by Isaac Adams
O, God, we don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you because you are worthy to be trusted. You’re worthy to be feared. You’re worthy to be relied on. You’re worthy of all our anxieties to be cast upon you. And that’s because you are God, and we are not. You are...
by John Talley III
Meet the Black Church: Louise Cecilia “Lulu” Fleming Louise Cecilia “Lulu” Fleming (1862–1899) was born on January 28th near Hibernia, Clay County, Florida. Born into a slave family, she would become the first African American to attend the...
by Austin Suter
Editor’s note—part of what makes conversations about race so difficult is that we seem to talk past each other. This word study series explores ways important words are used and provides biblical categories for the ideas behind them. Our goal is not to police language...
by Ryan King
In his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a scathing rebuke not simply of racism, but of quietism—the refusal of many to stand up and speak out for racial justice and equity. “We will have to repent in this generation not merely for...
by Austin Suter
“This is unbiblical.” For Christians, this statement is the ultimate conversation stopper. We understand the Scriptures to be the final word. Jesus taught that the Scriptures cannot be broken (John 10:35). He quoted the Old Testament as binding and instructing...
by David Gentino
The grisly video of Ahmaud Arbery’s death shook many of us. It was so wanton, so cruel, so animalistic. A twenty-five year old image bearer of God bled out on the asphalt of a suburban neighborhood, staining the street and the conscience of a nation with those three...
