Resources for Thinking Biblically about #BlackLivesMatter

by Jun 22, 2020

[The following post first appeared on the Elder Blog at gbcaz.org.]

Since 2014, when Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, was justifiably killed by white police officer Darren Wilson, the Black Lives Matter organization has been growing in popularity, power, and influence. Many wise, Christian men have boldly issued a clear warning to the American church about the Black Lives Matter organization and its ungodly ideas. The following resources have greatly helped my own thinking on these issues, so I am sharing them in hopes that our church would be further built up by the truth.

BLOG POSTS

  1. Kevin Huang — “A Compassionate, Counter-Cultural, Christian Response”
  2. Phil Johnson — “Wokeism is a Hateful Religion”
  3. Joshua Buice — “Three Reasons Why Christians Should Reject #BlackLivesMatter”
  4. Samuel Sey — “Does Systemic Racism Exist?”
  5. Darrell Harrison — “The Myth of ‘Black Community’”
  6. Eric Davis — “America’s Newest Religion”
  7. Jesse Johnson — “Silence is Wisdom, Not Weakness – 3 Principles for #Ferguson”

VIDEOS & SERMONS

  1. George Lawson and Omri Miles —  “Thinking Biblically About the Black Lives Matter Organization”
  2. Don Green — “A Look at Black Lives Matter”
  3. Jon Anderson — “The Social Gospel vs. the Mission of the Church”
  4. Jon Anderson — “Ekklesia Session 2 – Theological Critique of Tim Keller’s Center Church”
  5. Jon Anderson — “Premillennial Hope Prevents a Social Gospel” Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
  6. John MacArthur — “How Should Christians Respond to the Riots?”

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