Wednesday, August 16, 2017

The phrase “Christian White Supremacists” is an oxymoron of the highest order. In fact, let’s be abundantly clear that there is no room in the Christian vocabulary for any kind of “supremacists.” Jesus shows love for all people; Jews, Samaritans, Gentiles, Pharisees, Romans, outcasts, men, women, and children. Moreover, Jesus taught that all the greatest among us are the ones who serve, and he chastises his disciples when they start scheming about which of them might share power in the Kingdom of God.
The idea of one group’s racial or ethnic superiority to others is why people like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the members of the Confessing Movement fought the Nazis during the Second World War. Bonhoeffer and others spoke up against Hitler and his thugs and it is their courage and eloquence that should be our beacons. Racism and bigoted hatred are abhorrent and no follower of Jesus should sit in silence when neo-Nazi, white supremacists spew their venom.
@PastorDana