“The Bible does not begin with a special race of people. When the first human is introduced into the story, he is simply called adam, which means humankind.” ~ J. Daniel Hays, From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race, 47
“One of the more difficult hurdles for us to overcome in developing and applying biblical theology from the Scriptures is the ever- constant intrusion of ‘cultural pre- understanding’ into our interpretive and applicational process. ‘Cultural pre- understanding’ is the tendency for us to interpret the biblical material through the lenses of our own personal cultural […]
“It is racism with which we are, as a nation, familiar, even if we remain sadly naive as to the depths of its depravity.” ~ Tim Wise, Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
I am a new mother of an eight month old charming boy named John and as protective as they come. No one is exempt from my scrutiny. I even subjected my husband to a job interview of sorts before leaving them home alone for the first time. “How many diapers have you changed? How many […]