Category: Politics
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Equality vs. Equity: Kamala sells impossible vision in ad
Vice presidential candidate (and possible president, if the ticket wins), Kamala Harris shared an ad on her social media sites this weekend talking about equality vs equity. It’s a 50 second spot narrated by Harris which begins: “so there’s a big difference between equality and equity. Equality suggests how everyone should get the same amount.…
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Research says white Christians have become less motivated to address racial injustice
I saw an interesting article from Barna Research a few weeks ago titled “White Christians have become even less motivated to address racial injustice.” From the article: “One might assume that the events of 2020 have increased awareness of racial injustice in the United States and motivation to address it. But the story isn’t so straightforward,…
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Amy Coney Barrett and the anti-religion of the left
This weekend, President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Coney Barrett is a judge on the 7th circuit court of appeals in Chicago, a law professor at Notre Dame, and a former clerk for former justice Antonin Scalia. She’s also a mother of seven and…
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Megachurches, televangelists among churches who received loan money
American Catholic Churches received roughly $1.4 billion dollars in government bailout money as part of . Megachurches like Chicago’s Willow Creek and Harvest Bible Chapel, First Baptist Church of Dallas, and Life.church from Oklahoma all received millions of dollars. Televangelists like Joyce Meyer, Jim Bakker, and Jimmy Swaggart also received federal money. Theologically, I have…
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Writer calls some depictions of Jesus racist and calls for their destruction
It was only a matter of time. Activist and writer Shaun King has taken aim at images and sculptures which depict Jesus as white. On Twitter, King said: Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down. They are a form of white supremacy. Always have been. In…
Josh Benner 