The Black Face of Immigration
In February 2017, when I was living in Minneapolis, I was asked to give a talk…
Media: Criminalizing the Victim, Acquitting the Killer
Hours after family members, friends, and others mourned the death of a beloved…
An Open Letter To John MacArthur About Social Justice
This article first appeared on the author's personal blog site. Click here for…
EJI Reports on Segregation in the United States
July 13, 2018— Examining the past history and present reality of segregation in…
Protectors of Privilege: When White People Call the Boys in Blue on Black People
Two black men waiting for a business partner at a local Starbucks in…
There Will Be No Fireworks This Juneteenth
I feel a tinge of shame admitting as a black man—raised in Texas—that I’ve…
Christians Defending Immigrant Families is Good, But it Also Requires Consistency
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on jemartisby.com under the…
Andy Stanley and the Dismissal of the OT
I recently had the opportunity to listen to a message by Andy Stanley, the…
Honor & Soul at the Opening Ceremony for the Lynching Memorial and Museum
Montgomery, AL-- Bryan Stevenson and his team at the Equal Justice Initiative…
What the Crack Epidemic and Opioid Crisis Tells Us About Race in America
For as long as America has been America, drugs have been an issue in some form…
Mason Temple and The Freedom To Be: A Respectable Religion Under The White Gaze
On the eve of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, the…
Pass The Mic: Shut Up and Dribble? Nah
Surprise! We missed recording last week due to sickness, so you get two…
Quarterbacks, Safeties, and the Spotlight of Evangelicalism
Except for Patriots' fans, the rest of the country probably agrees that the…
Don't Waste Your Black History Month
As a black Christian in a predominantly white context, Black History Month is…
On Portraits, Blackness, and Art
An artist is a precarious thing to be.I'm thinking of Kehinde Wiley and Amy…
White Evangelicals Must Ask, "Why Does Our Theology Lead to Republicanism?"
Much virtual ink has been spilled discussing the merits of the term…
The Abuse of Denial: How We Avoid Change and Add to Oppression
When it comes to the abuse and oppression of other image bearers, we spit in…
Tolerance for Racism Paved the Way for the Moral Bankruptcy of This Moment
The credible sexual abuse allegations leveled at political leaders keep coming.…