Ordinary Solutions for Racism
Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the word you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true...
Time to Stand
Dear brothers and sisters, The sacred Scriptures describe the sons of Issachar as “men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do” (1 Chronicles 12:32). These men were part of a contingent who came to King David at Hebron to help him battle...
When Your Daughter Doesn’t Share Your Ethnicity
Proverbs 22:6 states, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.” This verse is a clear command to parents that we are to channel our efforts and resources into training our children in the truths and ways of God. We...
Bible Literacy as a Solution for Racism
In his indicting book, The Color of Compromise (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019), Jemar Tisby unpacks how racism has maintained such a foothold among Christians throughout American history. As a historian, he traces the thread of racism from the origins of slavery...
Justice and George Floyd
Last week, a jury in Minneapolis found Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd in May of 2020. Shortly after Mr. Floyd was killed, a video of the murder began making the rounds on social media. The sustained worldwide protest which followed was unlike anything...