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2023-09-28T14:26:57-05:00

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Country Music’s Populism Showing Out in “Try that in a Small Town”

Last updated on: September 28, 2023 at 2:26 pm By Rodney Kennedy

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There’s a feeling that the whole world has gone populist! Country singer Jason Aldean’s song, “Try that in a Small Town” suggests that populism invaded America. I argue that populism has been part of the American political scene since at least Andrew Jackson Mr. Aldean sounds really pissed! He paints a picture of small-town resentment and revenge that is distorted and less than honest. He’s not really singing about small towns; he’s singing about people who are angry, resentful, and... Read more

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2023-09-28T14:11:00-05:00

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Dialogue in Heaven between God and Satan

Last updated on: September 28, 2023 at 2:11 pm By Rodney Kennedy

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American historian David Blight says, “American democracy is in peril and nearly everyone paying attention is trying to find the best way to say so. Should we in the intellectual classes position our warnings in satire, in jeremiads, in social scientific data, in historical analogy, in philosophical wisdom we glean from so many who have instructed us about the violence and authoritarianism of the 20th century? Or should we just scream after our holiday naps?” Answering Blight’s question, I decided... Read more

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2023-07-31T08:40:55-05:00

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A Home for Everyone or My Universalism Is Showing

Last updated on: July 31, 2023 at 8:40 am By Rodney Kennedy

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A Home for Everyone Jesus claims the mustard seed is the smallest seed in the world, and that it produces the largest tree in the world. He also claims that the mustard tree is the largest tree in the world, but what matter is that all the birds make nests in the tree. This is a picture of the kingdom of God: No strange birds. What are we to do when a parable of Jesus gets the facts wrong? The... Read more

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2023-07-27T07:38:01-05:00

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Long Live the Weeds

Last updated on: July 27, 2023 at 7:38 am By Rodney Kennedy

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Long Live the Weeds People have strong opinions about who belongs and who doesn’t. Emotions run high over the presence of Others. Jesus tells a story with strict instruction: “Leave the weeds alone.” My purpose here – to demonstrate the progressive values that make a space for those so often considered “weeds” in God’s garden. Is the image a weed or a flower? We should have known better. Our narrative teaches us that we are not... Read more

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2023-07-23T16:20:59-05:00

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Evangelicals Live in a Two-story House

Last updated on: July 23, 2023 at 4:20 pm By Rodney Kennedy

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Evangelicals Live in a Two-story HouseEvangelicals have been in a tizzy lately over transgender rights, books in public schools and libraries, how soon the law can prohibit an abortion, and an astonishing array of desired government interventions. I am confused. The people who insist the government should stay out of their lives and churches are now insisting on the government telling everyone else what to do. When evangelicals insist on government intervention and when they want the government to leave... Read more

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2023-07-19T23:06:52-05:00

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It’s Not Okay to be Anti-Gay

Last updated on: July 19, 2023 at 11:06 pm By Rodney Kennedy

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Do you know that 70% of Americans support gay marriage? (Gallup) And yet, anti-gay voices are loud, virulent, and hateful across the land. Anti-gay Christians put a lot of stock in the argument that they have the Bible on their side. As a progressive Christian, I not only dissent from this evangelical “take,” I insist that it is not okay to be gay. Since the church has an anti-gay history, evangelicals insist they have the “orthodox,” “traditional,” “true” Christian position.... Read more

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2023-07-17T10:50:03-05:00

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American History at the “Beauty Salon”

Last updated on: July 17, 2023 at 10:50 am By Rodney Kennedy

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Conservative Christians are convinced they have legitimate concerns about the teaching of American history in public schools. They have complained, “Teachers intentionally made students feel bad about America’s many crimes from its checkered past – slavery, the near genocide of Native Americans, segregation, and the oppression of women” (The Anointed, 3). They are determined to change what is taught in American history by producing a different picture of America. This “whitewashing” of history attempts to construct a new Garden of... Read more

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2023-07-13T15:29:46-05:00

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God Not in the Abuse of Hagar

Last updated on: July 13, 2023 at 3:29 pm By Rodney Kennedy

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God Not in the Abuse of Hagar and Neither Is the Bible Too much of American Christian culture breathes a white, toxic masculinity. This heteronormative, male dominated system even manages to involve women in the abuse of power. Sarah represents every conservative evangelical woman who upholds, defends, and supports the structure of male toxicity. The story of Hagar moves with shift-shaping swiftness, across time and space; its explosions may seem disconnected from each other. They are not. This violence shares... Read more

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2023-07-12T12:49:56-05:00

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Creation – God Takes Her Sweet Time

Last updated on: July 12, 2023 at 12:49 pm By Rodney Kennedy

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“In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth.” My paraphrase: “In beginning God created the universe, and she took her own sweet time.” This is one of the most important verses in Scripture. Genesis 1:1 has a New Testament twin: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” This is an important affirmation: Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1 go together. The Bible holds creation and salvation together. Put... Read more

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2023-07-11T20:50:03-05:00

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The “Worked Up” vs. The “Woke”

Last updated on: July 11, 2023 at 8:50 pm By Rodney Kennedy

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The “Worked Up” vs. The “Woke” The Rev. Robert Jeffress, in an appearance on the Todd Starnes radio show, accused Democrats of worshiping the pagan god of the Old Testament Moloch. Jeffress said, “Well, apparently the god they worship is the pagan god of the Old Testament Moloch, who allowed for child sacrifice,” Jeffress said. “The god of the Bible doesn’t sanction the killing of millions and millions of children in the womb, I think the god they are worshiping... Read more

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