Tag Archives: Desiring God
Hey You with the Spooky White Skin, You’re a Racist!
In June 2020, Kennedy Mitchum, a 22-year-old graduate of Drake University, needed a way to call non-racists “racists,” so she emailed Merriam-Webster Dictionary to tell them to change the definition of "racism" in such a way as to enable people to use the Merriam-Webster Dictionary to call non-racists “racists.”
Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged collective guilt, Critical Race Theory, Desiring God, John Piper, Kennedy Mitchum, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, racism, The Gospel Coalition, Tim Keller, Viktor Frankl
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Anger and SCOTUS Anti-Marriage Decision
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention just released a document titled “Here We Stand: An Evangelical Declaration on Marriage,” signed by scores of religious leaders. It is largely an excellent document that embodies an unequivocal, courageous commitment to truth.
That said, it also makes the troubling claim that Christians ought not be angry: “Outrage and panic are not the responses of those confident in the promises of a reigning Christ Jesus.”
My concern about this may seem an unnecessary quibble, but the notion that Christians ought not feel angry is integral to the …
Posted in Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty
Tagged D.A. Carson, Desiring God, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Leon Podles, Robert A. Gagnon, SCOTUS, Southern Baptist Convention, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
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