"One Blood" (Part 1)

Racism-The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
In my English 430 class we have been discussing many topics concerning African American folklore and tradition. I was flipping through my book and saw one of Dr.Martin Luther King's letters he wrote to a group of white critical pastors and he mentioned in that letter a sermon he had written called "Paul's Epistle to America." I have been inspired by the Holy Spirit to blog on a particular topic that many of my brothers and sisters both white and black will be offended of: Race,Religion, and Racism. I go to Louisiana Tech University, and I have never once seen one African American teacher but, my struggle is not with the seculiar form of racism as was Dr.King's. My struggle with this topic is among the church the same as Bishop Fred A. Caldwell.

I'm tired of seeing all of these double standards in the church and watching these race issues being undealt with in the white church. I have white co-labourers here that use to minister with me until either race or doctrine was talked about as an issue and one of my brothers said to me "slavery really wasn't as bad as people made it out to be." So at what point do we acnowledge that mindsets like this even exist in the church today? Everyone keeps telling me the same thing. "Josh don't be so touchy we just have to operate in love toward them" or "Josh you don't need to be so rude and blunt when discussing these issues and you know you won't be recieved don't you?" I'M SICK OF LOOKING AT THIS CRAP AND PRETENDING IT DOESN'T EXIST IN OUR BODY!!!
Paul says in Acts 17:24-28:"God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. " Paul says that God "hath made of ONE BLOOD all nations of men." So why is it that there are so many churches and denominational differences in our fair city of Shreveport, Louisiana? Is Christ divided? Why is it that Dr. Frederick Price is not invited to any of the mega conventions like"Mega Fest" in our nation and Bishop Caldwell is censored in our fair city? Why is it that these white churches are so obssessed with taking these mission trips all over the world to preach the gospel, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked but I can't get those same missionaries in the same room for 1 hour and talk about these race related issues or to go to Cedar Grove and witness there as well? But they say "God has called them overseas." Are we the church of God? Do we all not "have access by one Spirit unto the Father?(Eph.2:18)" or are there two Spirits, one to lead the blacks and one to lead the whites?

Who or what has changed the mold? When did were the terms "white church" and "black church" coined? Rascism is a Spirit and in Paul's day he fought to maintain unity between Jew and Gentile and now in our day the fight is to maintain unity between the Caucasian and the Negro. The first slaves were brought to America in the 1600s and remained in slavery until 1865 and for all those years and more the southern whites and slave owners stole our property,raped our grandmothers, castrated our grandfathers, and lynched our brethren and they did it all with a bible in their hands and today they justify the separation of christianity into political parties........but you want me to be quiet?......I will be back for part 2.

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