Social Justice and North American Haitian Seventh-day Adventism
It is no secret that there is a disconnect between the North American Haitian Seventh-day Adventist church (NAHSDAC) and social justice. I’m specifically speaking of the NAHSDAC in the northeast of the United States since that’s the one I’m familiar with. The reasons as to why aren’t all the same as is with Adventist churches of other nationalities and social-ethnic groups. To be fair, members of the church have participated in protests to support Haitian concerns in the country. For instance, “In 1990, the FDA recommended a policy of banning blood donations from people of Haitian and sub-Saharan African origin,
Early Christian Theologians and the Justification of Slaveholding Practices
Ibram X. Kendi (Ph.d., Temple University) is Professor at the School of International Service and Director at the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University. He’s 2016 book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (STP), is ground breaking. It is a winner of the National Book Award and is a New York Times Bestseller. I concur with the accolades. Readers from all ethnic or racial groups will be challenged by STP’s new perspective. This is a must-buy. Dr. Kendi identifies the objective of this work as narrating “the entire history of racist ideas, from
Whitney Houston: A Eulogy
Whitney Houston was a star, a light that stood out against others that surrounded her, a city on a hill. And she still is all that. Although she now sleeps the sleep of the dead her contribution to this world, especially in music, is colossal. No one can ignore the elephant in the room. The world is full of singers, but none of them sounds like Whitney.
Immediate Pre-Law Preparations in Exodus 19 [Part 1]
The Law at Sinai seems ill-titled. It doesn’t investigate the law itself. Rather, it investigates the reaction of the Israelites to God’s presence prior to the giving of the law (Ex. 19:18, 19), their post-law hearing reaction (Ex. 20:18, Deut. 5:22, and Heb. 12:21), and the role of the law (Rom. 7:8-13). In other words, it skips the law altogether. At the least, it should have been titled, “Reactions to the Law at Sinai.” Although that title still doesn’t include what is being addressed by Paul in Romans 7. (Too much fuss shouldn’t be made over titles.) This article addresses