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January 2022

January 04, 2022

Church: Can’t I just Leave?

Some of you hate the church. Some of you love the church and believe that...

December 2021

December 31, 2021

Mark week #1 Devotional guide 2022

Day 1: Read Mark 1 There is little question that Mark was the first...

December 23, 2021

Communion and the Church as the Body of Christ; Part 2

As I said in my last post, I am convinced that before we can address...

December 21, 2021

Communion and the Church as the Body of Christ; Part 1

One of the problems with the church today is that we have little to no...

December 18, 2021

What if we got it all wrong! Deconstruction, Jesus, & Church

I recently had lunch with the President (who is a good friend) and some of...

December 17, 2021

Read through the New Testament with DT in 2022!

Today's post is a special edition designed to let you know what is coming in...

December 14, 2021

You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free; part 2: The Bible, injustice, and race#19; Justice#43

I ended the last post on the Bible, Injustice, and Race by noting that many...

December 07, 2021

We have met the enemy and he is us! Thoughts on the state of the western evangelical church

“We have met the enemy, and he is us.”[1] It was 739 BC when...

November 2021

November 30, 2021

You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free: part 1; The Bible, injustice, and race#18; Justice#42

The Old Testament is full of stories of less than perfect people. Daniel, however, is...

November 23, 2021

Remembering our history: The Bible, injustice, and race#17; Justice#41

Spanish philosopher George Santayana famously said, “those who do not remember the past are condemned...

November 16, 2021

Voter suppression and disenfranchisement, the Bible, injustice, and race#16; Justice#40

Biblically speaking, the ideal form of government is a benevolent monarchy. But until Christ returns...

November 11, 2021

Veteran’s Day and Christian Worship

One of the better parts of being a pastor has been the opportunities to sit...

November 09, 2021

The “war on Drugs,” Mass Incarceration, and Black-on-Black Crime: The Bible, injustice, and race#15; Justice#39

An astronomical rise in the US prison population began in the 1970’s during the Nixon...

November 02, 2021

Systemic racism, the prison system, and mass incarceration: The Bible, injustice, and race#14; Justice#38

Perhaps the most egregious evidence of systemic racism in America has to do with the...

October 2021

October 26, 2021

America’s Racist Past pt3: The Bible, injustice, and race#13; Justice#37

Have you ever considered: “what causes people to riot?” What comes to your mind when...

October 19, 2021

Where are all the prophetic voices? Part 2 of 2

If we can read Paul, Isaiah, and Jeremiah and not be challenged by their words,...

October 12, 2021

Where are all the prophetic voices? part 1 of 2

Let me begin by noting that the Church is a marvelous thing. The Church has...

October 07, 2021

America’s Racist past pt2: The Bible, injustice, and race#12; Justice#37

I have been taking the long road toward answering the question, “Is there systemic...

October 05, 2021

America’s racist past: The Bible, injustice, and race#11; Justice#36

I have argued over the last several posts that the presence of systemic injustice in...

September 2021

September 28, 2021

Not a Fair Race: The Bible, injustice, and race#10; Justice#35

To deny the presence of systemic racism in America one must turn a blind eye...

September 21, 2021

Is America’s racist past the source of systemic injustice? The Bible, injustice, and race#9; Justice#34

A number of years ago a public-school teacher, who taught in an inner-city...

September 14, 2021

The Cries of the Oppressed: Race and education: The Bible, injustice, and race#8; Justice#33

Psalm 10:17-18 You will incline Your ear: To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So...

August 2021

August 31, 2021

Biden quotes Isaiah. Not again.

Almost exactly one year ago I posted on my Facebook page a critique of Mike...

August 27, 2021

The Church’s complicity in racial injustice Part 3: The Bible, injustice, and race#7; Justice#32

At the beginning of my teaching career, I spent several years teaching in a...

August 24, 2021

The Church’s complicity in racial injustice Part 3: The Bible, injustice, and race#7; Justice#32

AP Photo: courtesy of The Conversation At the beginning of my teaching career, I...

August 17, 2021

The Church’s complicity in racial injustice Part 2: The Bible, injustice, and race#6; Justice#31

(Phot0 by ejsimpson.com) I hope that the readers of this blog and the current series...

August 10, 2021

The Church’s complicity in racial injustice: The Bible, injustice, and race#5; Justice#30

The behavior of Christians is often cited as a justification for rejecting Christianity. Whether it...

August 03, 2021

Why the question of systemic racism matters: The Bible, injustice, and race#4; Justice#29

There is no question that throughout American history Christians were instrumental in the propagation of...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

Are all persons created equal? The Bible, injustice, and race#3; Justice#28

Are all persons created equal? We have established in previous posts that biblically the...

July 13, 2021

Is Racism really a problem? It is time to remove our blinders! The Bible, justice and race#1; Justice#26.

In Acts 6, Luke, the author of the book of Acts, tells us that,...