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A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 2)–Chapters 1-2: Fundies, Billy Graham, Communism, and the Southern Strategy

Posted on May 26, 2021 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 2 Comments

Beginning here in Part 2 of my analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne, I want to do two things in every succeeding post of this series. F...

Book Review/Ken Ham/Social and Cultural Issues

A New Book Analysis Series: “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 1)

Posted on May 20, 2021 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 2 Comments

A Bit of Background FirstI grew up within the Evangelical world of the 70-80s. In fact, I lived pretty much at the center of it, in Wheaton, Illinois. I grew up...

Social and Cultural Issues/Spirituality

An Admittedly Odd Easter Reflection: Easter and Peter…and the Politics of Ear-Chopping

Posted on April 3, 2021 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 8 Comments

On Good Friday, Major League Baseball announced they were moving the All-Star game this year away from Atlanta to boycott Georgia and to protest over Georgia’s ...

Book Review/Social and Cultural Issues

“Reading While Black” by Esau McCaulley–Book Analysis Series (Part 4)

Posted on March 6, 2021 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 0 Comment

Here in my fourth and final post on Esau McCaulley’s book, Reading While Black, I am going to give a very brief overview of the final two chapters in the books ...

Book Review/Social and Cultural Issues

“Reading While Black” by Esau McCaulley–Book Analysis Series (Part 3)

Posted on February 24, 2021 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 1 Comment

Here in my third post on Esau McCaulley’s book, Reading While Black, I’m going to look at Chapter 4, “Reading While Black—The Bible and the Pursuit of Justice,”...

Book Review/Social and Cultural Issues

“Reading While Black” by Esau McCaulley: Book Analysis Series (Part 2)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 4 Comments

Here in my second post on Esau McCaulley’s book, Reading While Black, I am going to provide an overview chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 2 is entitled, “Freedom is No ...

Biblical Studies/Book Review/Social and Cultural Issues

New Book Analysis Series: “Reading While Black:African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope” by Esau McCaulley (Part 1)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 2 Comments

Last fall, Esau McCaulley, an assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, came out with his book, Reading While Black: An African American Biblical...

Social and Cultural Issues

If You Smoke or Drink, You Aren’t a Good Person (and probably not a real Christian!)

Posted on December 19, 2020 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 9 Comments

Please allow me this brief rant. You may call yourself a Christian. Your social media profile has Bible verses on it, you attend church, give money to charity, ...

Creation Evolution Debate/Ken Ham/Pop Culture/Social and Cultural Issues

Ken Ham Thinks Vegetables Undermine the Authority of Scripture: (Ham’s Beef with Phil Vischer, the State of Evangelicalism Today, and My Take of it All)

Posted on December 17, 2020 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 13 Comments

Last Friday, on December 11th, Phil Vischer, the creator of Veggie Tales, put out a very good and informative video entitled, What is an “Evangelical”? in which...

Book Review/Creation Evolution Debate/Orthodoxy/Social and Cultural Issues

Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 4a): God as Creator

Posted on December 3, 2020 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 1 Comment

The next chapter in Bishop Kallistos Ware’s classic, The Orthodox Way, is entitled, “God as Creator.” There is so much packed into this chapter, that it will ta...

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