In the Introduction of Fault Lines, Baucham suggests that the main issue (and looming catastrophe) in the body of Christ which will lead to a major division is “a lack of clarity and charity in our debate over the place, priority, practice, and definition of justice.” He makes it clear that the...
I started a book today specifically about race and the church, and the first chapter title was “Confronting the Black-White Racial Divide.” As soon as I read those words, I immediately heard “That’s a lie.” It was a resolute thought in my mind that seemingly came out of nowhere. It came so...
It’s a sign of mental myopia when a Christian / Kingdom citizen loudly proclaims the institutional racism of Planned Parenthood due to the founder’s advocacy of eugenics and the disproportionate placement of abortion centers within walking distance of heavily Black and Latino populated...
Empathy is “the ability or capacity to understand and share the feelings of another.” Those feelings may be positive or negative. Compassion is “the sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.” This is a distinct difference. With compassion, you’re...
I saw a video shared of a conservative Christian woman being arrested as she was defacing public property and protesting about how “Black Lives Matter” doesn’t really care about black lives since they don’t care about unborn babies, black police officers, etc. As the police...
I believe it’s time to wrap up this series on Breaking Mental Myopia: “Black Lives Matter.” In Part Three, I shared one significant way that having a Republican/Conservative lens over a Kingdom lens is destructive to oneness and provided recommendations for how to shift to a “Kingdom first lens”...
Kingdom solutions are needed to address the massive economic gaps that exist in the United States.
Confession: I’ve been eager to unpack the Kingdom reality that “race” as we talk about it is a social and political construction of man and discuss all the implications of that which are impacting us still today. I’ve been wanting to talk about how God created one race (the...
The core issue that hundreds of thousands (perhaps even millions) of people of many shades are crying out about right now is racial bias and excessive (or undue) force in policing. Yes, there are other agendas happening simultaneously and yes there is debate over the validity of the variety...
The Kingdom of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ isn’t a Democratic or Republican ideology. Yet what we’re seeing right now in the body of Christ is mental myopia on the topic of “Black Lives Matter.” Mental myopia: the result from seeing people and situations through an “all or nothing” lens...
Breaking Mental Myopia: “Black Lives Matter” One can care deeply about black lives through their words and actions, yet never use the hashtags #BLM or #BlackLivesMatter One can support reforms in the criminal justice system and policing, yet not financially or otherwise support the Black Lives...
Breaking Mental Myopia: The Silence of the Saints You know the world’s culture is influencing the King’s culture when so many in the body of Christ have decided that “All Silence is Violence” or “Silence is Agreement” or “Silence is Disagreement” when it comes to [insert ANY tough issue we are...