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French Presses White Evangelicals

I enjoyed reading David French’s columns and musings at National Review and looked forward to reading his perspective on everything from law to religion. However, the 2016 presidential campaign and election had a demonstrable effect on French; it changed him.…

Derryck GreenApril 27, 2020

Culture Religion

Aretha Franklin’s Funeral Service: Remembering The Queen Of Soul’s Beautiful Life

Family and friends gather in Detroit at Greater Grace Temple for Aretha Franklin’s funeral. Former President Bill Clinton, Smokey Robinson, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson are among the speakers, with musical tributes by Ariana Grande, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson, The…

Derryck GreenSeptember 3, 2018

Culture Politics Religion

Christians, Conservatives, and Evangelicals Aren’t White Supremacists- Despite Media Claim

The media have been trying to tarnish the reputation of conservatives, Christians, and evangelicals for quite some time, to be sure. Yet since Donald Trump won the election, media types and other leftist acolytes have been working especially hard to…

Derryck GreenSeptember 19, 2017

Culture Faith Politics Race Religion

Christian Responses to Charlottesville: Forgiveness, Not Virtue Signaling

The responses to the white supremacy rally and the resulting violence in Charlottesville have metastasized out of proportion to what happened. The media’s amplification and exploitation of last weekend’s events, the surrounding tensions- and virtue signaling reactions- have been irresponsible…

Derryck GreenAugust 17, 2017

Culture Faith Politics Religion

Progressive Christians to “Take Back Their Faith” After Disappointing Election

A week after the election, the Huffington Post published a blog in which Progressive Christians suggested what like-minded Christians should do in order to “take back their faith.” Still reeling from the election in which Donald Trump was elected president, several…

Derryck GreenDecember 1, 2016

Culture Faith Politics Religion

Black Clergy, Hillary Clinton, and Outsourcing Black Responsibility

A group of black clergy members recently delivered a letter to Hillary Clinton’s campaign headquarters in Brooklyn that expressed concern and frustration on several key social and economic issues. Anticipating her win against Donald Trump, the open letter expressed their…

Derryck GreenNovember 8, 2016

Culture Faith Politics Race Religion

The Politics of Jen Hatmaker are Influenced More by Leftism than Christianity

The 2016 election cycle has cultivated a fascinating and divergent compendium of Christian and evangelical appraisals concerning the respective presidential candidates. Donald Trump’s unconventional and unexpected campaign that earned him the Republican nomination has forced conservative evangelicals into a…

Derryck GreenOctober 26, 2016

Faith Politics Race Religion Uncategorized

Review: Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church

Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church, edited by Doug Serven. Oklahoma City, OK: White Blackbird Books, 2016. 326 pp. Racial discrimination and injustice are predictably tense topics and sensitive public discussion areas. During the…

Derryck GreenOctober 21, 2016

Book Review Culture Faith Religion

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, founder, and CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), White Christian America–“the most prominent cultural force…

Derryck GreenSeptember 23, 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

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