A group of police officers recently responded to a 911 call. When they arrived at the scene, they placed a man in handcuffs, they pinned his body facedown to the ground, and they pressed on his neck. The man cried in agony for several minutes. He begged for help more than 30 times. He told…
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There are four images from the George Floyd video I can’t unsee. I can’t unsee the police officer’s apathetic face while a man was dying beneath him. I can’t unsee George Floyd’s distressed face while he was being killed by a man over him. I can’t unsee the police officer’s knee on George Floyd’s neck…
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We probably wouldn’t know Ahmaud Arbery’s name if he hadn’t been killed by two white people. When black people are victims of alleged murder, our reactions are often measured by the skin colour of the perpetrators. When the level of outrage over injustices against black people is precipitated by the level of melanin in the…
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A man was jogging in his neighbourhood in Glynn County, Georgia on a Sunday afternoon when he was confronted by two men. Within minutes, his body lay on the ground, covered with bullets and blood. His name is Ahmaud Arbery—a black man. And his killers are Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael—two white men….
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Sometime last year, I walked out of a building to walk unto a bus. That’s what happened—that is what must have happened. I just don’t remember it. I don’t remember pushing the building’s door to walk out. I don’t remember my steps before I walked unto the bus. I don’t really remember much about that…
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Identity politics is a threat to human rights and the pro-life movement, especially in Christian circles. Last year, I shared a tweet saying: “One of the biggest indictments against the social justice movement (or the identity politics movement) within evangelicalism today is that it hasn’t produced a greater passion against the biggest human rights violation…
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The problem with the pharisees is that they made their standards more binding than God’s standards. And our problem is that too often, we fail to recognize that we’re much like the Pharisees. If the Pharisees were in America today, they might shame Christians for voting for Trump. If the Pharisees were in America today,…
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No matter what we think about it, our nations have adopted a crisis socialism to protect, in their mind, the common good and public health of all people—except preborn babies. Concerns over the coronavirus have compelled nations to deem many businesses unessential, forcing many businesses and services into closure. However, our governments have declared abortion…
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Philosophy is like math to me: there’s always a correct and consistent answer to every problem. If 2+2 equals 4, then 4+4 equals 8. Different variables and different problems do not change my methods for achieving the correct answer. If 2+2 equals 4 today, then it equals 4 all the time. What’s right or wrong…
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We have a tendency of making our preferences the mark of godliness. We too often perceive ourselves as the fourth member of the Trinity. We make our convictions synonymous with God’s commandments. We refuse to accept that alternatives to our preferences might not be evil. Especially when our favourite people agree with us—especially when our…
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