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TODAY at 1pm ET, I'll be interviewing @esaumccaulley about his important & timely book, #readingwhileblack
You can join us on Instagram Live by following either me (@rebecc_mclaugh) or him (@esaumccaulley) on IG.
I'll also post a link to the video here after.
You can join us on Instagram Live by following either me (@rebecc_mclaugh) or him (@esaumccaulley) on IG.
I'll also post a link to the video here after.
I highly recommend you buy the book as well. Mine is desecrated with much underlining & I know I'll be coming back to it in future years. You may also want to buy one for a friend.
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For those who aren't yet familiar with Esau, he is:
- an assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College
- a priest in the Anglican Church in North America
AND
- a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.
nytimes.com/by/esau-mccaul…
- an assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College
- a priest in the Anglican Church in North America
AND
- a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.
nytimes.com/by/esau-mccaul…
You know that thing when you leave a book open on your messy desk & a particularly powerful paragraph gets blotted by a baby wipe?
Me too.
But @esaumccaulley makes an excellent point right here. 👇🏻
Me too.
But @esaumccaulley makes an excellent point right here. 👇🏻
Will I be live tweeting "Reading While Black" for a while here? Yes.
Should you just save time & buy yourself a copy? Also yes.
amazon.com/Reading-While-…
Should you just save time & buy yourself a copy? Also yes.
amazon.com/Reading-While-…
Right now, #ReadingWhileBlack's Amazon best-sellers rank is #364 in Books. Of all books being sold on Amazon right now, it's in the top 400. That's wild & wonderful. Let's get it into the top 300!
This is one of my favourite points in #ReadingWhileBlack so far. In 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Paul urges prayer for kings & those in authority. This is often quoted to silence criticism of leaders today. But as @esaumccaulley notes, in the immediate context, Paul critiques Roman practices
Indeed, the idea that praying for someone entails never critiquing their actions makes no sense in any other context. For example, a pastor should absolutely pray for those under his care. But this doesn't mean he should never challenge them on their sin. Quite the reverse.
Paul himself was hardly an establishment guy. Several of his letters were written from prison. And when he experiences illegal beating & imprisonment in Acts 16, he doesn't let the authorities get away with it without recognizing their wrongdoing & apologizing (Acts 16:37-39).
