@AnthonyRayGray@pastordmack How could “God” make white men superior to women and Blacks (and that be supported Biblically) when the ideas of race, “Black” and “white” didn’t become social constructs until nearly 3000 after the writings of the Old Testament were canonized?
I’ve never met a Christian-turned-atheist who left the faith because they didn’t like Jesus, but I’ve met hundreds who left because the Christians around them acted nothing like Jesus.
If you believe Donald Trump is a Christian, and Martin Luther King, Jr. was not…your belief is driven by White Supremacist theology. If you don’t believe MLK’s declaration of returning to his father’s God, was not a declaration of returning to his father’s orthodoxy, then you don’t understand communication of Black theology within an African American orthodox theological context. John MaCarthur is not the gatekeeper of who is, and is not going to heaven. Ultimately, God is the sole determinant of who’s saved, and who’s not. My point, to reiterate is simply this: I cannot track with, or trust a person’s theology that concludes that Donald Trump, and Jonathan Edwards(who wrote a sermon on the back of a slave receipt, documenting his purchase of a 14yr old girl) are saved, but MLK was not a Christian. That’s White Supremacist theology on steroids.
“God is on our side” makes for a clever, feel-good cliché, but it’s not true.
God is on the side of love, peace, justice, and redemption.
If we are on that side, God is there with us.
If we are not, God beckons us to switch sides.
African theologian Augustine of Hippo born in present day Algeria is credited with laying the foundation of Western Christianity. In their "black heroes" series, the Tony Evans ministry calls him "...the most scholarly and influential of all Church fathers". #BlackHistoryMonth
@ZachWLambert I think you need to be more precise and update your post to read “Most folks see white Evangelical Christians primarily as unwavering supporters …” That part isn’t true for BIPOC Christendom.
Beware of Christians who literalize the words of Revelation about burning suns and seven-headed dragons, but spiritualize the words of Jesus about helping the poor, oppressed, and marginalized.
If our Christianity is somehow offended by the idea of everyone having food, shelter, drinkable water, and a livable wage, not only does this paint a deeply uncaring picture of our faith, but it also reveals that capitalism informs our beliefs more than the gospel of Jesus.
The New York Times put the attempted assassination of the United States Speaker of the House below the fold. If you want to know just how numb America has become to Trump’s inspiring of fascist violence, here it is.
@_karengilchrist Wow, Karen showing she’s a racist “Karen.” @CNBC you need to correct this article. If you can refer to Kate and other female royals by their titles in this article, you can do the same for the Duchess of Sussex. Stop being so blatantly racist!