TEAR DOWN THE DIVIDING WALL OF RACISM (6)
Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-20
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Tear Down the Dividing Wall of Racism (6)
Series: Ephesians
Robert Dawson
Ephesians 2:11-20
Bishop John Reed shares his experience driving a school bus in Australia that carried whites and aborigines. One day, after they had traveled far out into the country, he grew tired of all the arguing and bickering, so he pulled over to the side of the road and asked the white boys, ''What color are you?'' With confused looks on their faces, they responded ''white.'' He told them, ''No, you are green. Anyone who rides in my bus is green. Now, what color are you?'' The white boys replied, ''Green.'' Then he went to the aborigines and said, ''What color are you?'' They responded ''black.'' ''No. You are green. Anyone who rides in my bus is green. Now, what color are you?'' All the aborigines replied, ''We are green.'' After getting back on the road the issue seemed to be resolved until he heard a boy in the back of the bus say, ''All right, light green on this side and dark green on that side.'' (R. Kent Hughes, PTW pp. 90-9)
People are good at building fences. We are better at building fences and erecting walls than we are at constructing bridges of reconciliation and unity.
- We erect walls out of cultural preferences, how we dress, our hobbies, our music or our abilities.
- We even divide in church over style of dress and music preferences in church.
- Parents divide over what kind of education they believe is best. You have home-schooled advocates arguing with public school advocates who are arguing with private school advocates.
- In high school there are divisions. I'm not sure what the categories are today but back in the day (when someone says that they always mean their day) there were the geeks, preps, rednecks, country, hip-hop, athletes and then those who were pretty or handsome, they transcended the other categories and then there was the rest. If you're wondering, I was the rest.
In addition, in our culture and in our churches today, there a ...
Series: Ephesians
Robert Dawson
Ephesians 2:11-20
Bishop John Reed shares his experience driving a school bus in Australia that carried whites and aborigines. One day, after they had traveled far out into the country, he grew tired of all the arguing and bickering, so he pulled over to the side of the road and asked the white boys, ''What color are you?'' With confused looks on their faces, they responded ''white.'' He told them, ''No, you are green. Anyone who rides in my bus is green. Now, what color are you?'' The white boys replied, ''Green.'' Then he went to the aborigines and said, ''What color are you?'' They responded ''black.'' ''No. You are green. Anyone who rides in my bus is green. Now, what color are you?'' All the aborigines replied, ''We are green.'' After getting back on the road the issue seemed to be resolved until he heard a boy in the back of the bus say, ''All right, light green on this side and dark green on that side.'' (R. Kent Hughes, PTW pp. 90-9)
People are good at building fences. We are better at building fences and erecting walls than we are at constructing bridges of reconciliation and unity.
- We erect walls out of cultural preferences, how we dress, our hobbies, our music or our abilities.
- We even divide in church over style of dress and music preferences in church.
- Parents divide over what kind of education they believe is best. You have home-schooled advocates arguing with public school advocates who are arguing with private school advocates.
- In high school there are divisions. I'm not sure what the categories are today but back in the day (when someone says that they always mean their day) there were the geeks, preps, rednecks, country, hip-hop, athletes and then those who were pretty or handsome, they transcended the other categories and then there was the rest. If you're wondering, I was the rest.
In addition, in our culture and in our churches today, there a ...
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