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Book Review: The End of White Christian America

The End of White Christian America, by Robert P. Jones. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016. 309 pages According to Robert P. Jones, the founder and CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), White Christian America- “the most prominent…

Derryck GreenSeptember 23, 2016

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‘Jesus Created Marijuana’: Should It Be Legal?

Progressive Christian blogger and missionary Benjamin Corey recently suggested that the recreational use of marijuana should be legalized. I read it several times because I thought it was satire. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. Corey points to an increasing number of states…

Derryck GreenSeptember 12, 2016

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Colin Kaepernick’s Sit-in: Refuses to Stand for “Oppression”

Colin Kaepernick’s Sit-in: Refuses to Stand for “Oppression” This weekend the National Football League’s Colin Kaepernick decided for the third straight preseason game to sit during the playing of the national anthem. According to Kaepernick, America "oppresses black people and people…

Derryck GreenAugust 29, 2016

Culture Race

Black Lives Matter Isn’t a Civil Rights Movement

Last week, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas in response to the police shootings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, no one expected the protest would end with someone shooting five police officers dead…

Derryck GreenAugust 19, 2016

Politics Religion

Actually Shane Claiborne, Christians Should Support Capital Punishment

All Christians Should Support Capital Punishment Shane Claiborne- a social justice activist, a progressive Christian who runs the Simple Way community in Philadelphia, and an author who published Executing Grace earlier this summer about the death penalty- was recently interviewed…

Derryck GreenAugust 17, 2016

Politics

Evangelical Outrage Against Trump; Why Not Clinton?

Last Thursday as he wrapped up his hour-long speech in which he formally accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump thanked the evangelical Christians who supported his candidacy, helping make his quest for…

Derryck GreenJuly 28, 2016

Race

Poll: More Americans Lose Faith in Religion Solving Social Problems

Based on recent polling, fewer Americans are putting their faith in religion’s influence to help solve America’s social problems. Earlier in our nation’s history, religious leaders and institutions were very visible and instrumental in confronting important cultural and civic issues…

Derryck GreenJuly 25, 2016

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Point/Counterpoint: Black Lives Matter isn’t a civil rights offshoot

People march in a Black Lives Matter rally in Oklahoma City, Sunday, July 10, 2016. Police estimated the crowd at the rally as 2,000 to 2,500 people. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Two weeks ago, during a Black Lives Matter protest in…

Derryck GreenJuly 25, 2016

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Injustice “Solidarity” on Display at Fuller; Crime Victims, Abortion Violence Ignored

The common and accepted practice in response to social tragedies, “injustices” or the real presence and consequences of evil has been a kind of self-reverential activism that includes hashtags and virtue-signaling that are supposed to be substitutes for, but reflective…

Derryck GreenJuly 12, 2016

Religion

Christian Dating Site Forced to Include Same-Sex Searches

The march of the LGBT totalitarians continues. The latest example of the erosion of religious liberty comes as a judge recently ruled that the owners of Christian online dating service ChristianMingle.com, Spark Networks Inc., must begin including gay persons as…

Derryck GreenJuly 5, 2016

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