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Ethnos is not Ethnicity

by Garrett O’Hara | June 24, 2021 | Theology | 0 Comments

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...

Everything Wokeness and Gospel (But Not the Conference)

by Garrett O’Hara | June 14, 2021 | Theology | 0 Comments

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...

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

by Garrett O’Hara | June 2, 2021 | Theology | 0 Comments

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,"...

“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...

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

You've heard about the woke war in the church by now. I remember when "social justice" was solely...

“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,...

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

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...

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...