by Jon Pratt | Jan 15, 2021 | In the Nick of Time
Remember the scene from The Sound of Music when the recently-hired governess Maria is praying for her new charges? She does well to remember six of the children’s names but sadly forgets one of the boys, so she presumes on God’s knowledge and blurts,...
by Jon Pratt | Aug 14, 2020 | In the Nick of Time
This discussion about race and the church has been invigorating and thought-provoking. Yet both of us realize that we have only scratched the surface. We must proceed to the last two questions we want to consider. These questions help us to circle back to one of our...
by Jon Pratt | Aug 7, 2020 | In the Nick of Time
What are tangible ways we can respond to racist attitudes in our churches? How can we promote healthy relations between people of different ethnicities in our churches? JP: Believers’ responses to racist attitudes in local churches should be the same as they...
by Jon Pratt | Jul 31, 2020 | In the Nick of Time
Who is qualified to participate in a discussion about race in the church? JP: When I first contacted Emmanuel and asked him to consider writing about this issue of race in the church, he graciously agreed to do so with one condition: that a White person join the...
by Jon Pratt | Jul 24, 2020 | In the Nick of Time
For the past two weeks, we have heard from Pastor Emmanuel Malone as he has answered several questions related to the issue of race in our American culture generally and then in our evangelical church culture particularly. We learned about the danger of minimizing...
