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Talking of reading critically is a slightly dangerous thing because Black traditional voices are often weaponized in evangelical spaces against Black progressive voices.
“Tears that are driven by white guilt are self-indulgent.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“God’s eschatological vision is one of reconciliation.”
― Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
― Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
“The state has duties, and we can hold them accountable even if it means that we suffer for doing so peacefully. This suffering is only futile if the resurrection is a lie. If the resurrection is true, and the Christian stakes his or her entire existence on its truthfulness, then our peaceful witness testifies to a new and better way of being human that transcends the endless cycle of violence.”
― Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
― Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
“This is why people may lose weight on a diet, but if the underlying emotional cause of the weight gain remains, they are destined to gain back the weight, just as taking a tranquilizer may reduce anxiety in a person at that moment but will not take away the reason they were anxious long term.”
― The Enneagram of Eating: How the 9 Personality Types Influence Your Food, Diet, and Exercise Choices
― The Enneagram of Eating: How the 9 Personality Types Influence Your Food, Diet, and Exercise Choices
“I suggest that Paul’s words about submission to governing authorities must be read in light of four realities: (1) Paul’s use of Pharaoh in Romans as an example of God removing authorities through human agents shows that his prohibition against resistance is not absolute; (2) the wider Old Testament testifies to God’s use of human agents to take down corrupt governments; (3) in light of the first two propositions, we can affirm that God is active through human beings even when we can’t discern the exact role we play; (4) therefore, Paul’s words should be seen as more of a limit on our discernment than on God’s activities.”
― Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
― Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
Brandon’s 2024 Year in Books
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