Michael Philip

“how to reconcile the gospel message of liberation with the reality of black oppression.”
― James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

“How could any theologian explain the meaning of Christian identity in America and fail to engage white supremacy, its primary negation?”
― James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

“Sabbath-keeping requires two orientations. One is Godward. The other is timeward. To keep Sabbath well—as both a day and an attitude—we have to think clearly about God and freshly about time. We likely, at some level, need to change our minds about both. Unless we trust God’s sovereignty, we won’t dare risk Sabbath. And unless we receive time as abundance and gift, not as ration and burden, we’ll never develop a capacity to savor Sabbath.”
― Mark Buchanan, The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath

“The cross was God’s critique of power—white power—with powerless love, snatching victory out of defeat.”
― James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree