Racial Justice and Gospel Hope | The Russell Moore Show
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Do we believe in redemption?
That’s the question Latasha Morrison, author and founder of Be the Bridge, encourages listeners to consider. On this episode, Morrison and Moore discuss the issues of race, culture, and history’s impact on the present. They talk about what it’s like to listen, lament, and act on behalf of the oppressed-surrendering our work to the Lord as we walk the path of justice, righteousness, and reconciliation.
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Ive never understood how right it is to talk about the holocaust and be told to remember the Jewish people but when it comes to black people in Africa and the diaspora we're told we need to forget everything and move own is mind blowing. We forget the Economy that surrounds this discussion. The countries that colonized Africa and its people including Arabs do Not want to let go of the Economy that provides them so much of their wealth. In my opinion when we discuss slavery of black people with white people who hold certain beliefs your really talking about how they will be affected economically. It was stated in this discussion about the pastor who will not talk about race with his parishioners he would Not talk about it because he would lose his members. In my opinion this pastor isnt considering his post if he is called by God his first concern should be about his accountability to Jesus Christ but he worried about the impact economically to his church. Evangelicals only talk about America and Israel but they seem to hate black people and others. As a black person encountering the hatred in America I have to look at Jesus alone or I would leave the faith entirely. These churches turn people from God.
Thank you for this! Thank you for lifting voices. Representation matters. School integration is within my memory too. We have not come as far as we think we have. I was encouraged by this conversation and also wrestle with when to speak up.
This was a wonderful and yes hopeful conversation. I had the privilege of being part of Be The Bridge in 2021. I love Latasha's heart for God's church. My favorite question that you asked Russell was "What did he do right?" when she was sharing the positive experience that she had with one of her pastors during a particularly difficult time when Philando Castile was murdered. Good question, great answer. More of these conversations please.
The vast majority of conservative evangelical Christianity in America seeks ethnic unity, abhors our past history of chattel slavery, is pleased with the racial reconciliation and civil rights laws of the last 60 years, and will work to rectify any current, specific racial injustice. There is a strong reaction against church leaders promoting strawman arguments (Russell) or racial divisiveness in the church (on the left or right). I trust that Latasha is and will continue to get strong conservative evangelical support if she follows those precepts.
Russell, we define “wokeness” as interpreting life’s circumstances through the lens of a strict oppressor-oppressed identity paradigm involving mainly perceived sexual identity and race. This victimhood distinction trumps merit, accountability, logic, science, and natural law. This divisive and destructive ideology redefines our culture’s language and history, creates new unbiblical categories, defies biological reality, promotes moral confusion, grievance, and envy, and even justifies horrendous, immoral deeds (abortion, Hamas atrocities). "Systemic wokeism" (PC culture on steroids) affects each of our country’s institutions through required DEI programs, which is progressive culture's “creedal religion" (and fortunately, are fading fast in prevalence). The antidote for “wokeism” is transformative redemption through Jesus Christ, developing a healthy, biblical worldview, and personally overcoming the desensitized (seared) conscience of our regressive culture.
Re-creating the meaning of being woke (having empathy and acknowledging systemic racism exist) and or redefining it is part of the problem. Being a black pastor in a white denomination I would strongly disagree with you on Evangelicals abhor racist.
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Hi Troy,
I acknowledge and respect your struggles as a black pastor who has had negative experiences in a white denomination. We each have various perspectives and experiences, and I do sympathize with that. I am a believer in Christ involved in missions, so I experience the body of Christ as international: growing in Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia, and declining in the U.S. Thus, I do not see the church as skin color or race. However, that is not meant to minimize your real experiences but just show a different perspective. I can teach my grandchildren about, and we can abhor, the racist parts of American history, but it may not be top of mind for us as it is for you.
I’m aware of the original definition of “woke” in black culture. My perspective is as a recently retired pediatrician who also abhors my profession’s handling of transgenderism in children. A difficulty is that our secular culture has inextricably linked the original woke concept, through critical theory’s intersectionality, to the LGBT movement. In response to that, I feel I need to re-evaluate and expand the definition of “wokeness.” My “re-creation” is a response to our “progressive” culture’s coalescence of ideas, some of which are bad. We live in a society where language is constantly being redefined, so I believe that we must carefully define terms, but we cannot own them.
I find the term “systemic racism” as vague and unhelpful. It commonly leads to feelings of hopelessness, despair and a need to destroy the system. It implies that current laws and specific policies are racist. In 2024 America, we have DEI initiatives that control or influence every institution. To be labeled a “racist” is the most derogatory term. Legal immigrants from India, Africa, and Asia do better than the average Caucasian. However, there are still inequities regarding native born blacks. I prefer the term “historic racism” as it implies that people’s attitudes are influenced, and opportunities limited, by our country’s history of racism. Now that seems to be a specific concept that we can all act on, not just sympathize with. I’m not arguing that there are not still racist actions (we live in a fallen world), but that currently it is more likely that people, not systems, are racist.
Troy, I want to encourage you in your ministry. Biblical followers of Jesus Christ, transformed by the gospel, are of kingdom importance! As a white American, issues of race can be embarrassing and difficult to discuss, and black leaders must be in the driver's seat on this topic. However, I feel that important issues require honest, careful reflection, not just empathetic platitudes.