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1. What Would Jesus Do to Accelerate Racial Healing Today?: This is the crucial moment in history when we all must ask ourselves the imperative question, "What would Jesus do?" Perhaps we should also ask of ourselves these follow-up questions: —"How would Jesus ...; Created on 04 June 2020
2. Why the Book of Revelation Is Really a Romance Story: Like a car wreck on the expressway where everyone begins to slow down to get a glimpse of the tragedy that has happened, our nation is experiencing a slowdown in the midst of tragedy right now. For the ...; Created on 14 April 2020
3. Most Sermons on Forgiveness Leave Out This Crucial Factor: Recently, I found myself sitting in church listening to an age-old sermon about forgiveness, a topic I have heard preached so many times before. This time, the guest preacher preceded his sermon by showing ...; Created on 01 October 2019
4. More Than 200 Pastors Gather Today to Repent of This Historic Sin: Editor's Note: Christians from a wide variety of racial, cultural and denominational backgrounds unite Saturday, Aug. 25, for OneRace Stone Mountain, an event of worship and prayer for racial reconciliatio ...; Created on 10 August 2018
5. Come Sunday, the Church Should Recommit to Confronting This Nasty Sin: ... American life, even within our churches. On Sunday, Aug. 12, we will host a special service calling for continued racial reconciliation. On the one-year anniversary of this dark day, it's incumbent upo ...; Created on 09 August 2018
6. Why We Need the Reconciled Church More Than Coffee and Cussing: ... the clarion awakening of a people who will rise above the skin color wars frequency and engage in genuine racial reconciliation from the Bible vantage point of humanity being the one bood/one race of Act ...; Created on 30 May 2018
7. The Church, Like Starbucks, Needs More Racial Sensitivity: Starbucks closed 8,000 of its stores this week so its baristas could undergo four hours of racial sensitivity training. The company took the drastic action to counteract negative publicity it got last ...; Created on 29 May 2018
8. What to Do When Disagreements and Separations Turn Absolutely Hateful: John the beloved—also known as the apostle of love—offers some convicting words in his epistles. While John's Gospel demonstrates the living, breathing God of love made flesh in the person of Jesus, his ...; Created on 31 May 2018
9. The Spiritual Warfare Behind Racial Tension in the Church: ... Christian leaders are not doing enough to bring about true racial reconciliation. Reflection: I grew up in the '80s in a small city in south central Virginia. Unfortunately, I am not a stranger to racial ...; Created on 21 May 2018
10. Does Every Church Really Need to Be Diverse?: Diversity is culturally popular right now—especially in the church. But is it necessary for a church to be diverse and ethnically inclusive in order for it to be an effective carrier of the gospel? Trip ...; Created on 16 April 2018
11. Beth Moore: Why I Started Tweeting About Racial Justice: Beth Moore has attracted attention the last 18 months for her increased willingness to speak out against racial inequality and sexual assault. Though some have called her brave, she said she's uncomfortable ...; Created on 10 April 2018
12. What Would Jesus Do? The Church's Response to Racism: Alt-right, alt-left, antifa, alt-light, progressive, conservative, Caucasian, black, Hispanic, Asian, white supremacist, Black Lives Matter. Can we become any more divided? Where does the church of our ...; Created on 17 August 2017
13. After Charlottesville Riots, Why Aren't Our Churches More Diverse?: "What's wrong with our church?" It was a sincere question. The elder wanted to know why there seems to be a steady erosion of attendance, discipleship and evangelism at his church. Then I showed him the ...; Created on 14 August 2017
14. Paul's No-Nonsense Strategy for Dealing With Racism in the Church: This blog is the final installment of an impromptu series on ethnic diversity and racial reconciliation in the Church. The first blog was inspired by a trip to the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South ...; Created on 22 May 2017
15. New Study Fleshes Out Pastors' Mixed Feelings About Race Relations: Most Protestant senior pastors say their church is open to hearing about racial reconciliation. But few say church leaders are clamoring to hear more about it. And pastors seem to prefer personal relationships ...; Created on 31 March 2017
16. What You as a Believer Can Do to Show God's Infinite Love: My heart has been broken over the past few weeks of racial unrest in America. The truth is this: My heart actually stays in a continual state of brokenness over the world we live in, over the choices that ...; Created on 30 September 2016
17. Doing This Creates a Winning Atmosphere for Christians and Non-Christians Alike: ... same belief system. And yet, the Holy Spirit calls me to be a minister of reconciliation. "Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation ...; Created on 09 September 2016
18. Before Criticizing Its Stance on 'Black Lives Matter,' Give InterVarsity Benefit of the Doubt: ... ic conversations means offending people—and being offended. The issue of race in America is too big for the church to ignore because someone criticized us. As InterVarsity put it in their statement, r ...; Created on 05 January 2016
19. Is Racial Reconcilation a Top Priority For Your Church?: ... t to look forward to the new day God is bringing to the church. The Ministry of Reconciliation By Edward Gilbreath A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that 40 percent of blacks believe African-America ...; Created on 18 February 2015