by Darrell B. Harrison | Jan 2, 2019 | blog
Reading Time: 7 minutesImage credit: psmag.com As I write this, a line from the Prince song “1999” echoes in the recesses of my mind, “I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if I go astray.” And though I’m not actually dreaming as I write this, I was awakened...
by Darrell B. Harrison | Nov 24, 2018 | blog
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn 1903, sociologist and civil rights activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, more commonly known as W.E.B. Du Bois, published his classic and widely-respected work The Souls of Black Folk. The book is a series of essays in which Du Bois...
by Darrell B. Harrison | Nov 12, 2018 | blog
Reading Time: 5 minutesLately, I’ve been ruminating on certain matters that are, or should be, in my opinion at least, of concern to professing evangelical Christians, but that seem to have gotten lost amidst the current climate of socio-political animus that...
by Darrell B. Harrison | Oct 30, 2018 | blog
Reading Time: 6 minutes“It is a blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.” John Calvin Over the continuum of history there have been questions that have perplexed and discomfited us as human beings. One of the more enigmatic of inquiries has...
by Darrell B. Harrison | Sep 11, 2018 | blog
Reading Time: 4 minutes“The last enemy that will be abolished is death.” – 1 Cor. 15:26 (NASB) As I compose this commentary, I am less than 24 hours removed from attending the funeral of a beloved friend and brother in Christ. I will refrain from...
by Darrell B. Harrison | Sep 9, 2018 | blog
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen it comes to the matter of “social justice” – a term I personally disavow but will use for the sake of this commentary – Lev. 19:15-18 is one of the most comprehensive passages in all of Scripture. It reads: (15)...