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Is he referring to this sort of approach to missions?

How to solve your city’s greatest problem

 

That would be nice except I refuse to use Communist book.

 

It's easy to deny, since they are doing no such thing. The gospel of Jesus calls us into discipleship -- to love our neighbors (and enemies) as we love ourselves. We engage in discipleship because we have met the Savior, and He calls us to walk with Him and do the things He is doing. Unless you have a "Jesus is a ticket to heaven" theology, there is no issue here. Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. This is not about earning, but loving obedience.

Believing and obeying Micah 6:8?

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good
and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.​

Do you now reject the Bible?

 

Dr. Garland would be appalled that his warning against idolatry is being quoted out of context and used as the introduction to an attack on the social ramifications of the biblical message. He was my seminary Hebrew professor, and I heard him speak on the issue of idolatry in class (where the quote comes from), but we also translated extensively from the OT prophets, that cried out for social justice, and discussed the meaning of the passage as we did the translation together as a class.

 

Sounds like you were being told to get woke into your message!

 

Did jesus die and rise again to give to us the Great Commission, or to give to us time to get woked?

 

Jesus died to provide a way for humankind to be redeemed, transformed, and prepared for the expansion and fulfillment of the Kingdom of God.

By entering into the life of Christ (being born from above), we are to live as disciples, expanding the influence of the Kingdom and reconciling the world to God (2 Corinthians 5:18-21). This aligns completely with Micah 6:8:

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good
and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.

You are obsessed with the word "woke." It is simply a secular way of recognizing that the world is unjust towards some. As Christians, we are called to love our neighbor (which goes a lot farther than "woke"), because we are called to work for justice. NOTE: That doesn't necessarily mean lawsuits, protests, etc., but it can include them. The harder work is building community and making restitution for wrongs committed by previous generations. It involves changing the way our institutions operate and how we advocate for change in public policies.

 

Woke is secular. That should tell you all you need to know.

 

I am against how whites are being portreyed now as being all racists, as being privileged, as somehow being more evil then others!
The message of the Cross is that we ALL are equally sinful, and that the Only Critical race theology refers to all of humanity, as all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God!

 

Yeshua1 is the person obsessed with "woke." I've only mentioned it in response to his obsession with it.

I'm not advocating being "woke," I'm advocating being a disciple of Jesus.

 

I have certainly said nothing of the sort, nor have I heard any credible person say that. On Fox News, I have heard commentators claim that others claim all whites are racist, but they are not credible people and you shouldn't pay attention to them.

I think you are confusing "white privilege" with normal privilege. Seems like you need to read up on the subject. White privilege is not something that you choose, nor can you easily control. Many of those privileges come from our nation's history and policies that were put in place during the Jim Crow years, including the New Deal, with such practices as redlining. Do some reading on the subject and your won't feel so attacked.

Humankind all shares a deep commitment to sin.

 

Are there not many Christian groups now who are making "getting woke up" part of their Christian message though?

 

Many into BLM and Critical race theory indeed do want whites to be seen as guilty and to feel that also!

 

They may not be credible, but I have run across people who say (or write) it. Here is an example:

Yes My Dear, All White People Are Racists

 

I don't know of any. There's no point in "getting woke" since the gospel message has broader and deeper demands than "wokeness." Many Christians just don't actually know what Jesus taught, so they confuse gospel with "wokeness."

NOTE: I would be delighted never to use the term "woke" again. It is a foolish distraction and has nothing to do with what I have been saying.

That is a broad undefined statement that is unverifiable. It's as unkind and foolish as when my atheists friends claim "Christians are irrational and hate gay people." You will always find folks like that, but that doesn't characterize the movement. Loving your neighbor (and your enemy) requires that you not make disparage them with blanket statements.

 

That's an uncharitable way to introduce the topic of systematic racism. It's designed to provoke instead of help.

If you want to read and helpful discussion of systematic racism, then I recommend The Color of Compromise instead of garbage like that. The Color of Compromise comes from a Christian perspective and is well-reasoned and respectful of the reader.

 

You claimed no one is saying all whites are racist. Confronted with a prime example you correctly refer to it as garbage, yet don’t admit your own error. Yes, it is garbage. There are a great many people spouting such garbage saying all whites are racist. Your attempts at gaslighting won’t work, except to make you look like you are trying to cover up the truth for whatever reason.