CRT sees the world in terms of power dynamics. In this way of thinking, social evils such as poverty, crime, or oppression result not from universal human frailties but from Euro-Americans intent on securing and increasing their economic and social power.
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A Love Story with ‘Kingdom Potential’
Karen broke up with Carl before they were even officially dating.
The two were close friends, but he’d started dropping hints to mutual friends that he liked her. When they grabbed a bite to eat together, he always picked up the tab. He’d even paid for some of her seminary books.
But he was quite a bit older 60 years old to her 40. She was a student, and he was not only a professor, but a dean at her seminary. And because he was a visiting faculty member, he didn’t live in her community. She just couldn’t see herself with him.
This article is part of the Open Letters series.
Dear Evangelical Church,
Scripture speaks to us on many issues, but none so important, glorious, and central as our Lord Jesus Christ and that is an understatement! Given who Jesus is and what he has done,
he is the very heart and substance of the gospel, indeed all of Scripture, and thus the most important person in all of human history. Just think about three examples that demonstrate this point.
First, it’s almost a truism to say that our triune God is central to everything as the glorious all-sufficient One who alone is Creator and Lord (Rom. 11:33–36). Yet, how we come to know God as triune is largely due to the incarnation of the divine Son and his work. As John reminds us, Jesus is “the Word made flesh” (John 1:14), yet from eternity he was the divine Son who was “with God” and “was God,” thus revealing the triune relation of persons within God (John 1:1). Apart from Christ’s incarnation, we would not know
Strong and Courageous: Why Resisting Tyrants is an Act of Love
Last week, a few members of our church put on our masks, boarded planes, and traveled to the Founders Conference, where we heard from the likes of Voddie Baucham, James Dolezal, Tom Ascol, and the leaders of Just Thinking, Virgil Walker and Darrell Harrison. In short, the trip, drenched in warm Florida sun, was encouraging, and the messages, saturated with biblical truth, were edifying especially with respect to the subject of standing for Christ in an age that has become increasingly hostile towards Christians.
Addressing that subject and the new religion of universal autonomy and equality, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore have released a new book called