Christian Ethic #2 for this conversation: So, what about in 2017? Should we be removing monuments to Confederate Leaders? Well, there certainly is wisdom in doing so… and then a Christian ethic for doing so. First, the wisdom – and from what you might consider an unlikely source: Lexington, VA., August 5, 1869. Dear Sir–Absence…Continue reading Confederate Monument Controversy – Part 4
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Confederate Monument Controversy – Part 2
… (read part 1 if you haven’t yet) And, in the continued research, I discovered that there are dozens of various statues and monuments to the man, especially in South Carolina. Schools, streets, and a city are named for him. Because of his military prowess, a ship was named after him in WWII. I want…Continue reading Confederate Monument Controversy – Part 2
Confederate Monuments Controversy – Part I
Taking/tearing down Confederate Monuments “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all… Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” The Apostle Paul, Romans 12:18 & 21 Hopefully the verse above makes it clear that I am writing this to Bible – believing Christians. If you have…Continue reading Confederate Monuments Controversy – Part I
My Theology of Race – Part 4
Intermarriage There were multiple commands from God to the Jews not to intermarry with the Canaanites and other tribes they were conquering in the Promised Land. “You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, 4 for they would turn away your sons from following me,…Continue reading My Theology of Race – Part 4
My Theology of Race – Part 3
Tower of Babel The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-8,9) “Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.” This passage, which is among the shortest and most obscure in the entire Bible to…Continue reading My Theology of Race – Part 3
My Theology of Race – Part 2
Shem, Ham, Japheth A common Jewish tradition is that the three “races” were the progeny of Noah’s three sons, Shem, Japheth and Ham. Gen 9:18-19 “The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from…Continue reading My Theology of Race – Part 2