Reading through Blood Work by Pastor Anthony Carter. He writes: The history of Christianity is filled with blood. More than anything else, the Bible speaks of the blood of Christ accomplishing for us the grand benefits that belong to salvation: We have been purchased by His blood (Acts 20:28). We have propitiation by His blood […]
Over at Wade-O’s site, Lampmode recording artist, Shai Linne responds to Paula White’s ministries open letter. As most of you already know, shai accused Paula White and other well known preachers of being false teachers in his song “Fal$e Teacher$.” You can find that song and the video where shai explains the heart behind the […]
“What were you doing when you found out about the terror attack on Boston?” That question reminds many of us of a similar question asked about 9/11. These moments stay galvanized in our minds and the emotions remain encapsulated in our memory bank for years to come. When I heard of the Boston attack, I […]
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 […]
Did you know our world is reimaged in thrice texture? God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are one, and this is commonly referred to as the Trinity. God created the world, and his nature has set a Trinitarian P A T T E R N over it. The Trinitarian nature […]
I’ve been waiting for Pastor Thabiti to speak on this issue and I’m glad he has. Over at Pure Church he writes: I’m just back from a refreshing and edifying time with saints at New Word Alive. New Word Alive is a family Bible conference held each year in North Wales. If you’re in the U.K., […]
This weekend I had the pleasure of watching 42, the story of Jackie Robinson’s journey into Major League Baseball. I won’t provide any spoilers (can you do that to a biographical movie?), but I will say that I was extremely pleased. As a Black man who is passionate about racial solidarity and the multi-ethnic church, […]
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 […]
by Dr. Carl and Karen Ellis, Regular Contributors Question: What do you get when you cross one theological nerd who spends hours tweaking his keynote lecture presentations with another theological nerd who spent 8 years as a d.j., creating radio commercials? Give up? Answer: You get The Visual Reasoning Series, Episode 1 – Perspectives on […]
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 […]
In a previous article I talked about some lessons I’ve learned during my short tenure of being a white church planter in an all black ‘hood. My wife and I are taking this thing one day at a time, taking each learning experience as it comes. There have been many glorious days, like when a […]
Art is the arrangement of material, concepts, or ideas with the intention of objectifying beauty. Even when we see something artistic as ugly, the one who created the art saw significance in that thing which they have arranged. Art is the projection of beauty from inside the mind of the artist and is never neutral. […]
Recently, I did something I often regret. I read the comment section of an article on a secular website discussing Christianity. Most Internet savvy Christians have done it and most, like me, usually leave upset, angry, or rueful. If you follow religious blogs or articles at all, you are aware of the type of people […]
Old Discussion, New Faces There is no way to introduce this blog without sounding a bit monotonous- it is a blog about “Christian Rap”, “Rappers that happen to be Christians” and various positions on “engaging culture”. We’ve heard all of those phrases before and to some ears it’s lost its freshness. Nonetheless, the discussion still […]
I am excited to share with the RAANetwork family the release of #Bricks by my friend and brother, D-FLow. I met the Nigerian born producer back in 2007 and we have continued to build ever since. He has worked with Lecrae, Flame, Trip Lee, Thisl, Andy Mineo, KB, and Alex Faith just to name a […]
It’s hard to tease fact from fantasy when it comes to St. Patrick. So as I was researching the life of Patrick I was astonished to find that he had been a slave. Not only had he been a slave, but he later returned to the land of his captivity to evangelize his enslavers! The […]
Reformed pastor and author, Doug Wilson, wrote a controversial book called Black and Tan. One of Wilson’s major points in the book is that slavery as practiced in the U.S. was not abolished according to biblical standards. As a result, we continue to experience the ongoing effects of that sin. Wilson states, “That our nation did […]
Though the Bible is the revealed word of God, its meaning is found in its application. Apart from this, the Bible does not say much to us. In this case, it is not that the Bible isn’t communicating; it’s just that we can’t hear. Not only does God speak through words in the Bible, he […]
by Phillip Holmes, Co-Founder Yesterday the New York Times released an article in The Opinions Pages entitled “The Good, Racist People” by Ta-Nehisi Coates that I thought was insightful and telling. Here is the opening paragraph: Last month the actor Forest Whitaker was stopped in a Manhattan delicatessen by an employee. Whitaker is one of […]
By Trillia Newbell My editors are constantly encouraging me to develop a catchy introduction that captures readers’ attention to encourage further reading. When I was thinking about writing about why writing on race and ethnicity can be difficult I literally thought I’d just skip the introduction and get to the facts. Why? Because writing about […]
