In his sermon titled, The Sequel to Divine Sovereignty,[1] the “prince of preachers,” Charles Haddon Spurgeon[2] declared, "No doctrine in the whole Word of God has more excited the hatred of mankind than the truth of the absolute sovereignty of God." For what it’s worth, I happen to concur with Spurgeon. But I want to …
Tag: Racism
The Black Church and the Insignificance of Ethnicity in Light of the Gospel of Christ
In his book, The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, & Public Witness, Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia,[1] reflects on a gathering held many years ago at the Kelly Miller Institute on Black Church Studies[2] of theologians and pastors for the purpose of dialoguing “between pulpit, …
The “Heart” of Racism
In these days of heightened sensitivities and political correctness that has seemingly run amok, the term 'racist' is being thrown about as quickly as a child might say "Tag, you're it!" One can barely sneeze without being labeled as racist in one way or another. There is perhaps no greater (or, lesser, depending on your perspective) example of …
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