Justin Karmann

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon My rating: 5 of 5 stars Blackmon makes the case in his 400 page historical commentary that ten years after the emancipation of slaves, African American’s few freedoms were again taken away. He follows the Cottenham family generation by generation, first outlining their great-grandfather Green who was torn from his African motherland and placed into antebellum slavery. After Abraham Lincoln’s venture to end slavery, the next generation of Cottenhams were given the opportunity to vote and receive a small tract of land. Unfortunately, certain Southern states who were crippled by the war such as Alabama and Mississippi knew the only way to rebuild their lands was through the re-enslavement of their African neighbors. To work around the new anti-slavery laws, states such as Alabama would arrest any and all young African males who they d...

Evil and the Justice of God by N.T. Wright My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

 “This is a high school trip, it was supposed to be 30 years last year, but it didn’t take place because of COVID-19,” he said. “So this year is this is our 10th year to Roanoke and they are designing a special T-shirt for us, so we are very excited,” he said. “What we are grateful for is they always have work and for a group our size it is really hard to find work for, like in 2019 we brought 89 people … So they prepare all year for us and they can accommodate us and they want us. It’s a relationship we have formed. The contractors remember some of the youths’ names, which is a really cool thing. “We bring a large box truck with everything. It takes us an entire year to start planning this trip. So, we will take a month off in August and we will start planning the next one. “We want to support Habitat,” Karmann said, “because they are in that community and we want to just lift them up and continue the work they do.” The group includes young men and women ranging from rising freshm...

  The conclusion presents an overall balanced view of the debate around N.T. Wright's understanding of apocalyptic prophecy and the kingdom of God. The conclusion acknowledges that Wright's work is significant and valid but also points out that some of his arguments may be overstated and that further clarity is needed. The conclusion also highlights the complexity of the topic and the fact that different interpretations may be drawn from the same texts. It is important to note that the conclusion does not present a clear stance on whether or not the world will literally end or be renewed, and whether or not the kingdom has come or is yet to come in the future. The conclusion also states that Wright's perspective is not wrong but need further clarity.

  Justin Karmann Professor Dale Allison, Ph.D. The Quest for the Historical Jesus May 12, 2014                                     Will the Stars Literally Fall from Heaven? A case for clarity             The rampant apocalyptic literature which pollutes our imaginations these days takes Biblical passages such as Daniel 7 , Isaiah 24 , and Mark 13 very literally . [1] The primary questions stemming from these passages are: was Jesus referring to the end of the world when he said the “Son of Man” would ride upon the clouds and stars would fall from heaven; or , was Jesus using apocalyptical metaphors as a way of prophecy for current socio-political events in the second-temple period? [2] On one side , the popular scholarship of Albert Schweitzer and J...