Category: Current Events

More Professors Fired for Teaching Calvinism at SBC Colleges

Phillip Holmes

Scrolling my timeline this morning and I stumbled across this helpful post by Collin Garbarino over at First Things. Christian colleges and universities have every right to maintain their denominational heritages. I teach at Houston Baptist University, and I am pleased that our school explicitly holds to its Christian mission: Many universities call themselves Christian, but cannot bring […]

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Conservative Theology Gets Black Professor’s Contract Canceled

Phillip Holmes

Tonight, I received disappointing news while reviewing my timeline. The trustees at Campbellsville University, following the direction and advice of the administrators, recommended and approved the following. Dr. Jarvis Williams was told not to apply for tenure and that his contract would not be renewed beyond one year. All of this because of his convictions […]

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RAAN Meet & Greet: Recap

Jemar Tisby

After five days away from family and a 10 hours of airplanes, layovers, and delays, I’m finally back from the TGC Conference ’13 in Orlando.  I could not have predicted the grace God would show us through RAAN and the blessings with which He would shower us.  I’d like to share a recap of the event […]

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Celebrating Black History Month: A List of Books to Get Started

Trillia Newbell

By Trillia Newbell, Main Contributor Over at Desiring God, I share four reasons why Christians should consider celebrating Black history month–as Jemar Tisby has also suggested–but should not stop there. Here are four reasons I encourage us to learn throughout the year: we gain perspective,  it opens doors for evangelism, we can welcome a greater […]

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RAAN Anniversary Video

Jemar Tisby

October 2012 marks the one year anniversary of the Reformed African American Network (RAAN).  RAAN exists to fuel modern reformation in the African American community and our multi-ethnic nation beyond.  So it is fitting that we would release this video on October 31, Reformation Day. This video–featuring Co-Founders Phillip Holmes and Jemar Tisby–is first and […]

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Who Turned Up the Volume?

Phillip Holmes

Man, it’s loud. Lately it seems someone turned up the volume. Most election years naturally excite enthusiasm and rancor. However, the volume seems particularly acute this year. Politically speaking, the country appears more divided than I ever remember it being. From those who bleed democrat blue to those who rage with republican red, and the […]

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