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Some historians (Manetho - an Egyptian, and Josephus - a Jew) see the two groups as one in the same. These actually make the claim the Hyksos, after being expelled from Egypt, went back to Canaan and founded the city of Jerusalem. More modern historians disagree, but there are a ton of...

Seminary Built on Slavery and Jim Crow Labor Has Begun Paying Reparations All I can say to this story is :amen:

The question of slavery came up as a bi-product of another discussion I was in. I had simply assumed that all Christians would see slavery as an ethical issue, and regard it as totally immoral. I felt a little like a lonely voice. A couple of points: There is a timeline here which you may find...

Upcoming Show "Crack" Puts Blacks as Slave Owners and Whites as Slaves —courtesy of AllHipHop News Cracka Trailer The upcoming series "Cracka" is likely to cause a storm of controversy for the premise: "What if the roles were reversed in slavery? The movie offers a present-day so-called...

How We Juneteenth

“Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?” Galatians 4:21 ESV What “law” is being referred to here? Context is everything when interpreting what is meant by “the law.” For, the context reveals that this is speaking about the Old Covenant ceremonial and...

American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slavery

America Wasn't a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One

Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis?

Ta-Nehisi Coates Assails Mitch McConnell at Raucous Reparations Hearing Happy Juneteenth!

See a Design of the Harriet Tubman $20 Bill That Mnuchin Delayed We all know the reason for the delay, but it doesn't matter, Harriet is coming and you can't stop it.

Romans 6 ESV What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into...

Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. A...

Galatians 5:1, 13-15 ESV For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery… For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is...

Isaiah 43:16-21 ESV Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, who brings forth chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick: “Remember not the former things, nor consider...

Isaiah 9:2 NASB The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. What is darkness? It is absence of light. It is evil, wickedness, sin, lies. And, who are those who walk in darkness today? According to scripture, they are...

I believe drinking alcohol is not a sin (that is important to remember), but Christians should not drink, should actively encourage the church community to refrain from drinking, and would do well to restrict the use of alcohol as much as possible in their surrounding communities. This is the...

Southern Baptist Seminary Confronts History of Slaveholding and 'Deep Racism'