This month’s focus on Peacemakers and the Seventh Beatitude will conclude with Oneness Embraced: Reconciliation, the Kingdom, and How We are Stronger Together by Dr. Tony Evans, whose The Urban Alternative ministers to a world in chaos with the goal of restoring every area of life to its divine order under the rule of God.
According to Dr. Evans, America’s racial problem is the asterisk on an otherwise respectable reputation. In spite of our successes in science, education, medicine, and technology, becoming truly “one nation under God” continues to elude us. Far too often, we have tried to achieve oneness through marginalizing racial distinctions rather than to embrace it.
At the core of the problem of racial disunity in America is the failure to understand and execute a kingdom-based theology on both righteousness and justice. White Christianity often focuses on personal righteousness at the exclusion of biblical justice. On the other hand, African-American Christianity sometimes emphasizes social justice at the expense of personal responsibility.
When either side—righteousness or justice—is missed or reduced in significance, then the individual, family, church, and society are out of balance.
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