In this message Pastor T. C. explores the way we locate ourselves ethnically, racially, and relative to others in society. In Acts 21, Paul attempts to navigate what Dr. Willie James Jennings calls the “diaspora anxiety” of the Jerusalem elders. But it fails spectacularly. We need a better way.
In John 12, Jesus reflects on the meaning of his death on the cross. His crucifixion exposes the unjust and corrupt way the world is ordered. Systemic evils like racism and misogyny are forms of Scapegoating carried out by the principalities and powers. Jesus disarms the powers by defeating their greatest weapon: the fear of…