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Join Us on Saturday!
By Alan BeanYou are invited to Broadway Baptist Church, 4:00 pm on Saturday, April 20th for the second convening of our Common Peace Community. Read more
Posted on 17 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
The Other Tulia Tragedy
Former priest, John SalazarBy Alan BeanThe painful story Gillian Flaccus tells in this AP story unfolded while Friends of Justice was fighting a bogus drug bust. Read more
Posted on 16 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Abbott Hits a New Low in Waco
Is Greg Abbott the Attorney General of Texas or is he a flak for the National Rifle Association and the GOP? He can’t be both. Read more
Posted on 16 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Our Fraudulent “debt Crisis” Debate
By Alan BeanWe have been hearing a lot of wailing and teeth gnashing about the federal debt. If we keep spending our grandchildren’s money, the logic goes,... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Maggie and Martin
By Alan BeanIn one of those odd quirks of history, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher shuffled off this mortal coil just as we were remembering the death... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Why Seek the Living Among the Dead?
By Nancy BeanEaster IS the Common Peace Community IS the ResurrectionThe Common Peace Community is our expression for what Jesus refers to as The Realm or... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Is the War on Drugs a Make-work Project?
By Alan Bean Ripple effects from the sequester continue to proliferate. Now it is local and regional narcotics task forces that are feeling the pinch because... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Football Stadium Won’t Be Named After For-profit Prison Company
By Alan BeanIt was just a matter of time before this headline appeared. First the student of Florida Atlantic University protested naming their school’s footbal... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
As Jesus Loved
John 13:1-17, 31-35Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Reader Says Bible Endorses Capital Punishment
Dudley Sharp, Victims’ Families for the Death PenaltyThe ABP’s recent article on the mock trial of Jesus staged at First Baptist Church, Austin has sparked an... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Where Are the Grocery Stores in Black Neighborhoods?
Posted by Pierre BerastainA good article on the racial politics of grocery stores. Not mentioned in the article, though still relevant, is the fact that one... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Coincidence Or Crafty Staging: Senators Witness Woman Climb 18-foot Fence
By Alan BeanThe Gang of Eight senators took a photo-op tour of the border fence in Arizona yesterday and, what-d’ya-know, they witnessed a desperate young... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
ABP Covers the Trial of Jesus in Austin
By Alan BeanThe Associated Baptist Press (ABP) has an in-depth story on tonight’s mock trial of Jesus at First Baptist Church, Austin. Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
At Mexican Border, Four in Five Drug Busts Involve American Citizens
Posted by Pierre Berastain“Three out of four people found with drugs by the border agency are U.S. citizens, the data show. Looked at another way, when the... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
A Common Peace Community Takes Root
By Alan BeanThe Common Peace Community was inaugurated on Saturday, March 23rd at Broadway Baptist Church with thirty-five wonderful people in attendance. Read more
Posted on 26 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Tale of Murder and Insanity Puts Prison on Trial
By Alan BeanIt now appears that Evan Spencer Ebel, recently paroled from a Colorado prison, murdered Nate Leon, a pizza delivery man, then, last Tuesday evening... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Dinner with Lazarus
By Charles KikerSix days before the Passover Jesus Came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him.... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Putting Jesus Back on Trial
Alan BeanOn Maundy Thursday, Mark Osler and Jeanne Bishop will be staging their 12th re-enactment of the trial of Jesus, this time using Texas law and legal... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
District Attorney Drops Sexual Assault Charges on Legacy SMU Student
This post by Friends of Justice intern Pierre Berastain originally appeared in Huffington PostBy Pierre BerastainAccording to the Dallas Morning News, “The... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
In Memoriam: Gordon Cosby
Mary and Gordon Cosby, circa 1960By Alan BeanGordon Cosby died yesterday at the tender age of 94. With his wife, Mary, Gordon founded the Church of the... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY