Evangelical Regret Over Santorum Endorsement in Baptist Church
For Evangelicals, it just keeps getting worse, and this Sunday was definitely a low point. I’ve spent most of my life in Baptist churches (twenty years as a pastor), and I identify myself as an...
View Article“Business As Usual” Until It’s Too Late – or Is it?
“Democracy don’t rule the world. You better get that through your head.This world is ruled by violence … but that’s better left unsaid.” Sundown on the Union, Bob Dylan...
View ArticleA Prayer for Trayvon Martin’s Mother Sabrina
Since I didn’t hear a prayer for Trayvon Martin’s mother Sabrina Fulton on Sunday at church (and probably you didn’t either if you attend a typical Evangelical church), I want to offer this beautiful...
View ArticlePat Buchanan on “Whipped-up Hysteria” Over Trayvon Martin Killing
Pat Buchanan claims that when it comes to the killing of Trayvon Martin, Black leaders – like Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters, Representative Hank Johnson and “former Black Panther” Bobby Rush – have...
View ArticleDick Clark and Levon Helm – Nonconformity and Protest in Music
The recent deaths of Dick Clark and Levon Helm cause us to look back fondly at an earlier era. As many articles are pointing out, the brilliant career of Dick Clark forever changed American music. The...
View ArticleIs Political Talk on Facebook Pointless?
Is Political Talk on Facebook Pointless? Recently someone close to me expressed concern about the amount of time I’ve been taking to post political articles on Facebook. It proved to be a good...
View Article“Watch Out,” Says Jesus: Ten Warning Signs That Religion Has Become Evil
It’s my honor and pleasure to present Daniel B. Clendenin as a guest blogger this month. His blog, Journey With Jesus is widely read internationally, and always worth seeing. I like this so much that I...
View ArticleSouth Nassau Hurricane Relief
It can be hard to know where to find help, where to donate, and where you can volunteer. Here’s a rundown of what I know as of now (November 12, 2012)*. I’ll be working as much as I can to keep this...
View ArticleEvangelicals Unite to Argue for Justice in Immigration
Wow. Maybe I just haven’t noticed, but I don’t remember seeing something like this story in the news for some time. When Evangelicals are in the news these days, it seems like it’s usually about some...
View ArticleDo Black Lives Matter Or Is Their Loss ‘Ungrievable”?
Journalist Mattieu Aikins has used the phrase “ungrievable lives” to explain how, from an American perspective, some lives are more valuable than others. In reality, some lives matter to us so little...
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