In spite of its dehumanizing effects on image bearers of God, the sin of racism is not the unpardonable sin. God redeems racists and forgives the sin of racism through the finished work of his Son, Jesus. Ephesians 2:13–16 describes the deep hostility that once...
Division within the culture abounds these days, and unfortunately that division has leaked into the church. And there is no greater division right now than how to effectively address the sin of racism. Opposite sides shout different things, but I want to talk about...
Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the word you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true...
Part of my job as editor of this ministry is research. Lately I have been reading hundreds of pages cataloguing racial injustice among God’s people. This history has been deeply discouraging to me. It’s not like it is new information. Slavery, reconstruction, Jim...
In a topic as controversial and complicated as race, Christians must agree on a central claim—racism is bad in theory and practice. That point is uncontroversial. But there is a way to both affirm and deny that statement at the same time. It is possible, even common,...
