By Davis Carlton

The recent controversy involving Joel Webbon and the promulgation of the Antioch Declaration has prompted me to explain why I have come to believe the revisionist narrative regarding the Second World War. For context, my reason for delving into this topic is because Joel Webbon is being accused of harboring Nazi sympathies because of his decision not to discipline a member who had the temerity to private send a meme via text that questioned the official narratives of the Holocaust. Pastors like James White, Doug Wilson, and Joe Boot have taken particular offense with those who would dare to question the received orthodoxy of the official narrative. They spearheaded the “Antioch Declaration” to define orthodoxy on the subject of World War II in addition to condemning ethno-nationalism. read more

By Davis Carlton

Charles Johnson, writing at the blog Reformed Theology Delatinized, has responded to Rev. Michael Spangler’s series on race realism posted at the Pactum Institute blog. Johnson concedes that Spangler is basically correct regarding the reality of race and that whites are being replaced in America, but that is the extent of his agreement. Johnson quotes Spangler’s saying that race realism is the belief that “race goes deep, extending to countless other realities, physical, cultural, intellectual, moral, and spiritual.” Johnson then argues that “A more historic name for this doctrine would be ‘racism.’” Johnson ignores the actual history of the frivolous accusation of “racism,” which sets the tone for the rest of his response. read more