Parental Failure of James Blake, Sr.

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, beneath a rock, in a secluded jungle somewhere in South America, then you should be familiar with the name Jacob Blake. You know, the guy who was shot by police officers for, among other things, rape, violating a restraining order, car theft, resisting arrest, and the what looks like attempted murder of a police officer with a large knife. The latter charge is pending.

What is missing from much of the narrative going on about Jacob Blake is his father, who some assume to be just a grieving individual over what has recently transpired with his son. James Blake, though, is no paragon of moral virtue and it is become of his bitterness and rage that likely rubbed off on his son that has now bloomed to the charges now waiting him in his hospital bed. For James Blake, Sr. is not only an anti-Semite that frequently spits venom in their direction that Louis Farrakhan would approve—probably because Blake supports Farrakhan “100%”—but is a foul-mouthed “Reverend” of the most hypocritical order.

Dr. Paul takes Senior Blake to task in this episode of Dr. Paul Live! for not only Blake’s embittered racism and anti-Semitism, but goes on to argue that proper parenting starts early and often by disciplining children in the fear and admonition of God—and not “Allah.”

About the Author

Paul Derengowski, Ph.D.
Founder of the Christian Apologetics Project PhD, Theology with Dogmatics, North-West University (2018); MA Apologetics with Honors, BIOLA University (2007); ThM, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2003); MDiv, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2000); BA Pastoral Ministry & Bible, Baptist Bible College (1992)