Nothing has divided American politics since the nation’s inception like the issue of race. Unfortunately, that reality continues to this day and it will endure as long as sin rules in this world. In this episode, JB Shreve & the End of History look at the issue of race and America’s original sin. This is a multi-episode section within the larger series The Politics of God.
We begin with an exploration of the issues of race in American politics. We then do a survey of false doctrines and teachings that many Christians through the ages believed when it comes to race. From the mark of Cain to the Hamitic Hypothesis, Christians have unfortunately contributed a lot of terrible perspectives into the politics of race through the centuries.
This is episode will begin to set the stage for us to see the truth about the politics of God when it comes to race. We need to first remove the scales of false perspectives from our eyes before we can open our eyes to what the Truth of His Word says about race.
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