by Bruce T. Gourley | Jun 19, 2020 | Faith Freedom 2020, Opinion
The Emancipation Proclamation had been signed more than two-and-a-half years earlier. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant more than two months before, ending the treasonous Confederate States of America – an imagined white...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 18, 2020 | Faith Freedom 2020, Opinion
Slavery didn’t officially end in Texas until June 19, 1865, when approximately 250,000 ex-slaves heard the news from Major Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army. The general cited General Orders, Number 3: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance...
by Justin Bishop | Jun 3, 2020 | Opinion
Silence is complicit. I’m sure I’ll get something wrong here. However, if I wait until I’ve figured out exactly what to say, I probably won’t say anything, and that’s part of the problem. We see the pain and the chaos, and we say a prayer and try to move on with our...
by William E. Hull | Jan 24, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Nov. 7, 2003. Hull was university professor at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, at the time of publication. Boundary markers are important to fundamentalists because they need enemies to energize their cause. In...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 17, 2020 | News
Few practicing Christians in the U.S. feel a personal responsibility to help people facing discrimination, according to a Barna Group report published Jan. 15. When prompted with the question, “Whose responsibility is it to care for people who experienced...
