"What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Messiah?" Pilate asked. They all answered, "Crucify him!" - Matthew 27:22
Derryck GreenApril 18, 2014
The University of Wisconsin-Extension in Madison has removed close to 140 Gideon Bibles from all of its guest rooms thanks to an offended guest, the Freedom from Religion Foundation and the cowardice of management (Bill Mann, director) at The Lowell Center…
Derryck GreenJanuary 18, 2014
This is the time of year when belligerent atheists enthusiastically corral fellow so-called “freethinkers” together in an attempt to legally disrupt displays of the Nativity. Wherever these innocent — and usually welcomed — Christian religious displays are found, there’s often…
Derryck GreenDecember 23, 2013
If one ever need to see what that Good Samaritan, Jesus-love looks like in action, one only need to read the story about what Keisha Thomas did during a white supremacist/Ku Klux Klan meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan, seventeen years…
Derryck GreenNovember 1, 2013
Marvin Winans, pastor of Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan ruffled some religious feathers recently when he refused to publicly bless a child born out of wedlock. Earlier this month his church planned a ceremony in which Pastor Winans would…
Derryck GreenOctober 29, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otRopS2TUHA Jim Wallis offered his opinion on the government shutdown via YouTube on Tuesday. As it happens, I rarely agree with Jim Wallis, biblically or theologically. I did read his book On God’s Side and found myself agreeing with him…
Derryck GreenOctober 3, 2013
* The following is a letter written by Frederick Douglass to Thomas Auld, his former slave master, thanking Auld for freeing what remaind of his slaves (the actions of which are predicated on a letter -Douglass sent Auld the previous…
Derryck GreenSeptember 3, 2013
The increasing problems that have infected and affected the black community need to be addressed in a serious and sincere manner. Most of these problems have at their center a morality that was once readily present in black America, but…
Derryck GreenMay 21, 2013
I know that I'm late in acknowledging the passing of Dallas Willard last week, but it's never too late to pay our respects. Though I don't claim to have known Mr. Willard, I did have the opportunity to meet and…
Derryck GreenMay 13, 2013