Episodes

Pastor Steve Jeffery concludes our series on Critical Social Justice with a talk about addressing woke tactics. Wokeness: activist movement! Corrections to be made to James Lindsay: “If you see something, say something” not always necessary Effective apologetic tactic: don’t speak up “Trojan horse” words The Woke lexicon How to respond to CSJ arguments Sowing doubt Further reading for this series: Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, Cynical Theories: how activist scholarship made everyt...

Pastor Jeffery continues our Critical Social Justice series talking about how “wokeness” is more a set of strategies than a worldview. Further reading for this series: Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, Cynical Theories: how activist scholarship made everything about race, gender, and identity – and why this harms everybody Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Everybody/dp/B08LDSWJ9V/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Cynical+Theories&qid=1638766402&sr=8-1 Fort Worth Public...

Resuming our series on Critical Social Justice (CSJ), Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about applying Christian principles to Pincourt and Lindsay’s Counter Wokecraft. No “races” in the Bible; there are nations Distinctions in the Bible have nothing to do with our concept of “race” The color of skin should not be a defining characteristic of people! The doctrine of colorblindness (Martin Luther King) Discrimination on the basis of skin tone in Exodus: (a bad thing) Differences between people tha...

NOTE: This is a rebroadcast. These talks originally aired as series of YouTube videos in November and December of 2020. Pastor Steve’s 14-video series on critical social justice from 2020, here presented for your backgroundey edification. Introduction Surveying the landscape One fundamental criticism From slavery through Marx to Frankfurt Three more historical stepping stones Cracks in the foundation Ceaseless activism Twisting words An army of bureaucrats No-platforming Violence Di...

Pastor Steve Jeffery begins our new series on dealing with Critical Social Justice (CSJ) and how we, as Christians, are to respond to “woke” ideas and people. The necessity of understanding Critical Social Justice Outline of Critical Social Justice ideology Counter Wokecraft James Lindsay Book outline: Description of Woke ideology Description of Woke tactics Strategies for fighting back The necessity of winning against wokeism Kimberle Crenshaw Marcuse and worldview theory Three basi...