In the kingdom of God, it is not us against them.
The problem of racism stretches back as far humanitys origin in the book of Genesis. Brother pitted against brother, tribe against tribepeople have warred against one another, fueled by contempt for racial differences. Yet the gospel is a message of reconciliation.
The kingdom of God is us reconciled to one another.
Editors Russell Moore and Andrew T. Walker of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) assemble leading voices to frame the issues with a gospel-centered perspective.The Gospel for Life series gives every believer a biblically-saturated understanding of the most urgent issues facing our culture today, because the gospel is for all of life.
Editors Russell Moore and Andrew T. Walker of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) assemble leading voices to frame the issues with a gospel-centered perspective. The Gospel for Life series gives every believer a biblically-saturated understanding of the most urgent issues facing our culture today, because the gospel is for all of life. This latest focuses on how the Gospel can help with Racial Reconciliation.
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Chapter 1 What Are We For? (J. Daniel Hays) |
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We Are for the Image of God |
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We Are Against Degrading God's Image |
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What Was the Ethnic Composition of Biblical Israel? |
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What about Moses and Interethnic Marriage? |
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Which Ethnicities Pay Central Roles in the Old Testament Story? |
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What Do the Gospels and Acts Say? |
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How Does the Biblical Story End? |
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Chapter 2 What Does the Gospel Say? (Thabiti Anyabwile) |
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We Are Made in the Image of God |
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We Are Distorted by the Fall |
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We Are Re-created in the Image of God |
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Our Final Bearing of This Image |
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Chapter 3 How Should the Christian Live? (Trillia Newbell) |
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The Benefits of Relationship |
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Chapter 4 How Should the Church Engage? (Eric Mason) |
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The Biblical Mandate for Reconciliation |
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Treating Race as a Sanctification Issue |
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Treating Race as an Issue of Spiritual Warfare |
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What Racial Reconciliation Does Not Look Like |
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Chapter 5 What Does the Culture Say? (Matthew J. Hall and D. A. Horton) |
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Why Racism Is Ancient and Modern |
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Historical Truth Telling Matters More Than We Think |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| About the ERLC |
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| About the Contributors |
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Russell D. Moore is dean of the School of Theology and senior vice president for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he also serves as professor of Christian Theology and Ethics. He is the author of several books including The Kingdom of Christ, Adopted for Life, and Tempted and Tried. Moore and his wife have five sons.
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