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A 4-year-old pre-K student in Oklahoma was forced to use his right hand while making his letters. The teacher sent a note home to the parents advising them of the reason. “There are numerous instances of left-handedness being associated with wickedness,” read the astounded parents. —Jim L. Wilson and…

George Yancey, is professor at The University of North Texas, and the author of 14 books on race and religious bias. As a Black man and a Christian, he has experienced both. In his experience, there is plenty of bias from both directions, but in academia, the religious intolerance is much worse. “Things…

In a historic meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, in June 2012, messengers elected Dr. Fred Luter president of their convention. The election was historic, because he is the first African American president of the convention since its founding in 1845. Less than two months into his presidency,…

Did you hear about Rodney King’s recent passing? King was best known as a victim of police brutality. The L.A. Riots were sparked by a video of Police apprehending King after an 8 mile car chase. During the Riots, rioters took the lives of fifty people, injured 2000 more, looted businesses, and started…

It took two years and a lot of heartache to turn the corner. I was the youth pastor of Peace Church and I was leading a group of teens who were being led in the wrong direction. When I first came here, there were a group of kids who were pretty much running things in the wrong direction. Every trip we…

Diversity All of the active members of Timothy Urbany's Sunday School Class at Eastborough Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were white, middle class, and married with children. They were "birds of a feather that flocked together." Urbany longed for his class to be more diverse, more accepting of…

By Joshua Rhett Miller A manager at a Massachusetts retail store claims he was unjustly fired after he told a colleague he thought her impending marriage to another woman was wrong. Peter Vidala, 24, told FoxNews.com he was terminated in August from his position as second deputy manager at a Brookstone…

DISCRIMINATION As Southeastern Baptist Seminary in North Carolina began classes for the fall, Seminary President Daniel Akin challenged the students and faculty to make the campus a "discrimination-free zone." Akin said the message had been on his heart for months. He said, "Our God is a color-blind…

INCLUSION If the Calgary Health Region enacts proposed new policy guidelines, the Bible could become contraband in hospitals in that city. The new policy, though still under review, proposes removing Bibles placed by the Gideons International from all rooms and banning distribution and display of any…

Let the Walls Come Down On August 15, 1999, I felt a sense of history as I participated in worshiping our Lord with the members of New Hope Baptist Church in Lake Village, Arkansas. In 1850, racial tension ripped apart Baptists at the Mason-Dixon line. Southern Baptist believed missionaries could own…

PREJUDICE In the fictional Star Trek universe, the relationship between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire paralleled the real world relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war era. Fear, lack of trust, and hate characterized the association. In…

Prejudice "Don't put that nickel in your mouth. Some nggr may have touched it." Not exactly what you'd expect to hear from a teacher, but it is my earliest remembrance of Sunday School. Throughout the years, I've learned that most people struggle with racism--even Christians. I know I do. Don't get me…

MULTI/RACISM In his book, An Unstoppable Force, Erwin McManus writes, “Jesus came and destroyed the dividing wall that not only separated man from God but also Jew from Gentile. God is about destroying walls that divide. The church will gain traction in the multicultural environment when she begins to…

TOLERANCE In an attempt to show tolerance and celebrate multiculturalism, Stanford University designed its curriculum, hired its faculty and set its policies for students around the theme of political correctness. The result was an abysmal failure. Two Stanford graduates, David Sacks and Peter Thiel…