Race and the Lie of the Self- Made Person

“It is he who made us and not we ourselves.” ~Psalm 100.3 There are no self- made persons.  We, as human beings, do not have that ability neither will we ever develop it.  This capacity to be self- existent, to have one’s origin be one’s own hands can only be attributed to God.  While this […]

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Five Lies Christians Believe About Race

“My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in the spirit of gentleness.  Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.  Bear one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. For if those who are nothing think […]

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If the ‘white’ man wrote the Bible

I am not certain when or from whom this belief originates or what makes it true.  But, I have heard it expressed by persons without theological training or even remote interest in the subject, who I believe have neither read the Bible in its entirety nor do they wish to.  However, I think they would […]

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Tired Of Race

I’m not searching for a middle ground, an either/or, both/and solution to race.  I don’t believe in compromise when it comes to the matter for the loss is too great if race remains in our lives.  No one will win; no one ever has.  I find nothing of use in the designations of race or its […]

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Color of the Cross

“For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.  He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and […]

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