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When Social Justice Meets Confederate Legacy, in One Family

Rondall Reynoso — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 20:00:00 +0000

My family history in Tennessee goes back over 200 years, although I was raised in California. I never imagined the two sides of my heritage would collide as they have. A tale of three sides ...

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Alligator Auschwitz and the Rhetoric of Genocide

Rondall Reynoso — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 20:30:17 +0000

There has been considerable hysteria surrounding the Trump presidency this year. Honestly, from my perspective, much of it is deserved. There has been no secret about my disagreement with Trumpian politics or MAGA Christianity. But ...

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Dual Citizenship: What Does it Mean to be a Christian and a Citizen of the United States?

Scott Culpepper — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000

One of my Facebook friends posted a rather bizarre photo a couple of years ago. He and his sons professed a fervent evangelical Christian faith, as well as a strong dedication to the “Tea Party” ...

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White Jesus: Is it a Symbol of the Church’s Hate That Needs to be Toppled?

Rondall Reynoso — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

As an Artist, Arts & Religion Scholar, Christian, and Hispanic who has been vocal about racial issues, I received messages and comments from friends when Shaun King’s tweeted a few years ago, arguing that statues ...

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Jesus Didn’t Die for Our Country—He Died Because of It: Prayers, Empires, and the Cross We Refuse to Carry

Scot Loyd — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

On Monday, April 28, three people knelt in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol to pray. Among them was Rev. Dr. William Barber—pastor, teacher, and tireless advocate for the poor. They weren’t shouting. They weren’t ...

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Why I’m Not Tempted to Apostate

Paul Hand — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000

I hope this title is appreciated and that the article is appreciated at least half as much as the title. I enjoy approaching serious subjects with a casual, Kermit the Frog tea sip before I ...

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Repenting of Pathological Individualism

Rondall Reynoso — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:02:00 +0000

I read an article titled, “Why I stopped talking about racial reconciliation and started talking about white supremacy .” This article talks a bit about the pathological individualism of white theology. This is something I have ...

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The Problem with Racism Today is People Don’t Know They are Racist

Rondall Reynoso — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000

When many people think of racism, they think about things like slavery, lynchings, and Jim Crow. We think about things like in the sign below, where people are intentionally equating Blacks and Mexicans with dogs. ...

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They Both Prayed to the Same God: Faith and the American Civil War

Scott Culpepper — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

“Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in ...

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Is the Next Moses on Capitol Hill?

Vershal Hogan — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Is the Speaker of the House the next Moses? It’s a silly question, I know, but some teachers in Louisiana may be involuntarily pushing exactly that message soon. Louisiana is currently in the process of ...

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