In the 21st century the definition of racism has radically changed. The old definition of racism was the inferiority or superiority of a group of people based on their skin color or race. Black Lives Matter and others are promoting a new definition, prejudice plus power, which sees racism as
The twin forms of racism most manifest today are born out of silent universe, a universe imagined without the Creator. One view is cut from the cloth of evolutionism, known as Social Darwinism, grounded in the science of eugenics and promoted by Margaret Sanger of Planned Parenthood. The other is
Bank tellers are trained to spot counterfeit bills, not by studying examples of fake currency, but by becoming intimately familiar with real money. In the same way, to recognize racism as the counterfeit it is, we must study the real currency. One worldview comports with reality and is the antidote
In a dark dungeon I stood with a broken heart on centuries-old dry excrement. I was visiting the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, a transshipping point for African captives in the British Atlantic slave trade. In each dungeon, hundreds of slaves were so tightly packed these desperate humans could only
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Browser had a sign, two blocks long, painted on a street near the White House. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Go here to see the picture. Amazon Prime has put a banner on their website declaring, Black lives matter Amazon stands in
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And
In such changing times, we’ve seen all kinds of creativity and innovation, finding new ways of doing things under the pressure of confinement and social distancing. But mostly we have seen a big shift of communication towards digital systems to keep the human need for social contact with coworkers, family
More than one writer has noted the parallels between today’s Covid-19 storm and earlier plagues as to the church’s response. Here’s a piece by Tyler O’Neil, “How Early Christians Saved Lives and Spread the Gospel During Roman Plagues.” ~ Christians facing the coronavirus today would do well to remember how
Only God knows where the COVID 19 storm will take us. Some trends are encouraging, some prognostications troubling. Yet, as many have observed, the pandemic isn’t the leading cause of death in the world. Most likely, you have not been told what is. Seasonal flu? Smoking? Cancer? No. Nor is
Today’s Coronavirus reality provides an opportunity for everyone—no matter how busy we are—to sit down and re-evaluate some big questions. How am I spending my life? What direction am I headed? I recently asked these questions, and reflected on the situation the world is going through. Here are some thoughts
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