I disagree with “shallow.” The word is actually “no.” As in, they actually don’t know anything about American slavery which shows up when, ignorantly, they start talking about Philemon as if NT slavery and American slavery have anything to do with each other. Apples & oranges.
To make matters worse, you have people like Doug Wilson telling historical lies about slavery then, for years, John Piper, Desiring God, TG4, & The Gospel Coalition gave these lies an unaccountable platform & wasted so many people’s time & emotional bandwidth (me, Thabiti, etc.).
Many black voices wasted time arguing against the disinformation of Wilson & his followers b/c the sole criteria for credibility is “getting the gospel right.” Lots of men who “get the gospel right” are abusive, ignorant, & evil people. “Getting the right” gospel is not enough.
Elevating Wilson & his historical lies about slavery set evangelicalism back 30 yrs & we’re having the *same* conversations from the early 90s. Lacking humility, there’s also been no repentance nor reparations for giving Wilson’s miseducation & historical anti-facts a platform.
And by reparations, I mean actions taken to repair all the damage done by giving Wilson’s views a platform and then y’all seem confused why blacks are leaving evangelical denominations years later? Really? #ConnectTheDots
Is it really a surprise? Connect the dots folks.
