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The sustained attacks faced by @drjjwilliams and others is one of the reasons you know segments of the SBC and Reformed evangelicalism is coming off the rails. You won't meet a more faithful exegete, systematician and brother in the Lord. Exhibit A: thefrontporch.org/talk/one-new-m…
@drjjwilliams Here's Exhibit B: "A Prayer of Lament for Ahmaud Arberry" thefrontporch.org/2020/05/a-pray…

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Exhibit C: "What Role Does the Bible Play in Justice?" thefrontporch.org/talk/what-role…

We could go on all day. But the issue isn't his orthodoxy; it's his commentary on racism and justice.
@drjjwilliams If you're in any way connected with these conversations, don't let people pull a fast one in defaming faithful brethren like @drjjwilliams, Matt Hall, and others. They know they can't attack his orthodoxy legitimately, so they've made a boogeyman instead. It's dishonest and sin.
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One pernicious and wicked effect of racism is the way it makes lying on Black people an acceptable and plausible strategy for expressing anger or covering one’s guilt/sin. We see it in this headline (covering guilt) and in the Christian Cooper situation (expressing anger).
It’s a feature of American society that maintains plausible deniability for almost any white person and implausible innocence for almost any black person. Add “large” and “male” to “black” and you get the country’s favored cocktail for dangerously vilifying any African American.
It’s really a deep and ugly sin. It’s not only racism but also murder in the heart. In the Christian Cooper situation, the young woman knew very well—as we all do by now, having seen so many videos of this kind of behavior—that her threat/word could evoke lethal state power.
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A true prophet is never late with the message of God. The nature of a prophet is to *see* with insight *ahead* of time and to give the message generally when it’s inconvenient and regarded as impossible because others have not seen its truth yet.

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The reason the conservative American pulpit is so seldom prophetic is b/c it sees nothing ahead of itself, recognizes no consequences beforehand, and when it does or is told it should, it waits until everyone else sees it too so it doesn’t have to face prophet’s consequences.

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What passes for “prophetic” in American conservative pulpits is little more than rehashing of the already known, in a way that looks back to the already been, with little foresight into what is to come or should be. It conserves when it should predict.

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We are long past due for talking about Black racism toward others. In this moment, we're past due in talking about Black racist attitudes and actions vs Asian people. Why is this conversation happening on daytime secular TV but not among Christians?

Please don't @ me with "Black people can't be racists b/c they don't have power." That's a decidedly one-dimensional understanding of racism and at a street level (as these video incidents show) there are significant power differentials at play in Black racism vs. Asians.
That short conversation on this TV program needs to be long conversations that lead to action in living rooms, in church fellowships, etc. And there needs to be genuine lament, repentance and action to change things.
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