Chances are that virtually no one reading this post is an “expert” in the minor prophets. In fact, if we were being totally honest, aside from a few more famous verses among the Old Testament prophets, most people’s eyes quickly glaze over if and when they try to actually sit down and read, let’s say,…
Back during the 2020 presidential primaries, Bernie Sanders was asked for his reaction to Donald Trump calling him a Communist. He replied by saying he was Democratic Socialist, and then said, “Obviously, I’m not a Communist. Maybe President Trump doesn’t know the difference.” Okay, so what is the difference between a Communist and a Democratic…
Twenty-eight years ago, in 1993, I was in the first Peace Corps group to go into Kazakhstan, one of the former republics of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had fallen a mere 18 months before I stepped foot in Kazakhstan, so it is no exaggeration to say that my time in the Peace Corps…
Earlier this month, someone I follow on social media posted a short endorsement of Daniel Bowman Jr’s book, On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, and the Gifts of Neurodiversity. It didn’t say much about the book, other than basically, “Hey, great book!” Given the fact that my 10-year-old son is on the spectrum, the little blurb…
One of the books I read over the summer was Michael Heiser’s book, Demons: What the Bible Really Says About the Powers of Darkness. In many ways, it is very similar to his earlier book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. A few years ago, I wrote a short book analysis…
Twenty years ago, on the morning of September 11th, 2001, at 6:55 am pacific time, I was sleeping in my basement apartment in Langley, British Columbia. September 11th was going to be the first day of classes at Trinity Western University, where I was about to start my second master’s program, this one in the…
Earlier this summer, before I decided to take the time to read the three books I have covered in this series on critical race theory, I didn’t feel I really knew enough about it to say anything about it. I had heard a few talking heads on cable news decry it as Marxist and racist…
We now come to Part 7 of my look at Critical Race Theory, specifically my critique of the arguments in Ibram X. Kendi’s book, How to be an Antiracist. Although he is not technically a critical race theorist, it is safe to say that his book, indeed he entire outlook, is derived from the basic…
We now come to what I expect will be the final two posts of my series on Critical Race Theory. In my first three posts, I looked at the book, Critical Race Theory, and in posts 4-5, I looked at Robin DiAngelo’s book, White Fragility. My primary goal has been to clearly articulate the major…
In my last post, I articulated the main argument, claims, and terms Robin DiAngelo makes in her best-selling book, White Fragility. For reference, here are the links to Parts 1-4:Part 1: Too Hot to HandlePart 2: Storytelling and IntersectionalityPart 3: CRT Today-Is It Marxist? Part 4: A Summary of “White Fragility” Here in this post,…