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Islamic Terrorism Politics

Sorry, Jen Hatmaker: Christians Aren’t Complicit in Orlando

Since ISIS-sympathizer Omar Mateen murdered 49 people and injured 50 more at an Orlando, Florida nightclub, many Christians have been offering their sympathy and prayers for the families who lost their loved ones during the shooting rampage early Sunday morning.…

Derryck GreenJune 16, 2016

Faith

Urban Christians’ Muffled Voice on Obama Progressive Policies

Recently, Justin Giboney penned a piece for Christianity Today in which he laments and regrets the decision and refusal of “urban Christians” to challenge President Obama’s leadership and anti-Christian, leftist agenda. President Obama’s recently mandated the county’s schools and universities…

Derryck GreenJune 10, 2016

Race Religion

Facts Don’t Care about Feelings in Painful Race Realities

Christian blogger Nicola A. Menzie is the proprietor of Faithfully Magazine. This website seeks to “capture, curate, and contribute to conversations about the intersection of race, culture, and Christianity.” According to Menzie, her website exists because, as she says, “Contrary…

Derryck GreenApril 29, 2016

Faith Uncategorized

Queerness: a Tool for Theological Purification?

Morgan Guyton, whose blog, “Mercy Not Sacrifice,” is on the Progressive Christian Channel at Patheos, recently published a response to David Watson’s article on Christian unity and moralism in the United Methodist Church. Appreciating the theological diversity in the UMC,…

Derryck GreenApril 13, 2016

Faith Race

Blogger Condemns Racist “Settler” Christians

Evangelicals for Social Action (ESA) – a progressive Christian (definitely in that order) organization that wants to apply the Christian gospel to "social justice" issues – recently posted a blog that demonstrates that ESA is more concerned with "social action"…

Derryck GreenApril 7, 2016

Race Religion

“Anablacktivism” and the Racial Grievance Industry

Last week, Evangelicals for Social Action sent out a tweet in support of Drew G.I. Hart’s website that has as its tagline Anablacktivism, which is an amalgamation of Anabaptism, black theology, and activism. The specific entry the tweet highlights are “Black-on-Black…

Derryck GreenMarch 30, 2016

Race

Race, Privilege and the Doctrine of Discovery

Mark Charles, a Christian blogger who recently wrote of how a spiritually profound experience at InterVarsity’s Urbana 15 Missions Conference influenced his decision to forgo communion, has commented on the trials and tribulations he’s encountered in his mission to raise awareness of…

Derryck GreenMarch 23, 2016

Uncategorized

Black Lives Matter and Skipping Communion

A Christian blogger recently shared his reflections on InterVarsity’s Missions Conference Urbana 15. He claimed that one experience, in particular, was so profound it was singularly influential in his decision to skip communion — a tradition he faithfully anticipates and…

Derryck GreenMarch 7, 2016

Race

Jim Wallis Discusses Reparations

As part of the promotional tour for his new book, America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege and the Bridge to a New America, Jim Wallis interviewed with Religion News Service (RNS) to discuss the content and thesis of his book.…

Derryck GreenFebruary 22, 2016

Review

Book Review: America’s Original Sin

America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America, by Jim Wallis. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2016. 272 pages For the past several years, Evangelicals have been criticized for their hesitancy in the fight against racial…

Derryck GreenJanuary 27, 2016

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