The Cross and the Yoke
Jesus commands us to take up our cross daily and follow Him (Mt 16:24). He also invites us to "Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me"...
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Mathetes
- Jan 20, 2020
- 2 min
Bridge-Builders II
In our previous post "All God's Children" we contrasted Bridge-Builders with Wall-Builders: "bridge-builders, though fully committed to...
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Mathetes
- Jan 3, 2020
- 4 min
Wall-Builders II
In a previous post, All God's Children, we spoke of Wall-Builders in a negative light, as being rooted in the past, and emphasizing the...
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Mathetes
- Jun 20, 2019
- 2 min
Samaria? No way, Jose!
In Acts 1, Jesus tells the disciples that they will be his "witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." ...
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Mathetes
- May 31, 2019
- 3 min
All God's Children II
In the previous post, we divided each social, religious and ethnic group into 3 categories of how they interact with outsiders. Let's...
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Mathetes
- May 21, 2019
- 3 min
All God's Children I
"When we allow freedom to ring..., we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and...
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Mathetes
- Apr 30, 2019
- 4 min
V. The Healing of Bias
This is the final post on this subject. We have stated that bias is a normal consequence of human finitude. This statement contradicts...
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Mathetes
- Apr 24, 2019
- 4 min
IV Christians and Bigotry
The question still remains as to the incidence of bigotry among Christians. Even if we allow for the presence of natural bias, some...
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Mathetes
- Apr 19, 2019
- 4 min
III. Bigotry and Bias
In the last two posts, I have stated that bias is not merely normal and natural, but that it may even be considered "God-ordained." Then...
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Mathetes
- Apr 15, 2019
- 5 min
II Jesus and Bias
We have stated that the Biblical creation account sanctions bias as a part of the human character. We mentioned gender bias and ethnic...
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Mathetes
- Apr 10, 2019
- 3 min
I. The Bible and Bias
Bias -- that perennial bugbear of progressive ideology -- is said to be alive and well in modern America, at least in certain sectors of...
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Mathetes
- Mar 19, 2019
- 3 min
The Two Covenants (2)
Till now, with religious affiliation being understood as just another component of a person's identity, we are still in Stage One. We do...
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Mathetes
- Mar 18, 2019
- 3 min
The Two Covenants (1)
We are not writing today about the Old and New Testaments, but about the two stages of ethnic identification in a Christian's life. ...
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Mathetes
- Jan 4, 2019
- 3 min
One New Man II
The modern educated citizen is faced with a  baffling number of choices when considering moral values and political causes.  What...
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Mathetes
- Jan 3, 2019
- 2 min
One New Man 1
The centerpiece of the racial teaching of Christianity is given in Paul's letter to the Ephesians 2:14-16: "For he is our peace, who has...
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Mathetes
- Dec 26, 2018
- 3 min
A Vision for Disunity II
It is not surprising that there should be an upsurge of racial consciousness and re-segregation in the media, the schools and the...
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Mathetes
- Dec 17, 2018
- 3 min
A Vision for Disunity 1
O for the good old days, when the highest racial goal was "integration": remove the legal and social barriers that favor some groups at...
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Mathetes
- Dec 14, 2018
- 5 min
Pseudo-Jews 2
This post is a continuation of the previous one. The second problem has to do with the mission of the Church itself in the world. MJs,...
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Mathetes
- Dec 12, 2018
- 4 min
Pseudo-Jews 1
One of the more interesting and controversial religious movements in the last 50 years has been Messianic Judaism – a name that describes...
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Mathetes
- Dec 7, 2018
- 3 min
Neo-Racism
One of the "constants" of growing up in America is exposure to racism, in one or more of its many forms. No matter what decade one was...
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