This is convicting and encouraging and exhorting and more. It is a must-listen by Matt Chandler about Racial Reconciliation.
And Darrin Patrick brings together a diverse group of people to discuss racial issues:How should we respond to Ferguson?
A Decision in Ferguson: How Should Evangelicals Respond? by Ed Stetzer
“I think it is of utmost importance that all Christians, but specifically white evangelicals, talk a little less and listen a little more.”
We need to put our guard down, open up, and lean into this discussion so that we may learn, change, and most importantly display the light of the Gospel to the watching world.
Update 11/26/2014
Good thoughts from Thabiti Anyabwile – “Justiceāthat perfect justice ushered in by the Perfect Judge and Lordāwill be final. When He comes it will be good news for those who love His appearing, and it will be eternally devastating news for those who love unrighteousness. His justice will not be blind; it will be perfectly informed, comprehending all the facts and all the intents of the heart. His blazing righteousness will be the undoing of everything corrupt and in His kingdom there will be no evil. I wait with panting for that Day. Until then, I labor with the faith and resolve that comes from knowing such a Day is coming and weāre called to live in light of it.”
“both sides are living under their own separate stories but the way forward requires us to live into the same story.”
http://gracemosaic.org/2014/11/ferguson-a-way-forward
Thoughts on Ferguson by Voddie Baucham – “In the end, the best lesson my children can learn from Ferguson is not that they need to be on the lookout for white cops. It is far more important that I use this teachable moment to remind them that āGod is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reapā (Gal. 6:7). Moments before his death, Michael Brown had violently robbed a man in a store. A man doing the best he could to make a living. Minutes later, Brown reaped what he sowed, and was gunned down in the street. That is the sad truth.
My sons have far more to fear from making bad choices than they have to fear from the police. The overwhelming majority of police officers are decent people just trying to make a living. They are much more likely to help you than to harm you. A life of thuggery, however, is NEVER your friend. In the end, it will cost you . . . sometimes, it costs you everything.”
http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/thoughts-on-ferguson
Update 12/1/2014
A response to Voddie Baucham by Alan Noble.
But let’s remember: As Christians in this life, we walk in two worlds. Sometimes justice isn’t obvious. Justice is not always swift but it is sure. Jesus, the Son of David will administer justice and equity to all his people. The Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness. O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever.