Dark and terrible as is this picture, I hold it to be strictly true of the overwhelming mass of professed Christians in America. They strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Could anything be more true of our churches? They would be shocked at the proposition of...
A healthy patriotism must always be tied to the project of building a more just and inclusive America. from Frederick Douglass, The Prophet Isaiah, and Healthy Patriotism
We don't want to admit it but Christianity in America is far more than a faith--it's a market, a platform, a fan club, a motor block, an industry. Jesus would turn over so many tables here.
This is a pivotal moment for the church in America. It is a challenging time but also an exciting time. We are not just stewards of this space. We are stewards of this moment.
The recovery of preaching in America is heavily dependent on the willingness and ability of preachers to sit where their people sit, existentially and culturally. from The Recovery of Preaching
Many people say that racism is America's original sin. It would be more accurate to say that racism is America's original symptom and it's original sin was greed.
At my Christian elementary school, we sang, “Jesus loves the little children…red and yellow, black and white, all are precious in his sight.” In alignment with this song, white people often professed, “I don’t even see color,” reassuring me that I would be safe from...
I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. from Notes of a Native Son
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference—so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked....I am filled with unutterable...