Many today are claiming Christ and advocating love, especially in these times of social unrest. Both sides of the current debate see injustices that pervade society from their perspectives and desire for a more perfect (comfortable) society. Instead of viewing the world with ourselves as the center, maybe we should revisit Scripture to see how God would respond to the unjust. Let us look at Jonah to see how God chooses to express His love to those who are deemed unjust. "The word of the Lord ca...

One day, I decided to ask my Chinese college students what they would wish for if they had three wishes. One student proudly stood up and wished that every Japanese person would die. In shock, I felt obligated to respond with a discussion on the politics of hate. Here it is in a nutshell. From the time my students were children, the government had repeatedly reminded them of the evils perpetrated by the Japanese in WWII. They were told to never forgive and never forget. Why? The government wish...

Many Americans, I think, fail to see the connection between communism and the current political landscape. Essentially, communism tries to rectify society's problems by reforming the system. The system, in other words, becomes the sinner and the one in need of change. Focus in this atheistic worldview is wrongly taken off of the individual. The gospel of repentance from sin and forgiveness in Christ is lost. In the current climate where social justice is being advocated, many may still fail to ...

A thought shared with me on this matter.....“One of the disturbing things about Church history is the Church’s appalling track record of being on the wrong side of the great social issues of the day.” “What will our grandchildren ask us when they look back twenty-five or fifty years from now and wonder how we could have just sat by and watched when justice was demanded?”Response 1I am sorry, but I have to object. Just because some Muslims hold to a more violent understanding of Islam and commit...

1. One's identity is based on a group or category to which they are associated with. Membership in these groups (race, sex, etc) is not based on personal choice; even so, those in these groups are guilty by default. So, this is how you can be a racist, misogynistic homophobe. 2. Your duty is to liberate the oppressed. Bear in mind that someone else gets to determine who these people are. Ultimately, most people in society are oppressors of a still more oppressed group. For example, a black h...

1. The promotion of the sense of entitlement - Those who are from underprivileged classes (as defined by these theorists) are told that they should seek to be first and society should make it so. Jesus teaches us to be a servant (Matt 10:42-43). 2. Personal offense becomes the focus - Those who are underprivileged and those who are the cause of their lower status are told to focus exclusively (much of the time) on acknowledging privilege in others (judgementalism by category which is unbibli...