Chasing Elephants Podcast

Episode 133: Tyre Nichols: How “Should” We Respond

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After praying deeply and listening intently, Jeff outlines several steps on how to view this issue:

 

How Should We ALL Respond

  1. PRAYER
    • Now, I’m sure, when I start there, most of my African American friends will say (and I understand & agree) … “We always respond to moments like this and talk about prayer. But we need more action.” Hey…I get it, but in the words of John Wesley, “Prayer is when action takes place.”
  2. We Need Dreamers
    • So, after we pray, the truth of the matter is we need some leaders to step up and be leaders that believe in change.
    • We need Leaders/Dreamers who won’t just criticize the system or blindly defend the system…but leaders/dreamers who will imagine a better system and a better future.
  3. We Need a Whole-Life Theology/Biblical Worldview
    • If we are going to live as citizens of heaven, then our biblical worldview should dictate and determine our response to all ethical/moral issues, as well as social/racial injustice.
    • We should have the same passion/compassion for the tragic deaths of George Floyd & Tyre Nichols, as we do with the overturning of Roe v Wade
    • All manners of evil should be punished, and people should be held accountable because they all have 1-preferred master (Satan).
  4. We Need the Church to be Louder
    1. We need more applied theology, implied theology!
    2. When you think about the Apostle Paul, he dealt with and concerned himself with different social and secondary issues.
    3. He responded to social problems in Corinth.
    4. He was concerned that the afflictions, sufferings, and persecutions would be used by the tempter to shake the Thessalonians from their faith and to cause a loss of faith among them.
    5. He expressed disappointment in seeing the church in Galatia moving away from the Christian gospel .

 

Make sure you tune in next week as we pick back up and conclude our 3-part series on  “To Pronoun or Not to Pronoun” – That is the Question.

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