About that ‘Judge not’ thing
When noting an inconsistency between an ideology poorly branded as “Christian” and Jesus’ actual teachings, one can expect a familiar, defensive two-word rebuke: “Judge not!” Those words are extracted from …
Why say so?
Here is some widely known but often suppressed unvarnished and verifiable truth: White Americanized evangelicals, more than any other subgroup, empower and accommodate an overtly corrupt, vulgar and vicious national …
Hobbled by a one-footed gospel
“You really stepped on my toes today, preacher.” It takes a certain vintage and denominational heritage to recognize those words. They would be uttered by a departing worshipper to the …
Unacknowledged racism is still racism
Unacknowledged, even unrecognized, racism is still racism — and it is fueling a frenzy within American life to advance the age-old, sin-drenched idea that social power belongs exclusively to white …