The historical answer to our question is simple and tragic. We segregate because of the sin of racism.
All in Culture
The historical answer to our question is simple and tragic. We segregate because of the sin of racism.
I fear that we’ve buried our noses so deep in our texts, that we have forgotten that we have a mission in the world.
While there’s no doubt about the massive good done by many evangelical churches, evangelicalism as a whole has a real problem. For followers of Jesus, this should be a major issue.
As the Christian evangelical church in the West, in general, you don’t have to look very far to see that we have missed the mark on evangelism.
What are these barriers these families face, and how can the church accommodate?
We hardly hear Christian leaders talk about our working lives at all, but when we do, they most often say that hard work is a supreme virtue
I’ve heard the statement a thousand times: “Politics don’t belong in church!”
Once in a while, something comes along that shakes up that little world of mine, and I am forced to lift my eyes to the larger world—the one God sees all the time.
The problem with the idea promoted by comments like “I’m color blind” is that the idea does not communicate what we white people may think it does.
Have you been in a small group discussion but felt unable to give your opinion?
All of us are conditioned to see the world in certain ways. We are taught to see some things, and not others.
The hope of Christianity embraces a world of hopelessness. Ours is the most real hope of all, because death sits at its center.
We offer three crucial commitments that are essential to any attempt to move closer toward the goal of racial reconciliation in the church.
Our tendency to leave our pastoral protocol undefined produces more sorrow than biblical faithfulness.
The primary challenge I see is pursuing racial reconciliation and not just racial integration.
We need to seek to be a church that relates to a culture that is trying to fit their spirituality into their own story and past.
He showed us that there is hope and redemption for those who have been marginalized, oppressed, and left to die in the ghetto.
Our unique stories and cultures are not things to be expunged, blended, or muted.
Would you like an apple? They’re a prized variety with supernatural vitamins. Come on; eat one! It’ll open your eyes to good and evil.
