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

April 6, 2021 by Garrett O’Hara Leave a Comment

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 misspelling J.D. Greear’s name and “linking to […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Antiracism, Fault Lines, John McWhorter, Voddie Baucham, woke, Woke Christianity

What Can the Church Learn From the Pop Culture Woke War?

September 10, 2020 by Garrett O’Hara

Lately, I’ve taken a strange liking to some commentators who decry the ever-increasing wokeness of popular art. They believe that this wokeness is destroying longstanding entertainment franchises and even the comic book industry as a whole. As it turns out, worldview-concerned Christians with young children aren’t the only ones noticing and speaking out. Scripture is sufficient for us to respond as the church within our own walls, but I believe what we’re seeing in popular art provides a helpful cautionary tale.

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: comic books, critical theory, culture war, pop culture, popular art, woke

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

April 15, 2019 by Garrett O’Hara

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 […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: critical race theory, Ekemini Uwan, Sparrow Women, The Village Church, whiteness, woke

Penal Substitutionary Atonement: The Very Thing We Need to Overcome Racial and Socialist Agendas

April 11, 2019 by George Alvarado

All sound theology flows from a proper and biblical understanding of the atonement of Christ. Juxtaposed to this, every heresy or agenda in some way will distort or redefine the cross. Knowing the biblical reason(s) for why Christ died is critical, essential, and foundational to immunizing ourselves from the heretical diseases that seem to abound […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: black liberation theology, cross, inequality, jesus christ, oppression, Penal Substitution, Penal Substitutionary Atonement, power, racial, racism, racist, redemption, reparations, sacrifice, Social gospel, social justice, socialism, woke

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

April 16, 2018 by Garrett O’Hara

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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 […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: 1 Corinthians, critical race theory, David Platt, ecclesiology, Lord's Table, privilege, racism, T4G, woke

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