Alanbean

LATEST ARTICLES ( 628 )

• Jesus and John Wayne Meets the Holy Post

  

  This series of podcasts features original music (believe it or not) and is extremely entertaining.  More to the point, you will be exposed to a wealth of... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Republicans Hate Higher Education

  Partisans on both sides view the folks on the other side of the fence as un-American.  In 2012, for instance, 52% of Republicans held a positive view of higher... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Great Texas Whitewash

  

  By Republican lights, non-white actors can only be allowed into the story when their presence makes white people look good.  That is, practically never. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• David Gushee Tackles White American Christianity

  

  The tragedy of the South is that passionate evangelicalism and passionate racism grew simultaneously. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Carl Trueman Defends a Sinking Ship

  

  The decision to leave evangelicalism is not the matter of a single moment; it's a process. And it's hard. And agonizing. It's not something we want to do. ... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Southlake School Official Urges Teachers to Put in a Good Word for the Holocaust.

  

  NBC is reporting that a school administrator in Southlake, Texas recently cautioned teachers to provide students with positive views of the holocaust and other... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Stop Saying “woke” with a Sneer

  

  "Woke" has become a racist trope that should be abandoned. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Jon Gruden is the Face of White America

  

  Jon GrudenWhen Jon Gruden’s racist, homophobic and misogynistic emails came to light he was forced to step down as coach of the Oakland Raiders.  I wonder, if... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ralph and Reparations

  

  The manufactured outrage over critical race theory (CRT) reveals how little most white Americans know about their nation’s racial history.  Ignorance this... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Confessions of a Good White Guy

  

  Looking back from a distance of almost 60 years, I can better understand why the Tlicho boy took such delight in spitting on me. The recent discovery of unmarke... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Can Progressive Christians Talk About Sex and Politics?

  

  Sex and politics are messy subjects.  In both arenas, the ideal (whatever we conceive it to be) is difficult to attain.  Sometimes it's impossible. But we need... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• If You’re Not Worried About Southern Baptists, You Ought to Be

  

  Black Southern Baptists stand aghast as their white counterparts embrace the MAGA revolution. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Did AT&T Invent OAN?

  

  A bombshell report from Reuters asserts that OAN, the relentlessly pro-Trump network that supports the Big Lie, is largely a creation of Dallas-based AT T. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why is Progressive Christianity So White?

  

  A worship leader at Wild GooseAs I read through my morning email, this headline caught my eye: “Ruffled feathers: Wild Goose Festival is a case study in how har... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A New Direction

  

  The Friends of Justice blog has gone through some major changes over its fifteen years of existence. It started out as a way to draw attention to the campaigns... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Obedient Imagination: the True Work of a Prophet

  

  Whenever the gap between God’s unrelenting purpose and realities on the ground became intolerably immense, the Old Testament professor said, the prophets offere... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• In Memoriam: Gary O. Gardner

  

  "I'm a crazy sonofabitch," Gardner continued. I ain't joking either. I'm racist as hell, and I'm flat crazy. But, me being crazy is why we're gonna win." Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Prison Wedding

  

  That’s where Paul found himself.  But God refused to leave him there.  And so, deep in the dark night of the soul, with prison shackles on his wrists and his... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Jace Washington and the Monsters of Saint Tammany

  

  David Duke, Jack Strain and Walter Reed (and a certain politician who shall not be named) are monsters created in our own image.  We turned these men loose on... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What To the Son of the Slavemaster Is Juneteenth?

  

  We can get there, beloved.  We can get to the green pasture called unity.  But to get there we have to take the hard path called honesty.  Let us walk with one... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2021 DEBATE, SOCIETY