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." |
From inside the book
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... Neighbor? 60 5 White Blinders 70 6 School Daze 85 7 Black Residue 93 8 Silence Gives Consent 104 9 A Little Respect 118 Part 2: Submit 10 From Anger & Guilt to Passion & Conviction 131 11 Weapons for the Battle 143 12 Acts: A ...
... Neighbor? 60 5 White Blinders 70 6 School Daze 85 7 Black Residue 93 8 Silence Gives Consent 104 9 A Little Respect 118 Part 2: Submit 10 From Anger & Guilt to Passion & Conviction 131 11 Weapons for the Battle 143 12 Acts: A ...
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... neighbor. Whenever Christians make peace with that fallacy, it spells disaster for the world. Truth Proof To address this scar in Christian race relations in America, Spencer and I set out in the early 1990s to write a book not only ...
... neighbor. Whenever Christians make peace with that fallacy, it spells disaster for the world. Truth Proof To address this scar in Christian race relations in America, Spencer and I set out in the early 1990s to write a book not only ...
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... neighbors as ourselves. Spencer's and my long friendship and ministry proved that it is still possible for the embodiment of reconciliation, this new family of God, to become visible on this earth. We wrote not as “experts”—not as ...
... neighbors as ourselves. Spencer's and my long friendship and ministry proved that it is still possible for the embodiment of reconciliation, this new family of God, to become visible on this earth. We wrote not as “experts”—not as ...
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... neighbor used to have a little dog named Scottie. Every day when I would walk past Scottie's house, he would bark ferociously, leaping against the fence that separated us as if to say, “If I had the opportunity, I would rip you to ...
... neighbor used to have a little dog named Scottie. Every day when I would walk past Scottie's house, he would bark ferociously, leaping against the fence that separated us as if to say, “If I had the opportunity, I would rip you to ...
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... neighbor, had been arrested. He was pretty juiced, and my father was taking him home when the police stopped them, pulled Garland out of the car and took him to jail for public drunkenness. Our reason for concern was that we knew what ...
... neighbor, had been arrested. He was pretty juiced, and my father was taking him home when the police stopped them, pulled Garland out of the car and took him to jail for public drunkenness. Our reason for concern was that we knew what ...
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 |
More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel Spencer Perkins,Chris Rice Limited preview - 2021 |
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