More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the GospelRecipient of a Christianity Today 1994 Critics Choice Award! Here is living proof that white and black Christians can live together. When Spencer Perkins was sixteen years old, he visited his bloodied and swollen father (pastor John Perkins) in jail. Police had beaten the black activist severely, and Spencer never forgot the moment. He couldn't imagine living in community with a white person after that. But his plans were changed. Chris Rice grew up in very different circumstances, of "Vermont Yankee stock," attending an elite Eastern college and looking forward to a career in law and government. But his plans were changed. Spencer and Chris became not only friends, but yokefellows--partners for more than a decade in the difficult ministry of racial reconciliation. From their own hard-won experience, they show that there is hope for our frightening race problem, that whites and African-Americans can live together in peace. This revised and expanded edition includes a new introduction, a new afterword, a new study guide, updated resources and a new chapter by Spencer, "Playing the Grace Card." In compellingly practical detail, Chris and Spencer present their hope, which is boldly and radically Christian. "The cause of racial reconciliation needs yokefellows," they argue, ". . . not solely for the sake of racial harmony--even though it will lead to that--but for the witness of the gospel." |
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Page 19
... Christ. A church without embrace cannot break the entrenched cycle of ungrace between the races. It cannot cure descendants of hard-core racists of residual cancers of shame and superiority, nor empty the descendants of former slaves of ...
... Christ. A church without embrace cannot break the entrenched cycle of ungrace between the races. It cannot cure descendants of hard-core racists of residual cancers of shame and superiority, nor empty the descendants of former slaves of ...
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... Christ to follow the tough but liberating teachings of our Lord. Analysis might be interesting, but what is most important is that we live out solutions that show the world another way. While the Christian church has often failed ...
... Christ to follow the tough but liberating teachings of our Lord. Analysis might be interesting, but what is most important is that we live out solutions that show the world another way. While the Christian church has often failed ...
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... Christ. I encourage you to add to its reading other ethnic-specific resources as listed in an endnote.11 A final word on a related subject: much debate has emerged over the use of the term race versus ethnicity, and black and white ...
... Christ. I encourage you to add to its reading other ethnic-specific resources as listed in an endnote.11 A final word on a related subject: much debate has emerged over the use of the term race versus ethnicity, and black and white ...
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... Christ. The task of bridging our racial divide and acting like a loving family is a journey, and three crucial steps are needed. They are the framework for this book. First, admit. Christians must admit that a separation exists, that ...
... Christ. The task of bridging our racial divide and acting like a loving family is a journey, and three crucial steps are needed. They are the framework for this book. First, admit. Christians must admit that a separation exists, that ...
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... Christ, I needed to know so I could get out of it. When I was younger, sometimes disputes would break out among the children in my parents' Bible classes when they learned that we are to love everybody. “That don't mean white folks ...
... Christ, I needed to know so I could get out of it. When I was younger, sometimes disputes would break out among the children in my parents' Bible classes when they learned that we are to love everybody. “That don't mean white folks ...
Contents
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White Blinders | 70 |
Submit | 129 |
From Anger Guilt to Passion Conviction | 131 |
Weapons for the Battle | 143 |
A Reconciliation Story | 151 |
The Character of a Reconciler | 167 |
White Fear | 180 |
More Than Skin Deep | 188 |
Unlikely Comrades | 207 |
School Daze | 85 |
Black Residue | 93 |
Silence Gives Consent | 104 |
A Little Respect | 118 |
Friends Yokefellows 20 Playing the Grace Card 227 | 227 |
Resources Study Guide 265 | 265 |
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More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel Spencer Perkins,Chris Rice Limited preview - 2009 |
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