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America Isn’t Evil; God Defeats Racism

It’s been more than a week since a viral video showed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin with his knee on the neck of George Floyd, apparently suffocating him to death. Rightly so, Chauvin was fired – as were three other…

Derryck GreenOctober 16, 2020

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Black Lives Matter: The Political and Ideological Heir of Black Power

It’s become customary to refer to the Black Lives Matter movement, without much challenge, as one of the civil rights movements of our time. In other instances, it’s suggested that it’s the progeny of the civil rights movement itself. But…

Derryck GreenJune 8, 2020

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

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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

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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) During a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas– in response…

Derryck GreenJuly 25, 2016

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

The standard 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 exchanged for but reflective of moral indignation.…

Derryck GreenJuly 12, 2016

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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

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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

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Christians and ‘Black Lives Matter’

Can Christians and conservatives co-opt the Black Lives Matter movement to make it one of integrity and worthy of respect? Is it even worth it for Christians and conservatives to try and do so? I think so. In my opinion,…

Derryck GreenAugust 11, 2015

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