The following tweet is apropos nothing. There’s no person, controversy or issue in mind. It’s just a thought I had walking from one room in my house to another. It’s surely shaped by the current arguments and comments online.
But it’s not specifically or directly addresses.
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But it’s not specifically or directly addresses.
/1
Here goes:
If you can support a theological, biblical or ministry claim…
without using writers and leaders who were slaveholders, white supremacists, segregationists, misogynists, etc…
then you should.
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If you can support a theological, biblical or ministry claim…
without using writers and leaders who were slaveholders, white supremacists, segregationists, misogynists, etc…
then you should.
/2
But if you make your points with the support of racists, slave holders, white supremacists, segregationists, misogynists, etc…
when there are other writers making the same point w/o being those things…
then it’s understandable if others think the point wasn’t theology, etc
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when there are other writers making the same point w/o being those things…
then it’s understandable if others think the point wasn’t theology, etc
/3
If you go on to in some way defend those racist, segregationist, white supremacist, misogynistic, etc writers…
it’s also understandable if people suspect that your “theological point” was really cover for your prejudice and your affinity for prejudiced others.
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it’s also understandable if people suspect that your “theological point” was really cover for your prejudice and your affinity for prejudiced others.
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IMO, there is no good reason to use segregationists, racists, white supremacists, misogynists, etc…
in any theological enterprise…
when the Lord has kindly given us thinkers and writers who were not committed to such sinful partiality and hatred.
No good reason.
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in any theological enterprise…
when the Lord has kindly given us thinkers and writers who were not committed to such sinful partiality and hatred.
No good reason.
/5
Should find ourselves wanting to use said writers when faithful others are at hand…
we need to examine ourselves closet.
Such writers have not only shaped our theology at various points; they have also shaped our affections.
We have come love/idolize them in ways that warp us
we need to examine ourselves closet.
Such writers have not only shaped our theology at various points; they have also shaped our affections.
We have come love/idolize them in ways that warp us
Or to put all of this in a simple sentence:
Why would you when you don’t have to?
What’s going on in a heart that valorizes and legitimizes such people through use when it’s unnecessary?
Whatever is going on, it’s not purely or mainly reflection on Jesus or theology.
/End
Why would you when you don’t have to?
What’s going on in a heart that valorizes and legitimizes such people through use when it’s unnecessary?
Whatever is going on, it’s not purely or mainly reflection on Jesus or theology.
/End
*addressed
Examine ourselves *closely*
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