Giving Voice To Truth: God’s Heart for Racial Unity

The real purpose and reason I decided to engage in this project is to promote the transformational life of Christ that affords every believer a spiritual new identity as a child of the King. I hope that this work will highlight Jesus Christ as the only answer to this historically unmatched blight on human civilization caused by slavery in America, and the remnants of systemic racism that continue to plague our culture today. To get a sense of the division and strife that exist around this topic, one need only surf the cable news channels or the internet. One thing that rings clear is the heightened level of racial divisiveness that exists in the culture of our country; the lines of separation are clearly drawn. Have you ever wondered: What is it that is really at play here? There seems to be an ever-widening increase in the differences that exist along racial lines in America and even the rest of the world. It is evident that amid these challenges expressed in each news cycle, there is no clear Christian expression — there are hardly any declarations that reflect “The Voice of God.” There is no doubt that some religious leaders are speaking out; however, many of the voices speaking on this issue are expressing their own social or political points of view. When it comes to how our culture should address the issue of race in America, the voice of God is deafeningly silent. The public dialogue continues without much or specific input from the contemporary Christian community. The body of Christ in America, as a whole, is quite divided along racial lines; this is reflected in the split within the contemporary Church along political party lines and social policies. There is preaching about how we ought to, how we should, or how we want to treat one another as children of God. Each voice declares that they are on the right side of history or the right side of the political spectrum — but what about being on the right side of God?