Enabling Race

“Hitler’s dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law.” ~ Alan Bullock, British historian and author “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” ~ Ephesians 5.11 Among other things, I would describe race as an “unfruitful work of darkness.”  It is a work that […]

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Questioning our Questions: Separatist Theology and what our Jesus would do

“Because Jesus Christ is the focal point for everything that is said about the Christian gospel, it is necessary to to investigate the meaning of his person and work in light of the black perspective.  It is one thing to assert that he is the essence of the Christian gospel and quite another to specify […]

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Who will not solve the race problem

“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men (and women) who can dream of things that never were.” ~ John F. Kennedy “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according […]

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There is not one race

“From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth…” ~ The Acts of the Apostles 17.26, NRSV “There is only one race: the human race.”  The thought has been attributed to several people so I deduce that the author is unknown (at least to me).  Still, the sentiment is repeated for reasons […]

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Change

“Looking to Jesus the author and finisher (KJV)/ the pioneer and perfecter of our faith who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame and has taken a seat at the right hand of the throne of God.” ~ Hebrews 12.2, NRSV Some say, “Change is […]

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