Articles
We post several short articles per month, tackling complicated issues and giving space for Christians to share their experiences about race in an edifying way. Longer essays are a scholarly contribution to UWP. They examine racism in the church in light of historical and theological contexts. Both Short-Form and Long-Form essays are written by people burdened with racial reconciliation in the church.
God Doesn’t Pick Sides When It Comes To His Kids
Ben Sciacca reminds us not to be presumptive and assume that God is automatically on our side just because we’re passionate about our cause.
Book Response: Redemptive Kingdom Diversity
Chrys Jones shares five encouragement from Dr. Jarvis Williams new book Redemptive Kingdom Diversity: A Biblical Theology of the People of God
Black Kids in a White Church
Pastor Josh Chatman shares concerns and hopes for his children growing up as minorities in a mostly white church.
Gnosticism and Color-Blindness
Austin Suter looks at the way early gnostics treated gender and sees similarities in how some people today treat ethnicity.
We Need God’s People
Austin Suter reminds Christians of the need we have to gather with each other to remember the hope of our returning Lord.
Racism Is Not the Unpardonable Sin
Rayshawn Graves encourages us to treat racism like every other sin, by confessing and forgiving it.
Train up a Child
Talia Bush shares her experience raising up children and points to the Bible’s commands to model Christ-like behavior for our children.
Guilty for Your Ancestors’ Sins?
Rayshawn Graves explores the effects of sin, from culpability to corruption, and shows how we need to acknowledge and repudiate the sins of our ancestors even if we’re not morally culpable for them.
The Effects of Legal Segregation On Students Today
Faith Cote shares the history of a particular school district’s experience with segregation and how that has affected students even today.
Theological Arrogance
Austin Suter reflects on the ways white Christians can treat the Black Church with theological suspicion.