Ethnos is not Ethnicity

I've been hearing an argument from our own side of the critical race theory (CRT) fault line as of late. The argument basically goes, "Use biblical terminology. The biblical term is 'ethnicity' (ethnos in Greek), not race. Race doesn't exist." I see a couple of problems with this line of argumentation. First, CRT advocates are …

Everything Wokeness and Gospel (But Not the Conference)

We had a total of three current and former Things Above Us authors at the Wokeness and the Gospel conference this past weekend. It was truly a joy meeting new people, catching up with old friends, and digging into some solid teaching! I plan to have more later concerning the conference itself. For now, please be in …

The Elect by John McWhorter — partial-book review, and it’s not about Calvinism

John McWhorter is a linguist and an assistant professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. I heavily cited his work earlier when previewing Voddie Baucham's Fault Lines and discussing McWhorter's contention that the word "Antiracism," referring to the new woke religion of critical race theory, ought to be capitalized as a proper noun. …

Fault Lines by Voddie Baucham (book review)

Author's note (02 August 2021): I have become aware of Joel McDurmon's credible accusations of misquotation and plagiarism in Fault Lines. My own independent investigation into the misquotation issue confirms Baucham's misquotation of CRT scholar Richard Delgado on page xvi. I furthermore find — in agreement with McDurmon — that this was not merely a matter …

“Antiracism” Deserves a Capital Letter: A Preview of Voddie Baucham’s Fault Lines

Note: The full review is now published. Recently on Twitter, a Ph.D. student at a Southern Baptist seminary threw shade at Voddie Baucham's upcoming book Fault Lines for many flaws such as "commitment to innuendo," riling up a "populist mob," and lacking integrity. He went so far as to criticize Baucham and his publisher for …