We lay aside and strip off every weight of sin that so easily ensnares us—even the ones that look pious and saintly.
Author: Timothy Thomas
Timothy Thomas is a full-time public school teacher and coach. He is a staff writer for Christ and Pop Culture and lives in Fort Worth, Texas. He and his wife, Angela, are devoted to encouraging, informing, and challenging Christians to engage the culture with a gospel-centered focus.
My wife and I were on the edge. The last time I wrote about our relationship for The Witness, I was blissfully unaware of how close I was to dismantling our marriage. My sin is my sin and I blame nobody else for it but me. But with the provision of hindsight, I now see […]
Read Part 1 here. Some will challenge that these stated claims have more to do with the displeasure of “Old Town Road’s” style rather than Lil Nas X’s race. And to prove it’s not a color issue, they will assuredly highlight black Country artists of today like Darius Rucker. Rucker, a former member of the […]
When I arrived at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, I was quickly immersed in West Texan traditions. This included an undesired baptism into the abyss of country music. The inescapable honky-tonk sounds flooded the dormitory halls and our football locker room. I hated it. As far as I knew, country music contradicted everything about […]
“Every man wanna act like he’s exempt,” Hill raps on “Lost Ones,” as she encourages even the toughest to repent because even they “can’t slick talk on the day of judgement.”
It’s clear to see where the lines of history parallel 1968 and today.
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
Is it possible for married Christians to “fall out of love?”
“Break with the apathy of whiteness,” DiAngelo urges, “and demonstrate that you care enough to put in the effort.”
I only learned of theologian Dr. James H. Cone due to his recent passing in April. Jemar Tisby and Tyler Burns discussed the legacy of the late theologian on their Pass The Mic podcast. Donned as the “Godfather of Black Theology,” I was inspired to purchase Cone’s book, “The Cross and The Lynching Tree.” I […]
The once enslaved were free but only as free as America would allow them to be.
Giving each other space to communicate the burdens of our hearts are unifying us in a complicated way.
