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1. From 'Am I Not a Man?' to 'Am I Not a Baby?'

Among the approved messages NBA players can put on their jerseys this season is "I Am a Man." Presumably, this goes back to the famous abolitionist image depicting a black slave in chains with the caption, ...

Created on 14 July 2020

2. Is 'White Supremacy' the New 'Homophobia'?

My purpose in this article is not to compare white supremacy to homophobia. Nor is it to deny the existence of white supremacists. Instead, my purpose is to expose tactics of intimidation, shaming and ...

Created on 13 July 2020

3. 5 Ways to Conquer the Cancel Culture

As expected, the cancel culture is already out of control, now devouring itself. One day it's the statue of Teddy Roosevelt. The next day it's the smash musical Hamilton. One day it's J. K. Rowling. The ...

Created on 10 July 2020

4. What You Don't Know About Donald Trump and the King Cyrus Prophecy

As if the person and presidency of Donald J. Trump have not been controversial enough, there is an unusual twist that adds to the controversy. I'm speaking of the idea that the presidency of Trump can ...

Created on 09 July 2020

5. Is Donald Trump a Spiritual Danger?

It's one thing when the left-wing media bashes Donald Trump, seeing him as a menace. But how should we respond when 30 evangelicals write a book titled The Spiritual Danger of Donald Trump: 30 Evangelical ...

Created on 07 July 2020

6. Time to Cancel Darwin

As much as I despise the cancel culture, if there is any cultural icon who deserves to be cancelled for racist attitudes, it is Charles Darwin. Or were you not aware of how his ideas helped fuel the fires ...

Created on 06 July 2020

7. The Real Reason So Many Americans Are Expressing Concern About Racism

Why are so many Americans now expressing such deep concerns about racism? Why are they so angered about police brutality? Why are they so willing to ask larger questions about justice and equity? Is it ...

Created on 06 July 2020

8. Here Comes Polyamory, Just as We Predicted

Let me be totally clear at the outset. One of the purposes of this article is to say, "I told you so!" Or, more precisely, many of us have been predicting this moment for years. As reported in The New ...

Created on 02 July 2020

9. Mayor of Seattle Has a Rude Awakening About CHOP

Do you remember when Seattle Major Jenny Durkan told CNN's Chris Cuomo that the takeover of a portion of her city could turn into a "summer of love"? That it was "more like a block party atmosphere"? Well, ...

Created on 01 July 2020

10. Why the Riots Now?

...  timeline begins with the death of Eric Garner, July 17, 2014. It continues with the deaths of Michael Brown, August 9, 2014; Tamir Rice, Nov. 22, 2014; Walter Scott, April 4, 2015; Alton Sterling, Jul ...

Created on 29 June 2020

11. Christ, Not Trump, Is the Solid Rock on Which We Stand

Do you remember when Ann Coulter shocked Bill Maher's audience in 2015, announcing that Donald Trump was the most likely of the declared Republican candidates to win the election? To the shock of many, ...

Created on 29 June 2020

12. Instagram Brands Christian Worship 'Harmful'

The headline to this article is not sensationalistic. It is not click bait. It is truth. Shocking truth. Yes, Instagram has designated videos of live worship on the streets to be in violation of community ...

Created on 26 June 2020

13. The Truth About White Jesus Statues

What, exactly, did Jesus look like? Was he black? Brown? White? Red? Yellow? We know that he was a first-century, Galilean Jew. But, beyond that, no reliable description of his appearance has been left ...

Created on 25 June 2020

14. When Fake News Becomes Canonized

I rarely use the term "fake news" in my writing. In fact, out of the nearly 2,000 op-ed pieces I have written, I can only find a couple of times I used it in the title of one of my articles. One reason ...

Created on 24 June 2020

15. Michael Brown: Race Is Not What Is Dividing Us ...

My fellow Americans, we are being sold a bill of goods. Race is not what is dividing us. Rather, we are being divided by competing ideologies. Let us put our focus where it belongs. Listening to the news, ...

Created on 23 June 2020

16. Be Careful Whom You Call a White Supremacist

This past Saturday, after President Trump's Tulsa rally did not draw the expected capacity crowd, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the ...

Created on 22 June 2020

17. No One Will Tell Me What I Must and Must Not Say

Because I love God and my neighbor, I will always try to be respectful and civil in my speech. At the same time, society will not tell me what words I must and must not say. Sorry, but I'm not playing ...

Created on 19 June 2020

18. This Is Why We Cannot Put Our Trust in the Supreme Court

I remember that sinking feeling as the election results were announced in November 1992. William Jefferson Clinton would be the next president of the United States. George H. W. Bush was out. Yet we were ...

Created on 18 June 2020

19. Will the 2020 Election Come Down to Trump vs. Social Anarchy?

Many of us who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 had serious misgivings about him as a person and a candidate. Yet it was either Trump or Hillary Clinton, so our vote for Trump was effectively a vote against ...

Created on 17 June 2020

20. Michael Brown: JK Rowling vs. 'Harry Potter' Stars and the Supreme Court ...

This has been quite a 10-day stretch for transgender activism. It began with one of the world's bestselling authors, J.K. Rowling, coming under attack for stating that only women menstruate (how dare she!). ...

Created on 16 June 2020