Category Archives: Race and Racism

A Pastor Who Learned How to Serve the Homeless On the Streets

Posted on March 15, 2013 by John Armstrong

For twenty-seven years Deb Richardson-Moore was a journalist in South Carolina. Then, after being a writer, mother and wife, she entered a Presbyterian seminary (Erskine) to become a Baptist minister. After graduating with her M.Div. she accepted a post at … Continue reading →

Posted in Counseling, Culture, Poverty, Race and Racism, The Church, Women in the Church | 3 Comments

The Church As God’s Social Strategy (3)

Posted on February 13, 2013 by John Armstrong

The second form of the church – political/social – is called the conversionist church. This form argues that no amount of tinkering with the structures of society or state will adequately counter the effects of human sin. What is needed … Continue reading →

Posted in American Evangelicalism, Church History, Church Tradition, Civil Rights, Culture, Lordship of Christ, Missional Church, Missional-Ecumenism, Politics, Race and Racism, The Church, The Future, Unity of the Church | 3 Comments

Lincoln on the Big Screen (5)

Posted on December 10, 2012 by John Armstrong

Since the new film “Lincoln” deals directly with the passage of the 13th Amendment, and the abolition of slavery in the United States, scholars and pundits of all sorts are asking new questions about both Lincoln and slavery. I welcome … Continue reading →

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Lincoln on the Big Screen (1)

Posted on December 4, 2012 by John Armstrong

In Steven Spielberg’s new movie “Lincoln” we get a powerful glimpse of one small period in the life of President Abraham Lincoln, a period of only a month just before his death and right after his re-election to a second … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Nondiscrimination Laws and the Rights of Homosexuals

Posted on March 28, 2012 by John Armstrong

I hate discrimination. I believe that when it comes to barring people from public places civil rights laws are quite necessary. I also believe that discrimination against homosexuals, because of their sexual orientation or private practice, is wrong. We presently … Continue reading →

Posted in Homosexuality, Politics, Race and Racism, The Future | 2 Comments

The Slave Haven Underground Museum

Posted on February 24, 2012 by John Armstrong

During my time @ CCT (last week) I visited the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum in downtown Memphis. The museum is a house on the former estate of Jacob Burkle. Burkle immigrated to the United States from Germany in the … Continue reading →

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Statement from the Annual Meeting of Christian Churches Together

Posted on February 22, 2012 by John Armstrong

February 17, 2012 One in Christ for the Sake of All Representatives of the churches and organizations of Christian Churches Together in the United States assembled in Memphis, February 14-17, 2012, to respond to one question: How might the Holy … Continue reading →

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Tri-Faith America

Posted on October 19, 2011 by John Armstrong

Kevin M. Schultz, assistant professor of history and Catholic studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, demonstrates in his newly published study, Tri-Faith America (Oxford University Press, 2011), that the central drama of twentieth-century American religion was a tense, … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Franklin

Posted on October 16, 2011 by John Armstrong

I recently spent some time in the Nashville (TN) area. I was about 15 minutes from Franklin, Tennessee. I had an appointment with a good friend in Franklin so I did some reading about the Civil War significance of this … Continue reading →

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The Amazing Story of Congressman Bobby Rush

Posted on September 9, 2011 by John Armstrong

U. S. Congressman Bobby Lee Rush was born November 23, 1946 in Albany, Georgia, but grew up on Chicago’s North Side, where his mom was a Republican precinct captain. Today he is the U.S. Representative for Illinois' 1st congressional district. … Continue reading →

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