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An Ohio judge ordered 62-year-old Edmond Aviv, a man convicted of harassing his neighbor and her disabled children to stand on a street corner for five hours holding a sign proclaiming, ”I AM A BULLY!” The sign was also required to state that Aviv picked on children that were disabled and that he was…

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,…

Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, was arrested and charged with murder after allegedly shooting three people and terrorizing many others at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and the nearby Village Shalom assisted-living facility. Cross has a background of bigotry. In the 1980’s he led a KKK organization.…

The movie 42 is about Jackie Robinson’s breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1946. The movie gives a glimpse into Robinson’s Christianity and the part it played in his heroic life. There are many other parts to his life that Jesus Christ had a direct part in. The movie doesn’t explain how Robinson used…

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…

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…

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 "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…

During the Vietnam War, two men were shot down over North Vietnam in separate incidents that occurred at about the same time. One was Porter Halyburton, a Southern white boy who was something of a racist. The other was Fred Cherry, the first black officer captured by the North Vietnamese. The two men…

\\ Frederick Douglass approached the front door of the White House, seeking admission into Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Ball. Just as Douglass was about to knock on the door, two policemen seized him, barring the black man's entrance. Douglass, a large, powerful man, brushed the officers aside…