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Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 5 Social Justice vs. Biblical Justice
PrintVolume 27, Issue 5, May 2021 What Christian would deny the importance of justice? Justice is a divine attribute (Deut 32:4) and a central feature of our obligation to those who live among us. Micah 6:8 reads, “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” In Isaiah 1:17 the Lord instructs His people to “Learn to do good; seek justice, reprove the ruthless, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.” For these reasons, when Christians begin to discuss their affirmation of justice it would appear to be a no-brainer. But as it is so often the case, when it comes to critical race theory, different definitions of vital words are being used. Standard dictionaries will define justice in terms of fairness, conformity to the facts, treating people…Read More »
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Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 4, A Biblical Response
PrintVolume 27, Issue 4, April 2021 In formulating a response to CRT and the broader social justice philosophy, which has momentarily captured the imagination of Western culture and increasingly made inroads into evangelicalism, we must begin not with contemporary theories …Read More »Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 3, Biblical Investigation
PrintVolume 27, Issue 3, March 2021 Part one in this series on racism and Critical Race Theory (CRT) was an introduction to the current conversation, while part two addressed past roots and present areas of social unrest. This part will …Read More »Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 2, Social Unrest
PrintVolume 27, Issue 2, February 2021 In Part One of this series on racism and Critical Race Theory (CRT), we examined the current conversation, including many of the terms now in vogue, to try to get a handle on the …Read More »Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 1 The Current Conversation
PrintVolume 27, Issue 1, January 2021 Among the most pressing issues of our times are those surrounding systemic racism. I write this even in light of an extremely important Presidential election and being engulfed in the Covid-19 pandemic because, as …Read More »
Recent Book Reviews
The Wisdom Pyramid, Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World by Brett McCracken
PrintThe Wisdom Pyramid is modeled after the well-known food pyramid. While the food pyramid was developed as a guide for nutritional eating, the wisdom pyramid offers a plan for a “better diet of knowledge and better habits of information intake” …Read More »Not by Ignorance, An Explanation of Cessationism by Frank W. R. Benoit
PrintAs a longtime missionary in Spain, Frank Benoit has witnessed the encroachment of Pentecostal/charismatic views concerning the sign gifts since 1994. Not satisfied in his efforts to find a readable challenge to these views, nor an approachable explanation of cessationism …Read More »A Place to Belong, Learning to Love the Local Church by Megan Hill
PrintWhile many Christians are disappointed with, critical of, or apathetic toward the church (pp. 11-16), Megan Hill counters by claiming the great need today is to recapture the New Testament teaching on the church (p. 13). Quoting Martin Lloyd-Jones she …Read More »Fault Lines, the Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe by Voddie T. Baucham, Jr.
PrintVoddie Baucham titles his book Fault Lines because of the similarity he sees between the geological fault lines that result in physical earthquakes and the social/political/ecclesiastical fault lines that have been developing within our society for decades, and which are …Read More »