Sermons on Race
Ethnic Identity & Social Location
In this message Pastor T. C. explores the way we locate ourselves ethnically, racially, and relative to others in society. In Acts 21, Paul attempts to navigate what Dr. Willie James Jennings calls the “diaspora anxiety” of the Jerusalem elders. But it fails spectacularly. We need a better way.
Family & Privilege
In this message, Pastor T. C. confronts an important relational dynamic that affects forging family: privilege. Pastor T. C. draws from Jesus’s teachings and from the letters of the apostle Paul, as well as pointing to a new resource on privilege by Dominique Gilliard entitled, Subversive Witness.
Dear White Peacemakers
In this message, Pastor Osheta introduces us to an aspect of her approach to antiracism. She focuses on our shared belovedness while not compromising on boldly calling out the lie of White Supremacy. She calls this Antiracist Peacemaking.
Black Farmers
In this message, author and minister, Jerusalem Greer, shares how she discovered the connections between creation care, incarnational theology, and racial justice through the hashtag “Black Farmers.”
The Cross & Racist Violence
In John 12, Jesus reflects on the meaning of his death on the cross. His crucifixion exposes the unjust and corrupt way the world is ordered. Systemic evils like racism and misogyny are forms of Scapegoating carried out by the principalities and powers. Jesus disarms the powers by defeating their greatest weapon: the fear of death. Jesus’s Cross not only exposes and disarms the powers, it also refounds the world—it is his Coronation as the rightful King of the world.…
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