Party Pranks, Class Humiliation, Jean Valjean, and the Genuine Invitation from Jesus
Luke 14:23 And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, …
A Good Week in Kankakee
I live and work in Kankakee, Illinois, about 60 miles south of Chicago. It’s a small city of about 25,000 with a …
New Calvinism and Holy Hip Hop
I just finished listening to a 9Marks Audio installment where Mark Dever interview Christian hip hop artists shai linne and Voice. I’ve …
Book Review: Divided by Faith, by Michael Emerson and Christian Smith
Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America is a historical and sociological study of white evangelical attitudes …
On the Justice Journey
From Monday through Saturday this week, I will be going to some of the famous civil rights movements sites with about 40 …
Combined Book Review: Evangelism, Racial Reconciliation, and Community Development in Mississippi
John Perkins, Let Justice Roll Down (1976) John Perkins, With Justice for All (1982) Dolphus Weary, I Ain’t Comin’ Back (1990, 1997) …
Surveying God's Truth in Chicago
Yesterday, I took a bus tour through some different neighborhoods of Chicago: Austin and Garfield Park on the West Side, the Gold …
A Gut-Wrenching, Heart-Breaking Story
In 1994, a 10-year-old and an 11-year-old tried dropped a boy of just 5 to his death out of a 14th-floor window …