Posts Tagged ‘racism’
How do you teach in an area that holds strong prejudice?
Question: Good day, I wanted to ask: What can I do in my local community to get the word of God out, not just about salvation, but the natural progression of the conversation about the right church? For context, I am in South Africa. This is rather significant because most churches in my local area…
Read MoreInternational Relationships
by Zeke Flores International hostilities go back a long way. Way, way back. Consider the international relations in Isaiah’s day. Israel’s former enslaver, Egypt, was constantly vying for top-dog status, which they won and lost repeatedly. Assyria was the superpower of Isaiah’s day. Their unofficial mantra was “march and conquer, march and conquer.” The road…
Read MoreAre All Men Created Equal?
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Are-All-Men-Created-Equal.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Acts 17:21-31 I. Many people are familiar with the stirring words of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty…
Read MoreSeeing Our World Through the Eyes of Jesus
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Seeing-Our-World-Through-the-Eyes-of-Jesus.mp3 by Max Dawson
Read MoreSegregation Disguised as Diversity
by Joe R. Price The Bible says, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). The gospel overcomes societal sins of inequality and injustice between races and cultures (Colossians 3:11). Our unity in Christ does…
Read MoreOld Tricks From Satan’s Playbook
by Austin Hausner “Is there a thing of which it is said, ‘See, this is new’? It has been already in the ages before us” (Ecclesiastes 1:10). Solomon reminds us that there is nothing new. This is important to remember because many things that people say are new are actually the same old tricks repackaged…
Read MoreReligion that Lives in the Past
Author Unknown Sentry Magazine, December 2001 (Editor’s note: I would love to give credit to the author of this excellent piece but there was no name attached to the article. There may have been one on the envelope but when it was detached from the article it became impossible to give proper credit. I wish…
Read MoreDarwin — the Father of Evolution, Racism, and Abortion
by Jefferson David Tant The world has changed since Charles Darwin concocted the idea that we have all evolved from the slime in a primeval swamp. In many ways, the development of scientific achievements has been a great blessing to us in the way of the comfort of living and other advances. But there is…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter Statement
by Jefferson David Tant There is much turmoil and violence taking place in our nation over the racial problems that have become prominent in recent months. The “Black Lives Matter” movement has taken a leading role in discussions, demonstrations, and even violence in many places, including the murder of a woman who said “All lives…
Read MoreRacism Is Wrong
by Doy Moyer Racism is wrong. Do you know why? If you say that it is wrong, but do not ultimately know why, then all you are doing is expressing either your own personal preferences or mirroring the preferences of others. That is not acceptable, for preferences are subjective expressions, not objective moral statements to…
Read MoreBlack lives matter is a bigger issue than the organization
Question: Black lives matter is a bigger issue than just the Black Lives Matter organization. I’m afraid this article will be used by those who are merely tired of people saying that black lives matter, small letters, because either they don’t agree or don’t care. This is a huge issue in our country. Your other…
Read MoreSkin Color Is Temporary
by Jonathan Perz One of the great spiritual ironies of “race” (as it relates to the color of a person’s skin) is the fact that at some point, we will all be changed. Consider the words of the apostle Paul” “All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of…
Read MoreCan Christians support Black Lives Matter?
Question: Hello, I am a member of the church. We have mixed views here on whether or not we are allowed to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement and the ongoing protests. Some members have asked me to settle the topic biblically, but I need some advice. In addition, concerns have come…
Read MorePrejudiced: Preconceived Opinions
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Prejudiced-Preconceived-Opinions.mp3 Text: James 2:1-9 I. How many of you believe you are prejudice? How many of you believe you are the victim of prejudice? A. Prejudice is old, old problem that Christians have battled for centuries. 1. It means to have an opinion about something or someone before all the facts are weighed. 2. It is not wrong to…
Read MoreOne God, One Lord, One Body, Many Races?
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017Spring2OneGodOneLordOneBodyManyRaces.mp3 by Frederic Gray 2017 Spring Meeting
Read MoreAm I lost because I’m of mixed race?
