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July 2019

July 18, 2019

Don’t Click on this Link

But obviously you clicked anyway. Of course that is what I wanted you to do....

July 13, 2019

Reconsidering Immigration

I still see open borders as problematic to our economy. But what if the right...

July 02, 2019

Could Evangelicals Turn on Trump?

I want to engage in a bit of speculation. But before I do, let me...

June 2019

June 27, 2019

Pro-Life and Racism

I am pro-life. I bet that quite a few of my long time readers figured...

June 22, 2019

When Hollywood and Big Business Attack

This has been an interesting season as it concerns abortion politics. Some states have passed...

June 16, 2019

Notes from the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention

This year I was honored to be asked to speak during a panel at the...

June 14, 2019

Wokeness and Legalism

I had a talk with a graduate student the other day that got me to...

June 08, 2019

Of Kings and Fallen Heroes

When I was in graduate school I began to read the works of Martin Luther...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

What is Persecution?

The warning in Vice President Mike Pence’s graduation speech about the potential shunning of Christians...

May 23, 2019

The Necessity of Religious Freedom

I did a podcast last week and had a conversation with a graduate student on...

May 15, 2019

Moral Values

So David French took Franklin Graham to task for his hypocrisy in defending President Donald...

May 11, 2019

Christians cannot be Mistreated

When I teach my sociology of religion class, I have creative way of introducing the...

May 01, 2019

Multiple Sources of Anti-Semitism

As anyone who has visited this blog more than a couple of times can see...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

Churches Burning Everywhere

Most of us watched in horror as the Notre Dame Cathedral burned. I am not...

April 16, 2019

Political Tolerance and the Christian Campus

When an academic attempts to land a job at a religiously based college or university,...

April 10, 2019

The Expert and Society

I can honestly say that I am an expert on anti-Christian hostility in the United...

April 04, 2019

A Healthy White Racial Identity

I have blogged about issues of privilege in the past and thought a lot about...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Where the SPLC went Wrong

Like many educated blacks of my age, I grew up thinking of the Southern Poverty...

March 18, 2019

When will the Shooting Start?

Have you had a chance to see this New York Times article? It concerns the...

March 12, 2019

Are Christians Just Reacting to Loss of Privilege?

Often when I talk about Christianophobia, I receive indignant attitudes from those who do not...

March 08, 2019

What Humanizes us?

I try to put out a post a week just to keep the juices flowing....

February 2019

February 26, 2019

What is the Endgame for Evangelical Christians and Trump?

Okay I want to discuss something that is vexing to me. I try to understand...

February 20, 2019

Northam must Stay?

Well last week I wrote about how the controversy over Governor Northam in Virginia was...

February 13, 2019

Why we are not going to have a Conversation on Race.

When I teach my race and ethnicity class, I tell them that at some point...

February 04, 2019

What I don’t like about the left.

Last week I outlined what I do not like about the right. This week I...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

What I don’t like about the right.

Several times the last few weeks I have been accused in some form or fashion...

January 22, 2019

What Covington Says About Us

You probably have heard about the controversy of the students from a Covington Catholic school...

January 17, 2019

Population Shrinkage and Christian Community

Okay so some form of this article has passed along my facebook page this past...

January 11, 2019

How Being a Christian has Made me a Better Scientist.

There is an antiquated belief that science and religion cannot mix. Some try to hold...

January 02, 2019

Thinking about Christian Community

As I consider the changes occurring in our society and the movement towards a post-Christian...