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Wokeness at Wheaton College
The esteemed evangelical Christian Wheaton College is really woking up. The administration has removed a plaque honoring Wheaton alumni and missionaries Jim Elliot and Ed McCully because it described as “savage” the indigenous Ecuadorian tribe that brutally and without cause speared Elliot, McCully, and three other missionaries to death in 1956. The plaque, which was donated 64 years ago by Wheaton classmates of Elliot and McCully, read:
…For generations all strangers were killed by these savage Indians. After many days of patient preparation and devout prayer, the missionaries made the first friendly contact known to history with the Aucas.(“Auca”
Posted in Education
Tagged Auca, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot, John G. Turner, Jonathan Edwards, Joseph Moore, Kathryn T. Long, Nate Saint, Pete Fleming, Philip Ryken, Roger Youderian, Social Justice, Waorani, Wheaton College, Woke Culture, Yanomamo
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Why Some Conservatives Don’t Like Social Justice
When you look at the history of Christianity in the West, it is largely defined (despite popular anti-Christian myth to the contrary) by Christians promoting social justice and charity for the poor and underprivileged. No other social group has been responsible for more positive social reform and improvements for the underprivileged, sick and downtrodden than Christians.
Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Catholic News Service, Jonathan Edwards, Karl Marx, Lawrence W. Reed, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Salvation Army, Social Justice, Social Justice Theology, Social Justice Warriors, Socialism, William Wilberforce
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