Question: Hi Jeffrey, I could really need your help. I’m really struggling. I believe I am going to hell. I am of mixed race and had an intimate relationship with someone of another race. I have read in the Standard Anointed Bible that this means I am going to hell. As it states in Mark…
Read MoreWhy do whites and blacks worship separately in South Africa?
Question: Who was the first black person in the world? Why did God choose to make people of different races? Is a black person a product of a curse? You can give verses to refer to, I would appreciate it. I’m sorry to ask this type of question. Answer: See: How did the different races come…
Read MoreThe pastor in the church we are in slapped my wife and called her a derogatory name. What should we do?
Question: Hello, I have a problem. The church that I am attending is very disrespectful to women and people of color, calling them second-class citizens and that God put them on earth to serve men and nothing more than that. They say women cannot be saved unless they give birth, that Jesus died for only…
Read MoreIs it wrong to marry a person of a different nationality?
Question: My family believes that it is a sin to marry a person who is not of the same nationality as you. As an example, they believe that is wrong to marry someone who is Mexican, Italian, Indian, etc. Being white, they also believe that it is a sin to marry someone that is black. …
Read MoreShould a church not hire a preach because he and his fiancée are different skin colors?
Question: Dear brother, I am facing a dilemma in the congregation with which I worship. We are in the process of searching for a minister and are not under the guidance of an eldership. We have interviewed several candidates and have found one in particular that interests us. He has preached and taught for us…
Read MoreWould it be wrong to not want my daughter to marry an African-American?
Question: I have been struggling with a particular problem and I’m am trying my best to change, but I really do not know if it’s a sin or not. I am not racist or prejudice, I love everyone and I have friends of all races. I plan on having kids one day and for some…
Read MoreGod Shows No Partiality
by Bryan Matthew Dockens Racial discrimination is senseless and ungodly. God’s plan for salvation has always been open to all. Centuries before Christ came to fulfill the divine promise, Isaiah prophesied of the church that “all nations shall flow into it” (Isaiah 2:2). Indeed, the very day it was established, the church included members “from…
Read MoreDoes the curse of Canaan mean we should be saving as many black people as possible?
Question: Can you send me all the information you have on the curse of Canaan? I see Ham had four sons and Canaan was the youngest. So this can’t mean all black people are cursed because it was only the descendants of one of the four children. Yet at the same time, that’s a lot…
Read MoreWill only black people and Israelites be saved?
Question: So what’s this I hear that only Black people and Israelites are going to be saved? Answer: I don’t know your sources, but it is obviously false. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And…
Read MoreIs it wrong to marry a person from a different race?
Question: I would really appreciate it if you could answer my question: Is it wrong to marry a person from a different race group? Answer: In the Bible, the concept of race doesn’t exist. There are nationalities, but God states that all of mankind is one race. That is because all of us descend from…
Read MoreRacial Hatred
Bill White via Meditate on These Things Tri-County Church of Christ, Watertown, NY December 30, 2006 No attitude of mind is further from the spirit of Christ than that of racial hatred. No, I am not thinking in terms of the degree of sin, I simply mean that racial hatred and prejudices are totally…
Read MoreAren’t you dancing around the issue of racism?
Question: You surely did a huge dance around the “racism” issue. [See “The Broadening Definition of Racism.”] Since you condemned all of the other sins in other articles, why didn’t you condemn racism as a sin as well? Instead, you linked a religious body’s (the United Church of Christ’s) condoning of homosexuality to the “racism”…
Read MoreThe Broadening Definition of Racism
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton During the week leading up to the observance of the government’s Martin Luther King Day, the local paper heralded the formation of a new group called Churches Uniting in Christ. Nine denominations joined to campaign against racism. The very development of these organizations which tie denominations together is fascinating, especially when…
Read MoreIs racism a sin?
Question: How do you embrace people of all races and remain different? Is racism a sin? Is Jesus white or is Adam black? Answer: Webster’s dictionary defines racism as, “the belief in the superiority or dominance of one race over another.” The Bible teaches that there are many nationalities, but there is one genetic race…
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