Tag: race and the flesh

What can we expect of race?

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What do we expect of an unjust system, an unfair practice that bases human value and purpose on the social coloring of skin?  Why do we ask of skin, look to the surface to give our lives and the lives we live with others a deeper meaning?  Why place such an expectation on race? Why […]

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What can flesh do to me?

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The psalmist declares, “In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust, I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me?” [1] The psalmist is talking about people and their attempts to attack him. He writes earlier, “Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me; all day long foes oppress […]

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