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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Ark Encounter is a life-size replica of Noah’s Ark in Williamstown, Kentucky, which saw crowds quickly return to pre-pandemic levels as restrictions lifted. Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis, which oversees the exhibit said he believes there is a hunger for biblical truth and Ark Encounter opens the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Burden is a historical drama about racism. It features the battle between the KKK and a Baptist Pastor in Laurens, SC. Mike Burden grew up amid poverty and prejudice and comes under the influence of a KKK leader. He falls in love with a woman who tells him he must choose between her and the KKK. The…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
At 63-years-old, Mélisande Short-Colomb applied to and was accepted as a student at Georgetown University. That is a remarkable story in and of itself, but it gets better. The appeal of her story is not that she began her college career when many people are preparing for retirement, it is the reason…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 24 views
The film “Do the Right Thing” shows varying degrees of racism and hypocrisy in relationships. The film has several ethnicities within a small area along a time line of one day. Instead of showing the racism of one group; it shows the racism of several: the white against the black; the black against the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
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…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
You may have more in common with Priscilla Presley, who married Elvis in 1967 than you think. As she reflected on her marriage to the King, she said “I was hated for marrying him, hated for getting a divorce,” she said. “Having people being critical but not knowing what your life was and not knowing…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
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.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A survey conducted by Harris Interactive has found that prejudice may be closer to home than most people realize. The survey of 3,000 adults found that most people know their neighbors and don’t mind inviting them over, as long as they are not renters. The poll was designed to look at attitudes within…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
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…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
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,…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 4 views
Published July 16, 2013 | FoxNews.com An Ivy League professor blogged after George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin that the verdict shows God is a “white racist” who stalks “young black men.” Anthea Butler, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Department…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 34 views
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…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A new study by Psychologists at the University of British Columbia and the University of Oregon shows that people do not trust atheists. “The study, conducted among 350 Americans adults and 420 Canadian college students, asked participants to decide if a fictional driver damaged a parked car and left…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
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…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 67 views
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became pro baseball's first black player when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But there's an amazing story of faith and courage behind Robinson's entry into baseball. Branch Rickey was the Dodger's baseball executive who eventually signed Jackie Robinson. Rickey's…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Rhode Island legislators are dealing with a bill that would pardon a man they believe was wrongly hanged for killing a wealthy mill owner over 160 years ago. John Gordon died in 1845. Though his murder trial lasted nine days and included over 100 witnesses, the jury only deliberated for 75 minutes before…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Gaby Rodriguez, a 17-year-old Washington student fooled everyone into thinking she was pregnant. The only people aware of her deception were her mother and her school principal. Gaby decided to perform this charade in order to document how a teen pregnancy may affect the life of a young mother and how…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Multiculturalism is rapidly losing its attraction in a world gripped in terrorism. German Chancellor Angela Merkel commented on its failure recently; “The tendency had been to say, ‘Let’s adopt the multicultural concept and live happily side by side. . .’But this concept has failed, and failed utterly.”…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 135 views
And that vindication will be sweet. Many of you remember Ray Charles, the famous African American singer who wrote the song Georgia on My Mind. In 1961, he was banned from performing in the state of Georgia because he refused to play before a segregated audience. A scene from the movie Ray captures a…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 29 views
To John Barrier, it wasn't the 60 cents, it was the principle. Barrier walked into his bank to cash a $100 check and then asked the receptionist to validate his parking ticket. Even after mentioning that he was a "substantial depositor," the receptionist refused to do it. She explained that validation…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 5 views
Peter Malkin participated in the capture of Adolf Eichmann, the famous Nazi who helped to carry out Hitler’s outrage against the Jews in WW 2. Eichmann escaped to Argentina, but was tracked down by Israeli operatives and brought to justice. It was Peter Malikin whose own father had died in the death…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 7 views
Many of you have heard of Gordon MacDonald. He’s pretty famous in the Christian world. I know him as the writer of the book, Ordering your Private World. He tells of his own trouble which he didn’t understand. He was approached by a Christian Organization to send in a resume to be its president. He didn’t…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
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…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
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…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 315 views
There were five of us traveling across the Sahel of Africa, just south of the Sahara Desert. We had started out in Niamey, Niger, and we were working our way toward the Dogon in Mali. We were traveling through Burkina Faso in a Toyota Land Cruiser. The air conditioning system was broken, and the temperature…