Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian

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Winner of the 2012 Outreach Cross Cultural Ministry Resource of the Year Genocide Terrorism Hate crimes In a world where racism is far from dead, is unity amidst diversities even remotely possible Sharing from his own experiences growing up in the segregated South, pastor John Piper thoughtfully exposes the unremitting problem of racism Instead of turning finally to organizations, education, famous personalities, or government programs to address racial strife, Piper reveals the definitive source of hope teaching how the good news about Jesus Christ actively undermines the sins that feed racial strife, and leads to a many colored and many cultured kingdom of God.Learn to pursue ethnic harmony from a biblical perspective, and to relate to real people different from yourself, as you take part in the bloodline of Jesus that is comprised of every tongue, tribe, and nation. Read Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian – kino-fada.fr I read several of John Piper s books in college and enjoyed them but realized they were all kind of the same book, which is fine since it wasn t a bad book that he was re writing again and again.I ve noticed diversity in Piper s output lately, instead of writing about Christian Joy or Christian Hedonism, as he famously calls it in every book, now he s writing about marriage and race and thinking and other issues which joy still helpfully lingering in the background.This book on Race and the I read several of John Piper s books in college and enjoyed them but realized they were all kind of the same book, which is fine since it wasn t a bad book that he was re writing again and again.I ve noticed diversity in Piper s output lately, instead of writing about Christian Joy or Chris...This is a remarkable book on racism Piper has read the popular, academic, and biblical literature with his usual care and insight, and in this book he provides much help to the rest of us Christians who have not trained our powers of discernment in matters of racial and ethnic issues 45.Part One Our World The Need for the Gospel opened my eyes to the black white racial tensions to the south Here Piper talks about structural versus personal strategies for making racial progress before This is a remarkable book on racism Piper has read the popular, academic, and biblical literature with his usual care and insight, and in this book he provides much help to the rest of us Christians who have not trained our powers of discernment in matters of racial and ethnic issues 45.Part One Our World The Need for the Gospel opened my eyes to the black white racial tensions to the south Here Piper talks about structural versus personal strategies for making...I read this book for a research project and, out of at least five books, this one is my favorite In my opinion, Piper most clearly and humbly argues from Scripture about the issue of race ethnicity and the goals of gospel centered harmony Writing from his own experience as a racist teenager his words , he shares how God changed his heart both in...Overall a good defense of the gospel and how it relates to racial reconciliation I did not agree with all of his conclusions and how he connected the two, but there were strong arguments that were effective I liked his humility and honesty, but you can tell he has not come all the way o...Piper presents a compelling and convicting work on race, unity, and compassion in the cross This book pulls you into the roots of racism, historically and in the soul John dives into how the Gospel directly speaks agai...Re read this one recently Better than I remember.Racism is an explicit or implicit belief or practice that qualitatively distinguishes or values one race over other races, so says the Presbyterian Church in America.John Piper wrote this book because he has a debt to pay God rescued him from the sins rooted in racism and hopes to convince others If he had to, Piper could reduce the size of this book to three chapters and the conclusion, and I think maybe he should have.Piper is concerned that many of us have not matured to the point of bein Racism is an explicit or implicit belief or practice that qualitatively distinguishes or values one race over other races, so says the Presbyterian Church in America.John Piper wrote this book because he has a debt to pay God rescued him from the sins rooted in racism and hopes to convince others If he had to, Piper could reduce the size of this book to three chapters and the conclusion, and I think maybe he should have.Piper is concerned that many of us have not matured to the point of being discerning in matters of racial and ethnic issues We tend to go in one of two ways 1 painfully oblivious to the racial and ethnic concern or 2 idolizing ...Given all of the racism illustrated by the different events in the news in 2015 Ferguson, Balti, SC church shooting, et al , this book by noted pastor and theologian John Piper has never beenneeded Bloodlines is Piper s exposition on the evil of racism, on the mandate of the church to pursue diversity and overcome racism, on the ce...What I have tried to do in this book is show that the gospel of Jesus Christ the death and resurrection of the Son of God for sinners is the only sufficient power for this effort racial harmony , and the only power that in the end will bring the bloodlines of race into the single bloodline of the cross 233 I believe Piper has done what he claims to do with this book, that is, to highlight why racial harmony and reconcilliation matters to the gospel of Jesus Christ, and why the gospel is What I have tried to do in this book is show that the gospel of Jesus Christ the death and resurrection of the Son of God for sinners is the only sufficient power for this effort racial harmony , and the only power that in the end will bring the bloodlines of race into the single bloodline of the cross 23...John Piper has written a profound and risky book about how the Gospel can solve the problems of racism that permeate our culture Piper s thesis is that God desires unity in the church including every tribe, tongue, people and nation Rev 5 9 He describes his own racist background, and focuses largely on black and white relationships He says that since the civil rights movement there has been a downward spiral together He cites both black and white sinfulness and says The while child John Piper has written a profound and risky book about how the Gospel can solve the problems of racism that permeate our culture Piper s thesis is that God desires unity in the church including every tribe, tongue, people and nation Rev 5 9 He describes his own racist background, and focuses largely on black and white relationships He says that since the civil rights movement there has been a downward spiral together He cites both black and white sinfulness and says The while children of the flower children of the sixties have paid dearly for the abandonment of truth and moral absolutes 66 Piper carefully guides readers through one scripture after another that demonstrate God s desire for ALL to be represented in his church For example he says Ever...

Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian
  • English
  • 17 November 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 304 pages
  • 1433528525
  • John Piper
  • Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian