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The Cross and the Yoke
Jesus commands us to take up our cross daily and follow Him (Mt 16:24). He also invites us to "Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me"...
Mathetes
Dec 10, 20202 min read
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Bridge-Builders II
In our previous post "All God's Children" we contrasted Bridge-Builders with Wall-Builders: "bridge-builders, though fully committed to...
Mathetes
Jan 20, 20202 min read
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Wall-Builders II
In a previous post, All God's Children, we spoke of Wall-Builders in a negative light, as being rooted in the past, and emphasizing the...
Mathetes
Jan 3, 20204 min read
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Samaria? No way, Jose!
In Acts 1, Jesus tells the disciples that they will be his "witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." ...
Mathetes
Jun 20, 20192 min read
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All God's Children II
In the previous post, we divided each social, religious and ethnic group into 3 categories of how they interact with outsiders. Let's...
Mathetes
May 31, 20193 min read
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All God's Children I
"When we allow freedom to ring..., we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and...
Mathetes
May 21, 20193 min read
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V. The Healing of Bias
This is the final post on this subject. We have stated that bias is a normal consequence of human finitude. This statement contradicts...
Mathetes
Apr 30, 20194 min read
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IV Christians and Bigotry
The question still remains as to the incidence of bigotry among Christians. Even if we allow for the presence of natural bias, some...
Mathetes
Apr 24, 20194 min read
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III. Bigotry and Bias
In the last two posts, I have stated that bias is not merely normal and natural, but that it may even be considered "God-ordained." Then...
Mathetes
Apr 19, 20194 min read
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II Jesus and Bias
We have stated that the Biblical creation account sanctions bias as a part of the human character. We mentioned gender bias and ethnic...
Mathetes
Apr 15, 20195 min read
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I. The Bible and Bias
Bias -- that perennial bugbear of progressive ideology -- is said to be alive and well in modern America, at least in certain sectors of...
Mathetes
Apr 10, 20193 min read
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The Two Covenants (2)
Till now, with religious affiliation being understood as just another component of a person's identity, we are still in Stage One. We do...
Mathetes
Mar 19, 20193 min read
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The Two Covenants (1)
We are not writing today about the Old and New Testaments, but about the two stages of ethnic identification in a Christian's life. ...
Mathetes
Mar 18, 20193 min read
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One New Man II
The modern educated citizen is faced with a baffling number of choices when considering moral values and political causes. What...
Mathetes
Jan 4, 20193 min read
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One New Man 1
The centerpiece of the racial teaching of Christianity is given in Paul's letter to the Ephesians 2:14-16: "For he is our peace, who has...
Mathetes
Jan 3, 20192 min read
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A Vision for Disunity II
It is not surprising that there should be an upsurge of racial consciousness and re-segregation in the media, the schools and the...
Mathetes
Dec 26, 20183 min read
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A Vision for Disunity 1
O for the good old days, when the highest racial goal was "integration": remove the legal and social barriers that favor some groups at...
Mathetes
Dec 17, 20183 min read
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Pseudo-Jews 2
This post is a continuation of the previous one. The second problem has to do with the mission of the Church itself in the world. MJs,...
Mathetes
Dec 14, 20185 min read
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Pseudo-Jews 1
One of the more interesting and controversial religious movements in the last 50 years has been Messianic Judaism – a name that describes...
Mathetes
Dec 12, 20184 min read
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Neo-Racism
One of the "constants" of growing up in America is exposure to racism, in one or more of its many forms. No matter what decade one was...
Mathetes
Dec 7, 20183 min read
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