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guillaumeb

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Tue Jun 11, 2019, 12:35 PM Jun 2019

Southern Baptist president says racial insensitivity shows disregard for the gospel [View all]

From the article:

Speaking at a black church Sunday (June 9) in a city that is nearly 75% percent African American, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, J.D. Greear, said white Christians who are racially insensitive are disregarding the gospel.
“I do not need to tell this church the church of the West has had a horrible history of racism,” Greear, a pastor in North Carolina, told Sixth Avenue Baptist Church.
“And there’s one primary reason that that happened: Christians lost touch with the gospel.”...

“The gospel teaches us that there’s only one kind of person: human,” said Greear. “We’ve all got the same problem: sin.”


To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2019/06/10/southern-baptist-president-says-racial-insensitivity-shows-disregard-for-the-gospel/
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Let those that have ears to hear hear that message Docreed2003 Jun 2019 #1
And the ability to process what they hear. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #2
This is how Jesus treated someone of a different ethnicity Mariana Jun 2019 #3
He says this to a black church instead of a white church because... Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #4
Even if you only read the excerpt, guillaumeb Jun 2019 #6
HOLY SHIT. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #12
Pretty edgy to take a stand against white supremacy Major Nikon Jun 2019 #10
"Is bad" has been the normative take on racism since at least the 1960s. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #17
Too soon to declare.?.?.?. Major Nikon Jun 2019 #20
It's never too soon with these characters. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #21
"Christians lost touch with the gospel." What a steaming pantload of historical revisionism. trotsky Jun 2019 #5
They have always fpund something that they could interpret guillaumeb Jun 2019 #7
No different than you. trotsky Jun 2019 #8
Actually it is a bit different Major Nikon Jun 2019 #19
He also uses the gospel to preach against the right to abortion Major Nikon Jun 2019 #9
Careful now, you'll be accused of demanding perfection. trotsky Jun 2019 #14
Sure, it's not like he demanded political purity of Hitchens, right? Major Nikon Jun 2019 #15
Hitchens, Dawkins, the Satanic Temple, Peter Singer, etc. trotsky Jun 2019 #16
... Major Nikon Jun 2019 #18
SBC is a hard right pile of shit. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #11
Just when you think you'd seen it all Major Nikon Jun 2019 #13
The Southern Baptist Church formed in 1845 because they supported slavery Rob H. Jun 2019 #22
But he is not using the Bible to justify slavery. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #23
Yeah they've moved on to homophobia Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #24
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