It’s that time of year again: the Academy Awards. For those of us who love watching good films, we anticipate seeing the different actresses and actors nominated for the industry’s most coveted award. Yet, this year, as last year, controversy looms large over the Academy Awards event due to the lack of diversity represented in […]
Using Scripture, Jemar Tisby breaks downs why public lament is more than just another hot take or social media rant.
Marquez Ball challenges Christians to cross the color line, and tells of a encounter at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary that helped him see what racial reconciliation looked like.
Your marital status on earth has changed, but while you have gone from being single to married, you are still single-mindedly devoted to the service of the Lord’s people.
Quina Aragon examines the conditions of our heart when we ask the question, “Why were the former days better than these?”
Sheiba E. pens her thoughts on how words can negatively affect racial tensions, and stresses the importance of listening in times like these.
Kevin Washington argues why we should direct young men towards hope in God, instead of the fickle dream of professional sports.
In response to the events surrounding Tamir Rice, Quina Aragon pens her fears concerning the darkness — the evil of racism her unborn daughter will face because of her dark skin.
This article was written by Matthew J. hall for the Ethics & Religion Liberty Commission on December, 14th 2015. It has been reposted with permission. —– For many evangelicals, the question of our nation’s penal system is one largely unconsidered. Our vast and growing prison system operates behind a curtain, mostly hidden from view. And […]
Jemar Tisby directs us to a seven-part series entitled, “Race and the American Church”, by Otis Pickett that surveys the U.S. church’s interplay with racial dynamics.
Some of the mainline evangelical conferences are dominated with white leadership and speakers with very little or zero black and brown representation. Evangelical leaders who claim to care deeply about reconciliation and representation fail to show this when they create their conferences’ speakers list. Some evangelical conferences have either all or predominately white speakers and […]
“You’ll be okay. You just have to learn that you’re worth more than settling on a weak man. If he can’t sweep you off your feet, what’s he worth? Not my sister’s time, I know that much.” My oldest younger brother was to be 21 that February. Hard to believe, but the chubby kid who […]
Why are non-white voices absent in certain parts of the evangelical movement? There are perhaps many different and valid answers to this question. Could one answer be intellectual racism? I define intellectual racism as the belief that certain races are intellectually superior or inferior due to one’s race. Below, I offer a short discussion of […]
Recently I wrote an article that got a lot of attention for its content, but I believe some missed the heart behind it. There is a racially charged problem in our society. These events have taken place on the streets of some of our most prominent cites, and most recently, our universities. These events have […]
Jarvis Williams gives 5 things for black and brown teachers, professors, and scholars to keep in mind as they navigate the waters muddied by race relations.
Trillia Newbell gives us the racial background of the natural hair movement, and explains why Black Christian women should have the right answer to the question: Am I more than my hair?
Jemar Tisby explains the Master Narrative: the diluted story of the Civil Rights Movement.
He offers resources for a more thorough understanding of racism in this country, citing “reconciliation only happens in the context of truth.”
In this 2-part series, Kristie Anyabwile give us insight into the type of friendships we should seek and cultivate.
As an evangelical scholar of color, I live in a divided world. At The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I teach in a evangelical context where most of my colleagues and students are white. As an evangelical preacher, I get many invitations to preach in predominately white evangelical contexts and some in predominately black and brown […]
Ameen Hudson pens an open satirical letter to Christian leaders, urging them to be more transparent on social media.
