“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.” —Nelson Mandela George Floyd, an unarmed African American, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Memorial Day, May 25, 2020, after a White police...

The horrific murder of George Floyd has renewed a sincere cry from many evangelical leaders to speak out against racism in America. Racism is a great and ever-present evil. As followers of Jesus, we must uphold the truth that all people, regardless of skin-color, ethnicity, sex, or socio-economic status, are made in God’s image, with inherent worth and dignity. Nearly...

By: Victor Davis Hanson – dailycaller.com – July 9, 2020 A TikTok video that recently went viral on social media showed a recent Harvard graduate threatening to stab anyone who said “all lives matter.” In her melodrama, she tried to sound intimidating with her histrionics. She won a huge audience as she intended. But her video also came to the...

By: Stephen Baskerville – newenglishreview.org – July 2020 Why does it go on, year after year? Thirty years after the riots that followed the beating of Rodney King, and a half century after the riots following Dr King’s assassination? Decades after the Civil Rights Movement, desegregation, the Great Society, and decades of welfare before that? Even after eight years of an African-American...

By: Allen West – cnsnews.com – June 1, 2020 First, I just want to extend my sincere gratitude to the many of you who lifted me up in prayer during a very trying week of my life. There are not too many who survive a motorcycle crash on an interstate highway going 75 mph, which was the speed limit. That fact...

By: Fred Lucas – dailysignal.com – June 25, 2020 Black Lives Matter as a movement, or at least a slogan, recently has attracted broad support in favor of racial equality and opposition to police brutality. Two-thirds of Americans say they either strongly or somewhat support the Black Lives Matter movement, according to a Pew Research poll. However, at least one self-described “trained...

By: The Heartland Institute – redstate.com – June 24, 2020 Over the past month or so, Black Lives Matter (BLM) has become a power player in the political arena. According to Pew Research, 67 percent of American adults support BLM and 38 percent strongly support BLM. Obviously, the death of George Floyd was a tragedy. And even more obviously, racism is abhorrent....

By: Tom Gilson – stream.org – June 22, 2020 Voices everywhere are saying the Church should take leadership in the move toward racial reconciliation. Many churches are. And we need to. It’s not just because it’s a nice thing to do; it’s because just about everyone else is getting it wrong. I can say that with confidence, not because I claim...

By: James R. Copland & Rafael A. Mangual – nationalreview.com – June 22, 2020 George Floyd’s tragic death at the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has sent shockwaves through an America understandably outraged and traumatized by the unnecessarily fatal episode. Public unrest has spurred political action. In Washington, both Democrats and Republicans have pulled together fast-track legislation aimed at police...

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