Has your church talked about the racial conflicts of our day together as a body? Pastor Dave Slabach and his wife Gert share how churches can enter into these difficult conversations in a healthy way.
As Carlos Whittaker says, “Don’t stand on issues; walk with people.” Don’t stand on the issue of racism, critical theory, wokeness, or whatever. Walk with people. Hear their stories. Learn to see the world through their eyes, and we can better understand the various issues of our day.
People frequently ask, “What is racism” or “how do you define racism?” In this article, I’m going to respond to this question and other related questions readers have asked over the last few months as it concerns the racial conflicts of our day.
Another incident has happened that communicates to the black community their lives don’t matter, and the rest of us are nowhere closer to understanding why a man being shot in the back seven times by police communicates to black people that they don’t, in fact, matter.
I hope we don’t make the mistake of thinking that because the oppressed responded by rioting we as the church don’t need to be active in speaking up and fighting for racial justice.
Can we pause a moment and simply hear the cries of the people? Can we lay aside excuses for deflecting ownership of the sin of racism and simply sit with our black brothers and sisters in their pain, hearing the horrors they tried telling us about while we refused to listen?
This week, I connected again with my friend Keeshon Washington and discussed why we need to have conversations about racism, why we should talk with friends of color about their experiences, what racism even means, and how parents who adopt children of color should parent their kids.
A few weeks ago, I sat down with my aunt over Skype and we talked about race, black history, what it’s like growing up black, whether or not couples should have inter-racial adoptions, and much, much more! I shared the full interview with my blog members, but wanted to give you all a taste of what we discussed as well.
Are you aware of the racism in your church?
“Now wait a minute,” you may say. “There’s no racism in our church.” And there very well may not be.
But then again, there might be and you don’t realize it.
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend who is black and lives in the south. He told me racism is not a social issue. What drives racism, no matter what color of skin one has, isn’t the way the judicial system is set up. It isn’t even whether are not we have statues. In this post we’ll explore what he means by that.
If you are a disciple of Jesus Christ and you live in America, what happened in Charlottesville this past weekend ought to break your heart. Any kind of violence and favoritism should, especially racism.
Here’s what happened, and what we can learn from it.
Author Asher Witmer knows what it’s like to want freedom from sexual sin only to continually fail. We’re often told we need more personal discipline, that we need to think godly things instead of fleshly things.
What if I told you that discipline won’t solve your problem with lust?
Our male sexuality is given by God for advancing beauty and goodness. But somewhere along the line it becomes something that causes devastation and guilt. The good news is we don’t have to live with guilt. In Live Free, Asher Witmer shows us how we can find freedom from sexual sin, live with nothing to hide, and be able to fight for others.
