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...
Race is a man-made social construct. A largely (but not solely) American one at that – originally created to justify unequal treatment and oppression for economic gain. Race, as we typically identify it, is an idea and concept more than it is a biological reality and it certainly isn’t a...
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...
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.
Enjoy this interview with my 79 year old father, Robert Thrasher. He's the bridge builder whose shoulders I stand on today.
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...
I’ve had this conversation privately with several people over the past few weeks… I’ll repeat it again. When I say #KingdomOverEverything I’m NOT at all saying that other aspects of identity and experience are irrelevant. However if (as a Christian / Kingdom citizen) those...