Frederick Douglass: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (Part 3)
In 1852, Frederick Douglass boldly spoke out against a clear, irrefutable evil: American slavery and the Fugitive Slave Act. The aim of his attack wasn’t ...
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Frederick Douglass: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (Part 2)
It’s the Fourth of July, so I had better crank this post out. In my last post, I provided some background to Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is t...
The Selfish Meme Strikes Back: New Atheism’s Failed Crusade
I am in the middle of going back through all of my blog posts over these past ten years and self-publishing various collections from all my work. Last month, I ...
Some Thoughts on Habakkuk (Trump, Iran, and Bitching About Babylon)
One Old Testament prophet that often gets overlooked is Habakkuk. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Only Habakkuk? Outside of a handful of verses mainly in Isa...
I Watched an Alex O’Connor Video: Here are My Thoughts
Last week, someone left a comment on one of my posts from a few years ago about Richard Dawkins that I should talk to Alex O’Connor. It was meant as a complimen...
A Brief US History Lesson: Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
This year I am teaching American Literature to 11th graders. Personally, I’m not a fan of the textbook. For being an American Literature textbook, there are qui...
Peter Enns, MAGA Pastors, and Partisanship…and Syncretism (Part 2): What is the source of the current partisan divide?
In my last post, I made a few comments regarding two posts Peter Enns recently put out regarding a few “MAGA pastors.” And while I agree with him for the most p...
Peter Enns, MAGA Pastors, and Partisanship…and Syncretism…and Prophets (and what I think is a major problem within Evangelicalism and ex-Evangelicalism these days)
It has been over two months since I’ve last written anything on my blog. The end of the school year, as well as a few other contributing factors, has taken up m...
“Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning” by Nigel Biggar—A Book Analysis (Part 2: Was the British Empire Rooted in Greed and the Lust to Dominate?)
With the Introduction of Nigel Biggar’s book Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning out of the way, I am now ready to go through his book, chapter by chapter and trace ...
“The Ark and the Darkness”–An Analysis of the YECist movie (Part 3: The Thrilling Conclusion, a Whole Lot of End Times Thinking…and some Politics for Good Measure)
Now for the thrilling conclusion of my look at the YECist movie The Ark and the Darkness. Aside from the specific items I have mentioned in my first two posts, ...