Author: Darrell B. Harrison

Darrell B. Harrison is a native of Atlanta, GA. In January 2024, Darrell joined the pastoral staff at Redeemer Bible Church in Gilbert, Arizona, after serving the previous five years at Grace to You, the media ministry of Dr. John MacArthur. He is a Fellow of the Black Theology and Leadership Institute (BTLI) of Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) in Princeton, New Jersey, and a graduate of the Theology and Ministry program at PTS. Darrell studied at the undergraduate level at Liberty University, where he majored in Psychology with a concentration in Christian Counseling, and was the first black person to be ordained as a deacon in the 200-year history of First Baptist Church of Covington (Georgia), where he attended from 2009 to 2015. Darrell is an ardent student of Reformed theology, and enjoys reading Puritan writers such as Thomas Watson, John Flavel, and Richard Sibbes. Darrell is an advocate of expository teaching and preaching and has a particular passion for seeing expository preaching become the standard within the Black Church.

The Myth of “Black Community”

On By Darrell B. HarrisonIn Black Conservatism, Black Liberation Theology, Christianity, Family, Gospel, Liberalism, Marxism, My Worldview, Progressivism, Racism, Religion, Theology21 Comments

Much is being made today about the state of what is often referred to as the "black community." That is not breaking news. The truth is much was being made about "black community" in the 1960s... ...and the 1970s ...and the 1980s ...and the 1990s ...and Well, you get the point. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the …

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Black Lives Matter and the Mirage of Activist Salvation

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"All of us growl like bears, and moan sadly like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us." Isaiah 59:11 (NASB) Image credit: huffingtonpost.com I recently undertook a rather judicious study of the Guiding Principles of the entity known as Black Lives Matter (or BLM). In reading carefully through each of the organization's 13 precepts, I …

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The Insufficiency of Our Efforts to Achieve Racial Reconciliation

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“and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that thy would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him …

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