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Extra Credit: Let Justice Roll Lecture

Posted on April 19, 2011

I am very glad that I had the opportunity to attend Dr. James Cone’s captivating lecture on Black Liberation Theology. Like I said in class last Friday, I have always been anxious to attend more left-of –center events on campus … Continue reading →

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Neanderthals in Genesis? Read for the answer.

Posted on April 19, 2011

I would have to have posted this topic to the blog when we were discussing Genesis. Nonetheless, I believe you all will find the content quite intriguing and interesting. The 1960 film Inherit the Wind, accounting the 1925 Scopes Monkey … Continue reading →

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Biblical Bondage (Rough Draft)

Posted on March 11, 2011

Biblical Bondage The institution of slavery is as old as civilization itself. Every society of antiquity connoted little or no taboo with the notion of one person owning another, and one cannot refute the fact that many great architectural constructions … Continue reading →

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Slavery & The Old Testament Prospectus

Posted on February 20, 2011

From the numerous references in the text of the Old Testament, it is clear that the Israelites were accounted as both slaves under the oppression of the Egyptians and masters of their own slaves after their Exodus. Freed from bondage … Continue reading →