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.

Stop Sign Theology

On By Darrell B. HarrisonIn Black Conservatism, Christianity, Conservatism, Conservatives, Family, My Worldview, Religion, Theology1 Comment

Imagine, if you will, you're driving along on some back-country road on a lazy Saturday afternoon in the fall. You're riding along, top down or sunroof open with a clear blue sky as a backdrop, admiring the brilliant colors of the season, the reds, the browns, the yellows of the leaves, as they flutter effortlessly to …

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On Riley Cooper and the Fallacy of “Racial Sensitivity Training”

On By Darrell B. HarrisonIn Black Conservatism, Family, Marriage, My Worldview, Racism, ReligionLeave a comment

So, here we go again. Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper, who is white, is scheduled to undergo "racial sensitivity training" as a result of a video which surfaced last week of him using the word "nigger" at a Kenny Chesney concert in Philadelphia. That's right - racial sensitivity training. That's like sending an adulterous …

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While You Were Focused on the Zimmerman Trial, the Decline of the Black Family and Church Continues

On By Darrell B. HarrisonIn Black Conservatism, Black Liberation Theology, Christianity, Family, My Worldview, Religion, Theology4 Comments

Having spent a week recently as a participating fellow of the inaugural Princeton Theological Seminary Black Theology and Leadership Institute (BTLI), I have come to the disheartening conclusion that the black church in America is in trouble. Big trouble. In using the term "black church", a term which I personally despise but will apply quite …

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