Category: Race and the Divine Image

Away from the Manger

.Reading time 10 minutes.

“In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews?  For we observed his star at its rising and have come to pay him homage.’  When King Herod heard this, […]

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Jesus and Santa Claus

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The title of this post sounds like the beginning of a bad joke or a nursery rhyme but apparently, Jesus and Santa are in the same socially constructed race.  According to Fox News host Megyn Kelly, they are both ‘white.’   Really? Actually, Jews are not a race; they are a nation of people.  And […]

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When We Color God In

.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Your way was through the sea, your path, through the mighty waters; yet your footprints were unseen.” ~ Psalm 77.19, NRSV There is a saying: “God moves in mysterious ways.”  The phrase suggests that God does act in the world but that the plans and purposes of God’s actions are unknown.  The psalmist tells us […]

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Unpacking God

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“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.” ~ Chinese proverb What box or boxes have you placed God in?  Please check all that apply and add more if applicable. □ Black                       □ Woman □ White                      □ Man □ Red                         □ Liberal □ Yellow                     □ Conservative □ Brown                     □ Democrat □ […]

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Thomas Watson on the Image of God

.Reading time 4 minutes.

“Watson was one of the most concise, racy, illustrative and suggestive of those eminent divines who made the Puritan age the Augustan period of evangelical literature. There is a happy union of sound doctrine, heart- searching experience and practical wisdom throughout all his works… His writings are his best memorial; perhaps he needed no other, […]

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