We Can Do Better: Healing the Racial Divide (Part 1)
By Tony Evans
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“That they may be one even as we are one” - Jesus the Messiah
In a response to today’s racially charged climate, Dr. Tony Evans speaks from a spiritual perspective and discusses the need for racial healing in our nation and in our churches. He proposes that at the core of racial disunity lies the failure to understand and execute righteousness and justice from God’s perspective. In this timely digital ebook, which concludes with a personal challenge to all believers, Dr. Evans calls readers to be intentional about embracing God’s desire for oneness.
Tony Evans
Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, founder and president of the Urban Alternative, former chaplain of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, and present chaplain of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on nearly 1,000 US radio outlets daily and in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit TonyEvans.org.
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We Can Do Better - Tony Evans
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Anthony T. Evans
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Two Sides in Every Story
A Biblical Perspective
Wrapping the Christian Faith in the American Flag
Wrapping the Christian Flag in Black Culture
Righteousness AND Justice
The Contradiction of Liberty
The Breaking of the Bell
A Battle for Freedom
Lost in the Quagmire
Appendix 1: Personal Challenge to White and Black Christians
Appendix 2: The Urban Alternative
Notes
INTRODUCTION
The racial problem is the unresolved dilemma of America. It is the asterisk on the otherwise respectable reputation of American exceptionalism. Whether manifesting itself overtly in conflicts between differing racial and cultural groups, or simply lurking below the surface as a suspicion camouflaging the true depth of the problem, it continues to be the one dominant area of our failure as a nation.
Racial problems have continued since America’s inception because their root has not been addressed by the people who are most qualified to address it: followers of Jesus Christ. When we only bring people together in a limited way, without full acceptance of who they have been created to be, how can we expect much