Disgusting beyond words.
If you can wave this away, if you can “what-about” this, if you tell us that holding accountable those incited and carried this out is “divisive,” then you are the moral relativists you warned us about.
“But because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king's orders.”Ex1:17
While a policy may be legal, that doesn’t mean it’s just or right.
Under every earthly government believers must become maladjusted to injustice in view of the higher standard of God’s justice.
Sobering that Jesus says "get behind me Satan" not to a false or marginal Christian, but to Peter the high apostle. This implies that any Christian can become useful to Satan, not through apostasy or heresy, but simply through worldly wisdom and pride.
Because racism is on display from national leaders, no one can now say "racism would go away if you'd stop talking about it." Perhaps now, especially for the church, we can face realities, confess, repent, and actually move towards true harmony and reconciliation.
This is what happens when we sell our souls to buy our wins. The huge irony is that we do it in Jesus’ name. I don’t think He’s taking credit for this. https://t.co/185EXPR2La