God acts in human history. In his sovereignty, he engages not only with man but also with nations. When God made a personal covenant with Abraham, God promised to make Abraham into a great nation that would be a blessing…
Derryck GreenMay 6, 2023
Blacks must address the problems infecting and affecting black communities and handle the issues seriously and sincerely. Many of these problems center around moral values that were once readily available and abundant among black Americans. Now they are increasingly becoming…
Derryck GreenFebruary 17, 2023
“Black Lives Matter” is a great slogan. As a black man, I agree that black lives matter just as much as the lives of any of our racial counterparts. But chanting, marching, and hashtag activism will not work unless we…
Derryck GreenFebruary 15, 2023
Teachers should discuss religion with their students. A comprehensive education necessarily includes learning and discussing issues of faith. Discussing religion is difficult when rules keeping faith off school grounds are rigidly enforced. The underlying question that seems to be driving…
Derryck GreenFebruary 15, 2023
It’s as if the NAACP hasn’t done enough to dishonor its legacy and completely ruin its reputation as a civil rights organization. Grasping for political relevancy, the so-called civil rights group’s Arizona chapter, with the help of the ACLU, is…
Derryck GreenFebruary 15, 2023
How should Christians address homelessness? The situation is worsening despite lip service by politicians and “homeless advocates” about fixing a problem they’ve helped create. One only needs to look at California. I’ve lived in Los Angeles County (twice), Sacramento County…
Derryck GreenOctober 14, 2022
Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Vermont all legalized recreational marijuana use in the past year. Oregon went further. Oregonians voted in favor of Measure 109, which legalized psychedelic mushrooms for licensed, “therapeutic” use. Oregonians also voted to decriminalize hard drugs: small amounts of heroin,…
Derryck GreenOctober 14, 2022
As printed in the Catholic periodical, First Things. Racial identity has been a priority for black Americans since the end of the civil rights movement. According to a recent Pew Report, 74 percent of black adults regard being black…
Derryck GreenAugust 15, 2022
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Carter G. Woodson, George Washington Carver, WEB Dubois, Rev. Martin Luther King. All were prominent Americans of the 19th and 20th centuries. There's one prominent American who isn't included in this pantheon of historical greats. In fact, he's…
Derryck GreenMarch 21, 2022
Is individualism an “American white value”? The fad of racializing everything, even long-standing virtues of individual merit, is further eroding our already-fragile civic ties. Critical race theorists like famous author Robin DiAngelo condense the complexity of our anthropology into a collectivized…
Derryck GreenOctober 16, 2020