Race Fact #3

February 24, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Race was not a social category in the ancient world of the Bible. “The ancient world did not make skin color the focus of irrational sentiments or the basis for uncritical evaluation. …(T)he ancient world did not fall into the error of biological racism; black skin color was not a sign of inferiority; Greeks and […]

How does race bring glory to God?

February 8, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

“It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way but that by my speaking with all boldness, Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.” ~ Philippians 1.20 “The chief end of man is to glorify God and […]

Do Unto Others

February 6, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

“But I say to you that listen, ‘Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other side also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give […]

Race does not have the last word

February 5, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” ~The Revelation 22.13, NRSV Of the many things that I dislike about race, one is its use in the predeterminations of a person’s life. Before the plot begins, race has already finished the story. It is the same […]