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Racial, ethnic questions
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Racism contradicts evangelicals’ GOSPEL
I and some other evangelical scholars recently issued a very basic statement (please SIGN and SHARE): addressing racism…
My friend’s son murdered in racist attack
Donna Covington is Asbury’s vice president of formation and served as a top executive in a major corporation.…
RACIAL JUSTICE
We just discovered that, due to technical difficulties, SUBSCRIBERS DIDN’T RECEIVE MOST OF THE POSTS in JUNE (except…
Radio discussion of statement against racism
National radio show Point of View interviewed Craig regarding the statement on why racism contradicts the very gospel…
Marching to Zion: why we can appreciate marches for justice
One of my recent posts showed the local protest march in which my wife and I participated, and…
Theology and Race: Panel discussion at Asbury (part 1)
Dean of Formation Donna Covington leads President Timothy Tennent, myself and several colleagues in discussing race questions today.…
Interviewing my wife and daughter on racism
My wife and kids are originally from Congo, but they’ve now lived many years in the U.S. My…
Pentecost Sunday and Race in the U.S.
Around the year 2000, for the Eerdmans Lectionary commentary, I wrote on a reading for Pentecost Sunday, on…
Ethnic reconciliation in Ephesians 2:11-22
This is a message I preached at an evangelical Presbyterian church in Indiana. This link worked when I…
Racial and ethnic reconciliation
Craig was invited to speak on this at Asbury Seminary Chapel some time ago. This seems a good…
Scripture challenges racism
Craig was invited to preach and address race issues in a forum with Christena Cleveland of Duke, and…
The Temple in the New Testament–and ethnic reconciliation
NT teaching on the temple helps us understand how God cares about all peoples. It therefore also has…
She identifies as black: identifying with is not the same as identifying as
Insofar as we can tell from news reports so far, Rachel Dolezal got herself mired in a deep…
Racial reconciliation in Romans
Why did Paul have to spend so much time in Romans arguing from the Old Testament that salvation…