We continue to pray over the city of Ferguson, Missouri: A question we must ask ourselves: Has America gone backwards in race relations over the last few years?
UPDATED at 8:23am 8/15/14: Officer named in Ferguson shooting, police say Michael Brown fit description of strong-arm robbery suspect fxn.ws/1rABD81
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UPDATED at 6:02am 8/15/14: Why whites run mostly black town: Before Saturday’s police shooting of an African-American teenager, Ferguson,… bit.ly/1uACXNd
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UPDATED at 3:58pm 8/14/14: Troopers to take control of security in Ferguson, Missouri usat.ly/1ox4rRt
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UPDATED at 1:33pm 8/14/14: After Tear Gassing, Jailing Reporters, Police in Ferguson Will Be Relieved From Duty: bit.ly/1nTwUux pic.twitter.com/CqIiiny6HR
Senator Rand Paul address the situation in Ferguson: Police and Military: time.com/3111474/rand-p…
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A new witness in the police shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, told CNN that Brown and the police officer tussled at the police car window, then the officer shot the teen multiple times, as Brown backed away. Five days after an unarmed American teen is shot by police, tear gas is fired at protesters: cnn.it/1sXnl4i
It just tears my heart apart with what is happening in our country, it’s like every fabric of our society is being torn apart. So much hate, race relations, and hate twoards immigrant children and adults:
The Bible Speaks on Race: from The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention:
The term “race” as applied to people does not appear in the Bible. In fact, the word itself is of uncertain origin and does not occur in any language until about the sixteenth century.
While the modern race problem has economic, political, and social implications, the difference between current practice and biblical truth shows it to be primarily a moral and spiritual problem. The Bible does not deal with the race problem as we know it in our time, but it gives some very important principles which can be applied to race relations.
All human beings are a single family and have a common origin.
“…God… made every nation of men to live all over the earth…” (Acts 17:24, 26).
Humanity was created in the image of God and therefore every human is of infinite worth.
“So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female” (Genesis 1:27).
Jesus Christ died for the redemption of every person regardless of race or nationality.
“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20).
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