Racism

“The Lord God looks at His creatures, created in His image, and does not judge us on the basis of our ethnicity or sex, or on our social standing. Therefore for anybody claiming the name of Christ—or really anybody at all—to treat one another differently on any of those bases is repugnant to Scripture and the Gospel.”

Doug Wilson: Trump refused to be steered by mob action, and when two evil groups clashed violently, he refused to take sides. He stated his case inelegantly, but he was clear on the essentials, and I was very gratified by his refusal to budge.

“There is nothing American about White Supremacism — nothing heroic, nothing praiseworthy, nothing patriotic. It is a rotten, ugly mindset full of hatred, bigotry, and pride, and every person of conscience should denounce it.” CPost

“The decision was met with a standing ovation as about 5,000 members of the denomination voted at their annual convention to affirm their opposition to the alt-right movement, which seeks a whites-only state. But it was not a decision easily reached.” WaPost

Pastor suspects racial motivations behind termination. He says his sermon on Sunday was on racism. “I wanted the church to know that this is not consistent with the gospel. This is not consistent with God’s word that we honor and give dignity to all people.

The history of the 1963 16th Street Baptist church bombing

” many churches, churchmen, and theologians gave sanction to that ideology of racial superiority”

“First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, Miss., issued an apology Sunday, expressing regret and admitting to being wrong.”