It’s a privilege to think that you can “just preach the gospel” in the midst of injustices perpetuated in and out of the church.
Privilege means you can afford not to talk about issues that affect the body of Christ because it doesn’t affect you or people who look like you.
Privilege means you can afford not to talk about issues that affect the body of Christ because it doesn’t affect you or people who look like you.
However, as Christians we ought not just speak up when it affects our own - this is the way of the world.
Though we give special care to those in the household of God, we also care for every person as they bear God’s image and are our neighbor as seen in the Good Samaritan.
Though we give special care to those in the household of God, we also care for every person as they bear God’s image and are our neighbor as seen in the Good Samaritan.
Unfortunately, we are in a time and place where dominant culture members can choose to control their own volume around injustices because it doesn’t impact them, while those in the subdominant culture are often dismissed because they yell or shout when it hurts.
This is going to be one of the great hindrances to moving forward: we do not allow for righteous anger to be expressed in our racialized definition of “civility.”
Injustice ought to beget anger, because injustice angers God.
Injustice ought to beget anger, because injustice angers God.
If we aren’t careful, our call for this sort of racialized “civility” will cast aside and dismiss the urgent and impassioned call for justice as seen in this homeletical display of brilliance by @BryanLCarter.
What dominant culture members don’t see is how they have the privilege and luxury to be able to speak calmly and softly. They’ve always been heard because they are the ones at the head of the table in the spaces they occupy.
There is no urgency for things to change for dominant group members. They aren’t the ones getting pushed down, cast aside, or killed.
This is in part why they are also obsessed with virtues over justice. It signals safety.
(Note: I am a strong proponent of biblical virtues)
This is in part why they are also obsessed with virtues over justice. It signals safety.
(Note: I am a strong proponent of biblical virtues)
Subdominant group members have not had the same privileges as dominant group members. This is understandable in a world that seeks power and control and domination, but not in the church where we see the same issues emerge.
There is no urgency for things to change for dominant group members. They aren’t the ones getting pushed down, cast aside, or killed.
This is in part why they are also obsessed with virtues over justice. It signals safety.
(Note: I am a strong proponent of biblical virtues)
This is in part why they are also obsessed with virtues over justice. It signals safety.
(Note: I am a strong proponent of biblical virtues)
The subdominant group members that get closest to the decision rooms are typically those who will do the least amount of good for the sake of justice, unity, and the witness of Christ.
Their assimilation is what makes them acceptable.
Their assimilation is what makes them acceptable.
This is problematic because it seeks to erase the beautiful diversity in the body of Christ. Basically, the foot says to the hand, you can’t be here unless you become a hand (1 Cor. 12).
I write about it in this article.
sola.network/article/gain-v…
I write about it in this article.
sola.network/article/gain-v…
And just in case it might be useful, this is what preaching to a particular time, at a particular place, to a particular people looks like. True preaching doesn’t sound like you are going through a commentary:
@GeorgeMason
@GeorgeMason
