Mark Adams, the head coach of Texas Tech men's basketball, has now resigned after being suspended by the school for quoting a "racially insensitive" Bible verse.

Mark Adams made reference to the Apostle Paul's instruction to slaves and masters in the ancient Roman Empire when encouraging a player to have the proper attitude on the team, but things spiraled out of control when the PC police at the university reprimanded the coach for making "racially insensitive" remarks.

From Fox:

"My lifelong goal was to help and be a positive influence on my players, and to be a part of the Texas Tech men's basketball team," Adams said. "However, both the University and I believe this incident has become a distraction for the Texas Tech men's basketball team and the University, which I care about so deeply..."

Adams was suspended for using what the school called "an inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment" toward a student-athlete. The school said Adams was attempting to encourage the student-athlete, who was not named, "to be more receptive to coaching." The school said Adams "referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters."

The coach explained to Stadium on Sunday he was quoting a verse from the Bible and told one of the players there is "always a master and a servant." He added that he was just "quoting scripture" when talking about a player being coachable.

"I said that in the Bible that Jesus talks about how we all have bosses, and we all are servants," Adams told Stadium. "I was quoting the Bible about that."

Here's a few verses from the Bible that talk about slaves and masters like you and I would talk about employees and bosses (or players and coaches). See if this is racist to you.

Colossians 3:21-4:1:

Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don't work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people, knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done, and there is no favoritism.

Masters, deal with your slaves justly and fairly, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.

Let's head to a parallel in Ephesians 6:5-9:

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as you would Christ. Don't work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing God's will from your heart. Serve with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to people, knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord. And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

With only 4% of America now holding a biblical worldview, the nuances of ancient bond servitude vs. the transatlantic chattel slave trade is kinda lost on everyone. I'm not even sure if the coach put it in the correct context. Sad stuff.

Adams was also accused of spitting on a player in an earlier incident, which Adams denies, and nothing came of that issue when it first came up.

Adams said he may have "slobbered" on a player during the game by accident as he was battling a cold, according to Stadium. He told the outlet he did not remember telling the player, "I can spit on you whenever I want to."

Yeah, the spit story sounds pretty weak to me. If he had purposefully spit in a kid's face while others were around then there's no way he would have gotten away with it.

Regardless, Adams has stepped down as Red Raiders basketball coach after being abandoned by a university that refused to defend their coach for quoting scripture.