Started to respond to something else, then got distracted by this ugly wraith. Read more
April 28, 2021
Safe and sound with nothing left to send
April 28, 2021 By Fred Clark
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There’s nothing wrong with playing cover songs — unless you try to pass them off as your own creation. Read more
April 27, 2021
A tale of two “faculty lounges”
April 27, 2021 By Fred Clark
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Where I’m arguing that those “faculty” have an obligation to share their knowledge with “ordinary people,” Carville seems to be warning them not to tell those “ordinary people” anything they don’t already know. Read more
April 27, 2021
Postcards from the class & culture wars (4.27.21)
April 27, 2021 By Fred Clark
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“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?’ Read more
April 22, 2021
Backwards and forwards
April 22, 2021 By Fred Clark
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White evangelical theology is not why white evangelicals support racial injustice and inequality. Support for racial injustice and inequality is why white evangelical theology is what it is. Read more
April 20, 2021
‘One of the first examples of cancel culture’
April 20, 2021 By Fred Clark
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Jim Bakker isn’t entirely wrong because “cancel culture” refers to nothing other than this: facing the consequences of reaping what you sow. Read more
April 19, 2021
‘Biblical families,’ an index
April 19, 2021 By Fred Clark
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Here, for your convenience, is an easier-to-navigate index of our Chick-fil-A Biblical Family of the Day series, from Abijah to Zimri. Read more
April 15, 2021
Sapphira is a model of ‘complementarian biblical womanhood’
April 15, 2021 By Fred Clark
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Ananias and Sapphira are one of the very, very few biblical examples of “marriage between one man and one woman.” And they’re the best example of “complementarian” gender roles in such a marriage. Read more
April 14, 2021
The true fix is not education
April 14, 2021 By Fred Clark
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Education and critical thinking are Good Things, but they’re insufficient for dealing with conspiracy theories. It’s always in the choosing. Read more
April 13, 2021
No use wishing now for any other sin
April 13, 2021 By Fred Clark
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“Complementarianism” is a traditional Christian teaching — if by “traditional” you mean it dates all the way back to 1987 and is only slightly younger than Bon Jovi’s “Slippery When Wet.” Read more
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