On Accusations Against Voddie Baucham and Fault Lines, part 2

In part one concerning accusations against Voddie Baucham and his book Fault Lines, I argued: Baucham’s misquotation and misrepresentation of Delgado and Stefancic is a serious error, not a minor formatting mishap. The controversy online appears to have died down, and while the lack of present controversy may generally be a good thing, the reason appears to …

On Accusations Against Voddie Baucham and Fault Lines, part 1

On July 30th, Joel McDurmon posted a blog article titled "Voddie's Fault Lines Worse Than Before: Fake Quotations AND Plagiarism." McDurmon previously posted a series of videos critiquing Voddie Baucham's book, Fault Lines, that had not captured my attention despite my having written a review. However, this particular article appeared far more serious in its magnitude. I've …

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 …

Ekemini Uwan, Part 2: The Critical Race Theory Leaven

The 2019 Sparrow Conference feels like ages ago at this point though it's only been since late March of this year. The conference's own published materials should have been warning enough, but greater public controversy erupted when Ekemini Uwan stated, "Whiteness is wicked" during her Q&A session.  I responded to this in particular in part …

“Whiteness” and the Eternal Nations: A Commentary on Ekemini Uwan’s Sparrow Q&A (Part 1)

The world needs peacemakers, because conflict is everywhere - in relationships, on social media, at work - so follow God’s call and join an amazing community of peacemaking women at the 2019 Sparrow Conference! This year we’ll walk through the entire book of Ephesians and learn what it means to Walk in Love. The advertised …

Don’t Get Woke. Get to Know Your Local Church Brethren.

Nestled within 1 Corinthians 11, we find a likely familiar passage concerning the Lord's Table which pertains to the current social media conversation on racism and socioeconomic class. Critical race theory is probably the last topic I want to write about at the moment, but it certainly is the topic du jour, so let's take it on …