Jackie Robinson Day
April 15 marks the day in 1947 when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball. The executive who signed him with the express purpose of combating racism was Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers. I share a hometown with Branch Rickey — Portsmouth, Ohio — and was always reminded of his legacy…
Read MoreThe Source of Candace Owens’ Ahistorical Claims about Hitler and German Nationalism
I will say one thing about Candace Owens: She can stir up attention. On the day she testified before a Congressional panel on white nationalism, she trended on Twitter nearly all day. Much of this attention came via Congressman Ted Lieu’s act of playing a video of Owens opining that Hitler …was a National Socialist,…
Read MoreDavid Barton Goes Full Anti-Vax
Yesterday on Wallbuilders Live, David Barton doubled down on his claim that parts of aborted fetuses are in vaccines. He made that claim last week and after I wrote to refute it, he devoted a whole show to the topic today. His guest for the program was anti-vax biologist Theresa Deisher. Deisher has a PhD…
Read MoreJames MacDonald Used Nonprofit Funds for That Perfect Gift (Updated)
On the heels of Harvest Bible Chapel’s loss of membership in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, check this out. Former HBC pastor James MacDonald gave Ed Stetzer a vintage 1971 Volkswagon Beetle. Then, Ed Stetzer found out the money for the gift came from MacDonald’s non-profit Walk in the Word. Stetzer did the honorable…
Read MoreWhere Was Charles Evers After Martin Luther King, Jr Was Murdered?
At 6:01pm on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN at the Lorraine Motel. Recently, I posted a statement from the John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation regarding the night of Martin Luther King Jr’s murder. Since 2007, John MacArthur has publicly stated that he traveled from Jackson, MS to…
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