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Iggy Whitlock
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Viewing culture, citizenship, & the Christian life through a Christ-shaped lens. Classical liberal. "Son of Issachar" vibes. Writings at: punctumdictum.blog.
Slavery wasn't a white invention. Anthony Johnson—freed slave from Angola—bought land & his own servants in 1651. African kingdoms like Dahomey built wealth on slave trade before European ships arrived. It's about human depravity.
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Willing Slaves
Slavery wasn't a white invention—it's human depravity. From African kingdoms to modern victimhood, the chains have changed but bondage remains.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Beware the symbols that have outgrown what they represent.
January 28, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Almost none of the newly freed slaves demanded reparations. They looked forward, built schools, bought land, started businesses. Their descendants 160 years removed can't stop talking about reparations. What changed? #BlackHistory

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The Reparations They Never Demanded
The freedmen who endured slavery focused on building, not demanding reparations. Their descendants do the opposite. What changed?
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January 27, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Context is King.
January 26, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Sittin' here wonderin' if the 7 *actual* kings gathered at Davos really missed the irony of their "No Kings" (anti-Trump) protest...

#WEF2026 #Davos2026
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Love doesn't lie.
January 24, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Revulsion at absurd things is the gag reflex of the conscience.
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Robert Robinson Taylor (MIT's first black grad, 1892). Mathias de Sousa (elected to Maryland assembly, 1641). Bass Reeves (U.S. Marshal, 3000+ arrests). These were builders, not victims. These are the crooked sticks we forgot.

#BlackHistory
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The Real Crooked Sticks
GOD draws straight lines with crooked sticks. Celebrate the faithful forgotten: Washington, Reeves, Taylor, and the unnamed multitude who built lasting legacies.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The shortest path to gratitude is through the realization of how little we deserve.
January 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The devil is busy but GOD is busier.
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Every time we treat King as a Christian hero rather than a theological liberal who used Christian vocabulary for social ends, we reinforce a lie: that the Gospel is fundamentally about the temporal rather than the about the eternal...
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The Reverend Who Wasn't
Martin Luther King Jr. denied the virgin birth, bodily resurrection, and deity of Christ. Can we call him "Reverend" when he rejected the very Gospel itself?
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January 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM
In 1965, 25% of black children were born to unwed mothers. It's now 75%. It's not random social evolution but the predictable result of a welfare state that treats fathers as liabilities & marriage as a luxury the poor can't afford.

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High Hopes, Fractured Families: The Great Society?
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society promised to help struggling families. Sixty years later, the data tells a different story. High hopes, fractured families.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Go ahead and let your mistakes define you – not the ones you've made, but the ones you've owned.
January 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The "Reverend Dr." MLK was a social icon, but also a spiritual fraud who denied the heart of Christianity. Have we just been gaslit into lionizing him? If you suspected the receipts never quite added up but have been afraid to say so—here ya go: punctumdictum.blog/failed-heroe...

#MLKDay
Failed Heroes: Martin Luther King and the Hagiography Trap
When conservatives canonize flawed heroes for racial credibility, who wins? A theological and moral reckoning with MLK's disqualifying failures.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Ethnic gnosticism elevates personal experience rooted in group identity above Scripture. It says "You can't understand because you're not one of us"—undermining Scripture's sufficiency. If that's not heresy, what is?

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Ethnic Gnosticism and the Gospel: Why Skin Color Doesn't Grant Special Knowledge
Voddie Baucham's notion of ethnic gnosticism exposes the heresy of race-based epistemology. The Gospel offers unity in Christ over identity politics.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Back to BlueSky after a year away. I aim for Christ-centered commentary from a Reformed theological angle. Classical liberal, I do lean a bit polemical but am focused more on accuracy. Recent: punctumdictum.blog/tribal-tempt...

What should I know about the Reformed/theology community here on bsky?
Tribal Temptation
A Christian reflection on the temptation to weaponize state power against political enemies—and why principled restraint is harder than it looks.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM