A Tale of 2 Articles: A Chasm Creating Two Continents
@drmoore & Carl Trueman put out articles this week addressing what seems to be their take on the major problem with evangelicals & race. The online engagement & responses show how polarizing this issue continues to be. 1/7
@drmoore & Carl Trueman put out articles this week addressing what seems to be their take on the major problem with evangelicals & race. The online engagement & responses show how polarizing this issue continues to be. 1/7
While @drmoore is an SBC entity head, his personal lament, indictment, and challenge got little public engagement from his co-entity heads. (I don't think a single one liked, reposted, or retweeted).
That may mean nothing. Maybe people are fatigued. Tired of the constant (2/7)
That may mean nothing. Maybe people are fatigued. Tired of the constant (2/7)
engagement surrounding the topic of evangelicals & racial strife.
However, Carl's article on Evangelicals & Race THEORY got much different engagement. It seemed like some of the very people @drmoore was addressing with his use of first person plural pronouns (we, us, our,) (3/7
However, Carl's article on Evangelicals & Race THEORY got much different engagement. It seemed like some of the very people @drmoore was addressing with his use of first person plural pronouns (we, us, our,) (3/7
Resonated more with Trueman's take on the problem than his. Now this isn't EVERYTHING. But it's not NOTHING.
From where I'm sitting this is a chasm that's too large to be bridged by general calls for Christian unity, brotherhood, and cooperation.
In other words.. (4/7)
From where I'm sitting this is a chasm that's too large to be bridged by general calls for Christian unity, brotherhood, and cooperation.
In other words.. (4/7)
I don't think we'll see closure by "going back to the way things were" as much as we'll see a new normal.
This chasm doesn't seem like one that'll close, but one that continues to grow until it eventually turns this one evangelical country into two separate continents. (5/7)
This chasm doesn't seem like one that'll close, but one that continues to grow until it eventually turns this one evangelical country into two separate continents. (5/7)
"A problem well-defined, is a problem half-solved" - John Dewey.
Agreeing on the nature of a problem, is a greater determiner the level of unity we'll have in solving a problem than we might imagine.
Right now, that chasm feels more like the Pacific that state lines. (6/7)
Agreeing on the nature of a problem, is a greater determiner the level of unity we'll have in solving a problem than we might imagine.
Right now, that chasm feels more like the Pacific that state lines. (6/7)
P.S. This is a twitter thread, not a treatise. I'm processing as I type so don't read too much into things that may be confusing. Ask a clarifying question before you put me on the chopping block.
P. P. S. I won't respond if your actual name and face aren't in your Twitter bio.
P. P. S. I won't respond if your actual name and face aren't in your Twitter bio.
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