Sermons About Racism
The Gospel in a Multi-ethnic City
If we think of multi-ethnicity as embracing any or all ethnicities, then the opposite is not mono-ethnicity but racism, which would be excluding any or all cultures but your own. If that’s true, then asking if multi-ethnicity is a gospel issue is a valid question because that seems to be true for a part of the Old Testament does it not? Does the Bible talk about racism? Does it contain any answers to the problems of race and class? How can we apply them today?
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Oppression
Audio quality is rough for the first 2.5min. Cultural minorities have been oppressed since the beginning of our time. What is God's heart on this subject? Are we really relating the love of Christ unto each other? All oppressors feel justified in their position; racists, Al-kida, even us christians. Yes, we do it too; often internally without even knowing it. This is a sermon that will challenge our position in modern society & melt away the wax that our lives have been cast from by digging into the root of social oppression.
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Particular Love
Jesus stepped off His throne in Heaven to be born in a smelly barn in Bethlehem to later leave Judea to go into Samaria to save one lost woman at a well. We call this story 'The woman at the well'. I call it Particular Love. If you are a believer in Jesus, he came to you personally and powerfully and rescued you. We love Him BECAUSE He FIRST loved us.
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Acts 11 : Breaking Barriers - All People Everywhere Can Be Clean
It is in the book of Acts that we read of non-Jews coming to faith in Jesus. This was not totally unusual even during the OT times (Rahab, Ruth). But such cases were sort of an “exception”. The Jewish Church leaders probably viewed the conversion of the Samaritans and the Ethiopian as exceptions as well. BUT no one in the early Jewish Church was prepared for the flood of Gentiles that would soon make up a majority of the Church. See, an old barrier existed between Jews and Gentiles – a legal barrier which did not allow a Jew to step foot into the home of a Gentile – God-fearer or not! This barrier seemed destined to remain for eternity. Luke tells us that it was Peter who crossed over that barrier and declared it had been made obsolete by the cross. Jewish Christians should not see Jesus as the savior of Jews alone, but see Jesus as an international savior, one who came to bleed and die for Gentiles of many languages and colors.
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John 4:1-9 - This is Jesus: The Fleeing, Wearied, Gulf-Crossing Bearer of the Gospel to All Peoples
There is a person that God has put in your life. Associating with this person will be uncomfortable and will sap you of your energy. It may cost you your reputation among more ‘spiritual’ people in the church and those in your neighborhood. You may lose your friends, your health, or your safety. It will involve breaking some social taboos. It would be much easier to avoid this person. No one would blame you if you did. In fact, you would be applauded by the more ‘spiritual’ people for doing so. This person desperately needs the Gospel. Do you interact? Do you initiate a relationship? Or, do you bow to Pharisaical pressure, formulate your excuses and turn your back on them.
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Christ and the Diversity of His People
"Sunday morning at 11am is the most segregated hour in America." That's how the old cliche goes. And though it is a cliche it is nonetheless true. But why? Why is it that those who have been reconciled to God by Christ do not appear to have been reconciled to one another? Listen in as we discuss how Christ has united all people in one body and why our local churches do not reflect this.
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Freedom Writers
What can we learn from some of the most recent movies that have hit the movie theaters? Freedom Writers took Pastor David by surprise and analyzes racism, prejudice, hatred, and love.
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