Worldview & Culture

RECOMMENDED: Four Common But Misleading Themes in Ferguson-Like Times by Thabiti Anyabwile

Kirk E. Miller

As I read Voddie Baucham’s “Thoughts on Ferguson” I was bothered, not because of what he said, but because of what he left out. I was concerned because this is just the sort of ammunition, from an African American pastor mind you, that some people need to disregard what is really at the heart of the issue in Ferguson. As BJ Thompson tweeted,

That’s why I glad to hear about Thabiti Anyabwile’s (indirect) ‘response’ in “Four Common But Misleading Themes in Ferguson-Like Times.” I recommend you read it.

RECOMMENDED: Ferguson, Empathy, & Hope by Jefferson Bethke

Kirk E. Miller

Wise words from Jefferson Bethke on the Ferguson situation.

Here are some tweets for context and more wise comments.

Unfortunately, Bethke started getting attacked for that tweet.

For example… (below) Yet Bethke responds with insight into the situation that I wish more within evangelicalism had.

He concludes,

RECOMMENDED: A Decision in Ferguson: How Should Evangelicals Respond? by Ed Stetzer

Kirk E. Miller

Read this article by Ed Stetzer: A Decision in Ferguson: How Should Evangelicals Respond?

Here are some of my thoughts (originally shared via Twitter) that I’d like to share with you.

New York Times, you had one job.

Kirk E. Miller

Last year the New York Times had a major journalist oopsy as they described the Christian holiday of Easter as a celebration of Christ’s “resurrection into heaven.”

Um, no. That doesn’t even make any theological sense. Easter is not the celebration of Christ’s ascension, if that’s what you were trying to describe. We do believe and celebrate the ascension. But we don’t conflate it with the resurrection.

Well, this year, they’ve done it again. Recently they described the Church of the Holy Sepulcher as the place “where many Christians believe that Jesus is buried.”

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