Lawton Constitution    So far this year gerrymandering has been one of the dominant stories, as both sides do everything within their power to secure more of their party’s members in Congress in the midterms. I already have written about the Virginia…

By Ty Kerley  / * Inglés y español |    The existence of evil and suffering in the world is a complex and far-reaching reality. Consequently, understanding God’s role in the existence of evil is critically important in helping us ultimately to answer the question: is God dead?For we can safely conclude that if God…

By James Finck, Ph.D. | May 5, 2026 | 4 Minutes | From the Lawton Constitution   / * Inglés y español |    On April 25, while President Trump hosted his first White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a lone gunman attempted to breach security at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., with the apparent intention of killing…

By James Finck, Ph.D. | Apr 29, 2026 | From the Lawton Constitution   / * Inglés y español |    As I was working on this week’s article, I realized that I could possibly combine the two biggest stories of the week by looking at one Supreme Court case: Sims v. Amos (1974). Sims v.…

By Ty B. Kerley,DMin  / * Inglés y español |      Critics of theism rightly ask, “Couldn’t God have created a world in which there was less evil and suffering?” Contrary to the assertion, this is not the best of all possible worlds God could have created. A world in which there was one…

Dear Lanier County News Editor, Two years ago this month Georgia Power completed Plant Vogtle, the only nuclear reactors built in the United States in the last 30 years. The actual date reactor 4 entered commercial service was April 30, 2024. Lickedy split, one day later on May 1, 2024, Georgia Power raised rates for…

By James Finck, Ph.D. | Apr 9, 2026    / * Inglés y español | From the Lawton Constitution With all the legislation about voter integrity, it seems worthwhile to look at voting practices over the years to see how past generations tackled the issue of fair elections. What we find is that both voting technology…

By Ty Kerley  / * Inglés y español |              Critics of theism and Christianity claim not only that God is dead but that He never truly existed in the first place. For if the God of Christianity truly exists, then why is there so much pain and suffering in the world? Atheists and Christians…