"Lately, I’ve been reminded of up growing up in the 1960s on the edge of the Old South in small-town Oklahoma where I overheard adults casually passing off two related phrases: 'That’s mighty white of you' and 'That’s mighty Christian of you.'
These phrases were thrown about when some white person did something that appeared magnanimous despite being done by a person in the privileged white Christian majority. Taking food to the community pantry? 'That’s mighty white of you.' Letting a Black person cross the street in front of you? 'That’s mighty Christian of you.'
The rot that has led to todays’ fake Christianity is nothing new. It has been with us from the beginning but got tamped down by more reasonable people. But now it has come roaring back and is exacting a worldwide toll that is unfathomable.
Together, those who claim to follow Jesus must say this loud and clear: There is nothing 'Christian' about any of this."
~ Mark Wingfield
"This is not Christianity – Baptist News Global"
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