By now I am certain that almost everyone reading this has at least heard in passing the words social justice. Perhaps you may have also heard some terms that are generally linked to them, things like Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory, Cultural Marxism, and Intersectionality. If you have found yourself confused by the controversies …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4WBqroOFxBPFOlHosgmgAZ?si=7iT7gEC4TXGOzyzo_ojkxg This third phrase of the Secular Creed, No Human Is Illegal, is concerned with the ethics of immigration and, particularly, the ethical treatment of immigrants. This is a topic that is dear to my heart. Although I am not an immigrant, I do know the experience of being a foreigner in a country not …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dzQ7tjcttk679yCOCg7H8?si=1Su7EJ0ORM-9CGTVMv2Knw The Secular Creed that we are now studying is laid out in a manner that is quite convenient for me. You see, it begins with the statement that I am most sympathetic toward (Black Lives Matter) and ends with the one that I find the least able to affirm (Kindness Is Everything). The rest …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6d20A4P11gAduSAgRVubwD?si=rYG9Jw6WQ8OquFhNVC2Obg “It is my work as a Christian, but much more as I am a Watchman, to do my best to discover the fullness of Christ, the emptiness of the creature, and the snares of the great deceiver.”[1] As a Watchman (a pastor) myself, each Sunday I endeavor to do those three things, typically moving …
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B. C. Newton 