Slavery Debates: Communication model gone bad
Pounding drums, jeers, and yelling reached a cacophonous pitch on the ship of state. In retrospect, it was inevitable that the slavery debate would end in catastrophe. Historian Mark Noll…
Huck Finn’s dilemma, Part Two: When conscience and Scripture seemed to collide
In Part One, Huck Finn and abolition-minded Christians agonized over slavery and the state of their own souls. They were torn between heart/conscience and Bible verses that seemed to support…